Everyone had breakfast..manik was with ayaan and myrah at the garden walking..

Myrah held manik's finger and walked beside him slowly slowly.. 

Ayaan: papa..

Manik: hmm

Ayaan: aap aur mamma kaise mile the? Aap humesha ek saath rehte the?

Manik smiling: no buddy..we met after we grew up..

Ayaan: kaise?

Manik: college mein..

Ayaan: phir?

Manik: pehle toh we fought alot..

Ayaan: mamma can fighhtt?

Manik laughing: oh you dont ask buddy..

Ayaan laughing: phir?

Manik: phir we became friends

Ayaan: kaise?

Manik: idk..actually we were never friends..

Ayaan: toh kya the?

Manik was actually thinking about an answer..what should he say..he didnt know himself..but the feelings were surely of mot what a friend has for another friend..

Manik: umm.. Lets just say friends..

Ayaan: okayy..phir?

Manik: phir we..we..we..we started liking each other..

Ayaan: kaise papa?

Manik: ho jata hain buddy..when we spend time..

Ayaan: ohh..

Manik: phir we got married..

Ayaan: kaise?

Manik: kaise...we wanted to get married..phir humne humare family ko bola..everyone agreed then we got married in mangalore..

Ayaan: mangalore? Amms ke waha?

Manik: yess..

Ayaan: i never went there..

Manik: we will go soon..

Myrah left ayaan's finger and started running..

Manik: no no myrah..gir jaoge..

Manik and ayaan moved after her and just when manik said she would fall..she fell on the grass..

Myrah: ouuu..

Manik: myrahh..kaha tha na..

Manik picked myrah up..

Manik: thik ho na?

Ayaan: grass hain na papa..isiliye nehi lagi..

Myrah looked at manik and ayaan and started laughing..

Ayaan laughed too..

Manik: veryy naughty! Both of you..

Ayaan: acha papa..continue with your story..

Manik: what..phir kya buddy..we got married lived together you came into our life..

Ayaan: kaise?

Manik started coughing..

Ayaan: kya hua papa..

Manik: nothing..nothing..chalo lets go inside..its very cold

Ayaan: offo finee..

They went inside..

At evening-

Nandini came to her room after making ayaan and myrah sleep..
Manik was wearing his trouser and his jacket over a red tshirt..

Nandini: going somewhere?

Manik: hmm.. Gym

Nandinu: ohh..

Manik went to the washroom to wash his face..

Nandini quickly applied red lipstick on her lips..

Manik came out wiping his face with a towel..

Nandini held his hand and pulled him closer to her..

Manik: kya nandini..

Nandini opened the chain of his jacket and moved her hand beneath his jacket and around his stomach..

Nandini: i love you..

Manik: okay..

Nandini: you didnt say it for so many days..

Manik: hmm..1 day u mean..

Nandini: haan..but manik..tumhara control power is increasing a lot..is it a sign of getting old?

Manik confused: what?

Nandini: i mean manik..its been 17 days..

Manik: so?

Nandini: soo? Tum manik malhotra ho na..

Manik: funny nandini..jaane do aab..

Nandini  stood on her toes and kissed his cheek giving the best mark he loved on his face.. The mark of her red lipstick mark..

Manik controlled his smile and looked at nandini..

Nandini kissed his another cheek..this time making it a bit longer..
Manik closed his eyes..his hands moved to her back..

Nandini looked at him

Nandini: manik...

Manik: hmm

Nandini: dont u have to go?

Nandini moved back smiling..

Manik: i was going...tum.. 

Nandini: mein what?

Manik: nothing..

Nandini smiling sat on her bed and opened the drawer of the sidetable..

Manik fixed his jacket..

Nandini: shit yeh yaha kaise..

She took her diary on her hand..

Manik looked at her: kya?

Nandini instantly moved the diary behind her

Nandini: no nothing..

She stood up and came towards the washroom and manik went towards her

Manik: kya?

Nandini: nothing manik..

Manik: is this your diary where you write bad stuffs about me?

Nandini: bad stuffs? Not at all..

Manik: toh dikhao..

Nandini: no..

Manik tried to take but nandini moved her hands to her back..

Manik tried to reach out to her hand but nandini moved  back..

Nandini: manik please..

Manik started tickling her and nandini started laughing..

Nandini: pleas eplease noo..

Nandini sat down on the bed and manik too tickling her..

She was laughing like crazy and she lied down laughing...manik kept tickling her and he moved above her while doing so..

Nandini: stop it manik..

Manik: no no..why?

Nandini looked at him..manik stopped too..he realized how he was above her and he realized how difficult it was getting for him..

Nandini moved her hand around his neck pulling him down..

Manik moved  closer to her lips too..

Nandini pecked on his lips and manik moved aside..

Nandini sat up smiling

Manik: byee..

Manik stood up..nandini held his hand and pulled him down and manik sat again..

Nandini whispered in his ear: 17 days mr.malhotra..

Manik stood up and smiled while walking away..

Manik as he was going down the stairs: 17 days..