A/N :- Heyyy! Kaise ho sab? Belated happy Vasant Panchmi. I was planning for a telegram group where authors and guest readers can interact more (since here you cannot DM authors), authors can collaboration and discuss about their stories. Let me know in the comments if that would be a good idea to build a sort of community.

Chalo back with the story !

Tarika's views about Abhijeet had changed drastically in the past few months. Initially when she joined, she was sick of him hitting on her and wondered what were his intentions.

As time passed, she observed how maturely his handled things at the bureau. His wits and critical thinking abilities helped a lot in solving cases and his shooting skills were unparalleled. He also guarded his juniors from Acp sir's wrath sometimes. He also had a fun chilled out side but perfectly balanced with his responsible side.

He was indeed flirty and sometimes played around even with crime scene suspects and eye witness. Surprisingly he was always able to extract some more details from them so maybe it was a trick of his.

Recently Tarika found herself bit jealous too, seeing him with other females. Though unsure about her feelings for a senior, she liked him being around.

Abhijeet walked into the lab early morning.

Tarika was taken by surprise, past few weeks she always wanted to get some moments with him alone and now that time had suddenly come and she didn't know how to respond.

Abhi (big smile) Hello tarika ji good morning.

Tarika (nervously) g.. good morning sir. Aap yahan itni subah ?

Abhi:- arey... Firse sir. Kitni baar kaha hai aapse, aap hume naam se hi bulayiye.

Tarika:- wo.. wo salunkhe sir ne toka tha us din toh... (Looking down)

Abhi:- kya? Salunkhe sir ne daanta aapko? Mai baat krta hu. Kahan hain wo?

Tarika:- nahi hai abhi bureau me. Mai wo jaldi aagayi kuch kaam nipatana tha so..

Abhi:- nahi hai? Arey waah ye toh aur bhi achi baat hai...

Tarika:- haan ?

Abhi:- nahi wo mera matlb hai abhi nhi hai wo toh aap mujhe naam se hi bula sakti hain. Aur aur wo ayenge toh baat krta hu mai unse aise kaise dant skte hain wo.

Tarika :- nahi Abhijeet

Abhi smiled on hearing his name. It always sounded cuter in her voice.

Tarika :- wo unhone danta nhi. Unhone kaha ACP sir aur DCP sir kaafi strict hai ye sab maamle me agar unhone suna toh shayad kuch kahein isliye..

Abhi:- (nodded) hmm wo toh hai. But koi baat nahi hum jab akele ho toh kya formality.

Tarika (smiled) aap subah subah yahan ?

Abhi:- haan bas aapse milne

Tarika raised an eyebrow.

Abhi:- arey nahi wo kal ke case ki forensic reports chahiye thi.

She walked to the shelves.

Abhijeet (thinking while looking around) Dr. Tarika ne lab kaafi arrange kar diya hai. Pehle ek file dhundhne me 1saal laga dete the Salunkhe sir aur fir irritate hoke hume hi daant dete the (chuckles) wo bhi kya din the. Tarika is really hard working yaar, real asset to our CID community.

She handed him the file :- yahan pe wo sign chahiye the...

Abhi:- haan abhi kar deta hu.

He took the file from her, accidently brushing his hand against hers and sending all the butterflies circling in her stomach again.

She looked at him going from flirty to serious in a second as he flipped through the pages of the file.

Just then his phone rang. He smiled as he received the call

Abhi:- Good Morning Dr. Niyati kaisi hain aap. Aaj subah subah hume yaad kiya?

Tarika shook her head.

Tarika (thinking) ye wohi Dr. Niyati hain jinke baare me Purvi aur Tasha ne bataya tha ? Inke flirting ke kissey toh uff. Aur transfer ke baad bhi touch me hain. Itni has has ke baatein...

Abhi :- haan. Haan bolo na mai free hu. Haan ? Ek second ruko mai lab me hi hu bahar aake baat karta hu. Ek sec ruko.

He excused himself and moved out.

Tarika (thinking) aisi kya baat thi ki bahar jaake baat krna pada. Dr. Niyati ke baare me waise kaafi suna bhi hai maine. She is senior than me. Unke research papers, unke baare me newspaper articles. He must surely be impressed by her. Ek sec why am I being jealous ? Mujhe kyu fark padta hai. Wo single ho nahi ho, unka niyati mam se jo bhi relation ho. Kya ho gaya h mujhe. He is just a senior Tarika. He is just a senior , handsome, witty, strong, (trailing off) ahem focus senior hai. Wo apna kaam kare tum apna kaam karo.

A/N :- batana kaisa raha attempt, if I should continue with this. Plot suggestions, chapter suggestions sab welcome hai ji. Aur batana what do you guys think of the telegram community I was thinking about. :)

Take Care all of you! Bless you !