It's so weird.. yesterday someone was not more than a stranger to you and suddenly he became your reason of breathing..he became your everything..and you realize one thing.. that now you can't live without that person..

Manik walked inside the restaurant..and seems to be very nervous..

Cabir : "bro! Kya ladkiyon ki tarah behave karhe ho..be a man..".. he said softly in Manik's ears and as a result he earned a glare from his mom..on which navya giggled..

Cabir : "am breaking up with you..".. he said after passing a glare to you..and Navya chuckled ..

Navya : "koi nahi baby..am patching up with you.. score equal "..she said after grabbing his arms..on which everyone chuckled..

Manik : "mom am telling you.. get them married..Kuch nhi ho sakta in Dono ko.."..he said after slapping on Cabir's head..

Cabir : "bro! Apke baad Mera he number hai.. don't worry..".. he said just to pull Manik's legs..

Suyash : "guys! Control..we are here to see a girl..so you better be quiet cabir.. otherwise sabko pata chal jaega that we have the most insane family..".. he told in his ever so chilling tone..

Nyonika : "yes! Insane.. because.....".. she stopped in mid and raised her eye brows so that they can complete her left over words..

"We are insanely in love with each other" ..they all said in unison..on which nyonika smiled to fullest..

Just then Raj Murthy along with Shaurya Murthy noticed them and came towards them..

Raj : "Mr. Malhotra ..we were waiting for you only..".. he said after coming towards them and hugged Suyash with a warm smile.. meanwhile shaurya touched Nyonika's feet and she blessed him with a beautiful smile on her face..and he Shake hands with Cabir and Manik respectively..

Just when he was about to touch Suyash's feet..he stopped him and hugged him..

Suyash : "don't make me feel like am a old person..am still young..you know am just 23..".. he stated after breaking on the hug..and everyone laughed on his lovable nature..

Raj : "oh yes Mr. Malhotra..we know that..".. he said with a smile..

Shaurya : "So Manik ..how are you?.. and congrats for your Amsterdam deal..you cracked it..you have done a fabulous job..you have a great business sense..Amazing work!!".. he said with a sweet smile and now Manik too smiled back..

Manik : "thanks Shaurya...it wasn't only my hard work..in fact my whole team did a great job.. so credit goes to all the employees of Malhotra industries..".. he said in his ever so selfless tone..which impressed both Raj and Shaurya..

Shaurya : "dad! Isn't he just like our Nandini..who never likes to take credit.."...he whispered in Raj's ears ..on which Raj nodded in yes..

Cabir : "Manik Bhai .. kabhi toh appreciation accept Kiya karo..agar koi meri itni tareef Kare to main puri zindagi uska gulaam ban ke rahu.."..just when he completed ..everyone laughed on his talks..

Nyonika : "don't mind.. ise majak Karne ki adat hai..hum andar Chale?"..she asked in the most mannered tone and they all complied..

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Sakshi : "Nandini! Calm down..".. she said as Nandini was literally shivering..which is very normal for a girl..

Nandini : "mom! Mai mukti se baat kar lu please?".. she asked in her ever so soft tone..and Sakshi smiled..

Durga : "Nandini ji..thodi der mei woh log yaha aate honge..baat mei apni soul sister se araam se baat kar lena..okay ".. she said with a smile..Nandini nodded but somewhere deep inside she so wanted to talk to her soulie ..her beautiful sister mukti.. because she knew only she can calm her down..

Just then they all reached there..there was a wooden gate where Murthy's were sitting..so Manik tried to peak inside ..he was so nervous as well as excited to see that girl who is going to be his soul mate..

And he saw a beautiful girl..sitting there..with her head down..she seems to be nervous but extremely gorgeous at the same time.. although he wasn't able to see her face fully..still his heart started beating at its fastest rate..her mere glimpse left a big impact on his soul..and he wasn't able to give name to that feeling he felt after looking her...

Just when he was busy in staring at her..she felt an unknown gaze on her..after all girl's six sense always works..and she looked in her side..and what she found a stunning handsome guy in traditional wears ...standing over there in his full glory..

There eyes met .. He gave her a breath taking smile.. suddenly she felt like her heart skipped a beat..his smile is so peaceful and glorious that she started shining even more under his light..

She too have him her beautiful shining smile and this made him feel special .. don't know why but he felt a connection with her..like some kismat connection ..and he felt that Yes! She is the right one!!..

Navya : "Bhai..door se he dekhoge? Ya age bhi chaloge?"...she whispered in his ears and this made him blush badly..he instantly lower down his head and blushed..

Suyash : "come Manik".. and he took her inside with him..Now Manik finally looked at Nandini...and her beautiful smile taken away his heart ..he comfortably sat down in front of her..and started looking here and there but her..while same was the state of her..she was looking everywhere but him..

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After sometime..

Raj : "I think..Hume in Dono ko akele chor dena Chahiye..".. he said as he noticed both are totally quiet..and only their families are talking..

Nyonika: "yes! Even I think the same.. Kyu suyash?".. she asked him with smile..while he was busy in playing with her fingers..which didn't went unnoticed by all of them..

Durga : "wow! How romantic".. she exclaimed while looking at suyash..who was continuously playing with Nyonika's fingers..

Shaurya : "even am romantic baby.."..he said with a fake cute pout and she hugged him side ways..

Navya : "love is in the air.."..she said while looking at Nyonika Suyash & Durga Shaurya..

Cabir : "love is us!".. he said after kissing her secretly on her cheeks..which made her flushed...

Meanwhile ..there was one couple who was feeling very awkward amongst of all these love birds...who was busy in romancing openly forgetting the soul moto ..and that couple was none other than MaNan..

Sakshi : "Mr Malhotra!".. she called him..while he still didn't responded..

Nyonika : "Suyash! Behave!".. she said with a glare after snatching her hand
..and this brought him back to reality..

Suyash : "Kya ho gaya?".. he asked totally confused as he was so busy in romancing ..he didn't even heard their Convo..

Cabir : "dad aap kuch Karne doge toh hoga Na..".. he commented as a result he earned a glare from both Nyonika and Suyash..while everyone giggled including Nandini and Manik..

Manik noticed her sweet smile..and once again he got drown in her peaceful smile..

Raj : "Mr. Malhotra..we should leave children alone.. so that they both can talk to each other..".. he told him with a smile..and he instantly nodded..

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After sometime.. MaNan are sitting a little far from them..on a table..and still there was a unwanted.. awkward silence between them..

Manik : "abbb! My name is Manik Malhotra..".. he tried to initiate the conversation which made her smile and she looked at him..

Nandini : "I think we know each other's names".. she said with a smile.
And this made him smile to full..

Manik : "actually hum kaafi chup the..toh I just....".. being the most shy person he tried to cover up.. which made her smile..

Nandini : "it's okay..thanks for taking initiative..".. she said still looking at him while he too looked at her..

Manik : "it's little weird to sit over here and talk like this..".. he said his heart out ..and she too nodded..slowly and slowly he is opening up..

Nandini : "yea! It's weird..".. she too seconded him and next there was a complete silence..which was not at all acceptable..

Nandini : "You have a very nice family..".. she said while looking at all of them ..they Gelled so well.. it doesn't seems like there are two respective families..

Manik : "you too..we are blessed.."..he said while looking at them..now she moved his gaze towards him..she saw pride and love in his eyes for his family..

Manik noticed her intense gaze at him...so he too looked at her..and she was looking at him with unknown emotion in her eyes..he gave her s smile...and now this made her remove her eyes from him...

Nandini : "woh..am..am sorry.."..she instantly bit her tongue and apologized..

Manik : "if you are saying sorry for stating at me..then please don't be.. because..."..he stopped in mid and she looked at him with confusion..

Manik : "because I like that gaze" ..he in very simple words defined his feelings..which made her awestruck..from always she wanted this quality in her life partner..

After some good time..they Gelled up well..and was talking comfortably..

Manik : "from always I was single ..thus I don't have any experience in handling relationships..".. he told her honestly and this made her blown out..

Nandini : "You know what's the best quality in you?".. she asked on which he listened her calmly..

Nandini : "you are honest..".. she said with a smile which made him smile as well..

Manik : "and you are so perfect..".. he said totally lost in her beauty..

Both stare at each other..they shared an intense eye lock..which was soothing their souls...

Cabir : "ahem! Ahem!".. he came there and cleared his throat ..which broke their eye lock..

Cabir : "mom dad ne bulaya hai..".. he said with a smile..and they both nodded their head..Nandini stood up..but as soon as she took a step ahead..her lehanga came under her feet and she lost balance..but Manik held her from behind..thus saved her from falling..

That was the first touch ..which made their body shiver..they both felt a electrifying effect in their bodies..something unusual took place in their hearts today..

Cabir whistled at the same time..and they both came back to reality..

Cabir : "Bhai Chale?"..he asked with a naughty smirked while they both were blushing..

And they both left to meet their family..who were eagerly waiting to listen their decision..

Nyonika : "so Manik?.. ".. she asked him as soon as he reached there..on which he looked at Nandini..who was smiling..blushing..looking downwards..

Manik : "mujhe yeh rishta manzoor hai mom..".. he said while looking at her..while she blushed badly..

Sakshi : "and Nandini tu?".. she asked after holding her hand..

Nandini : "mujhe bhi..".. she too gave her consent and this made all of them super happy..

They started hugging each other..and congratulating..they were really very happy..while MaNan were looking at each other ..with an unknown emotion in each other hearts..

Screen freezes on their smiling faces.

So! How's it? ..hope you people are liking their slow and steady romance..that awkwardness..that blush..that nervousness.. isn't so cute? .. Awww! Our beautiful MaNan.. 😘😘😘😍😍..

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Love..kajal 💮