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chapter 4: masti ke pal
previous chapter: duo and shunya spent some light moments at duo's house...daya ke hothon pe hasi dekhkar muskura uthe abhi aur shunya...daya ne li hai teenon ke liye chutti...aur abhi ke liye hai ek surprise...dekhte hain kaise beetta hai ye din...
scene: duo's house, 6:00 a.m.
shunya: (yawning) aaj shayad mujhe apni zindagi ki sabse achhi neend aayi hai...chalo, ab tayaar ho jaati hoon...dayu ne saat baje tak ready rehne ko kaha hai na...pata nahi kya chal raha hai iske dimaag mein... (smiles) aur ye surprise dene waali aadat aaj bhi gayi nahi iski...
Flashback:
eight year old shunya sitting alone in a room...suddenly daya comes to her...
Daya: shuna...(no response) shuna...SHUNA!
shuna: (with a jerk) kya hua dayu? chilla kyun rahe ho? tum theek to ho na?
daya: (smiling) haan yaar, main theek hoon, bas tu mere saath bahar chal...
shunya: bahar? kya hua dayu?
daya: offo! kitne sawaal karti ho tum? ek baar apne dayu ki baat nahi maan sakti, haan? (and puts on a fake annoyed expression)
shunya: (smiling) achha baba, chal!
(daya smiles and takes her with him...they reach the hall of that building... daya throws open the door and...)
SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHUNYA!
Shunya: (surprised) d...dayu? tujhe kaise pata...
Raghuvendra sir: maine bataya tha bacchon ko shunya bete...par ye surprise party ka idea daya ka hi tha...
shunya: (with tear) thanks dayu! ye meri life ka best birthday hai!
flashback ends...
shunya: haan, aadat to aaj bhi wahi hai...bas unn surprises ko, unn khushiyon ko paane wala badal gaya hai...lekin koi gam nahi...ek dost se thoda door hokar dayu ko ek bhai jo mila hai uske sukh-dukh baantne ko... (sad smile on her face)
(she gets ready and comes outside at about 6:30 and finds abhijeet sir preparing tea in the kitchen...)
Shunya: Good morning Abhijeet sir...kya main aapki kuchh help kar sakti hoon?
Abhi: Good morning shunya...nahi chai to ban gayi hai...kuchh rotiyaan banani hai, wo main...
Shunya: sir, mujhe banane dijiye na...issi bahane dayu ke liye itne samay baad kuchh banane ko milega...waise hai kahan wo?
Abhi: (smiling) badi mushkil se utha ke fresh hone bheja hai sahab ko, abhi tak to aa jana chahiye tha...
Daya: banda hazir hai boss! (to shunya) good morning shuna! tumhari ye jaldi uthne ki aadat aaj bhi waisi ki waisi hi hai, kyun?
shunya: (serious) kuchh cheezen kabhi nahin badalti dayu...
(suddenly, the doorbell rings)
Abhi: hain, is samay kaun hoga?
Daya: tumhara surprise! ;)
Abhi: kya! (and he rushes to open the door...and is surprised to find none other than his tarika ji! )
Abhi: arre tarika jee! aaiye aaiye!
(tarika enters and is shocked to see daya and shunya playing with flour in the kitchen! )
Tarika: abhijeet! ye inspector Shunya yahaan kya kar rahi hain? aur ye aur daya is tarha...
Abhi: wo baat ye hai tarika jee (and he explains the situation to her...the friendship between the two)
Tarika: (softly) achha hai! isi bahane daya ke chehre par hassi to dikhi...
Daya: (suddenly) arre aao tarika aao! (to abhi) to boss, kaisa laga mera surprise?
Abhi: (shy)bohot achha!
Tarika: abhi surprise khatam nahi hua hai Abhijeet...ye dekho...(and she brings out a tiffin box from her bag which contains garma- garam aloo ke paranthe! they all eat them happily!)
Abhi: wah tarika jee! aaj to maza hi aa gaya!
Daya: haan bhai, aapki tarika jee ne jo itne pyar se banaya tha nashta! ;) par seriously tarika, paranthe mast the!
Shunya: haan dr. tarika ...you really are a good cook!
Tarika: thanks...and please call me only Tarika shunya!
Daya: haan shuna...Tarika ko tarika jee bhi to nahi keh sakte... vo bulane ka copyright to keval abhi ke paas hai, kyun ;)
Abhi: daya ke bacche!(and they both run around the house like kids)
tarika: sach, aaj bohot dinon ke baad in donon ko itna khush dekh rahi hoon, thanks shunya!
shunya: maine kuchh bhi nahi kiya hai tarika! ye donon to life ki har khushi deserve karte hain!
(to daya) dayu! saat baj rahe hain! ab kya tu khud hi plan banakar late karvayega?
Daya: nahin! main bas abhi aata hoon!
Shunya: haan, main bhi zara ye aata saaf kar leti hoon!
(after sometime, all of them are sitting in the qualis...daya in the driving seat, abhijeet in the passenger's seat and shunya and tarika at the back...daya starts driving... after sometime, they reach a vada pao stand...)
Daya: bhaiya, char vada pao banana...
Shunya: great! Mumbai ke famous vada pao se din ki shuruvat! nice plan dayu!
Daya: mere khane ka kitna bhi mazaak ude le tu, par main jaanta hun ki street food ke mamle mein tu bhi mujhse kam nahi hai! ;)
Shunya: (embarassed) dayu!
(they all enjoy the vada pao...next they go to a paani puri stall)
Shunya: yes! paani puri! my favourite!
Daya: ji nahi! duniya mein mujhse zyada paani puri kisi ko pasand ho hi nahi sakti!
Shunya: to ho jaye ek paani puri competition...bilkul pehle ki tarha?
Daya: bilkul! abhi, tarika, tum log bhi khelo na!
Abhi: nahi yaar daya, tum donon hi karo na...
Tarika: lagta hai ki mumbai ke senior inspector abhijeet darr gaye! ;)
Abhi: kya! darr aur main! bring it on!
(and the contest begins! charon khiladi bade zor-shor se ek ke baad ek pani-puri gatakte jaa rahe hain...teekhi se teekhi, khatti se khatti pani-puri bhi inka kuchh nahi bigaad paati...dheere- dheere khane ki speed kam hoti lag rahi hai...aankhon mein aansoon hain...par koi haar maanne ko taiyaar nahi!
aakhirkaar kuchh der mein contest hota hai samapt... and the results are...
daya: 21
shunya: 20
tarika: 15
abhijeet: 12... )
Daya: maine kaha tha na...paani puri mujhse zyada kisi ko pasand ho hi nahi sakti!
Shunya: haan bhai, maan gaye! par takkar kaante ki rahi, kyun! (and they both laugh)
tarika: senior inspector abhijeet, lagta hai aap haar gaye!
abhi: aapse to kabhi bhi, kahin bhi haarna manzur hai bande ko tarika jee...(and suddenly he begins to cough badly)
shunya: ABHIJEET SIR!
daya: (angry and concerned) kya abhi! kya zarurat thi tumhe heropanti dikhane ki! (and rushes and gets a bottle of water)
tarika: haan abhijeet! agar itni problem ho rahi thi to pehle hi bol dete...par nahi, senior inspector abhijeet to superman hain...unhe to kabhi koi problem ho hi nahi sakti...haina!
abhi: (smiling) jab tak aap aur mera bhai hain mere saath, badi se badi pareshani bhi mera kuchh nahi bigaad sakti!
(later...they visit many famous tourist spots of mumbai...gateway of India, marine drive, chowpatty etc. all the four have a beautiful time away from crime and criminals... a day full of masti... by the time they finish...it is about 8:00 p.m.)
daya: chalo yaar, ab ek achhi si jagah dinner karte hain...phir seaside pe chalenge thodi der...
abhi: idea to badiya hai, par kahan chalen yaar?
daya: wo seaside ke paas hi ek naya restaurant khula hai, wahin chalte hain...
rest: great idea! to chalo!
scene: restaurant: 8:30 p.m.
daya: to jaldi batao, kya loge tum sab?
abhi: kya mujhe tujhe batane ki zarurat hai daya? (daya smiles)
shunya: main to pehli baar hi aayi hun mumbai...to jo tumhe best lage wohi order kar do dayu...
tarika: aur main to ye lungi...(she points out the dish in the menu)
(daya places all the four orders...as usual, he places abhijeet's order correctly...soon the four of them enjoy a wonderful meal with some light chit-chat)
tarika: waise daya...ye 'dayu' aur 'shuna' ka chakkar kya hai?
abhi: haan daya, janna to main bhi chah raha tha...
daya: boss, ye ek bohot lambi kahani hai... (and daya and shunya smile)
jab shuru- shuru mein shuna mujhe milli thi, tab wo bohot chup-chup si rehti thi...mujhe bilkul bhi achha nahi lagta tha...main usse dosti karna chahta tha, par wo mujhse to kya kisi se ek shabd bhi nahi kehti thi...phir ek bar maine dekha ki orphanage ke ek bacche ko dusra bachha chidha raha tha...uska naam bigadke...wo baccha bhi thoda chup-chup sa rehta tha...par is baat pe turant palatkar jawab diya...
phir maine socha ki ise bulwaane ka shayad yahi tareeka kaam aa jaaye...to main roz ise iska naam bigadkar bulaane laga...'shuna'...pehle to kai din isne koi jawaab nahi diya...phir ek din...
flashback:
daya: shuna, shuna suno na...shuna suno...
shunya: SHUT UP! yeh kya shuna shuna laga rakha hai tumne, haan! meri maa ne naam rakha hai mera...shunya...unki aakhri nishani hai ye naam...tumhari himmat kaise hui ise bigaadne ki, haan! kaisa lagega tumhe agar main tumhe daya ki jagah...'dayu'...haan, dayu kehkar bulaun, haan?
daya: to bulao na! (shunya shocked) daya na sahi, dayu kehkar hi bulao, par kuchh to kaho! tumhari ye chuppi dekhkar Sir aur baaki staff ke log kitne pareshan rehte hain, pata hai tumhe! hum bacche bhi tumhe dekhkar dukhi ho jaate hain...main dukhi ho jaata hoon...aur mujhe yakin hai...tumhare parents aaj bhi kahin se tumhe dekh rahe honge...Sir kehte hai na aisa...to wo bhi to tumhe aise dekhkar dukhi honge! kya tum yahi chahti ho, haan?
(at that, she burst into tears...the entire staff and students, including Raghuvendra sir came there to see what happened...)
shunya: i'm sorry! i'm sorry sir...sabko sorry...maine aap sabko itna pareshan kiya...sorry mama, sorry papa! par ab main bilkul bhi chup-chap dukhi hokar nahi baithungi! sabko happy rakhungi!
daya: (after some time) so shuna, friends?
shunya: (smiling a bit)yes dayu! friends!
flashback ends...
daya: bas, us din se aaj tak hum friends hain, aur ye naam bulaana ek aadat ban gaya ... (a sad silence...)
abhi: (trying to break the silence) chal daya...ab seaside pe chalte hain...
daya: haan abhi, par pehle bill to bhar dein...
(abhijeet and daya settle the bill...to his shock, daya offers to pay the entire bill himself!)
abhi: dhanya ho tum shunya! 18 saalon mein jo kaam main nahin karva paaya wo tumne aate hi karva diya! pehle to bill ka naam sunte hi sahab ko kuchh na kuchh kaam yaad aa jaata tha...aur aaj daya bill bhar raha hai! wo bhi poori!
daya: kya abhi! wo aaj treat meri hai na to bill main bhar raha hoon...agli baar to tum hi bharoge na! :D
abhi: tu nahi sudherga,hain! (all laugh and move to seaside)
scene: seaside:
tarika: really! seaside pe aake kitna sukoon milta hai...ab samjhi ki tum donon ko ye jagah itni pasand kyun hai...
shunya: haan dayu! aaj pehli baar yahan aake bohot achha laga! thanks!
(and they spend few moments of comfortable silence...abhijeet holds tarika's hand and she blushes as they watch the beautiful sea in silence...
daya on the other hand has a twinkle of mischief in his eyes... quietly, he sneaks behind shunya and pulls out the rubber- band from her hair and runs away with it laughing... shunya runs behind him, shouting! abhirika observe them with a smile...)
abhi: (with hand on his head) ye nahi sudhrega! (tarika laughs)
(meanwhile, shunya is finally able to catch up to daya...but just as she is about to snatch her band back, they trip...and land in a beautiful position with daya at the bottom and shunya on top and the beautiful sea in the background!)
daya: shuna...(silence)..shuna...(silence) SHUNA!
shunya: (with a jerk) kya! kya hua dayu...(and then realises the position they are in) s...sorry! (and gets up with a blush...they both dust the sand on their clothes...)
daya: waise shuna...tum kaafi bhaari ho gayi ho! shareer mein dard ho gaya yaar! ;)
shunya: DAYU! (and they start running again...tarika is laughing all the time on daya's childish antics...but abhijeet is lost in thought...)
abhi POV: ye daya bhi na...kabhi nahi sudhrega! par apne bhai ki ye shararatein, ye bewakoofiyan dekhne ke liye bhi taras gaya tha main yaar! in do dinon mein daya ke chehre par jitni khushi dekhi hai maine, utni to kai hafton mein nahi dekhi thi...par kabtak rahengi ye khushiyan? jald hi shreya delhi se wapis aayegi aur daya ko phir se saamna karna hoga apni zindagi ki sacchayi ka...tab kya shunya sambhaal payegi ise...
tarika: abhijeet! kahan kho gaye?
abhi: k...kuchh nahi tarika jee...
tarika: to chalo naa...dekho, wo donon to qualis mein baith bhi gaye! (and they leave)
(in qualis) daya: kya abhi! apni tarika jee ki ankhon mein itna kho gaye ki waqt ka hosh hi nahi raha? ;)
abhi: (shy) daya! (daya and shunya laugh as tarika blushes...and they drive away... first they drop the girls to their respective houses...daya tries to convince shunya to stay that day as well in their house but she declines...then they reach their own house...)
scene: terrace:
daya is sitting at the terrace and abhijeet brings the coffee this time...daya accepts it with a smile...
abhi: sach yaar daya, aaj bohot maza aaya! thanks yaar!
daya: thanks...darwaaza tod do bolte to zyada khushi hoti! :D
abhi, tum sirf dost hi nahi, bhai ho mere! tum mujhse thanks kahoge?
abhi: achha baba sorr...(and stops seeing daya's anger) theek hai, na thank you bolunga na sorry, khush?
daya: yes boss! par yaar sach kaha tumne, maza bohot aaya...kitne dinon baad hum sab ek saath bahar gaye is tarhah...warna...(and he becomes sad thinking of shreya)
abhi: (trying to change the mood) waise daya, tum aur shunya pehle bhi paani-puri ke competitions kiya karte the?
daya: (smiling) haan boss! wo academy ke dinon mein jab bhi mauka milta tha, hum bahar jaaya karte the...aksar paani-puri ka competition lag jaaya karta tha...har baar haar jaati thi boss! phir bhi ye aadat gayi nahi uski!
sach boss! ye ladki aaj bhi waisi ki waisi hi hai...kabhi bilkul jhalli, to kabhi itni samajhdaar ki samajh hi nahi aata ki iska asli roop kaunsa hai!
abhi: dost bhi to tumhaari hi haina daya! (and they both laugh)
achha chal...ab bohot raat ho gayi hai...so jaate hain, nahi to subah raavan parade lagayega hamari!
daya: (laughing) good night boss!
abhi: good night daya!
(and they move to sleep)
meanwhile, at shunya's house...
shunya POV: sach, aaj bohot maza aaya...itne samay ke baad ein dayu ke saath kahin bahar gayi...cid ki hectic life se door kuchh achha time spend kiya...
par sach hi kaha tha maine dayu...kuchh cheezen kabhi nahi badalti...tumhare saath rehkar mere chehre pe aane waali smile, humare wo paani-puri ke competitions, mera har baar tumse haar jaana, aur... (sighs)... chalo, ab so jaati hoon, kal bureau bhi to pahunchna hai...
aur is tarha khatam hua ye masti bhara din...par kya hoga kal jab wapis pahunchenge ye charon duty par...kya sach ho jayegi abhijeet ki chinta...janne ke leyi padiye agla chapter...
OMG! my first danya moment! (hope the name is fine for daya and shunya...) kaisa laga aapko?
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