The idea of writing this OS came into my mind after watching the scene where Vaibhav and Tarika were working at the lab till late at night and Vaibhav asked her if he would drop her. Thanks to KK for posting that scene on insta :D :D
TheDamselInShiningArmour helped me a lot in this plot.. In fact most of the plot idea belongs to her.
Now Enjoy.. :)
"Fighting His Insecurities"
Tarika and Vaibhav were working in the lab till late night. Vaibhav looked at the watch and said, "Kafi raat hogayi.. waqt ka bilkul pata hi nahi chala.."
Tarika looked at Vaibhav and said "haan.. ek kaam karo tum niklo.. main bhi baas thodi der main nikal ne hi wali hoon.."
"Kaho toh main tumhe ghar chod deta hoon.. "
Abhijeet had come to the lab seeing Tarika's car still parked in the parking space. As soon as he was about to enter he heard Vaibhav offering Tarika a ride. He fumed hearing him.
"Iski himmat kaise huyi Tarika ji ko ye puchne ki.."
He was about to storm into the lab when he heard Tarika's polite voice.
"uski koi zaroorat nahi.. main gadi layi hoon"
Abhijeet became happy hearing her denial. He thought, "accha huya Tarika ji ne khud mana kar diya.."
But to his displeasure, Vaibhav again said as a gentleman, "but bohot late ho gaya hai... it will be better if i drop you.."
Here Abhijeet waited to see Tarika's reaction.
Tarika thought for a while... she might have accepted his proposal.. but she knew that Abhijeet didn't like whenever she was with Vaibhav. He was already upset about this matter and didn't want to upset him more.
"Umm Vaibhav... it's okay. I am used to going alone.. so it's won't be a problem for me.. "
Abhijeet smiled inwardly that Tarika rejected him once again.
"But phir bhi Tarika..." Vaibhab tried to initiate again.. but this was the limit for Abhijeet. He barged inside the lab,
"Jab Tarika ji keh rahi hai ki tumhare sath nahi jayenge to bar bar puch kyon rahe ho...!"
He said in a rude manner. Tarika could see that Abhijeet was angry at Vaibhav. But wait.. "when did he come?" She asked in her mind and looked at Abhijeet.
"Sorry sir.. main toh baas isiliye puch raha tha kyon ki raat kafi ho gaya hai.." Vaibhav said looking down.
"Tumhara kaam hogaya ho toh ja sakte ho ab" he said with an authoritative tone which no one can deny.
Vaibhav quickly collected his things and left the lab.
"Itna bhi kya gussa..." Tarika murmured while wrapping up her work.
"Wo tumhe pareshaan kar raha tha toh gussa toh ayega hi na.."
"Pareshaan nahi kar raha tha.. ghar drop karna chahta tha baas.. "
"Wo kyon karega tumhe drop.."
"Abhijeet! It's a general thing. Agr meri jagah koi ladki hoti aur Vaibhav ke jagah pe tum.. tab tum bhi yehi karte.. "
Abhijeet hung his head controlling himself as he knew what she said was right.
"Ab kyon muh latka ke khare ho?"
"K..kuch nahi.. bas... umm.. tumhara kaam ho gaya?"
"Haan.. I am done for tonight."
"Chalo main tumhe ghar drop kar deta hoon..."
Tarika rolled her eyes hearing him and without answering just walked out of the lab. Abhijeet followed her silently. Tarika locked the lab and went towards her car. She was going inside her car when Abhijeet stopped her saying,
"Are Tarika.. maine kaha na main drop kar dunga.. chalo mere saath.. "
"Main akele ja sakti hoon.."
"I know.. but raat bohot ho chuka hai.. "
"Toh.. toh kya?" Tarika said in anger which Abhijeet understood clearly.
"Are tum aise gussa kyon ho rahi ho?"
She stopped there crossing her hands near her chest.
"Abhijeet I know.. tumhe Vaibhav pasand nahi hai.. that's why I denied him. But tumhe uske sath iss tarah se pesh nahi ana chahiye.. he was just being a gentleman."
"Kya yaar.. tum ab uss Vaibhav ke wajah se mujhse gussa karogi?" Abhijeet said helplessly knowing well that he was at fault for being rude with Vaibhav unnecessarily.
"No Abhijeet.. baat Vaibhav ki hai hi nahi.. baat tumhari hai.. "
"Meri..matlab.. main kuch samjha nahi.."
"Yehi toh problem hai Abhijeet.. tum kuch samajhte hi nahi ho.. ya phir ye kahu ki tum samajhna hi nahi chahte..", Tarika said a bit louder than her usual tone. She was pissed off on how Abhijeet reacts every time whenever he sees Tarika with any other male.
"Mujhe kya samajhna chahiye Tarika.. wo Vaibhav tumhare aspas mandrata rehta hai.. aur tum mujhe keh rahi ho ke.. mujhe samajhna chahiye!" Abhijeet said in an aggressive manner.
"Vaibhab mere saath kaam karta hai.. lab mein toh wo hoga hi na.. aur ussdin bhi shopping pe wo isiliye mere sath gaya tha kyon ki I asked him.. that too we went to buy some equipment for lab aur phir time tha toh shopping ke liye chala gaya...
But tumne toh uss baat ka bhi batangar banaya"
"Maine baat ka batanger banaya? Huh.. tum uske saath gaye hi kyon the.. mujhe bol diya hota.. i would go with you.. "
"Abhijeet you are forgetting that you were busy.. I had called you.. waise bhi uske sath chali gayi toh usme itni bhi bari baat kya hua.. haan!"
Abhijeet got too angry because he made his mind that Tarika was fighting with him because of Vaibhav.
"Mujhe nahi pasand wo.. yehi bari baat hai.. tum uske sath nahi jayoge age se.."
"Kyon nahi jayungi? He is my colleague. Agr zaroorat pare toh zaroor jayungi.."
"Tarika maine kaha na.. nahi.."
Tarika cut him in the middle, "Itni bhi kya insecurity Abhijeet..."
She came close to Abhijeet and placed her hand on his cheek and made him look at her.
"Haan batayo.. tumhe pata hai na main tumhare alawa kisi aur ke bareme waisa kuch soch bhi nahi sakti.. phir kyon?"
Abhijeet held her hand which was on his cheek. He looked into her eyes.
"Kyon ki mujhe darr lagta hai.. tumhe kisi bhi haal mein nahi kho sakta hai.. "
"Abhijeet main sirf tumse pyar karti hoon.. koi bhi mujhe aise hi tumse cheen nahi sakta.. main nahi chahti hoon ki tum hamesha aise insecure feel karte raho.. kya tumhe mujh pe varosa nahi hai?"
"Ye kya keh rahi ho tum Tarika.. I trust you completely.. but.." he looked away.
"But kya?"
"I just can't help it that he gets more time to spend with you than me... aur toh aur hamesha tumhare sath yun chipak ke rehta hai!... argh.. sometimes I feel like beating the shit out of him ..", Abhijeet said helplessly throwing his hand in the air with anger filled eyes.
Tarika was disappointed at Abhijeet's behavior towards Vaibhav more as he actually never tried anything like that. She shouted at him to bring his mind back on track.
"Abhijeet!..."
Before Tarika could say anything, Abhijeet's phone rang. He looked at the phone and then at Tarika. It was his informer's. He took the phone and talked for a while. He cut the call with,
"Haan ata hoon main.."
Tarika understood he had to go to meet his informer.
"Kuch information collect karna hai khabri se.. "
"Hmm.. tum jayo... main ghar chali jayungi.."
"Nahi.. itni jaldi nahi hai.. i will drop you and then go to meet him.."
Tarika without arguing more went with him as she knew that he wouldn't let her go alone at this hour especially when he was here.
The ride to Tarika's home was silent. Abhijeet dropped Tarika at her home. Abhijeet wished her good night. Tarika wished him back and said, "Take care and ghar pohochne ke baad ek message kar dena"
Abhijeet nodded and left from there.
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After meeting with his informer he went to his home and sent a message to Tarika that he reached home safely.
"Don't forget to have your dinner. Good night." Abhijeet's phone beeped with Tarika's message. If it was some other time, Tarika would call him. But she was upset and so the message.
He got freshened up and had something light only because Tarika told him.. otherwise he would skip his meal.
After that he lied on the bed feeling too tired. But sleep wasn't consuming him. He was continuously thinking about Tarika.
"Wo mujhse kitna pyar karti hai.. aur trust bhi karti hai... also She cares for me a lot. Mujhse naraz hai lekin phir bhi choti choti baton ka khyal rakhti hai. Aur main hoon ke.. huh! But I donno what happens to me whenever I see her with anyone else. Apni gusse pe control hi nahi rehta and then I end up hurting her each time.. tch..
Aj bhi yehi kiya.. why can't I just fight my own demon for her? why!? She even never interferes in my work.. she never objects when I make a decision which I know unknowingly is hurtful for her.. yet I just.. sheh..!"
"She even bears my possessiveness at times. I don't like Vaibhav that's why she stopped hanging out with him also. And here I again fucked up. Only because of my own insecurities! But what do I do? I can't bear to lose her at any cost after all that happened in my life. But It's not fair to hurt her because of my demons.. I can't keep doing this.. No! No! I won't hurt her ever.. After all the things she has done for me... The least I can do is to be easy with her.. to not hurt her at any cost by any of my stupidity.. "
Abhijeet kept thinking about the numerous times Tarika supported him no matter what.. she didn't even demand anything which he couldn't give. And here he couldn't even give her the peace.
He took his phone and was about to call Tarika.. but then withdrew the idea of calling her as it was too late.. she might be asleep.
"I shouldn't call her now.. I will go to her home tomorrow early in the morning and apologize.. waise bhi unke car to bureau me hi reh gaya na... hmm... yehi sahi rahega.. "
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At morning (Tarika's home):
Abhijeet rang the doorbell of Tarika's home. Tarika opened the door and got surprised to see Abhijeet though she had a slight expectation that Abhijeet might come as her car was in bureau. Seeing her, Abhijeet gave a bright smile.
"Tum.. iss waqt?"
"Kyon nahi asakta kya?"
"Bilkul asakte ho.. ander ayo na.. "
Abhijeet came inside but got shocked to see Vaibhav sitting on the dining table. Tarika saw his expression changing... he tightened his fist. Tarika didn't want Abhijeet to create another scene this early morning. Abhijeet looked at Tarika and saw that she was worried.
He thought here he came to apologize to Tarika and made her mood good.. and yet again his possessiveness and anger rose up. He took a deep breath to control himself and gave Tarika a smile and released his fist.
Vaibhav turned and saw Abhijeet with Tarika. He stood up with,
"Are sir ap.. good morning sir."
Tarika was praying in mind that Abhijeet wouldn't say something harsh again to Vaibhav. To Tarika's surprise, Abhijeet wished him back with a warm smile which he does with other juniors.
"Good morning."
Abhijeet went near the dining table and stood there. Abhijeet couldn't control himself from asking the reasons for his early arrival at Tarika's home.
"Tum yaha.. itni subha? I mean koi kaam tha kya?"
"Haan sir.. wo mujhe central lab jana tha reports leke.. reports Tarika ke paas the toh wohi lene aya hoon.."
"Ooh.. accha", Abhijeet was relieved though he didn't like Vaibhav coming to Tarika's home.. but this time he hid his disliking well. He didn't want to create more problems for Tarika because of his own problems.
"Main toh baas abhi jane hi wala tha.. per Tarika ne rok liya breakfast ke liye.."
"Haan haan.. nashta karke jayo.. Tarika ji bohot accha khana banati hai.. "
Tarika was surprised seeing Abhijeet behaving so casually with Vaibhav. What surprised her more was the thing Abhijeet did after that.
"Waise wo.. Vaibhav.. I.. I..mujhe tumse kuch kehna tha.. I mean kal raat.."
"Sir please don't be so hesitant."
"Actually..I.. I wanted to apologize for behaving rudely with you yesterday."
He finished and looked at Tarika to see her eyes getting big and the next moment Tarika's face had the brightest smile which just made his day. Oh man.. he could do this all time if that's what gonna make her smile this way.
"Sir please.. ap mujhe sharminda kar rahe hai.. It's ok. I didn't mind."
Abhijeet just patted his shoulder lightly.
"Abhijeet tum bhi betho na.. main breakfast serve kar deti hoon.."
Abhijeet nodded happily and was about to take a seat when Tarika held his hand and placed a kiss on his right cheek lightly before going to the kitchen. Abhijeet's eyes popped up.
Tarika kissed him in front of Vaibhav! She was never a person who would show her affection in public. He recovered soon though he had that little blush pasted on his face. He couldn't but grin ear to ear. He looked at Vaibhav to see his reaction. Vaibhav was looking down on the table feeling a bit embarrassed seeing his colleague kissing his senior in front of him.
Abhijeet took his seat and cleared his throat to gain his attention. Vaibhav looked up. To avoid awkwardness, Abhijeet started asking him about the work in the central lab while Tarika served the breakfast casually as if nothing happened. They had their breakfast while having light chit chat and soon Vaibhav left with the file.
As soon as Vaibhav left, Abhijeet held Tarika's hand.
"Tarika wo.. I am sorry for yesterday night. Main... wo.. ar.. "
Tarika went near him and sat on his lap wrapping her arms around his neck. Abhijeet's hand automatically went around her waist locking her in his arms.
"Shh.. it's ok. I am really impressed with your behavior towards Vaibhav today. Thank you for understanding Abhijeet"
"Waise wo kya tha.." Abhijeet asked, raising his one eyebrow.
"Kya?" Tarika asked, confused.
"Wohi Vaibhav ke samne apne jo kiya wo.."
Tarika shrugged with, "accha wo.. tum mere liye Vaibhav se maafi mang sakte ho.. toh I can do it for you to assure you that I'm only yours... "
Abhijeet grinned listening to her and touched her forehead with his. Soon their lips met with each other. The kiss was gentle and slow. Tarika's one hand went behind his hair from his neck and Abhijeet's grip on her waist tightened.
Before the kiss could turn into a more passionate one... Tarika's phone rang and they broke.
Abhijeet groaned with, "argh.. abhi kiska phone aya yaar.. bilkul galat time pe aya.."
Tarika stood up from his lap and saw the caller id.
"Salunkhe sir.."
"Kabab mein haddi.. mera pyar ka asli dushman to ye Salunkhe sahab hi hai.."
Tarika chuckled hearing him and received the call..
"Okay sir.. I will bring that while coming."
She cut the call and turned to see Abhijeet making faces.
"Kyon phone kiya.. abhi toh lab jane hi wali thi na.."
"Wo baas jate waqt kal wale case ke report le jane ke liye call kiya.."
"Huh.. ye baat wo tumko pehle nahi bata sakte the.. pura moment hi bigad diya.. ab chalo.. warna wo phir se pareshaan karenge.."
Tarika giggled and went with him.
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