This update is especially dedicated to saeeda461 Happy belated birthday my prabachan queen.

Thank you for being so patient.

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Nandini walked faster through the corridor, her eyes searching for Navya but there was no sign of her. She took out her phone to call her, the moment she looked at the screen without stopping her steps. She bumped into someone, making her phone drop and she was pushed aback by a few steps. In the due process, she felt two strong hands stabilize her.

"Careful and what's the hurry?" A very familiar voice hit her ears and she looked up in a jiffy only to see Aryaman, looking at her intently with a smile playing on his lips. It would sound cliche but for some reason he felt a different connection with her when he touched her.

Harshad who had been seeing this pushed Nandini while passing through them and she ended up banging on his chest. Nandini shut her eyes tight and unknowingly gripped the sleeves of his jacket when she was pushed. Aryaman was busy looking at her face that he didn't even realise when Nandini got out of his grip. And he himself didn't know why all of a sudden he felt cold and he missed her in his arms.

"Oh shit!" Nandini stomped her foot and made an angry face on seeing her phone broken. Aryaman found her annoyed expression rather adorable and he couldn't help but stare at her. Aryaman bent down helped Nandini to pick up the pieces of her phone.

"Umm Nandini could you give me your notes?" Aryaman asked, trying to carry out conversation with her. "Due to the project meeting I missed the classes."

"Okay." Nandini agreed, not wanting to end up in an argument with him. She searched her bag and took out few of her notes.

"I thought you would deny. Does this mean we are friends?"

"If you don't want the notes, it's okay." Nandini smiled in a mocking way but Aryaman immediately took the notes from her hand and said,"No thanks I don't want to fail in the second semester."

"Don't forget to give me the notes back." Nandini said as she left.

"Okay." Aryaman said fidgeting with her copy. "At least I got a reason to see her again."

Nandini was just done setting her phone when she was pulled into an empty room by Manik. Her phone fell down and she sighed in frustration.

"Can't you just meet me in a normal way?" Nandini snapped as she opened the door to pick up her phone which was outside the room but Manik blocked her way and closed the door.

"You are not going anywhere." Manik in a swift moment grabbed both her hands and pinned her to the wall. She gasped with the sudden push. "But my-"

"How many times have I told you to stay away from that Aryaman?"

"We are in the same college and it's not possible to not see him." Nandini reasoned. "And even I don't have any interest in meeting him." Nandini said with frowns.

"You are too precious for me and I fear that someone else might take you away from me." He was afraid to lose her after all she was no more less than his life.

"That's never gonna happen."

"That's my biggest fear." Manik left her hands and put his hands on either side of her shoulder, looking at her intently. "Never mind. Tell me what was that Aryaman doing there?" Manik asked. The Green eyes monster can never change. He was again back to the same topic.

"Oh he was just asking my notes."

"And you gave it to him?"

"Yea." Nandini replied.

"Get those notes back." Manik said rather ordered.

"No." Nandini denied."He did it with a good intension. He just wanted to pass in the second semester."

Right then Manik left her shoulder and took a step back."Whichever hand you used to give him the notes that hand can't touch me." He said with a straight face but Nandini found it rather cute.

"Oh really then you shouldn't touch my face as well." Nandini said, trying to maintain a straight face. "My face banged on his chest and you know, he even touched my shoulders. And-"

"What? He touched you." Manik pushed her against the wall. "Where did he touch you?"
"Someone told me that I shouldn't touch him and now he himself can't stay away from me." Nandini said with a playful grin.

"Pretend as if I never said it." Manik said, defeated. How could he ever win over Nandini?

"He touched you here." Manik rubbed her shoulder slightly, trying to remove Aryaman's touch.

Nandini found his gestures rather cute. She couldn't help but smile.

"He touched you here." Saying this Manik held her hand and intertwined their fingers. He kissed her hand as if he was trying to remove Aryaman's touch.

"And here as well." Manik touched her cheeks and planted a soft kiss there. A red hue formed on her cheeks and made it's home there. Then he planted a soft gentle kiss on her forehead and she couldn't resist smiling.

"You were jealous, weren't you?" She asked, smilingly.

"No one can touch you except me."
The very next moment he pressed his lips demandingly on her, sucking and devouring it gently.

Their lips moving in a perfect synchronization created it's own magic. He let her lips go just for a second and lifted her. Placing her on the bench, looking into her eyes intently, he again captured her lips. His grip on her waist tightened and she felt warm and secured in his arms. Her hands in his hair pulled him even more closer. None of them wanted to break the kiss but sensing that she was struggling to breath he broke the kiss.

He looked into her eyes and stated clearly,"You are only mine and no one can touch you except for me."

"My dear monster I am only yours. Happy?" Nandini tilted her head a little and said with a smile to which he nodded maintaining a straight face.

"But am sad now." Nandini pouted and he couldn't hold himself back from pecking her pout.

"Haww did I ask you to kiss me?" Nandini made an angry face but owing to the fact that she looked rather adorable than angry.

"That's not called a kiss baby. Come here let me give you a second round of what we did earlier." Manik threw his hands in the air to grab her but she covered her lips and took a step back, nodding her head in no. She was already flustered with just the thought of it.

Manik sighed and mumbled something under his breath and Nandini couldn't get any of it.

"Huh? What are you mumbling?" Nandini uncovered her lips and asked. Right then he pecked her lips once again. "Manik don't do that." Nandini covered her lips and made an angry face but she looked rather adorable.

"Why? Does it turn you on?"

"No it doesn't." Nandini replied instantly pushing him away from her.

"Then let me do it once again."

"No." Nandini stated and left the room before he could get hold of her.

"I need to take care of Aryaman." Manik thought to himself.

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"Abhi where are you? I am so glad you came back to me."

Smack!

Soha, who was walking on one of the isolated corridor of SPACE, was thrown back as a pair boxes slammed into his face. "Isshh.." She wailed in pain.

"This is for hurting my best friend." Mukti said as she looked at Soha with hatred. The very next moment Soha was awarded with balls, obviously soft balls which wouldn't hurt so much.

"Aahh..Stop it." She screamed in pain. The balls stopped and Soha turned her head, only to see Mukti standing few inches away from her.

Mukti grinned and it meant 'danger'. Soha looked around and ran to the other direction only to slip on the floor and fall down on her bump. Soha wailed in pain.

"Stop poking your nose in other's matter and you better stay miles away from Abhi."
Mukti turned around to leave but stopped on hearing what Soha said.

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Precap: Love is in the cute tantrums and care.

What might have Soha said?

What will Manik do next? Any guesses.

I hope you guys liked it.
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Love ❤
Aaku