This leads to a boat ride, and nandini thinks giddily that this is like a dream. She's happy to point out that they're the only people who "look like a couple," but manik never passes up a moment to burst nandini's bubbles, and he tells her that there's a saying that couples who come here break up within six months. But that shouldn't matter, since they're not even dating, right?
Not wanting to jinx herself, nandini wants to leave immediately and stands up in the boat. Yeah, she's not bright. On the other hand, she gets the immediate exit she was looking for, and takes manik with her as she topples into the lake.
Manik buys cheap shirts for them to change into, and nandini realizes excitedly that they happen to match. Like couple tees! And may I point out that HE'S TOTALLY LOVING IT? Oh, he pretends nandini's being silly, but it's an excuse for him to have his cake and eat it too — he can enjoy her reaction but still saves face by acting cool. I'll even bet he chose matching shirts on purpose.
Manik explains that he'd never faced difficulties, but after meeting her, it's like he's come into a whole new world. He compares her to a problem he has to solve, musing that perhaps this is like a test — he has to face it, rather than avoiding it like he used to
Manik: "I won't run away anymore... because the answer is there."
Ha-ni gapes: Is this a... proposal? He chides her for jumping to conclusions, then clarifies,
Manik:"I'm saying I don't dislike you." Coming from him, that's downright romantic. "Being with you isn't easy, but I don't dislike it."
Overcome with excitement, nandini hugs his arm and thanks him, because she thought he hated her. He already knows she likes him, but there's something admirable in the way nandini makes a full-on confession anyway. She promises that although she doesn't know Sartre and can't cook, she'll try to be better.
For once manik doesn't snark back and says he'll look forward to it. In fact, midterms are approaching — he'll confirm her confession with the test results.
As they walk off, she notes that his smile is a little different today; she feels closer to him than when they kissed.
Other Side
The other twosome have a much less successful outing, as aryaman tries to work up the nerve to confess his feelings to alya. He's prepared a speech, but her presence makes him stutter and alya, sensing what's coming, excuses herself before he gets to the point.
Hearing that aryaman's attempt went bust.
Next day
nandini gives aryaman advice on how to confess effectively and coaches him with some role-playing.
Remembering her kiss with manik, nandini makes a similar suggestion, replete with the line "Try to forget me if you can." As they work out the timing of the moment, the other members see nandini faking the kiss part — only, they assume it's real.
Manik arrives at practice to hear everyone buzzing about nandini giving up on him and kissing aryaman. The bumbling duo are still oblivious to the rumors and happen to be engaged in a wrestling match when manik sees them. Yeah, that's the look of a guy who totally doesn't care, right? (Nandini is trying to stop aryaman from approaching alya with racquet in hand, because that turns him into a raving meanie.)
The rumors spread all over school, even reaching shahid and navya. When nandini hears how the truth got twisted, she's horrified — and after they'd had such a wonderful date! She tries to tell manik that the stories are untrue, but manik walks away before she can muster the words, while alya smirks and "congratulates" her.
Wanting to set the record straight but afraid to pester him, nandini chickens out of calling him. She ends up going to the house, just in time to hear a thud. Letting herself inside, she finds a little boy collapsed on the ground, moaning in pain. His parents are out of town and she doesn't know what to do, so she calls manik in a panic.
Manik calms her down enough to instruct her how to take care of the little boy until the ambulance arrives. At the hospital, nandini is pressed to make a decision about whether to operate on the little boy, and after a fearful moment of hesitation, she agrees to it.
Thankfully everything goes well and the little boy is expected to recover in a week, as manik finds when he arrives. Nandini is wound up tight, having gone through a big scare, and the air is strained with the misunderstanding hanging between them. She thinks that he believes she's interested in aryaman, and manik's too emotionally awkward to express his feelings.
He (awkwardly) tries to cheer her by saying the doctor praised her reaction to the emergency. She answers that without his help, she wouldn't have been able to do a thing.
Since words aren't working so well for him, manik gently places a hand on her shoulder to stop her exit. Nandini starts to explain about the rumor, but he already heard the real story; he moves closer until he's right behind her, and thanks her.
His gentle response releases the floodgates, and nandini turns to face him and cries into his chest, saying that she was so afraid that something would go wrong. As he consoles her, she thinks of how these "first warm words I'd ever heard from manik" have dispelled all the tension that had built up inside her.
Manik's parents are talking to nandini's parents and trying to persuade on nandini to move back for some time. This time, nyonika has a secret weapon: the kiss between nandini and manik. Now that they know that manik initiated the kiss, nandini's mother doesn't have to worry about her being stuck in a painful one-sided love anymore.
Over the next few days, nandini drops by the hospital regularly to see the little boy, who shares a room with a boy named abheer who has been here for over a year. The foursome — nandini, manik, and the two patients — bond while studying together and playing games. Although the nurse scolds them for overtaxing abheer, the boy is happy to have company and tells them that they've made things fun for him.
Abheer's weak health stems from heart issues, and nandini tears up in sympathy over his situation. That gives her an idea, and she tells manik that he could do something about it — since he's a genius, he could become a doctor and cure people. He retorts, "If you tell me to become a doctor, do I have to?" nandini eagerly answers yes.
She says it's the perfect occupation for him, and wants to see him in a doctor's gown someday.
The foursome have a lot of fun together, but soon it's time for the little boy to be discharged. Abheer keeps a cheerful face through the goodbyes, but the little boy is unable to contain his tears. It's only after the group leaves that abheer cries as he watches them driving away.
When the three kids arrive home, they're surprised with the announcement that Nandini will be moving back in. Nandini's thrilled, as is manik's mother however manik shows he is grumpy but inside he is jumping with joy.
After lunch
Nandini joins manik outside, and they do a whole adorable dance of sneaking looks at each other, turning away when they see the other one looking at them, then stealing another glance.
(harshad gets to know the news nd he is not happy about it.)
Nandini's excited to be back and a little nervous, with her relationship with manik changed but still undefined. He still gets a kick out of poking fun at her, such as when he mocks the (girly, childish) underwear she dropped on her way to take a bath. He further teases her about being flat-chested, asking if she stopped growing before puberty. Nandini pouts, but he says that just looking at her makes him want to tease her.
sanjana sees them talking in the hallway, nandini still wrapped in her towel, and hilariously, he tells them that while it's nice that they're on such good terms, they're not married yet... Perhaps they could be more careful?
Manik finds himself thinking more about his future and his place in the world, though he doesn't yet have any answers. He's supposed to declare a major in the second semester, mohin and ashlok suggests business. Manik summarily dismisses that.
His preoccupation means he walks right past nandini at school without saying a word — either he didn't see her, or he doesn't find her as important as his thoughts. Nandini laments being unable to tell if he's interested in her or not, with him running so hot and cold. Shahid proposes one way of testing his interest: the yawn method.
It's simple: Yawns are contagious — if you see someone yawing, you end up doing it reflexively. Just yawn in lecture, and watch if he follows suit. If he does, it means he's been looking at nandini.
Nandini tests it out — and sure enough, manik yawns mere seconds after she does. She exults in this little victory... until she notices that all the women in the class also yawn.
Manik finds alya a welcome conversation partner since she understands what it's like to be so good at everything that she's never suffered.
Her smile fades when manik says that when nandini moved in, she made him consider that the world could have different ideas than he does, and that those ideas could be right and his could be wrong. Those thoughts took him by surprise, and therefore he's been thinking lately that he'll have to experience more of the world.
other side
aryaman asks Nandini for help with the timing of the kiss. She balks, not wanting to revive rumors, so the other senior member volunteers to play alya's part. Smooch!
Their kiss timing is off, so nandini tentatively suggests that aryaman try his confession while holding his racquet. However, that tilts the balance too far in the other direction; it brings a fierce (some might call it crazy) look in his eye, and his kissing partner runs away to avoid being attacked.
At home, Nandini is sent to collect laundry from manik's room, and she takes the opportunity to look around. She spots a newspaper with classified ads circled — is he looking for part-time jobs?
When manik enters, she asks him whether the story she heard from a schoolmate is true — is he thinking of moving out? At his yes, nandini asks worriedly if it's because she moved back. As we know, a pensive manik is a pissy manik, and he says snappishly that she shouldn't make everything about herself.
Nyonika overhears this conversation, and this leads to a serious talk with the parents. Manik explains that he wants to carve his own path, including working to earn money and what he can do with his life.
His reasoning is sound, and his parents can't argue with that. His father, in fact, is rather proud and agrees to let him move out. nyonika is less thrilled but doesn't object, either.
Nandini, on the other hand, is crushed.
By the way guys the little boy is a servants son so he is not an important character but I added it to decrease manan's gaps between them.
what do you think will happen next?
Will manik move out?
Is Nandini the reason behind manik moving out?
Is the reason that manik wants to know his feelings better towards nandini?
Stay tuned to know what happens next. Plz comment and vote .