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First of all thank you for Loving Parisha baby! Means a lot! Thanks a lot!

Secondly first Ship name was suggested by silentwarriorx, my fizzah Darling! The name is #ManIsha.

The second name was #PariMan, darling who suggested this sorry I forgot your name can you please quote this line with your name so that readers get to know who suggested this one!

Lastly guys the genre of this story is tragedy. It's genre is not romance. Don't expect a long love making scene! The romance won't be more then a hug or hardly a kiss! Those who want to read Romance and all that go and read my other stories! You are welcomed to back off..

Because in my POV MaNan and true love is more then just being physical!

Sorry for the rant! Enjoy the update! I know you all are desperate!

Happy Reading!

Chapter 2

"Nandini!" He took her name again and she looked at him with red swollen eyes.

"Can we talk about US?" He again whispered and Nandini's breath stopped.

What about this 'US' talk? Was there any 'US' in the first place?

"Us?" She muttered parting away from him but her hands were still fixed to his shirt collars.

"Yes!" Manik breathed out cupping to her cheeks and brushing away her disheveled hair from her face..

"There was no US!" She said in a same lost tone and Manik gulped..

"There was Nandini! Agar nahi bhi tou ho skta hai!" He asked trying to convey his feelings in a decent manner..

He was still in a fix about Nandini's inner turmoils.

He was trying to figure out the level of damage. The intensity of her fears and doubts..

As expected Suddenly Nandini's expressions changed from shocked to scared ones and she jerked Manik away..

He just stared at her and was waiting for her next move..

She got up in haste and once again couldn't maintain the balance because of the dizziness which was  already overpowering her. Manik immediately followed and held her in his arms.

Her face was once again buried in his chest as she took deep breaths, trying to maintain her conscious..

"Mat jaoa!" He begged innocently holding her close to him and she again pushed him..

"Nandini!" He tried coming closer to her but she stumbled back..

"Stay away!" She warned him showing him her palm but Manik didn't stop. "Myny bola stay away!" She shouted crying loudly and this time Manik stopped.

"Let me protect you!" Manik spoke helplessly.

"I don't need your protection! Koi haq Nahi ap ka mjh pay!" She cried out and her voice held so much of complaints..

"Haq ki baat kar rahi ho tum? Main...I care for you Nandini! And Pari too!" Manik tried to explain himself knowing the fact that he was at fault made him so helpless and ashamed of himself..

"No you don't! Agar ap care karty tou--!" She was crying like anything and Manik stood froze on his place..

How much he wanted to hold her close to him..

How much he wanted to wipe her tears..

How much he wanted to tell her that he will make everything okay!

He so wanted to tell her that he loved her beyond compare but he was scared what if his sudden confession took Nandini more away from?

He didn't want to lose her this time..

"Tou?" Manik asked in a low tone and she backed off more to the door..

"Tou any main itne dair kabhi na karty!" She said in a shivering tone and Manik felt like thousand of thorns piercing in his heart...

Yes he was late..

"Maaf kar do! Pari kay liye!" He begged...he was trying so hard...

But Nandini didn't say anything..

She kept staring at him with eyes filled with tears and turned to leave. Manik reached her in two strides and held her hand over the knob..

"Mat jaoa! Bina kuch kahay! Mjy sath chye Tumhara! Main...main pal pal marta hoon! Main mar jaoan ga!" He was bagging in desperation but she didn't turn..

The cruelness happened to her in those four years made her so heartless and senseless, moreover her own pain was too much that she was unable to feel any other's pain..

"Ap pal pal marty hain?" She asked in a hollow tone and he was on verge of crying. "Aur main tou kab ki mar chuki hoon!" The words escaped her lips with so much pain and Manik backed off with a jerk...

"We were friends! Par ab nahi! Main ap ko Parisha kay baba ban'ny say nahi rokoon ge! Par main...mj say koi taluq nahi ap ka! Meray peechy mat aye ga! " Her words were cold...cold enough to freeze Manik's heart and the next second she was running out of the room, slamming the door shut.

Manik aimlessly walked and stood in his balcony, reminiscing the moments happened while ago..

He was really very late but he was so sorry..

Sorry by heart..

If he would have slightest Idea of what was going on in his house he wouldn't have wasted a single second to come back..

But still he was at fault and he was ashamed of it..

He was now thinking how to fix the damage..

The night was falling darker and the fog around was getting thick..

Manik wanted just a ray of hope.

A little hope! Anything something!..

Before he could have think more he felt a pull on his jeans.

Manik didn't had to be remind twice of who it was..

He looked down to see Parisha standing with eyes heavy with sleep and her eyes filled with fear..

Though she wasn't crying but her eyes were wet..

"Uth gaya mera bacha?" Manik said lovingly and knelt to her level. She immediately encircled her arms around Manik's neck and hugged him. "Kya hua? Was it a very baddy dream!?" Manik asked with voice filled with honey and sugar, patting to Parisha's hair..

Then he noticed she was still wearing her princess frock which must be very uneasy while sleeping and before he could react to it she herself parted away..

Then with hands she tried to tell Manik that dress was really not comfortable..

"Aww! Sorry Baba ki jaan! Ap ko night dress dalna hai na?" He asked softly and she stared at him blankly with irritated eyes..

Manik definitely needed to do a sign language course..

He couldn't make out how to say this so he just showed her a thumbs up. Her eyes relaxed and she once again hugged Manik. This time he got up holding her in his arms and started searching her pajamas in the shopping bags with one hand as with other he was holding her, while Parisha just kept sucking to her thumb hiding her face in Manik's neck..

Finally Manik found out a very soft blended stuff night shirt and pajamas, with loads of pink kitties over it..

"Mil gye!" He heaved a sigh of relief and shook the dress in front of her. She smiled and Manik made her stood on the bed. She quietly did and Manik helped her change..

"Sorry Baba ko baby sambhalny ni aaty! But am learning okay! Soon I will be an expert!" He said in an apologetic tone as he buttoned up the last button of her shirt. She smiled at him sleepily and held his hands. Manik bent down to peck her forehead and she hugged his waist again, still standing on the bed. "I love you so much Princess! I really do!" He said trying his best not to cry and Pari once broke the hug, gave him a smile then again hugged him back..

Both kept clinging to each other until Manik thought of putting Parisha to sleep.

He parted her away and she sawyed sleepily. Manik chuckled and laid her down on his side, covering her with the blanket.

Thinking that she slept, he himself walked towards the bathroom to change, when her shriek forced him to turn. He saw her wriggling out of the bed and as soon as her feet touched the floor she came running to him, the next second she was hugging his legs..

Ohkay? What was that?

She was scared that he was leaving her?

"Baby am not going anywhere!" He said lovingly and again knelt in front of her. "I am just going to bathroom!" He tried to tell her with his gestures..

She looked confused for few moments but soon the realization dawned her and her expressions relived..

"Should I go?" Manik again asked with the gestures and she nodded..

Manik sighed and got up..

But being an insecure desperate soul Parisha followed her baba the dearest with quiet steps.

Manik entered the bathroom and she stood near the door. Manik turned and smiled at her. She didn't return the favor but stood determined on her place, waiting for her Baba to come out soon.

Manik immediately shut the door and changed his cloth as fast as possible, then throwing some water on his face and wiping it with the towel he opened the door only to see the little angel still standing there. She was rocking left to right...

Awww...Manik's heart melted thousand times for his girl and she immediately climbed Manik's arms, as fear of losing him overpowered her once again...

"So baby can't stay away from Baba right?" He asked lovingly rubbing his nose with hers and this time she giggled her lungs out..

"Chalo ji! Lets sleep!" Manik said sliding under the covers with Parisha and she snuggled in him like a cute bunny, closing her eyes..

She was completely lying over him and he was now pecking to her hair with so much of love as she heaved up and down over him. Her little parted lips her cheeks...

She was so cute...

And Manik was determined to win her mother back too..

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Nandini was running towards her room when suddenly she hit into someone, she stumbled back and looked up to see Neyonika standing blocking her way.

"What were you doing in Manik's room!?" She growled angrily and Nandini stood almost lifeless, face devoid of any kind of expressions..

"I am asking you something!!!" Neyonika roared...

"Nothing!" She said in a low tone and Neyonika was burning in anger..

"Stay away from my Son! I am warning you! Aik ko tou kha chuki ho na! Ab dosry kay bhi peechy pad gai ho?" She was whisper yelling at her and Nandini stared at quietly..

"I have no relation with him!" She said in a simple tone and Neyonika gritted her teeth..

"Acha! Aren't you trying to trap him through your daughter??! Usy seenay say lagaye ghoomta hai har jaga!" She was getting angrier with each passing second and this took Nandini's patience finally..

"So what? My daughter deserves to be treated good! Agar aj usy koi baap ka pyar deeny wala mil gya hai tou ap ko kya problem hai??" She too replied back with same anger..

"Your deaf and dumb daughter she--!" Before Neyonika could complete Nandini interrupted..

"Enough! Please! Baar baar mjy is baat ka ehsaas mat dilayen kay meri beti bool Nahi skti aur main us k liye kuch nahi kar skti! Ap ko jo bolna hai ap mjy bool lo! Stop dragging my daughter in all this! She is your blood for heavens sake!" Nandini almost shouted at Neyonika and she made a bad face..

"Do you have any evidence that Abhimanyu is Parisha's father? Ni naa?" Neyonika was crossing aal limits tonight and Nandini stared at her dumbfound.. "Then shut up! Mjy sab dekh raha! Remember one thing! The mistake which Abhi committed I won't let Manik repeat it! Ever!" She was the most cruellest lady ever.

"You are heartless!" Nandini shouted at her. "Listen to me! Meri beti ka haq main usy zaroor dilwaoan ge! Dekhti hoon kay kesy rokain ge ap mjy!!" She herself didn't know where the courage came from but she spoke and started stumbling towards her room again but Neyonika's words forced out her tears again which she was controlling with loads of difficulty. The words were..

"Kash tum jaldi mar jaoa Nandini!"

The pain was too much...it was too much to handle for her...

She entered her room and collapsed on the bed crying her lungs out..

"You are responsible for my son's death!!"

"I don't need a heir for my family! Specially from your womb!"

"You killed my son!"

"Keep your daughter away from me!"

"If I ever saw your daughter in kitchen eating stuff I will kill her!"

The words of Neyonika from past years resonated in the room and she sobbed loudly...

She was in pain...so much of pain. The pain was unbearable.

"Kiun chalay gye tum Abhimanyu? You promised kay you will be with me forever! Aur ab tm ny apny bhai ko bhej diya? Why Abhi?" She shouted holding to Abhimanyu's photo closer to her chest.

"Mjy apny pass bula lo Abhi!" She shouted crazily.

"Ya is dard ko...is dard ko kam kar do! Tm mjy apni Nandini bolty thy na? Tou kiun kiya!!" She was crying and crying..

Her heart was busting...

She was neverever dishonest with Abhimanyu but she never forget Manik..

"Mat jaoa! Bina kuch kahay! Main...main pal pal marta hoon! Main mar jaoan ga!"

Manik's words echoed and she hiccupped..

"Ab kya leny ayen hain Manik mj say? I have nothing to give him...nothing!" She spoke crying endlessly and buried her face in the bed mattress..

The dark which had surrounded the room was now fogging her head until she was unaware and unconsciousness took over her..

"Kash tm jaldi mar jaoa Nandini!"...

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The morning rays dared to sneak in Manik Malhotra's room from the window and he shifted, still fast asleep while Parisha Malhotra stared at her Baba's face with endless loved filled in her eyes, lying beside him. Her one leg was thrown over his waist and her head wad on his arm..

Maybe the baby never thought of having a father's warmth. Maybe she never imagined a father to be like this..

Slowly sliding more closer to Manik's face, she tapped his cheek with her tiny palm, maybe trying to wake him up..

"Unhnnn!" Manik made an irritated sound in sleep along with irritated expressions and It seemed the little one enjoyed her Baba getting annoyed..

She again tapped his cheeks and this time Manik slowly opened his eyes..

She squeaked happily on seeing him awake and Manik pouted as if telling her that he was angry. Kn seeing him angry she thought for a second before she slowly sat up and Manik waited for her next move.

She very catefully straddled his stomach and laid her head on his chest lovingly smiling at him, hugging him tightly..

"Gosh Pari! You can't be more cuter meri shona!" Manik exclaimed cradling the little one close to him and she sighed in his embrace..

Manik was crazily pecking her hair and face while she was just smiling at him with all the love...

They both may would have spend years like this but suddenly the love for Nandini aroused in Parisha's heart and she parted away from Manik..

"What happened?" He asked softly as he got up with her..

"Mama!" She told him with gestures of her hands and Manik smiled..

"Mama pass jana hai? Pehly brush kar len! Phr chali jana! Come!" He said picking her up and grabbed a new sponge Bob toothbrush from one of the shopping bag along with a baby toothpaste. Then he dragged a stool from his room to the bathroom near the washbasin on which he made Parisha stood. Then he helped her in washing her face and then she brushed her tiny milky teeth. After getting done with those chores Manik wiped her hands and face with his towel..

"Chalo ji All done!" He said showing her a thumbs up and she did the same gesture back. Then pecking each others cheek hundreds of times Manik let Parisha go and she run out to get her mother. Manik himself locked the bathroom door to have a shower..

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Parisha was happy. After all for the first time she woke up in her father's arms. It was giving her an immensely happy feeling which she really wanted to share with her mother.

She was running in the corridors laughing to herself all the servants felt so much relaxed on seeing the little soul glowing and they waved at her working around.

Finally she reached her mother's room and pushed the door open. She noticed her still sleeping.

She playfully slapped her palm on her forehead as if she was disappointed on seeing her mother still sleeping. She immediately climbed the bed and shook Nandini with full excitement..

"Aaeeenn! Wooeeoo!" She shouted in happiness shaking Nandini badly but Nandini didn't wake up.

Parisha thought that Mama must be joking so she started tickling her but to no vail. Suddenly worry crept in her tiny heart and she again shook her mother with full force but again no response..

Parisha felt her own heartbeat dipping as tears pooled in little glittering eyes..

What should she do?

Baba!!

Yes Baba will help..

She frantically jumped off the bed and fell down, hurting her knee but this didn't stop her pace. Her mother was not talking to her what could be worse then that?

She crazily run back towards Manik's room and reached there on record time. The room was empty and Manik was in the bathroom..

She wanted to shout so loud...she wanted to scream but the bloody defected vocal cords didn't allow her and she madly banged the bathroom door with her tiny hands..

The tears were unstoppable.

She had so many reasons to cry.

First her mother was sick..

Secondly she wasn't talking to her..

Thirdly she couldn't shout loud enough to call her Baba to help her mother..

Finally banging the door with full force for at least two minutes, Manik opened the door with a jerk..

He was wearing his shirt in haste..

"Pari! What on earth happened??" He asked worriedly and she held his hand still hiccuping, trying to drag him with her..

"Hold on little kid! Ap Mama kay pass gye thy na??" He asked trying to stop her but she didn't, instead she kept dragging him with her.

Suddenly realization dawned him..

Was Nandini okay??

Crap...

Next second he was running towards Nandini's room and Parisha was following him..

He reached her room and his heart sank..

"Darn itttt!" He shouted storming towards Nandini's bed and gathered her almost dead figure in his arms. Parisha too had now climbed the bed. "No no no!" He shouted patting to Nandini's cheeks and Parisha was crying endlessly caressing to Nandini's hair. "Hey! Nandini!! Just talk to me! Come on! Open your eyes!!" Manik was going frantic..

He checked her pulse and his eyes went wide..

The pulse was nowhere to be found..

He was losing her..

No it can't be..

He immediately picked her up in his strong arms and she weighed nothing..

"Follow me Parisha!" Manik ordered Parisha with his face, though he didn't need to tell her because she was already holding to his shirt hem to follow him..

Nandini's life was in danger...

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Parisha was hugging her knees sitting on the bench in front of the ICU and Manik was pacing around the corridor..

Since last three hours both father daughter were in the same positions..

The only person who loved Nandini truly were suffering..

Parisha was hiccuping and Manik's heart was paining..

He walked to sit beside her and she slowly raised her head to look at him with blood red eyes..

Her innocence filled eyes held the same question which his heart was shouting..

Will Nandini be okay??

"She will okay! Baba kuch nahi hony dain gay Mama ko!" He said in a shaken voice and Parisha crawled in his lap..

"I know you love mama so much!" He started slowly and she hugged him tightly..

He knew she couldn't listen to him but he needed to tell her..

He wanted to share the secret with his daughter that he also loved her mother so much..

"And Baba also love Mama so much!" Finally... Finally Manik Malhotra confessed though to Parisha but he did..

Parisha stared at Manik's face for few seconds before leaning up and pecking to Manik's cheek..

Maybe she was telling him that she also Love him so much and she was with him..

"Thanks meri jaan! Baba really needs your support! Promise to be with Baba in winning your Mama?" He asked lovingly and extended his hand in front of her, asking for a promise..

She once again blinked her eyelashes to his extended big big hand and thinking for some moments she quietly placed her both tiny winy hands in his..

He was so overwhelmed from her little cute gestures and kissed her forehead with so much love, squeezing to her hands gently..

"I love you meri jaan!" He murmured lovingly on her hair and she rested her head on his head. He too hugged her closer..

Suddenly their little moment broke as the doctor came out of the ICU..

Manik immediately got up along with Parisha in her arms..

"Doctor?!" Manik asked in worry..

"What is the lady to you?" Doctor asked in a low tone and Manik looked at Parisha..

It took him less then a second to decide that what Nandini was to him...

"Wife! She is my wife!" He said confidently and Doctor stared at him, he was looking so disappointed..

"I am feeling very sad to say this and kindly don't mind but you failed as a husband!" He said in a dejected tone and Manik quietly heard Doctor scolding him..

"Her heartbeat rate was so low! She is so weak and pale! Her blood pressure and weight are dangerously low! I wonder how much cruel you are with that poor soul and now she almost had a nervous breakdown!" Doctor was showing no mercy and Manik was quiet all the time.

"She is lucky that she is still alive!" Doctor sighed and placed his hand on Manik's shoulder. "Listen Young man! Whatever the differences you both have solve them! Save your relation for this little angel!" Doctor was an affectionate one. "Your wife will be shifted to the normal ward! She is out of danger! But she will take time to gain her conscious!" Doctor said walking off and Manik sighed in relief..

Parisha immediately patted Manik's cheek asking her what the Doctor was saying and Manik nodded at her..

"Haan jaan! Mama is ok!" He said smiling at her and showed her a thumbs up. All of a sudden so much of relief filled Parisha's face and her chin wobbled..

Her mother was ok..

A tear slid on her cheek and Manik kissed it away..

"No more tears chanda! Ab sirf smile for Baba!" He said lovingly and she hide her face in his neck..

Soon Nandini was shifted in a simple ward. Manik and Pari were allowed to sit inside so they both rushed inside..

Pang of pain aroused in Manik's heart on seeing so many wires and drips attached to Nandini's body. He quietly made Pari sit beside Nandini and she stared at her mother with sad eyes..

Parisha looked at Manik and he smiled at her..

"It's okay love! Mama is just sleeping! She is fit and fine!" He said in assurance and sat near her..

He caressed Nandini's hair and leaned forward to peck her forehead, with that he held her hand in a soft grip. At the same time Parisha kissed to Nandini's cheek and both backed off simultaneously. Manik was still on half way when Nandini's soft murmur halted his moments and literally stopped everything around..

The whisper was..

"Man....Manik...!".

To be continued...
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Oh sh!t am so damn sleepy! I hope you all have enjoyed the chapter! U really do need the same response which you guys gave to the first chapter..

Waiting anxiously!

Love,Mawara