Where the hell is Manik?

Anyone has seen him?

Cabir, Abir, Dhruv please go find him. Its already 11. We are getting late!

Uff ye ladka! Buasaahab Daima ! I swear your darling son is so careless and all because of you two.

Forgod sake its his own wedding function where is he now? All the guests have arrived we also has to go to bride's place too!

Calm down brij he must be somewhere?

But exactly whe...

"HOLD ON! WHAT THE ALL COMMOTION IS ABOUT?" Manik amused voice boomed in the burstling living area where his all family was gathered looking anxious and frustrated ; all decked up looking like royals.

"Finally the Almighty Malhotra decided to show up!"Uncle brij scowled and he frowned in confusion.

"For God sake its your own wedding Manik!" Buasaahab added standing beside uncle brij in yellow saree looking beautiful and elegant as always.

"But I..." he proceeded to speak but this time his Dad interrupted.

"Where were you the entire time? Guests are already here!"

"Are you sure about this wedding?" Dhruv asked his cousin concerned. God why Dhruv have to be so innocent all the time?

"Somebody will let me speak?" Manik yelled tired of their pouring questions and the entire room fell into silence. He breathed in relief before speaking.

"I went to drop girls at Nandini's place since everyone was sleeping and drivers were busy with all the works here and they have to reach their early so I helped and by the time I came and went to get ready you all made this house look like a  Malhotra zoo!"He explained himself gritting his teeth.

Manik and Nandini decided to get married right after the week she proposed.Its their haldi today and since Nandini has no family and friends; so girls except Mahar decided to be on her side of the family during the wedding. However she invited her cousins and grandfather but they aren't as close as a family should be; that's what she said so she has Abhimanyu and girls on her side.

"You should have atleast informed." Buasaahab reasoned anyways come to the garden fast we are already late." Buasaahab turn around walking in haste, motioning them all to follow her in the grand backyard of their Haveli. Yes they are getting married at Chandigarh.

Manik look around all the decorations in garden. It was decorated with orange and yellow marigolds beautifully. A swing was placed in the middle and there was a rangoli art right beneath it with women around singing, laughing and dancing on the beat of the dholki.

Manik smiled in delight, he was bursting with happiness internally. It's all still feels like a dream to him as if someone will shake him furiously and he will get up from his deep sleep. He finally found love and he is actually getting married to her tomorrow and finally she will be his completely on every sense and he will make sure to never let her go.

"Waoh! Someone's looking so handsome today? and the blush my God!' One of his cousin approached him with other of her cousins smiling teasingly at him after spotting him in the middle of the garden. He was wearing nothing special just a plain white khadi kurta and salwar with his Polaroid shades on since its day time.

"I wonder how will bhabhi be looking like today?" Another of his cousin teased him with a far away look, clinging on his arms. His heart started beating wildly just by the mention of her and his stomach dropped just by imagining how beautiful she must be looking today. And the anticipation to see her grew wild.

"Raina and girls stop teasing your cousin and bring him here already!" Raina's mother and her father's cousin called out for them and he passed her a thankful look that she laughed of.

"Come on Manik bhai!" his cousins rolled their eyes before Mannat tugged on the other side of his arm huffing; Manik laughed while they all dragged him towards the swing and made him sit on that.

They joked and teased Manik while putting haldi on him and he laughed along with them. He was getting haldi just not on skin but his cousins are bullying him in his own function by putting it on his hairs and beards.

"No bhai no! I'm sorry I won't do it again,My dress please!" his youngest cousin, Maya from his mother side shrieked when Manik got up to rub the haldi on her because she was the most wicked one and wasn't ready to give up troubling Manik even after all the scolding from elders.

"BHAIIIIII!!!" she screams in irritation "I hate you!"She spat angrily stomping her foot staring at her dress almost with a crying look and stormed off while Manik and other rolled with laughter.

"Anyone else daring enough?" He asked smugly staring his every cousin challengingly and they all backed away making him laugh even harder by the time boys came and joined him too.

"Are we done with him or not?" Mahar came rushing in her yellow Sabyasachi lehenga, she was  perplexed.

"Yes we are!" Abeer answered getting up and holding Mahar by his side while Manik frowned. He is so confused since morning. What's the rush bout?

"Good! Abeer gather everyone and I will be waiting outside with buasaahab." She commanded Abeer and he obediently before walking away. "Raina, Mannat, Sarah hurry up!Take that haldi bowl. Its 1 am already and Nandini's family is continuously calling asking about us." She rushed turning around.

"Daimaa what's going on and aren't you going too?" I asked baffled to a patiently sitting Daimaa. 

"Ah no,I Raj and brij was ordered to stay with you and the guests. While they taking the haldi to Nandini."

" Are you going too?" He asked frowning at Cabir, Dhruv and his other male cousins and they all nodded excitedly. "But why?And why the hell I'm not invited?" I added freaking out.

Manik is really frustrated,confused and lost. He isn't understanding what's happening around? Its his Haldi then why they are leaving him behind in the middle of the function and going crazy about going at Nandini's place. And why the hell Nandini's family is so persistent in inviting them? Didn't they know its his Haldi too today?

"I don't know its some kind of ritual here that grooms family takes the used mixture by groom to put on the bride." Dhruv told him about the ritual remembering from his own wedding. "And groom doesn't go there just the members of the family." he added.

This day can't be anymore awful. In the morning he went to drop girls getting it as an excuse to meet Nandini, he was so excited and thrilled to meet Nandini after two long days but all the hopes and thrill washed away when girls slammed the door of his car before he can get out and ran inside and before he can climb out Abhimanyu reached there glaring at him and motioned him to drive away. Manik wasn't scared of Abhi but he was scared of him telling it to his family and he can't go through the torture of his large family lecturing him because he can't be late for his own haldi ceremony which will be starting in just an hour.

But now its enough he wants to see his bride, he needs her more than the air itself right now. He will go completely crazy if anyone stop him from seeing Nandini again. He just wants to see and feel his bride. PERIOD.

"I am also coming!" He sprinted from the swing announcing in his grave serious voice, leaving no space for arguments while daima and the boss stood there with their jaw touching the ground and before anyone can stop him he was walking away in like a evolving tornado. Boys wanted to stop him and tell him that everyone is already left few minutes ago and they were also just about to leave after helping Manik but Manik was looking too intimidating and serious to tell that.

"Man..Manik listen!" He heard the boys voice following him hot on his trails when he reached the porch of his haveli to find all the cars gone.

"Dammit!" He slammed the wall in frustration.

"We were trying to tell you that only." He heard Cabir panting with other men right behind him.

"Don't worry!" Manik turn around smirking evily and boys exchanged the confused look but suddenly they froze with their eyes wide like soccer when Manik ran away laughing after snatching the car keys of the only car left from Dhruv and drove away leaving them shocked and terrified.

Manik Malhotra is unstoppable right now, the anticipation and restless to see and feel Nandini is killing him alive. He knew he will go crazy if he won't see Nandini until next hour and no doubt he already has started to show the symptoms. He needs to see her and touch her once to make sure its really happening because he never have any luck with love and happiness, so its all feels like a blissful dream to him.

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"Wait!" His voice boomed dangerously when he witnessed Mahar with his family going to rub haldi on Nandini's face who was sitting on the swing also, shyly smiling at her in a beautiful yellow strapless blouse lehenga, rose and Jasmine flowers jewellery enhancing more to her beauty.

Everyone turn around to look at the source of voice but all their jaws dropped in shock and loud gasp echoed in the hall when they spotted the groom itself standing in the middle of the room like a king with his eyes fixed on only one face; his bride and hers on his. He was staring at her with so much admiration, longing,love and desire while hers was filled with surprise. It was like no one existed in that moment for both of them until buasaahab voice broke the silence.

"Manik what are you doing here?" her voice filled with shock and confusion.

"I heard you guys are here for some kind of interesting ritual and I wanted to be a part of it too." He shrugged casually while walking closer to where everyone was standing; right around his bride.

"We already are done with your haldi, its Nandini's now go." Mahar stated confidently.

"tsk!"He clicked his tongue looking in Mahar's direction now  " Not fair! Putting my used haldi on my bride with your hands, isn't it unfair?" He asked smirking mischievously now facing Mahar while Mahar and everyone frowned not understanding the meaning of it.

"What do you mean Manik?" Mukti asked getting up from beside Nandini while the guests stood their like bystanders,all the singing and laughing died down.

"Do you want us to put fresh haldi on Nandini? Didn't we tell its ritual?" Navya jumped sarcastically mocking Manik while other suppresses their laugh at grooms innocence.

Manik didn't feel like replying to Navya's insult he wants to show what's exactly he mean so he grabbed the Haldi from the bowl that was in Mahar's hand and she gasped in reaction.

He turn around walking steadily in his bride direction with a serious face staring at her while she started fidgeting suddenly feeling nervous and confused. What is he upto?

If Manik was going crazy than Nandini wasn't any less. She was missing Manik terribly, she wanted to meet him , talk to him and see him but the girls around her isn't allowing her too, they Even gone too far by snatching her phone from her. They think the more you wait the more fruitful your love will be. And when she saw him today standing there in his white kurta and salwar,his Polaroids on looking like a king , she became breathless and couldn't help but think this handsome man is really going to be her husband tomorrow and all the butterflies fluttered inside.

Nandini was confused but happy about his unannounced presence. She doesn't know what he isupto and why is he here but she just can't take her eyes off of him until she realized he was now walking towards her with threatening steps , staring at her, eyes showing mischief. The entire room was dead silence watching the show patiently. Nandini grew nervous and started fidgeting with her fingers staring down at the ground.

"Aah!" She gasped loudly when she was abruptly pulled by her waist from the swing, now standing on her feet in his grooms arms, his cologne hitting her nostrils making her breath in satisfaction and delight when sje hit her head with his chest. She can feels his warmth radiating, he is so close making her breath harshly, shy and nervous.

"You are looking breathtaking!" He whispered breathless to her lifting her face by her chin while her eyes stay closed and she was breathing still hard clutching his kurta in a tight fist. "I missed you!" he caressed her face with the tip of his nose breathing in her intoxicating scent, clutching her more closer to his chest.

She felt something wet trailing from her bare waist till her stomach. She opened her eyes in confusion, looking in the direction frowning only for her eyes grow big in surprise. Manik was rubbing yellew mixture on her body,r raising goosebumps all over her skin. She looked up at him glaring while he smirked at her in response.

"Man.. Manik!" I stuttered.

"shhh!" He pressed his long finger on her lips silencing her and leaned closer rubbing his haldi covered cheeks too intimately and sensuously to hers, burning my skin and she shivered clutching him more to to her, closing her eyes in pleasure.

He pulled away his face a little staring at her in satisfaction,their eyes filled with love locked with each other and he flipped little left haldi on his fingers on her nose and she glared at him playfully. They both were completely unbothered about the shocked and blushing people around them. Most of the old women grimaced at them, while young girls staring at them dreamily or admiring,few were envious or shooting the entire scene in their phones, couples and adults blushing by their public display of action. Anyone could tell just by looking at them right now that the couple are too much in love to even bother about the world, completely occupied by each other.

Buasaahab was blushing averting her eyes away from them while Mahar was smirking recording everything in her phone even after interdicted by buasaahab. Manik's cousins were beaming, seeing their ever serious cousin romancing in public.

"Do you care what people really think about us?" He asked challengingly to Nandini  out of blue. She frowned in confusion.

"You know me better than that." She smirked proudly but still not aware about his intention.

"then it shouldn't bother you too. " He invoked but before Nandini can ask or think what does he mean exactly. Her sheer yellow dupatta is pulled off by Manik from her and fell on them in a speed before she can finish saying 'ZAYN MALIK' And the next thing she remember Manik's lips already on her sucking the life out of her and his arms tugging her tightly by her waist, she gasped in shock and horror but soon she recovered and reciprocated snaking her hands around him pulling him closer.

The entire room gasped in shock not believing their eyes witnessing the once in a lifetime scene unfolding in front of them. Few of them even started to rub their eyes roughly or pinched each other with their mouths still hanging open just to confirm. Some couples or girls and boys from young generation hooting and cheering and well the old men and women....

"what are they doing?"

"God! They aren't even married yet!"

"What this generation has come to, so shameless!"

"Get a room already idiots!" Cabir and Dhruv yelled together after they recovered from shock. They were shocked and froze on their place when they reached after arranging a new ride and found the couple busy in going badass in public.

Manik pulled away finally rolling his eyes while Nandini hide her face leaning on his chest blushing, they both are still breathing heavily by the effect of heart shattering kiss filled with love and longing when Manik threw the dupatta from them putting back on her shoulder before turning around to face his friends.

"You don't have to tell me twice, we will be getting that tomorrow anyways!" He announced arrogantly.

If the stunt he pulled wasn't enough his last line did the wonder for people. Few of the old ladies literally fainted out of shock. And Nandini she never felt this much shy in her entire life, she feels like digging her own grave and to never wakeup.

"What love has done to this innocent people!" Cabir mocked in a depressed voice looking up making a sympathetic face , Manik huffed and faced his blushing bride again avoiding cabir.

"Just one more day and we will belong to each other completely." He whispered to her cupping her face and she shyly nodded.

"I Love You!" He pecked her forehead his lips lingering there until he heard a sweet almost breathless 'I Love you too' from her.He finally pulled away and stared at her for few more minutes and turn around confidently putting his shades back, smirking and his eyes shinning with happiness and satisfaction and walked out of there like he own the world.

You Guys asked for the bonus chapter and here it is. If you want another one then please mention in comments what part of their life you actually wanna read.

Thank you!