AN- Before I begin with this one, I just want to thank everyone who liked and reviewed my last story called waterproof lipstick ka raaz. The response was really overwhelming. I am really glad you guys liked it so much.Now, with this one I am really not sure how well is this going to turn out. Give it a read.
A patch up story
It had been 3 weeks since their fight. They still weren't talking to each other. Forget talking, even being in the same room as each other was uncomfortable and awkward. Not only them but now the team was also getting worried about their fight. For the team, abhirika were like this perfect couple. Not because they never fought, but because whenever they did fight, they would resolve it like adults and most importantly not letting it affect their work at all. But this time around, things really seemed complicated.
The reason for the fight was rather silly. But anger made it worse. Well and now, their respective egos were making it worst. They both had seemed to realise this. But the problem was none of them were ready to make the first move. EGO a 3 lettered word but can really affect a relation so much. Now though, all that was left was to see will this ego overpower the love they have for each other?
Both of them, during these 3 weeks avoided going to each other's work places as much as possible. Things were not okay between them was clearly seen just by the way that they would look at each other. Nonetheless, the only happy person with all of this happening was Dr. salunkhe that should not come as a surprise at all. But this one time, tarika had to go to the bureau to get ACP Sir's signature on the final report of the case which had just been closed.
She entered in a pindrop silenced bureau. Everyone was engrossed in the paperwork of the same case. But her eyes naturally rested on him. It's like she didn't even have to think about looking at him. Her eyes would just find their way to his face. There he was, sitting in front of his computer, eyes glued to his screen, so engrossed that he didn't even notice the door of the bureau opening. Ah! how much did she love staring at this work-a-holic abhijeet. Come on, stop staring at him, we are not talking to him remember? . Her brain reminded her. Brushing away her thoughts, she walked towards ACP sirs cabin.
"Dr. tarika, sir cabin mein nahi hai. Kuch kaam se bahar gaye hai. Pata nahi kab aayenge " said freddy as he saw her walking towards the cabin.
What was abhijeet doing? Nice question. As soon as he heard the name 'Dr. tarika' he instantly looked up at her. Damn! The stupid reflexes dont understand fights it seems. But again his brain notified him, they are not talking, and he again got back to his computer. Pretending, he didn't notice her at all.
"Oh no! Salunkhe sir ko abhi ye report lekar HQ jaana hai... sign to chahiye...Daya bhi nahi hai?" She said, deliberately ignoring him.
"Nahi, wo unke khabri se milne gaye hai...unka bhi pata nahi kab ayenge...ab toh... abhijeet sir hi hai..." Said freddy, in hesitation.
She rolled her eyes at him. Muttering oh god under her breath. Abhijeet smiled at his little victory, overhearing the conversation. But his pretend tarika is not here game was still going on.
Letting out a very audible sigh, she moved towards him. He still didn't look at her. She almost banged the file on his table to gain his attention.
"Ispe aapki sign chahiye " She said not looking at him.
"Yeh aap file bina table pe patke bhi keh sakti thi " He said opening the file.
And...he started reading the file...word by word...just to irritate her more. oh this man. Sometimes I just feel like breaking his face. She thought, her anger bar rising. While he continued to look at the file.
"Proof reading ho gaya hai already. You can just sign " She finally said controlling her rising anger.
"Haan, but I still have to sign it na? Bina read kiye kaise sign karu? Kuch mistake hui toh responsibility meri banti hai...and sorry to burst your bubble but no one in this world is perfect...mistakes sab se hoti hai kabhi na kabhi...including you " He said with a sarcastic smile.
"Yes, I know mistakes hoti hai mujhse. Infact, everytime I see you, I realise it even more " She replied back with a sarcastic tone.
He looked up at her on hearing this.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"I think you know very well what I mean" She said with a smirk.
Now, he felt his anger bar rising. But by now, the officers in the bureau were looking at them and he definitely didn't want to create a scene here.
"You know what, ye padhne mein thoda time lagega. Mein bhijwa dunga thodi der mein. You can leave. " He said looking at her. Rudeness very clear in his tone.
"Alright. Be quick " She said while rolling her eyes yet again.
On her way back to the lab, she was continuously muttering something under her breath. Judging, by the recent incident, it had to be mostly about abhijeet and how she hated his guts. Her muttering stopped when she saw daya coming towards her.
"Hey! Good morn- " Daya tried to say with a smile.
"5 minute jaldi nahi aa sakte the tum? You could have saved me so much of my patience " She said cutting him, totally ignoring his greeting to her.
"Kya? Main kuch samjha nahi " He said genuinely confused.
"Go and ask your stupid friend then. Pata nahi itna attitude kis baat ka hai usko. God, I hate him" She said blurting out all the anger.
"Abhijeet? Usne kya kar diya ab? Tum logo ka jhagda solve nahi hua abhi tak? Kya yaar...itni chhoti si baat pakadke baith gaye ho tum dono...chhodo na "
"Chhoti baat nahi hai ye daya...tumhare dost ke liye hogi, mere liye nahi hai. Chhodo tumse baat karke bhi fayda nahi... tum bhi uske jaise hi sochte ho...bye " She said irritated and walked away.
'Ab kya ho gaya in dono ke beech' He thought, while he walked towards the bureau.
Here, abhijeet was still reading the file. Daya walked up to him.
"Boss, jyada busy ho kya kuch baat karni hai tumse " he said
"Nahi ye file hi read kar raha hu. Waise jarurat toh hai nahi sab perfect hai ekdum " Now that tarika was not around, He could finally admit that. " Bolo na kya bolna hai "
"Yahan nahi, thoda bahar chalo " Daya said moving a little away from where everyone was sitting.
"Ye kya chal raha hai tumhare aur tarika ke beechmein? " Daya said after making sure they were at a distance from where no one could hear them.
"Kuch bhi nahi chal raha ab toh " Said abhijeet, with a sad smile.
"Is this still about that stupid fight? Pagal ho gaye ho kya tum dono? Kyu khinch rahe ho uss jhagde ko itna? Chupchaap jao usse maafi maango and get over with this already " Said daya sounding a little angry.
"Mein kis baat ke liye maafi maangu bhai? Mein sirf mazaak mazaak mein bol raha tha usko...wohi itna serious ho gayi " He paused a little. "Itni si baat ko lekar usne sab khatam kar diya yaar. Itna sab hone ke baad you still expect me to go and apologize? "
"Arey! Gusse mein kuch bhi bol deta hai insaan yaar. Itna seriously kyu le rahe ho tum. Baat toh karo usse "
"Nahi, baat karne ke liye kuch nahi bacha hai ab daya. She said sab khatam matlab sab khatam. Bass " He said trying to sound firm.
Daya sighed on this.
"So...you two are officially broken up? Aisa samjhu mein? Sab khatam? " Daya said calmly.
"Uhm...H- Haa a-aur kya? Sab khatam ka meaning toh wohi hota hai " Abhijeet said hesitating. The word 'Broken up' piercing through his heart.
"Achha...thik hai fir. Good. Waise bhi chetan uska number maang raha tha uss din...de deta hun " Said daya.
"Chetan? kon chetan? " Abhijeet had no idea who.
"Arey! Chetan mera dost. Us din party mein milwaya tha na. Tarika mein interested lag raha tha. Lekin meine jab bataya usse ki woh tumhare saath hai toh maayus ho gaya bichara. Ab tum dono saath mein nahi ho toh, He can give it a shot." Said Daya casually.
"Abe paagal hai kya? Aise kaise number de dega kisi ko bhi uska? " Said abhijeet getting really angry.
"Kyu? kya problem hai? Now she is technically single. Toh kya problem hai? " Said Daya smiling a little.
"Arey! pr- problem matlab...mein...I mean...wo chhod...tu kisiko bhi uska number nahi dene wala samjha? " Said abhijeet not knowing what to say.
"Kamaal hai abhijeet...you don't want to hold on... don't want to let her go...kya chal raha hai yeh? Everyone knows you two are not going to break up anytime. Toh ye faltu ka naatak kyu kar rahe ho tum dono? Nahi dekh sakte na use kisi aur ke saath? Toh apne aap ke saath toh rakho...ye bich mein rakhne ka kya matlab? Takleef tum dono ko ho rahi hai. Wo bhi because of one small fight? Socho thoda iske baaremein " He said hoping his buddy would understand.
Abhijeet really didn't know what to say to this. Just imagining breaking up with her was making his heart so heavy. But whatever she said to him had really hurt him. Heck, what he said to her as a reply hurt him even more. How could he just deny the existence of anything between them. He always used to curse himself for saying that to her. But he also kinda wanted her to feel the same too. Is she also regretting what she said to him? There was no way of knowing. May be this thought was what stopping him from talking to her.
His train of thoughts halted when he received a call from his boss.
"Hello. Haan sir..."
He patted daya's shoulder. A gesture to show that he will think about it and walked away talking to his boss.
'Pata nahi kya hoga in dono ka ' Thought daya while looking at him.
To be continued.
AN- I am not really confident about how this one has turned out. I actually wanted this to be a one shot but I just went on writing. please tell me in the reviews did you found this interesting.