monster to majnu

chp 15

Manik after conversation went outside the room leaving Nandu alone in the room....his mind was occupied with mixed thoughts ...at one time he was thinking about the incident whether he did right or not doing the same .. treating her the way he got Treated...he himself was craving for his father's love..and here he was depriving her of father's love ....it was her only relation left in the world....was he doing right it was not her fault at all...he knew that but was adamant not to admit it....

After sometime He went to his study where nandini was present .he entered the room looked around for Nandu ....he found her lying on the floor mumbling something he went near her and touched her to wake her up but quickly drew off his hand bcz she had a high fever ..he listened her saying"dad plz don't leave me ".....his heart ached seeing her like this ...he picked her up and went to his room placed her on bed and called doctor

After 15 minutes doctor came...he thoroughly examined Nandu and went outside to meet manik

MA:what happened to her ...

Dr:she fainted due to high fever and all this is because of stress .. something is stressing her very much...it also seems that she is not taking proper diet from 2 3 days ...here r some medicines...(handing the prescription paper to manik)
Take care of her diet and don't stress her if u want her to recover fast from illness ...

MA:yeah doctor...thanks

He went inside the room after seeing off the doctor and found her lying on the bed unconscious...he went near her caressed her face..and then went away

After sometime​ Nandu woke up ..he looked here and there and found her on a bed....she scanned the environment and found out that she was in the same previous night wala room...how and when she came here..the last thing she remembered was her fainting in study...she was thinking all that when the door opened and she found manik coming with the tray of food... seeing food she realised how hungry she was...she wanted to eat something but didn't say anything ...he came and placed the tray on bed and asked her

MA:eat some food.....he said in dominating yet careless attitude

Nandu didn't react at all she kept staring at tray...manik after sometime again said the same thing but she remained still ..this thing angered him he went near her and hold her shoulders tightly causing her to look at him with scary face ..her eyes were showing pain ...

MA:can't u hear...I m saying eat all this..

She got scared and immediately started gulping the food after that only a glass of milk was left ...she was reluctant to take it ,it reminded her of all the moments with her dad...her tantrums his pleading .. stubbornness to make her drink milk ....she never drank milk from her own hands...her father always made her drink milk from his hands...she was a little baby for him he always loved to bear all her tantrums all her childish acts...

She was lost in a pool of memories the best moments of her life ...manik saw her reluctance and asked her to drink milk ...she didn't listen to him ...he shook her and the only word that escaped her mouth was dad...she looked at him and tears started flowing from her eyes..manik was numb not knowing what to do...dad the only word that could make him weak too....he remembered how he too used to call dad whenever he was in pain....he din't know why he hugged Nandu tightly embracing her in his strong arms and that's​ it...she broke down she wanted a shoulder to cry to let out all her emotions and manik provided that shoulder ...she started sobbing hard ...manik kept rubbing her back to soothe her down

After sometime she composed herself and parted away thats when manik realized his action and scooted away from her frustated at himself  ...akwardness surrounded them..they avoided eye contact ..after sometime Nandu spoke...I never drank milk from my hands ....dad always made me drink milk from his hands....at the end her voice again choked ...she stopped herself from talking further bcz she knew if she would try she would end up crying again ....