CHAPTER 6
Daya and shreya both were too busy throughout the day. They didn't get a chance to sit back and have a talk. In evening when shreya was leaving, daya approached her.
"Shreya... Ek minute!" He said calling her from behind.
Shreya was about to open the car door, but she stopped with his voice and turned to him, "han sir... Kya baat hai?" She asked closing the door back.
"Umm...shreya, tum ghar ja rahi ho, can you please come with me just for a minute?" He asked hesitantly.
Shreya was confused, "sure sir, lekin kaha?" She asked looking at him.
"Wo meri car ke paas, ek chota sa kaam tha, please?" He said pointing in the direction where he had parked his car.
Shreya looked in that direction and nodded her head, she followed daya and both reached near daya's car.
"Sir , kya baat hai?" She asked softly.
"Shreya... wo... ek minute" he said and opened the back door of his car and took out a guitar kept on his backseat.
Shreya was surprised to see a new packed guitar in his hands. "Sir, ye guitar kis liye?" She asked confusingly.
"Shreya, ye sweety ke liye. Anjaane me hi sahi but maine uska dil dukhaya hai, uska guitar tod diya maine. Main bas ye keh raha tha ki ye tum sweety ko de dena." He said looking at the guitar in his hands.
Shreya was totally shocked. "Sir aapne sweety ke liye naya guitar kharida? Iski kya jarurat thi?" She asked looking at daya.
"Jarurat thi shreya, agar main apni kisi galti ko sudhar sakta hu to, sudhar lena chahiye, wahi kar raha hu. Sweety ko hurt karke mujhe bahut bura lag raha tha. Tum please ye sweety ko de dena." He said handing over the guitar to shreya.
Shreya took the guitar in her hands. " lekin sir main kyun, ye aapne kharida hai to aap hi sweety ko kyun nahi de dete? Uski aapse narajgi bhi door ho jayegi." Shreya said smiling at him.
"Nahi shreya, sweety mere hath se kabhi nahi legi. Aur tum use ye bolna ki ye tumne kharida hai. Agar use pata chala ki ye guitar maine lakar diya to wo ise uthakar phek degi. Tum mere liye itna kar sakti ho na please." Daya said looking into her eyes.
Shreya was speechless. She felt extremely bad for him. She kept on looking at him. She nodded her head. Daya smiled at her. She too gave him a sad smile. Daya left from there and shreya was standing with the guitar admiring daya.
"Oh no...its too large.. I want that left one... Yes yes that one" Maya said pointing out one of the sunglasses. She was wandering here and there in search of a suitable sunglass for herself. But since last 2 hours she couldn't get what she wanted.
"Can you please show me some stylish sunglasses?" A new customer asked standing just beside Maya. Maya turned to look up at him.
The man too looked at her and he became surprised seeing Maya there.
"Arey, madam aap yaha?" He asked surprisingly.
"Sorry?" Said Maya making a face.
"Oh, lagta hai aapne mujhe pehchana nahi, main Cid se inspector Kavin. Shreya ka colleague and friend." Kavin said forwarding his hand.
Maya confusingly looked at him, "oh nice to meet you." She said shaking his hand.
"Mam...kamaal hai, you know jab shreya ne bataya ki aap uski masi hain to main to hairan hi ho gaya tha. " said kavin looking at her.
"Why?" Asked Maya glaring at him.
"Mam, mujhe laga aap shreya ki friend ya phir uski badi Behan hogi. Aapko dekh kar kahi se nahi lagta ki aap shreya ki masi ho sakti hain. I mean you look so young." Kavin said and looked at Maya to read out her expressions.
Maya looked at him, "really?"
"Of course mam." Kavin said happily as he found Maya pleased with his flattering.
Maya smiled broadly at him, "oh come on, you naughty boy! Achha kya naam bataya?" She asked looking at him.
"Ji kavin" kavin said in a sweet voice.
"Oh yeah kavin, waise you are quite handsome." Said Maya. Kavin smiled shyly. "Achha... Jara batana inme se kaun sa design achha lagega mujhpe, I am so confused, samajh me hi nahi aata, kaun sa lu?" She said showing him some designs of sunglasses.
"Oh yes, of course" kavin said and started observing the glasses. "Mam, You know what, left side se aapke face, madhuri deekhit jaisa hai, aur aapka forehead hema malini jaisa, aapki nose rekha jaisi aur aapke face cut oval shape me hai, Angelina Jolie jaisa. To aapke features ke hisab se to aapke upar ye wala design best suit karega." He said showing her one of the glasses.
Till now Maya was fully impressed with his buttering. She didn't gave much attention to the glasses and picked that one up. " I think you're right. This is what I was longing for."
Kavin smiled at his success as he knew Maya had been impressed with her. "Ok mam , main chalta hu." He said and acted like leaving.
"Are are...listen boy.." Maya stopped calling him back, "thank God ki Cid me tumhare jaise cool bande bhi hain." She said smiling at him.
"Oh thank you, waise shreya ne aapko mera bare me bataya nahi, we are good friends. Humari kafi jamti hai." Kavin said moving his hand in his hair.
"Jamegi kyun nahi, tum ho hi aise. Meri shreya ke dost tumhare jaise awesome hi hote hain. Waise tumhari family me kaun kaun hai?" Maya asked sweetly.
"Ji bas, main aur mere mom dad, dad ka khud ka business hai, aur mom ghar pe akele baith ke bore hoti rehti hain. Bas yahi kehti rehti hain ki main jaldi se shadi karke unke liye ek bahu la du. Ab aap hi bataiye, aajkal achhi ladkiyan milti kaha hai." Kavin said in disappointment.
"Achha to kaisi ladki chahiye tumhe." Maya asked smiling at him.
"Ji bas, ye samajh leejiye ki aap hi ki tarah khoobsurat, intelligent, aur modern ho. " kavin said blushing.
Maya smiled at him and thought, "mere jaisi khoobsurat, intelligent aur modern to sirf meri pyari shreya hai. Ye dono dost bhi hain aur colleagues bhi, wow..I think inki Jodi to jamegi. Main deedi aur jeeja ji se bhi baat karungi." She came out of her thoughts. " achha, meri jaisi ladki milna to thoda mushkil hai, but phir bhi I wish ki tumhe meri jaisi ladki jaroor mile." She said and went from there patting his cheek.
Kavin was standing there touching his cheek, when nikhil and sachin came there who were hidden behind.
"Kya baat hai kavin, aakhirkar masi ji par jaal phenk hi diya." Sachin said looking at Maya who was going towards her car.
"Han sir, aur lagta hai masi ji jaal me phas bhi gayi hain." Nikhil said praising kavin.
"Beta apna to naam hi kafi hai, ab meri tateef hi karta rahega ya apna bhi kuch jugad lagayega. " kavin said looking at nikhil.
"Aap uski chinta mat kariye sir, jugad to maine laga liya hai, bas aap log dekhte jaiye nikhil shukla ka kamaal." Nikhil said raising his collar.
Shreya reached at home, sweety opened the door. She was surprised to see shreya standing with a guitar.
"Shreya didu... Ye guitar kiske liye?" Sweety asked shreya.
Shreya smiled and entered the house. "Is ghar me tere alawa aur kisi ko guitar bajana aata hai kya?"
Sweety ran and stopped in front of her, "matlab ye mere liye? Didu aapne mere liye naya guitar kharida? Aww my didu you are the best... Love you." Sweety said taking the guitar from shreya's hand.
"Ab khush hai na tu?" Shreya asked looking at her.
"Ha didu, bahut khush. Aap mera kitna khayal rakhti ho. Aur ek wo aapke daya sir.. Huhh..wo mujhe bilkul pasand nahi. So cheap!" Sweety said shrugging her shoulder.
This was too much for shreya. She couldn't bear this. She yelled at sweety. "Sweety! Mind your language. Tujhe tera guitar mil gaya na, ab apna muh band kar aur ja yaha se. Aur dobara main daya sir ke bare me kuch bhi ulta seedha nahi sunna chahti, got it?" Yelling at sweety shreya moved from there.
Sweety was dumbstruck seeing shreya's angry eyes. She had never yelled at her for any reason. And today she bursted out on her just because she said something wrong to one of her senior officer. She jerked her head and concentrated on her guitar.
Here shreya came in her room. She changed and got freshened up. She threw herself on the bed. She was moving her fingers in her hair and recalling the whole day. But her mind got stuck on daya.
"Daya sir ko kitna bura laga hoga. Sweety ko unse is tarah se baat nahi karni chahiye thi. Wo to kitne achhe hain." She said and paused, a sweet smile appeared on her lips realizing what she just said, "really daya sir aap bahut achhe hain, ya phir shayad mujhe bahut achhe lagne lage hain." She blushed and changed her side, now she was lying on the bed on her stomach. She grabbed her phone and decided to text daya.
Here abhijeet and daya were enjoying their dinner somewhere outside. Daya went to pay the bills leaving his cellphone on the table. Just then shreya's message received on his cellphone. Abhijeet just glanced at the cellphone and he became surprised seeing a message from shreya. He took a glance at daya who was busy in paying the bills. A naughty smile cane on his lips, he grabbed daya's cellphone and opened the message.
"Daya sir, aapse baat karne ka time nahi mila bureau me. Baat bhi kuch jyada nahi thi bas kuch kehna tha, kahu?"
Abhijeet again glanced at daya, he was still busy. Abhijeet rolled his eyes, and decided to do some naughtiness. He texted back.
"Shreya, kehna to mujhe bhi bahut kuch hai tumse, lekin philhal tum bolo kya kehna chahti ho?"
Shreya almost jumped in happiness seeing daya's quick and sweet reply. She texted,
"Sir, you know aap bahut achhe hain."
Abhijeet couldn't hide his smile, seeing shreya's message. He texted back,
"Achha, tumhe kaise pata chala?"
Shreya laughed at daya's reply.
"Sir aap bhi na, I am not joking, main janti hu, log sirf aapko upar se jante hain, par main janti hu aap upar se jaise bhi hain par dil se bahut achhe hain."
Abhijeet was smiling reading her texts. He was thinking what to type next, just then shreya texted again.
"Par sir aapko bhi kuch kehna tha na... Kahiye!"
Shreya texted, she was excited to know what daya want to say. She was eagerly waiting for daya's reply.
Abhijeet again smiled mischievously and texted back,
"Shreya, you know maine tumhari jaisi ladki pehle kabhi nahi dekhi. Jis din se maine tumhe dekha hai na humesha tumhare bare me hi sochta rehta hu."
Shreya read it and her heart skipped a beat. She blushed at her own and texted back.
"Achha...kya main jaan sakti hu ki aap mere bare me kya sochte rehte hain?"
Shreya texted and sat back waiting for his reply holding her breath.
Abhijeet smiled and was about to text her back, when daya returned. Abhijeet immediately kept his cellphone back. And tried to look innocent.
Daya grabbed his cellphone and duo left from there.
Here shreya was dying to know his reply. She was waiting impatiently for his reply but daya was totally unaware of all the conversation. He was driving back to home.
Daya looked at abhijeet who was lost somewhere.
"Kya hua boss, kiske khayalo me gum ho?" Daya asked taking a turn.
"Shreya ke " abhijeet replied absent mindedly.
Daya applied the break with a jerk. He gave an amazed look to abhijeet. "Whattt?"
"Uh..are yaar, mera matlab hai main shreya aur tumhare bare me soch raha tha." Abhijeet said sweetly.
"Mere aur shreya ke bare me kya?" Daya asked again driving the car.
"Yaar... Daya mujhe lagta hai tumhe baat ko aage badhana chahiye. I think shreya bhi tumhe pasand karne lagi hai." Abhijeet said looking at daya.
"Kya kuch bhi abhijeet... Tumhe kaise pata ki shreya bhi mujhe pasand karti hai?" Daya asked nodding his head.
"Khud shreya ne kaha ki tum use achhe lagte ho. Yakeen nahi aata to jara apna inbox check Karna." Abhijeet said with a naughty smile.
Daya gave a suspicious look to him. He stopped the car in front of abhijeet's house and opened his inbox. He was shocked to see the whole conversation.
Daya looked at abhijeet. "Abhijeet kya hai ye sab, ye messages maine to nahi kiye."
Abhijeet got down of the car. He looked at daya leaning at the car window. "Bhai ye maine kiya, par shreya ko to yahi lagta hai ki wo tujhse baat kar rahi thi na, ab jyada der mat laga reply kar de use, bechari kab se intejar kar rahi hogi tere message ka" abhijeet said winking at daya.
Daya's mouth was wide-opened. "Abhijeet... Tum! God... Ye sab kya bol diya tumne shreya ko. Pata nahi kya soch rahi hogi wo." Daya said hitting his head.
"Arey yaar... Tu usko bata kyun nahi deta sab kuch. Mujhe pata tha tere muh se kabhi aawaj nahi nikalegi. Isliye maine shuruaat kar di. Ab baat shuru ho gayi hai, to use aage badhana tera kaam hai, samjha. Jaldi se reply kar dena aur use apne dil ki baat bol dena. Main chala, good night." Saying this abhijeet left leaving a confused daya.
Daya came to his home. He was unable to decide how to talk to shreya. Finally he decided to say nothing and keep quiet.
Here shreya was waiting for his reply. She waited the whole night fixing her eyes on her cellphone but didn't get daya's message. She became sad.
" ye daya sir reply kyun nahi kar rahe. Koi baat nahi ab to kal subeh face to face hi baat hogi." She slept thinking about daya.
It was a pleasant morning. Shreya left for bureau along with her father cum boss.
Sweety to got up. She took her guitar and left the house. She came near a lake far away from the hustle bustle of the city.
"Wooow... Kitna pleasant weather hai.. Kitni shanti hai yaha.." She sat down holding her guitar.
Just then a sweet voice of another guitar fell into her ears. She was surprised hearing the melodious tune. She looked here and there to see who is playing that tune. Just then the guitar player started singing.
"Hoooo...challa ki labda phire...
Yaro da ghar kehnda..
logan to puchda phire...
Sweety was desperately searching the guitar player. She spotted a handsome good looking boy in check shirts sitting at another side of the lake with a guitar. He was singing totally lost in his own world.
"Challa hasda phire...
Challa Ronda phire..
Challa gali gali rulda phire...
Challe tu sabda challe tera koi nahi..
Challa gali gali rulda phire..
Hooooo challa ki labda phire...
Sweety approached the boy. She immediately recognized him.
"Uh..excuse me!" Sweety said in a low voice.
The boy stopped playing the guitar. He looked up at her. "Yes?"
"I think maine aapko kahi dekha hai, are han aap to cid se hain na, shreya didu ke sath kaam karte hain na aap?" Sweety asked recalling that mall's scene.
"Yeah, Main inspector nikhil hu. You? Shreya ki cousin? Kya naam bataya tha?" Nikhil said trying to recall her name.
"Sweety!" She said instantly."but nikhil ji aap yaha kya kar rahe hain?" She asked sitting beside him.
"Kuch nahi bas, kabhi kabhi shehar ki bheed bhad se door yaha aakar guitar bajata hu . ye mera favorite spot hai." Nikhil said shifting a little aside to provide sweety space to sit there.
"Oh my God! Yakeen nahi aata, ek cid officer itna achha guitar play kar sakta hai." Sweety said praising nikhil.
"Kyun nahi kar sakta, agar kisi cheej ke liye man me lagan aur pyar ho to insaan kuch bhi kar sakta hai. Mujhe to humesha se music se pyar hai. Music is in my blood." Said nikhil with sweet smile.
"Oh wow... Same here, mujhe bhi music se bahut pyar hai. You know, Jo insaan music se pyar nahi kar sakta, wo kisi se pyar nahi kar sakta. Music to khuda ka dusra naam hai." Sweety said in a philosopher's tone.
Nikhil rolled his eyes and murmured, "offo…ye to ekdum philosphy ki nani hai."
"ji kuch kaha aapne?" sweety asked him
"nahi to, main bas ye keh raha tha ki tumhara guitar to toot gaya tha na?" nikhil said.
"han, but meri shreya didu ne mujhe naya guitar lakar diya, kyunki bina apne guitar ke main ek pal bhi nahi reh sakti." She said looking at her guitar.
"achha, wo shreya bol rahi thi ki tum bahut achha guitar baja leti ho, jara hum bhi to dekhe." Said nikhil smiling .
"ji nahi, main to bas abhi seekh rahi hu. but I must say, you are amazing, kya guitar bajate hain aap, aapki hatho me to jadu hai." She said admiring him.
"are wo to bas aise hi." Said nikhil moving his hand in his hair.
" nikhil ji, aap to shreya didu ke achhe dost hain na, kya aap mujhe guitar bajana sikha sakte hain, especially ye challa wali tune, its my favourite, please." Sweety said with puppy eyes.
" offcourse, why not, tum shreya ki behan ho, matlab meri bhi behan hui, aur shreya meri itni achhi dost, ab main tumhe mana kaise kar sakta hu." said nikhil in extra-sweet voice.
"thank you so much..waise aap ki family me kaun kaun hai?" she asked
"bas meri maa, aur ek chota bhai, dono bas har waqt yahi zid karte rehte hain ki jaldi se shadi karke unke liye ek bahu aur bhabhi la du, but ab tumhi batao, mujhse shadi karega kaun? Aajkal to achhi ladkiyan kismet walo ko hi milti hain." nikhil said sadly.
Sweety got lost in her thoughts, "nikhil ji ko music se pyar hai, he is handsome, a good cid officer, aur shreya didu ke acchhe dost bhi hain, agar shreya didu nikhil ji se shadi kar le to, nikhil ji mere jeeju ban jayenge, phir mujhe kisi music teacher ki bhi jarurat nahi padegi. Aur waise bhi shreya didu ko nikhil ji jaisa pure heart nahi milega."
" helloooo…kya sochne lagi?" nikhil asked waving his hand in front of sweety.
" uh…nothing, I was just thinking, koi bhi ladki lucky hogi, jiski shadi aapse hogi, ek music lover se jyada sachha dil is duniya me kisi ke paas nahi ho sakta. Aap ladki ki chinat mat kariye, samajh leejiye ladki mil gayi. Aap mujhe guitar sikhaiye, main aapke liye ladki ko set karti hu." sweety said with a broad smile.
" ok..that's great, promise." Nikhil said forwarding his hand.
Sweety put her hand on his, "promise!"
After some more chats, sweety left from there. As she went, kavin and sachin hidden behind the tree, came near nikhil.
" hmm…nikhil beta, tune sweet si sweety ko impress to kar diya, lekin tujhe kya lagta hai, shreya uski pasand ke ladke se shadi karegi.?' Kavin said smirking at him.
"tujhe kya lagta hai ki shreya apni maa aur masi ki pasand ko chodkar, apni choti si nadaan behan ki pasand se shadi karegi?" asked sachin smirking at nikhil.
Nikhil looked at both of them and smiled, " sir aap dono jante nahi ye sweety kya cheej hai, ghar me sabse choti, shreya ki laadli , shreya usse bahut pyar karti hai, aur uski khushi ke liye kuch bhi kar sakti hai."
" chalo bhai, hum teeno ne apna apna teer to chod diya hai, ab bas dekhna ye hai ki, sahi nishane par kiska teer lagta hai." Said kavin looking at both nikhil and sachin.
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A/N: sorry for being late. How was the chapter, enjoyed it or not?
Lets see ab aage kya kya hota hai? Aur abhijeet ne ye jo messages kiye hain shreya ko daya bankar, uska kya hota hai.
Shreya has started falling for daya, but …kya hoga jab use pata chlega ki uske har family member ne uske liye alag alag ladke pasand kiye hain, kya wo sabko ignore karke daya ko choose karegi ya phir use apne family ki khushiyon ki khatir koi compromise karna padega?
Stay tuned and keep loving dareya..
Love you all …
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