Chapter 2

Daya ko kaun bataega

Last time, on Shreya Ki Sagai Reboot:

"wah sir" said Purvi "aaj toh aap ne kamal kar diya"

"meri behen ke liye kuch bhi" said Sonaksh wrapping his arms around Priya and Shreya

"thanks bhai" both the girl hugged him

"sorry to interrupt your happy reunion" Abhijeet cut in "par ab mere bhai ka kya"

Ab Aage

"Oh... haan, hum toh Daya Sir ke bare me bhul hi gaye?" Purvi said sheepishly.

"Purv, koi baat nahi hum koi hal nikal dege," Kavin assured putting an arm around her shoulder.

"Are hal kya nikalna hai, ja kar Daya ko seedhe seedhe bata do ki Siddharth farebi aur dhokebaaz tha aur Sonaksh, Vaibhav aur Mayur ne use giraftar kar diya hai." Salunkhe suggested as a matter of factly.

"Are Salunkhe sahab, ye itna aasan nahi," Abhijeet insisted.

"Are aese kese Abhijeet boss?" Asked Sharman. "Karne ka kya hai, Daya boss ko jake bolech ka hi ki Siddharth cheater aur murderar tha aur ab unke liye Shreya maamch ka rasta clearch hi"

"Sharman tu yaha meri behen ki baat kar raha hai." Priya reminded warningly.

"Daya ko batane me problem kya hai?" asked KD who wasn't aware of the whole Shreya-Siddharth-Daya love triangle. "Phone karo use aur keh do sagai cancel ho gayi hai... par wo Sagai se chala kyu gaya?"

"Oh KD," Billi put a hand around her friend's shoulder. "is liye tumhari aaj tak shadi nahi hui... aav mein tumhe batati hoon chal kya raha hai..."

"o-kay..." as Billi led KD away.

"Mein toh bolta hoon Billi ko hi bhej do," Purvi muttered.

"Mujhe problem samajh nahi aa rahi?" Salunkhe confessed. "Daya ko batane me problem kya hai?"

"Sir," Tarika called. "Is Siddharth ki wajah se kitna golmaal hua hai humare CID Bureau... wo aur Shreya akh mila kar baat nahi karte... uski aur Abhijeet ki dosti tutne wali thi aur toh aur Abhijeet resign karne wala tha. Daya ghusse me Siddharth ka siir wir na phod de."

"Aur phir Daya Sir ko rokne ka zimma us bande par aayega jo unhe ye baat bataega." Kavin nodded in agreement. "ya bandi?" he looked at Purvi meaningfully.

"No, nope, never." Purvi said firmly. "I'm nowhere getting near this mess. Daya Sir ko rokna na munkin hai... ye tum kyu nahi karte Sonaksh?"

"Mein?" Sonaksh pointed at himself in disbelief. "No way. Meine already aaj ke liye kafi mehnat kar di... Shrey, this is your mess, clear it up..."

"Please," Shreya cajoled. "I was the victim. Do you seriously expect me to do this? Pri, ye tu kar..."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, mein toh series me hi nahi hoon, mujhe isme mat ghasito..." said Priya. "Kavin, tum toh mahan senior inspector ho na? Tum ja kar batav Daya sir ko."

"Series already off air ja chuki hai." Kavin reminded. "Aur mein aisa kyu karu? Meri already girlfriend hai... I don't care whatever happhappens in the bureau till I get a Friday movie night with Purv"

"Aw Kavin, that's so sweet?" Purvi twirled her arm with Kavin's.

"I've an idea," Abhijeet spoke up. "chits banate hai. jiska naam aaya, wo Daya ko batadega."

"what, no,"

"are par kyu? Mein toh CID officer bhi nahi hoon!"

"wahich toh, apun Adaalat walach hi!"

"Nahi, nahi, idea bohut diplomatic hai." Kavin insisted. "agar mera naam aayega toh mein chala javuga, agar Shreya ka aaya toh Shreya chali jayegi"

"Don't you guys think I've gone through enough trauma for one season?" Shreya growled.

"Shreya, tera naam aane ke chances 1 out of 15 hai..." Tarika assured.

"Haan, baat barabar hai... agar mera naam aaya, joki nahi aayega, toh mein Daya ko bata duga aur use shant karne ka zimma bhi mera." Salunkhe agreed. "Sonaksh beta, chits banav"

"O-kay Doc S..." Sonaksh grinned and went to another table to prepare the chits.

"Mujhe neend aarahi hai," Purvi fake yawned. "Mein ghar ja rahi hoon..."

"nope," Abhijeet stood in her way. "Jab tak ye te nahi ho jata kaun Daya se baat karega, koi yaha se kahi nahi jayega"

"That's so unfair!" Purvi pouted.

"well, everything is fair in love, war and fanfiction," Tarika shrugged.

"mujhe complain karni chahiye" Shreya said. "meri Sagai tuti hai, mere guests ke samne badnami hui hai aur tum sab logo ko chits banane ki padi hai?"

"Please Di, aap ko isme sabse zyada maza aa raha hai..." Priya pointed out.

"that's completely unrelated..." Shreya chuckled nervously.

"are chits taiyar hui Sonaksh beta?" asked Salunkhe.

"haan sir," Sonaksh returned with a bowl full of chits. "school ke din yaad aageye, ye trigo ki aur ye integration ki... uthaiye sir."

"are Salunkhe sahab kyu?" Abhijeet protested.

"wo hum me se sab se bade hai Abhijeet sir..." Kavin reminded. "sir aap chit uthaiye aur keh dijiye uspar Kavin nahi likha hai."

"aacha thik hai..."

"ye budhav hamesha malai mar jata hai..." Abhijeet muttered.

"okay," Salunkhe picked up a random chit and unfolded it...

"kiska naam hai sir?"

"apun ka toh nahich na?"

"Kavin toh ho hi nah"

"Kavin..." Salunkhe declared as Kavin jaw dropped.

"m-mein" Kavin pointed at himself.

"yaha aur kitne Kavin hai..." Salunkhe growled.

"p-par ye cheating hai..." Kavin whined.

"Kavin sir, aap ne iske liye agree kiya tha." Priya informed. "ab aap mukar nahi sakte."

"par"

"Kavin, get on work how are you gonna break this to our Door Breaker."

"okay" Kavin growled and stomped away.

"Kavin ruko" Purvi ran after. As soon as Purvi and Kavin were out of hearing range, Priya, Abhijeet, Tarika and Shreya turned to glare at Sonaksh.

"sab log Sonaksh boss ko aisech kyu ghurrele hai" Sharman asked confused.

"is liye," Abhijeet fished out a chit from the bowl and opened it. "ye dekho" he showed the chit on which 'Kavin' was written in blue ink.

"what?" Salunkhe demanded as he fished out four to five chits and read them all. "in sab par Kavin likha hai?!"

"you son of bitch!" Tarika elbowed Sonaksh.

"what?" Sonaksh asked defensively. "everything is fair in love, war and fanfiction."

And cut. Thanks to the guest who asked me to move this story forward, you're getting this chapter. No promises as to frequency of updates but I assure you this story will progress. I don't have much to say, good night, day, evening or good whenever you're reading this.