AN: An update. I'm supposed to write this in April. I started this in May but due to the whirlwind of problems I was caught in, I couldn't quite make it. I'm truly sorry for that. This is bday gift for my dear friend Daya's girl. I know vry late.. sorry... aur bhi OS likhne hai kuch khas doston k liye dunno kab likhungi. Anyways I hope u all like it.

My apologies to everyone for vanishing from FF for 2 months. Now that I'm back I'll continue my fics with as much speed as I can muster. Thanks.

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. Pehli baar .

Har cheez ki pehli baar hoti hai. agar pehli baar samajhke hich-kichaao toh kya koi baat ban sakti hai? Ye kahaani hai aise do logon ki jinhone pehli baar dost banne ki koshish ki. Kya woh dost hi rahei? Ya kuch aur bhi baney?

Do Read on... ;)

Part one

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10AM, bureau-

A girl in her early twenties sat thinking-

'Khadus Vineet. Aaj mujhe puraa din usske saat rehna pad raha hai. I dunno why, but pehle din se hi humari ladayi shuru hui thi. Seriously, mujhe pata hi nahi kyu main usko itnaa napasand karti hu. Kehte hai pyar karne k liye koi waja ki zarurat nhi... lagta hai same thing goes for dushmani. Dushmani ki bhi aksar koi waja nahi hoti... main usey tang karti hu, wo mujhe tang karta hai... ye silsila bas humesha jari! Phew! Aaj mera birthday hai. I know I should be happy. But happiness kaise milegi? Jab I have to work with him all day long?!

"oye kitna sochti hai haan? Jab dekho khayaalon mei dubi rehti ho!"

Roohi sighed as she heard that tone. Yes she had been thinking too much. She had as usual come to the bureau where she worked as an inspector. She had good ties with everyone but there was this guy who always rubbed her the wrong way. His name was Vineet. She was irked hearing his voice. Closing the file she had been reading till then (her mind was elsewhere but still, everyone thought she was reading, so what's the point?)

She glared at the guy in context. He was fairly tall, had got this super adorable smile, his hair always stood out in spikes that it irked her all the more. He didn't look like an inspector at all!

"Tujhe koi problem? Mere khayaalon se?"

"arey no problem. Bas mujhe waha kabhi aane mat dena. Bohot pachtaaugi nhi tho-"

"oh shut up! Main tere bare mei kyu sochungi haan? By the way you are late! Aaj ka humara assignment-"

"hello madam! Main bhi ek CID officer hu haan. Meri bhi responsibility hai-"

"responsibility? Late aana responsibility hai huh? Sab log jaa chuke hai-"

"maine bola ACP sir ko, ki main fas gaya tha kahin. Sir bhi maan gaye. Waise aaj ka kaam kya hai."

Roohi took a deep breath. It was her birthday. A while ago she was flooded with greetings from everyone in the bureau except this Vineet guy who turned up late. Why was he late anyway?

"kaha fas gaye? Forget it-"

She noticed he wore a nice white shirt, topped it with a grey blazer. 'Blazer? Koi aisa aata hai kya? Khud ko Abhijeet sir samjhne lagaa hai!'

"haan its none of your business."

"maine pucha? Nhi na? I said forget it-"

"yea yea. Whatever-"

"Hume aaj puraa din RamJi studio mei baithna hai, aur saamne wali office pe nazar rakhna hai. actually subah ek case mila hume-"

She explained about the case. Vineet's eyes narrowed in seriousness as he took in the details and understood what exactly they were asked to do.

"ok fine. Samajh gaya. Let's go."

Vineet hurriedly grabbed something from his desk and headed out. Roohi followed him sighing. So the duo set off towards their destination.

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Ram ji studio-

Camera person- "Jai Ram ji ki. Main sab saaman, camera sab kuch aapke bharose pe chodd ke jaaraha hu saab. Nazar rakhna saab. Madam aap bhi-"

Vineet- "oye! toh uss insaan pe nazar kon rakhega jisspe hume shak hai? tumhare phate hue samaan pe kyu-"

Roohi- "Vineet! Tum acche se pesh nahi aasakte? Itne khadus kyu ho tum haan?"

Vineet- "tum ho na. mithi mishti ka bhaandagaar! Main chaahe jitna bhi accha pesh aau, Kadwa karela hi lagoonga tumhare saamne!"

Roohi rolled her eyes and glared at him briefly. She then turned to the studio owner.

Camera Person- "bhaisaab! Aap aaram se jaana uss shaadi mei jahaa aapko jaana hai. hum CID officers hai, humare hote kya aapke saat kuch galat ho sakta hai?"

Vineet- "exactly! Aur waise bhi hum police waale hai. chor nahi. Tumhe kya lagta hai? ki khud uthaake lejaayenge tumhare 18th century wale camerey ko?"

Camera Person- "nhi nhi saab. Mera wo matlub nhi tha. Thik hai.. main chalta hu saab."

Vineet- "haan haan jaao. Chaabi lene sham ko aajana..."

The camera person bowed deeply before walking away.

Roohi (low voice) - "khadus kahika... kitna akad dikhaata hai har waqt! Tameez naam ki koi cheez nhi!"

Vineet- "kya? Kya kaha?"

Roohi- "kuch nhi?"

Vineet- "maine sunaa tumne kya kaha..."

Roohi- "accha? Kya kaha?"

Vineet- "actually tumne mujhse kaha nhi... puchaa..."

Roohi- "kyaa..."

Vineet- "yahi ki tumhari salwar kameez accha hai ki nhi. "

Roohi- "Whaat-"

Vineet- "haan yahi pucha tumne mujhe clearly sunaayi diya. Main tumhe bataadu ye salwar kameez bohot boring hai. bilkul accha nhi hai.."

Roohi- "you-"

Vineet- "nhi lemme correct! Ye salwar accha hai lekin tumne pehna toh iski khubsurati kum hogayi-"

Roohi- "Enough! OK! I take it back! Tum khadus nhi ho! Tum duniya ke acche insaan ho! Sab se acche..."

Vineet- "wow! Is that a compliment? Thank you..."

Vineet smiled coyly at her. Roohi grunted and then arranged their chairs near the window. She sat down picking up a binoculars gazing at the large building present across the studio on the other side of the road.

Roohi- "hmm yaha se sab acche se dikhta hai... gosh... ye vineet! Issne bheja kharab karke rakha hai abhi se... pata nhi sham tak kaise jhel paungi isey.. I hope aajka case jaldi solve hojaye!"

She sat for a few minutes setting aside the device. Vineet was sitting beside her at few feet away. They continued watching the scene before them, their eyes wide open to detect any suspicious movement when suddenly Vineet said something.

Vineet- "Roohi..."

Roohi- "huh?"

Roohi turned to get a glimpse of her partner. He was still facing the window as he spoke.

Vineet- "tumhari... salwar acchi hai..."

Roohi- "..."

Vineet- "tumne pehna toh aur bhi achhi lag rahi hai... main.. main aise hi tumhe... tang kar raha tha..."

Roohi's eyes went wide. She cursed the blinding sunlight flooding through the window that obscured her vision for a moment. She couldn't help but gape at her partner.

Vineet looked at her briefly.

Vineet- "ye colour suit karta hai tum pe.."

And what was that? When he turned to glance at her briefly, she was somewhere sure she saw streaks of red on his cheek! He was... umm blushing? What on earth-!?

Vineet- "that's enough! Moo band kar sakti ho apna..."

Vineet said sheepishly flashing another smile her way.

Roohi- "uh.. umm.. thanks..."

She turned to window again. He too nodded and smiled before resuming his work. She smiled a bit. Hmm, may be he was trying to be nice. They needed to work together. So it was better if they got along well.

Two hours passed in silence. She stifled a yawn.

Vineet- "Miss Mei-Mei... thak gayi abhi se... haan?"

There he is... fir se shuru hogaya.

Roohi- "yeh Mei-Mei kon?"

Vineet- "Ek Chinese show ki heroine ka naam. I think tum ko suit karta hai..."

Roohi- "ha- whatever!"

Vineet- "hmm 2pm. Bhook lagi hogi tumhe princess? Nhi?"

She glared at him getting annoyed.

Roohi- "haan toh? Master chef kya banaake khilaayenge mujhe?"

There was that cute smile again. What on earth is wrong with him? Why is he smiling like that? There was nothing unusual today! They fought like always. And what the hell was wrong with her? Did she call him cute?

Nhi nhi stupid.. stupid... khadus.. khadus vineet... cute nhi cute nhi...

Vineet- "tumhe banaake nhi khilaa sakta! ACP sir ka order hai ki hum yaha se naa hiley... so..."

He pulled out a packet of cookies from his blazer's pocket.

Vineet- "here.. ye cookies khaalo. Yahi aaj ka lunch hai humara."

Roohi- "tum ye.. ye kaha se laaye?"

Vineet- "hawa mei sei.."

Roohi- "haan?"

Vineet- "arey mere desk mei jo drawer hai ussmei bachaake rakhei hai. aate waqt socha kaam aayenge. Isliye leke aaya... chalo khaalo..."

Roohi took the packet. She was still surprised. Itna accha kyu ban raha hai aaj Vineet?

Vineet- "kya... ismei kuch nhi milaaya maine.. tum khaa sakti ho..."

Roohi- "um.. nhi.. wo nhi.. thanks.."

Vineet- "tum soch rahi hogi. Ye accha kyu ban raha hai aaj itna? Hai na.."

Roohi- "huh?"

isko kaise pata :O

Vineet- "Roohi... hum yaha fase hue hai sham tak. Hum ek team hai. aur fir main itna bhi buraa nhi hu jitna tum mujhe samjhti ho..."

Roohi smiled a little and shook her head.

Vineet- "kyu? Yakeen nhi aata? Waise haan tumhe tang karne mei bohot mazaa aata hai..."

Roohi- "hehe.. mujhe bhi..."

They shared the packet of chocolate oat cookies and drank some water; One of them always keeping an eye on their target all the time.

Roohi- "thanks Vineet..."

He smiled looking at her.

'Issney mujhe kabhi Vineet kehke nhi bulaaya.. lagta hai I made some progress.. shh Vineet calm down! Apne feelings ko bahar laate laate daraana mat iss bacchi ko...'

Roohi- "mmm cookies bohot acche hai..."

'bilkul bacchi ki tara hai yeh...' Vineet smiled to himself quietly.

Few more hours passed. It was 4PM that was when Vineet's mobile rang.

Vineet- "Hello... Ji... Ji sir. OK sir.."

Nodding a few times and repeatedly saying the same he hung up the call,

Roohi- "kya hua? Kaun tha..."

Vineet- "ACP sir the. Humara kaam hogaya yaha."

Roohi- "kya? Par humne toh bas shuruaat ki hai... na woh Mukul bahar aaya na woh Rasul jisspe humko nazar rakhni-"

Vineet- "case solve hochuka hai."

Roohi- "kya?"

Vineet- "haan humara shak sahi nikla. Mukul gunaa karke, sheher se bhaagnewaala tha. Lekin jaayega kaha.. CID se bachke! Milgaya chokra!"

Roohi- "aur ye Rasul..."

vineet- "woh tho bekasur nikla.. khair abhi humko jaana chahiye. Chalo..."

Roohi got up, stretched then smoothed down wrinkles of her dress. Vineet too got up and the two of them descended the winding staircase that led them out of the building.

Roohi- "oh god! Ye baarish ko abhi aana tha? Haan? Ab ghar kaise jaungi main?"

Vineet- "yar sachhi mei... ye baarish na kabhi kabhi gussa dilaata hai."

Roohi- "puraa din aise waste hogaya... I thought ki ye birthday sabse khaas hogi. Par ye tho..."

Roohi sighed. Vineet looked at her incredulously.

Roohi- "kya hua?"

Vineet- "tum... tumhara bhi janam din... aaj hai?"

Roohi- "whaddo you mean ki tumhara bhi..."

Roo furrowed her brows in confusion.

Vineet- "haha! Great! This is awesome!"

Roohi- "hey tum mujhe bataaoge kuch? Kya hai.. has kyu rahe ho?"

Vineet- "Roohi... aaj.. mera .. I mean humara birthday hai..."

Roohi- "kya... you mean?"

Vineet- "I cant believe ki hum ek hi din paida hue..."

There was a twinkle in his eyes as she looked at him. They were standing at the bottom of the staircase, just a foot away from the road. Around them were many passer-by's who took shelter from the pounding downpour.

Vineet- "tumhe kya lagta hai.. iska matlub kya hosakta hai? haan?"

Roohi- "Vineet..."

Roohi tried not to blush but the way few young girls standing around stared at her made her uncomfortable. Uncomfortable in a nice way and that was scary.

Roohi- "I think it's a coincidence... hazaaro log aur paida hue honge uss din.. its not like we are made for each other." she muttered under her breath.

Vineet- "gosh!"

Vineet grimaced and sighed as he looked back at his watch after staring out at the space.

Vineet- "I cant let the rain ruin our birthday..."

In a flash, he threw his coat over Roohi, covering her head shoulders from the back in the process.

Roohi- "Kya-"

she didn't have the chance to speak as Vineet pulled her by her hand and made a dash in the very next instant. Before she knew she was running like crazy, led by Vineet, to somewhere she didn't know. She knew she should break free from his grip on her hand, get mad at him for pulling her out in bad weather but all she could do was let out a little laugh as she ran behind him, relishing the constant pitter-patter of the rain on her ears, the sound splashing the water, occasional laughter that escaped their mouths. This was sure going to be an awesome birthday.

To be continued...

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AN: Daya's girl- I know .. I know bohot late hoon. Oneshot likhna tha. Par woh bhi parts mei likha. Aur woh bhi itnii der lagaadii.. :'( I'm sorry.. truly very sorry. But you know my problems na... -_- anyways I wish you once again a very very merry happy birthday (belated wishes). :* :* I sincerely wish all your dreams come true and that smile on your face never fades. I hope u liked this part one. Love you dear. *huggy* :-)

My other readers, friends and followers... thank you so much for reading.

Other updates will be coming soon. I'm just back. So plz have a little more patience guys. I hope you understand my situation. Thanks and love you all!