Manan Short Stories Love

lntentional Love

Nandu burger achha nahi hai kya?
Shruti asked

That brings nandini's attention here and now rather than some guy and his number

Nahi acha hai she answer in sad tone

Toh khana , kabse you are just staring the wall,
kuch huwa hai kya ?
it's been 2 days you seems lost

Nahi yaar bas padhayi ki tension hoo rahi thi aur kuch nahi
Aur meine heavy breakfast Kiya tha Aaj toh mujhe bhook bhi nahi lagi

Ye le , tu khaa le
Nandini offer her burger to Shruti quickly making an excuse of Library she went out from college canteen

That night she thought of him and keep thinking but couldn't decide

Can she talk a stranger like that?
What if he is some bad news?

As a shy traditional girl she almost or say have very less interaction with male population

And even if she decides to call him what they could talk about how he will feel about it, or worse she could go all blank

Taking a frustrated sigh she took her phone out staring at a 10 digits which she neither delete nor able to forget, set of number automatically memorised by her brain

But that is not the only reason for her blackouts , remembering his words she did acted on some of the things

she gets triggered, and consequences of her actions is making her uncomfortable for sure adding to a guilt and frustration

Previous days

Deciding to delete his number nandini press the button but quickly change her mind and cancel whatever she was about to do And she slept holding her mobile that day

Next morning she decides to take different action

Breakfast table

Everyone was sitted like every time it's Sunday which means her mom will make something special

Gauri: mumma Aaj me Preeti ke liye bhi yeh Wale cupcakes le jaongi usse apke cupcakes bahut pasand hai

Okay beta

She took some to eat it
One by one they are taking cupcakes
When nandini forwarded her hand to get one her mother interrupted her

Nandu beta yeh dosa tumhara favourite haina tum yeh khaalo
She stops her in form advice

The old nandini will feel hurt and obey because In this kind of situation everyone subconscious expect her to give up on cupcakes and adjust

But she did something different

She took the cupcakes after taking a bite answer her mother

Yes mumma I'll eat it after I finish this 🧁

This infuriates gauri because now she can't get what she want, if she's not happy she'll not let anyone be happy

She started with raising her voice

Nandu can't you see they is no cupcakes left for my friends how can you be so rude

You are so self you can eat mom's made cupcakes anytime you want at least for one day think of someone else

This bought tears in nandini's eyes but she refused to sit back this time

Than you should have asked mumma early on to make some extra cupcakes for your friend or you can not eat and give it your friend

Why I have to do it for you?
And what just you said! Selfish,
Selfish toh gauri ka doosra naam hai,
I mean all of your personality scream selfishness