Everyone was staring at the gate with shock ...the sentence they heard a minute back was more shocking to all of them..they all stood up looking at the person standing on the gate..and the sentence was still ringing in their ears..

"Shona! My love..your Manik is back ..".. yes! They have saw Manik there ..while his words left them in understatement..

While Manik and Nandini were horrified..they looked at each other frantically..while others were staring at Manik like he is some alien or he is a long nose man.. it's sounds funny but they actually gazing at him like that only..

Cabir : "Manik!".. he exclaimed still in disbelief of what he heard a minute back..while MaNan were speechless..

Nandini : "Manik.."... She called him in her heart and he looked at her with some tears in his eyes..

Manik : "my planning always goes in bin..last time too our secret came out drastically..and this time too it came out like this..Shona! Am sorry..".. he answered in his heart.. and she smiled a little and nodded a no to him..

Nandini : "Almighty wants this only.. let's tell them the whole truth Manik.."..she told him in her heart ..and he blinked his eyes ..he knows from there is no escapism..he has to tell them everything..he has no other choice..

Cabir : "what did you said?".. he asked while coming towards them..and Manik lowered down his head..Cabir was badly in tears and only wanted to hug his brother tightly right there ..

Navya : "Nandini yeh.."..she asked in a soft tone on which Nandini with teary eyes nodded yes..which shocked of them..

Cabir : "tell me..".. he again asked after reaching Manik.. Manik slowly moved his face upwards and looked at Cabir..he was on the verge of crying..

Manik : "Cabir..".. before he could speak anything else..cabir hugged him tightly..leaving Manik in shock..and others in tears..

Cabir too burst into tears..he started crying like a small baby in Manik's arms while others were too crying along them..Manik hugged his brother tightly with only love and contentment in his heart..only his heart knows how badly he wanted to engulf Cabir in his arms ..how badly he wanted to tell Cabir that he is alive..how badly he wanted to tell him that he remember each and everything..only his heart knows..

But soon Cabir came to a conclusion and he broke the hug..

Cabir : "that means...that means tujhe sab yaad aa gaya Manik?.. you remember us?.. but kab kese?.. and why you both didn't told anything??.. kuch bolo bhi..".. he showered with so many questions..and Manik looked at Nandini with guilt in his eyes..she knows he needs her today badly.. so she walked towards him..stand beside him..and held his hand tightly..

Nandini : "Han..Manik ko sab yaad hai..".. she said on behalf of Manik looking at Cabir..and cabir's happiness has no boundaries today..

Cabir : "sach??..".. he asked still not believing his ears..while others too were equally happy ..

Nandini : "Ca....."...before she could say anything... Manik's phone started ringing..

Manik : "I need to take this call.."..he told them..and they all nodded..

Manik : "hello!".. he said very calmly...

"To hell with your hello..where the hell are you since last night??.. phone off kar rakha hai..no body knows about you..what type of idiotic behavior it is...".. he was awarded by a sharp and rude tone filled with only anger..

Manik : "Aliya..relax..actually yaha thoda network issue hai..so i wasn't able to contact ..am sorry for that..".. he very conveniently lied..

Aliya : "Manik..this is not done ..wherever you are...come back..".. she strictly told him..and he looked a little lost..there was unknown expression on his face..

Manik : "Aliya..Mai aaj he Pune wapas aa raha hoon.."... He told her and before she could ask anything..he cut the call..

While she was fuming in anger..she threw away her phone in anger..

Aliya : "this is not done...you just can't do this Manik Malhotra..you can't..".. she shouted and threw away all the things placed on the table..

Everyone was staring at Manik ..looking for proper explanation..

Manik : "I think am in a big mess".. he thinks with worry and fear was clearly visible on his face..

Navya : "Manik sir..apko sab yaad aa gaya?.. lekin kab? Or Nandini tumne hume kuch bhi kyu nhi bataya??".. she asked while so many questions were arising in their respective minds..

Cabir : "Manik..bol Na kuch..".. he asked again as Manik was standing there quietly..

Manik : "meri memory kabhi gayi he nhi thi..".. he told them the only fact and this made all of them shocked..they looked at him with their eyes wide opened..while Nandini nodded her head in approval..

Abhi : "what nonsense..Cabir Nandini tumse Pune Mei mile the..then why didn't you recognized him?.. and that doctor ..he too said the same thing..".. he said in a little agitated manner..which was quiet normal on his part..

Cabir : "you did all that deliberately..right??".. he being his best friend get to know before Manik could even speak..this is the purity of a true friendship..

Manik : "right!".. he said In a little low tone..which really shook all of them to the core..

Mukti : "but kyu Manik sir?.. what was the need?.. apko pata bhi hai ki kya kya hua hai yaha ..what we all went through without you..leave all of us..think about Nandini..Cabir..why you let them suffer??.. speak up..".. she shouted on him in anger and pain both.. after all she considered him as her family..why won't she not be angry on him?..

Anger is also a way of showing your love..we get angry on them only whom we considered as our property..whom we think that yes! We have right on them..Anger is the most easiest way of showing love..but alas! We never look at the other side of coin.. that's why we always consider anger as a negative feeling..whereas it is also a positive feeling..

Nandini : "Mukti..we can explain ..please tum log ek baar Manik ki Puri baat sun lo please..".. she said on behalf of him..while holding his hand tightly..he was looking at all of them with same pain and guilt which he had yesterday night while confronting Nandini ..

Cabir : "we are waiting Manik..say something..".. he said after moving a little far from Manik..which actually hurt Manik..but he somehow consoled himself..as he was expecting this type of behavior..

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"Aliya! What's wrong??".. Aliya heard a female voice and when she looked in her side..she found marry aunty standing on the gate of her room..and was looking at the messy condition of the room..

Aliya : "marry aunty..please..right now am not in a mood to talk with anyone.."...she said in a little annoyed tone..but marry aunty walked inside the room carefully..as there were glass pieces scattered all over the floor..

Marry : "keep calm Aliya..I never saw you in this much anger.."... She said after coming towards her..

Aliya : "ise pehle Manik ne bhi esa nhi Kiya hai..am with him from last 1 year..he was never this irresponsible.. and now he disconnected my call..how dare he??..".. she said while gritting her teeth..she was in immense anger..

Marry aunty just smiled..and placed her hand on aliya's shoulder..

Marry : "you cares for him..don't you?".. she asked with a soft smile..and now Aliya looked at her but didn't replied anything..

Marry : "but do you love him?.. ask yourself..".. she said with a warm smile while Aliya was looking at her sternly ..

Aliya : "aunty aap...".. before she could say anything..she cut her in mid..

Marry : "am not asking your opinion..am saying..just ask yourself..don't answer me.. question yourself..and give answer to yourself only ... think about it!".. she said with a smile..and moved out of the room..while Aliya was in deep thoughts..she looked herself in the mirror ..and recalled all the times she spent with Manik..

Aliya : "no aunty..its not at all love..it can never be love.. MANIK MALHOTRA..I CAN NEVER EVER LOVE YOU..".. she said while looking at herself in the mirror.. while there was some emotions in her eyes..but it's so difficult to name it.. what's that emotion is which she is carrying in herself.. it's really difficult to judge her.

Screen freezes on her serious face..

Ok! I know as always am again late..but mai kya karu?.. bahut busy hoon..like bahut jyada..I so wants to write but time he nhi bachta hai ..😥😥..uske upar itna jyada work load college ka..being a PG student yeh haal hai mera toh yaha itne saare board students hai..woh kese manage karte honge??😯😯.. Anyways..I will always spare some time for my this family..as I really really love you all..

Now coming back to the story..I know I didn't revealed the secret in this part..and I had planned i will reveal in this part itself but I wasn't able to ..but but but in next update you will get to know what actually happened with Manik after that accident..so wait for the next update..

Tab tak ke liye..keep reading..keep loving..keep commenting..keep voting..and most importantly..keep smiling..

Loads of love..
Kajal ❤❤