Next it was nandinis turn...

Nandini came n kissed arav on his cheeks n gave his gift poking his nose smiling...manik was adoring her smile

Arav opened it with full enthusiasm

Arav screamed n jumped on nandini ....nandini happily hugged him

Ar - "thank u soo much massi ...u are the best"...said kissing nandinis cheeks ...

All smiled seeing his cuteness ...

C - " chalo aab gift session katham hua tho ...lets dance "...said excitingly ...

Ar - " nahi papa ...abi manik chachu ne gift nahi diya "...said this n ran towards manik

Ar - " chachu gift kaha hai "...demanded cutely ..

All were like awwwwww

Manik picked him up n said - " sorry champ ..mai gift lana bhul gaya "...said with a sad face ..

Ar - "nahi aap jut bol rahe ho ...wait mai na apni teacher ko bolunga wo apko punish karegi jut bolne keliye "...said moving his fore finger up n down

Manik chuckled ...

M - " ummhh ( kissed on aravs cheek) ....aww my bundle of joy ...wait i will get ur gift "...said this n make arav stand on his.

Manik brought his gift n gave it to arav

Arav opened it ...happiness was twinkling in his eyes ...

Arav kept his hands on his mouth seeing the gift ...

C - " wow ..iron man suit ...osm choice manik "...said keeping his hand on maniks shoulder...

M - " champ gift aacha nahi laga "...said this arav didnt say anything ...

Arav jumped on manik with all his force ..luckily manik caught him

Ar - " thank u thank u thank u sooo much chachu...i love u soo much "....said kissing hardly on maniks cheek

All laughed at his cuteness...

Suddenly music started from behind

Guys listen to the song n read ..i bet u will enjoy to the core

Song - chanda chamke ( fanaa)

Nandini sang  this

Nandini -
Chanda Chamke Cham Cham Chikhen Chaukanna Chor
Chiti Chaate Chini Chatori Chinikhor … (2)

Sang this standing infront of arav

Kitna Mushkil Yeh Gaana Zara Gaake Dikhana

Nandini came infront of arav n sang this n kept her fisted fingers infront of arav to sing

Arav -
Chanda Chini Chamke Chaate Chaukanna Chikhe Chor

Arav sang holding nandinis hand as mike

Arav n nandini -
Chanda Chamke Cham Cham Chikhen Chaukanna Chor
Chiti Chaate Chini Chatori Chinikhor

Nandini n arav sang this holding each others hand n moving in a circle

Music....
All came in front ...all children started dancing ...

Nandini -
Khadaksingh Ke Khadakne Se Khadakti Hain Khidkiyaan
Khidkiyon Ke Khadakne Se Khadakta Hain Khadaksingh

Nandini sang this .....there was a silence ...nandini raised her eyebrow ...arav nodded his head side ways

Suddenly they heard a voice from behind ....all turned towards the voice...it was MANIK

Manik -
Khadaksingh Ke Khadakne Se Khadakti Hain Khidkiyaan
Khidkiyon Ke Khadakne Se Khadakta Hain Khadaksingh

Manik sang this coming near arav ....all were shocked seeing manik sing...nandini smiled seeing change in manik

Manik -
Kitna Mushkil Yeh Gaana Zara Gaake Dikhana

Manik sang this poking aravs nose to sing

Arav -
Khadak Khadak Ke Khadake Khidki Khadaksingh Ka Khadke Zor

Arav sang this holding maniks fingers dancing with him. Arav dragged nandini n all three danced in circle. Arav held nandinis one hand n another maniks hand

Arav, nandini n manik -
Chanda Chamke Cham Cham Chikhen Chaukanna Chor
Chiti Chaate Chini Chatori Chinikhor … (2)

Music .....
All children danced with full joy holding balloons in their hand. All elders became children n danced along with them.

Cabir came in between n sang

Cabir -
Pakke Ped Par Paka Papita Paka Ped Ya Paka Papita
Pake Ped Ko Pakde Pinku Pinku Pakde Paka Papita bolo

Cabir nudge arav to repeat with a teasing smile.

Arav -
Pakke Ped Par Paka Papita Pakda Pinki Paki Ka Kapda

Arav sang to show his father but failed miserably ....

Druv - kapda ( all laughed ..)

Navya came in as a saviour of her son n sand holding arav ...

Navya -
Pakke Ped Par Paka Papita Paka Ped Ya Paka Papita
Pake Ped Ko Pakde Pinku Pinku Pakde Paka Papita

Navya sang dancing with arav ...aravs happiness knew no boundaries dancing with his mom

Mukti -
Kitna Mushkil Yeh Gaana Zara Gaake Dikhana

Mukti dropped in n sang ruffling aravs hairs

Abhimanyu -
Pake Ped Ko Pakde Pinku Pinku Pakde Paka Papita

Abhimanyu dropped in n sang along with arav n mukti ...

All came in front n made a circle around arav n sang the song dancing

All -
Chanda Chamke Cham Cham Chikhen Chaukanna Chor
Chiti Chaate Chini Chatori Chinikhor … (2)

Nandini -
Kitna Mushkil Yeh Gaana Zara Gaake Dikhana

All -
Chanda Chini Chamke Chaate Chaukanna Chikhe Chor
Chanda Chamke Cham Cham Chikhen Chaukanna Chor
Chiti Chaate Chini Chatori Chinikhor.

All sang ..dancing joyfully ...all became children for few minutes n relived their childhood memories ...

After dancing for a little long.
Navya called everyone for dinner as it was already 8:30. It was buffet system. All held their plate filled with food n started eating talking with each other. Making several groups among themselves.

Fab5, navni n abhi stood in a corner..talking among themselves. Navya was feeding arav, mukti nandini n aliya were talking about some fashion week, all girly stuff. Abhi n druv were discussing something about business. Manik leaned on the table behind him n was eating. Cabir was standing infront of him looking at him ..rather he was starring at him as if he is finding something on maniks face.

Manik raised his head n saw Cabir starring at his direction , manik turn behind to look at what cabir is starring. No one was there behind him. Manik looked back n saw cabir still starring at him.

M - " oye ...essa kya guur raha hai"...said shaking cabir.

Cabir came back from his trance n saw manik looking at him with confused look. Cabir came n stood beside manik. Manik shook his head n ate a morsel.

C - " manik, tere aur nandini ke beech mai kya chal raha hai"...asked suspiciously

Listening to this question. Food stuck in maniks throat. Manik started coughing loudly. Cabir tapped on maniks head to calm him. Seeing manik coughing like that all looked at him. Nandini had a glass of water in her hand, she came infront of him in a hurry n gave the glass to manik.

N - " manik yeh lo pani peelo ..u will feel better".....care, concern was clearly written on her face.

Maniks eyes had tears due to the encounter, he took the water from her hand n drank it to calm himself. After drinking water he gave nandini glass back.

M - " umm ..thank u "...said awkwardly ...cause all the while cabir was gawking at him like a hungry vulture.

N - " are u fine "...asked without looking at the surrounding.

M - "yea ...i ..im fine "...said smiling weakly  with his eyes looking with her eyes.

Cabir coughed to clear the atmosphere.

Nandini looked around n went back near mukti n pretend to be normal ...where as manik removed his phone n acted as if he is busy.

Cabir took maniks phone n said

C - " abb batha kya chal raha hai"...asked giving 'dont - tell - me - theres - nothing' look

Manik sighed...

M - " tujhe aiisa kyu lagtha hai ki mere aur uske beech kuch chal raha hai ...haa ?? "....asked facing cabir.

C - " tumne aapne aap ko dekha hai ...u have changed ...i mean changed for good. Man look at yourself..tumne last time kab sab ke upar badka tha, last night u answered mukti without taunting her n moreover U SANG, can u hear me ...tumne gana gaya ..aur yeh sab changes nandini ke aane ke baad se shuru hue hai "....said as in matter of fact tone.

Manik went into deep thoughts cause cabir was correct, he did change a lot since nandini entered into his life. He sang that was like a miracle, he swore to himself that he will never sing in his lifetime after that incident but now he did, no one forced him to not even nandini, he did sing cause he wanted to. He was shocked realising everything .

(Why manik stopped singing will be disclosed later)

C - " manik i mi8 be assuming things between u two cause i have seen a lot of times u two coming inside the house together, dont worry i wont ask u why. But jo bhi yeh tumare changes ke liye responsible hai na ...not let that thing or that person go out of ur life"....last line make manik look at cabir with a shocked expression.

Cabir patted maniks shoulder n went near arav.

Nandini was observing maniks face from the corner of her eyes as manik n cabir spoke. She got confused seeing maniks shocked expression. As cabir walked off manik kept his plate on the table n walked out of the house in a hurry. Nandini cringed her eyebrows together thinking what mi8 have happened but mukti asked her something n she turned towards her.

Mukti told nandini that next day she is going to delhi on her project n she will be back after a week. Told nandini not to do anything notorious n told her to call if there is any emergency.
Nandini nodded.

Abhimanyu came in between.

Ab - " nandu if u dont mind can i steal my girlfriend ...i wont see her for a week from now "....

Mukti blushed ...

N - " ohh she is alll yours, by the way ..aaj ghar aaneki irada hai "...asked teasing mukti. Mukti could only blush.

Ab - " wo i will drop her at home tomorrow morning dont worry"...said with a smile.

N - " oooooo....oki enjoy ..mai bhi ghar chali bye "...said this gave a quick hug to mukti n abhimanyu.
She bid bye to cavya n arav n came home as ramu kaka was waiting for her outside.

In the car ...nandinis mind was occupied by manik thoughts only.

I was reading the whole night so i slept in the morning, i woke up in the evening n from that time i wrote this chapter twice n it got deleted. I know i said in precap about manan convo but guys im tired ...i wrote this chapter thrice, soo i will give manan convo in next chapter.

Precap -

Manik pinned nandini to the wall with his eyes filled with tears of anger, confusion, irritation .

M- " why !!...why nandini ..why the hell are u intruding inside me, why are u breaking the walls which i have built around myself, why !!! "....asked nandini gritting his teeth in deadly voice ...their faces were inches away .

Nandini kept her hand on his cheek, looking at him with unknown emotion. Manik closed his eyes feeling her touch.