8 years later

Manik's pov

Life has been chaotic but so beautiful. It feels like no time has passes but its been almost a decade.

"Manik what in the god's name are you doing" I heard caber

"I knew you were fucking blind, I knew it" I said seeing him coming in the room

"Don't be so coy with me asshole, everyone is waiting at the venue  and here you are getting ready like a fucking turtle" he threw my kurta at me

"Its not my wedding dude" I said putting my Kurta on

"Its your god damn friend's reception, we should have been there half an hour go but no you are getting ready like a nayi naveli dulhan"

"Its fine, multi is always late dude" I siad chuckling

"Doesn't make it okay to be late"

"Its not fault bro, Nandini left 2 days ago and I can't fucntion okay so shut it"

It been 48 hours well 51 hours and some minutes to be exact since Nandini went to mukti's house to help her get ready for her reception

if you know you know that I cannot function without Nandini. It has been like that forever but since we got married I can't even go a single hour without her.

"Remind me not to send Nandini away again" he said dragging me to the parking

"Fucking told you so" I mumbled getting in the car

Cabir was driving becasue I couldn't even think straight, I haven't been able to talk to Nandini much and its killing me.

I called her this morning but she didn't pick up because she was busy with mukti but hey thats not my problem, I swear I was getting pissed every second

"Quit it will you" cabir siad

"Quit what" I asked

"This stupid leg shaking thing, stop it. Its stressing me out" he said smacking my arm

"You asshole" I yelled smacking his head

"IM DRIVING YOU BITCH" he yelled at me

"IM SAD STOP IT" I yelled back

"Why are you sad" he asked

"I miss Nandini" I whispered

Call me whatever you want but I genuinely love nankins os much, I can't go hours without her let alone days and its not even that. Its the fact that we haven't talked much either.

"Ya well I miss my wife too"

"Cabir its different yar" I sighed

"How"

"Navya left this morning but I haven't been able to properly talk to Nandini and its killing me. I miss her, I want to see her"

"You are so in love" he said

"I am, please just drive faster" I said

He laughed, this ass was laughing at my pain.

We got to the reception venue in a couple hours and I didn't even wait for cabir, I ran straight to the back where I knew mukti and nandini would be.

I knocked on the door and navya opened it making me frown

"Where is nandini" I asked

"No hi or hello" she asked

"Navya where is my wife" I asked

It still feels surreal to call her my wife, well it has only been a year since we got married but still it feels new, probably because she still wears her chuda and all.

"Jeez man is pissed" she said

"Yup, he has been cribbing the last few hours" cabir said walking in behind me

"At least fix your kurta Manik" navya said

"Where is nandini" I asked again

"4 doors down, she is just getting ready" she siad

I walked to the door and knocked, I didn't hear anything for a couple minutes so I knocked again and the door opened revealing my beautiful wife standing there in shorts and her lehenga blouse.

"Fucking shit" I mumbled pushing her inside shutting the door behind me

"Manik" she whispered

"I missed you baby, I missed you so much" I whispered in her neck leaning down shoving my face in-between her shoulder

"I missed you too mani, what's wrong" she asked holding me close

"Wrong, god I can't believe you are asking me whats wrong" I said pulling back

"You look so dull Manik"

"No shit" I siad pecking her lips a couple times

She giggled when I kissed her nose

"Manik I missed you" she mumbled

"Liar, you were having fun here with mukti"

"I did but"

"You are such a shameless person" I said picking her up walking to the bed

"I am but just with my husband" she whispered making me grin

I love her so fucking much.

Sitting down on the bed with her in my arms made me feel complete and so much better. Like genuinely the past two days I haven't felt like myself because she wasn't home.

Our house is just a house without her, she makes it a home.

"I heard from bhai that you didn't eat much" she asked looking at me

"Not true I did eat" I defended myself leaning back on the bed frame

"Mani baba be honest with me" she asked caressing my face gently

I closed my eyes feeling her

"I wasn't too hungry but I did feed brownie even though he was sad too"

It wasn't just me who had a hard time when Nandini wasn't there, brownie did too. He didn't leave Nandini's side of the bed the whole time. He sat there listening to me sulk about missing my wife and then he would bark at me letting me he was missing his mom too

"Im sorry, ill come with tonight okay" she said

"Hell you will, I don't care who gets married or has a reception they can hire a helping human or a makeup artist and hairstylist or whatever but my wife stays with me ya?" i asked

"Yes sir, I agree" she said

I opened my eyes to meet her beautiful ones.

"I like when you shave its so smooth" she whispered caressing my face

"I know"

"Can I tell you something"

I hummed dipping my face in her neck pulling her closer

"You look so handsome in traditional wear" she whispered

"Thank you" I whispered

"Manik stop" she whimpered

"Im not doing anything" I said smirking

"Mani please stop"

"Stop mhmm not something I am good at"

"Manikkk"

i hmmed agsint her neck

"Manik no" she whined when I bit her neck gently

"No what" I asked licking he area I bit

"No leaving marks yet, please"

I chuckled pulling my face out of her neck pecking her shoulder. She giggled seeing me and leaned closer pecking my lips

"Now husband, I need you to sit here and let me get dresser before we both get yelled at for being late"

"No one would yell at you"

"Manik not the point of the conversation" she said getting off my lap

"Nandini sit with me baby" I whined at the lack of contact

"Just let me get dressed"

"Can I get a show at least" I asked

"Shut up Manik"

I laughed at her reaction.

A couple minutes went by and I knew I couldn't jsut sit here so I got up and walked in the bathroom where Nandini was. I entered to see her trying to tie the dori of her blouse.

She looked so fuckign beautiful, so beautiful. The lehenga she is wearing is baby pink and it remind me of the time she walked down the aisle to me on our wedding in that red lehenga.

She saw me looking at her in the mirror in front of her, she pouted making me smile.

I kissed her back and tied her dori, wrapping my arms around her waist I kissed her cheek form the back

"You look so beautiful Nandini" I whispered looking at her though the mirror

Her cheeks turned red, despite the blush from her makeup. It always makes me feel so happy whenever she is blushing and I am the reason for it.

She turned around and held my arms smiling at me

"It still feels surreal doesn't it" she asked

"And what are you saying this in context to" I asked wrapping my arms around her waist pulling her closer

"To be married and to be going to our friend's reception. I still haven't gotten used to calling you husband"

"Its been a year my love"

"Yes but I still feel like a new bride" she giggled

"That's because you do look like one baby, now can I tell you something" I asked

She nodded kissing my chin

"I love this chuda you wear, its so beautiful"

She laughed hearing me

"What" I asked

"You are obsessed with my chuda manik"

"I am"

"I know, lets go" she said grabbing her dupata moving out of my arms

"Nooo, I wanna spend time with you" I whined

"Later mani, come on we are already late" she said pulling me but I stopped

She looked back and I raised my eye brows at her to which she lifted her lehenga and walked to me

"I love you husband" she whispered pecking my lips making me smile

"I love you more wifey" I said kissing her forehead

She entwined her fingers with mine and we walked outside to the reception.

"Chachiiiiii" we heard this little girl screaming as Nandini and I sat down

"Riyaaaa" nandini screamed back making me laugh

Riya is navy and cabir's daughter and she loves Nandini more than me but whatever.

nandini picked her up placing her in her lap

"Hi silly girl, what's going on" she asked

"Chachi guess what" she asked

"What"

"I saw cute boy"

"Woahhhh young lady manners" I said

"Chachu hi, yes manners" she said

Gosh, she is not a 7 year old for sure

"Which cute boy" nandini asked kissing her head

"Arya" she said

"Ohh, that. Cute boy" nandini said tapping her nose making her laugh

"He is cute, and he shared his lunch with me"

"Thats so cute, he is adorable" nandini whispered in her ear making her grin

"Butterfly whats with this boy" I asked making riya look at me

"Yes sweetie" I asked her, seeing she is already staring at me

"Can I ask you something" she asked

"Yes"

She hopped down nandini's lap and yanked my arm asking me to sit her in my lap which I did.

"Why you call chachi butterfly" she asked making me smile

I looked up to see nandini already smiling

"When I met your chachi for the first time I was talking to her and all of a sudden she started running around chasing butterflies hence the name" I said

She giggled kissing my cheek.

"Chachi is cute" she whispered in. My ear making me smile

"I know right" I whispered back making her laugh

"Down down" she said so I let her down on her feet

she kissed nandini's cheek and then her arm running to cabir and navya.

I pulled nandini's chair closer to mine and she rested her head on my shoulder seeing mukti and abhimanyu giving a speech

"We made it manik" she whispered

I leaned down and pecked her lips

"We made it nandini" I whipsered back

"I love you" we both said at the same exact time

I kissed her forehead smiling wrapping my arm around her.

Nandini is my life, she is so humble and perfect for me. She was my best friend and then she became my girlfriend and my wife. It's been quite a journey and I am so happy about it....

When I think about it, I know that no one in this world was made for me other than nandini, she wasn't just a friend or a best friend, she is and was my whole damn life...

I cannot wait for the future, to have our own little kids running around with brownie and my little wife running around the whole house, I love my life and I can't wait to see what the future holds for us.......