Hello friends! I know I've kept you all waiting for a long time, and I'm EXTREMELY SORRY for that. But see, I'm back! And I'm happy to know that you all were actually 'waiting' for this chap. So your wait is over, I present the 17th chapter of this story!
Chapter 17- A small Introduction
At Kavin's residence at the dinner-
All the CID folks have arrived at Kavin's place and they find his house really nicely decorated and a wonderful aroma coming from the dining table. They didn't expect so much for just a small dinner-
Freddy(out of curiosity): Sir, hum log dinner pe aaye ya kisi ke birthday party pe.
ACP: Unka mann kiya toh unhone thori zyada taiyari karli. Tumhe kya problem hai? Wo log jab aayenge toh unhi se puch lena.
Pankaj: Freddy Sir wo sab choro, yaha khane ki itni achi khusboo aa rahi hain, mere pet mein toh abhi se chuhe, haathi, ghore, sab dor rahe hai!
Abhi to Daya: Mujhe lag ta hai yeh log sirf khaane ke liye aaye hain. (and Daya gave an expression of agreement)
The five of them showed up and Miki welcomed all of them. And although it was Kavin's house she didn't actually let him say a single word-
Kavin: Aap sab…(cut in between by Miki)
Miki: Aap sab ka swagat hai mere ghar pe. And I'm really grateful to you for taking out time from your busy schedule to show up over here.
Daya: Arey tumne itne pyaar se bulaya toh hume toh aana hi para, kyu Abhijeet?
Abhijeet: Ha ha bilkul! Likin kya baat hein, aaj Kavin ka ghar itna chamak kaise raha hain?
Kavin: Sir ab kya batau, Yeh Dipti aur Sharad ne yeh sab arrangement ki hain. And it's not surprising, after all, both of them are perfectionists.
Miki: Exactly! Main aur Kavin jab ghar wapis aaye we were just staring at the house, we didn't even know what they were upto!
Purvi: That's great! Even I love people who do everything perfectly!
Just after this Miki, Dipti, Vivaan and Sharad started smirking at Kavin, because they knew that he was not even near to a 'perfectionist'.
Miki(whispered to Kavin): Bhabi ji ne toh jawab de diya, now you need to pull your socks up dude. (And Kavin had nothing to say about that, so he gave a forceful smile)
Miki: Ok, please be seated, let me indorduce you all to my friends. (She climbed the sofa to be the centre of attention.)
Let me start with… Sharad. As Kavin said, he is a 'perfectionist' (said in such a way as to taunt Kavin), and he definitely is one. Wo apna har ek kam flawlessly karta hai, aur woh yeh bakhubi janta hai ki kin logo ke samne kaise react karna hai. But you can never tell the colours of a chameleon, and he is one of those species.
Dipti(added): We all are.
Miki: Yes, exactly. We all are chameleons!
Daya: Oho, tum sab girgid ho? Kamaal hai.
Vivaan: Ha aur yeh jo khari ho ke bhashan de rahi hain, yeh toh sabse bari girgid hein.
Miki(hit him on the shoulder jerkily): Mein sabse bari girgid hu? Aur tu kya hai? Bhai, iski baton mein mat aaye. College mein saare plans yahi plot karta tha, aur pakre jaane par aisa innocent face aur excuse banata tha na. oho ho ho ho! Teachers ro rulwa ke chorta tha.
Sharad: Aur kei baar hum bhi ro lete they.
Miki: Wo bhi glycerine laga ke! *high-five*
Abhijeet: Tum log kisi janam mein… criminals they kya?
Miki: Mmm….shayad. (abhijeet shocked, Miki rocked! ;) )
Anyways, jokes apart, yeh bohot helpful hein aur emotions ko bohot ache se samajta hein, aur bohot modest hein.
Vivaan(smiled softly): Nahi aisa kuch nahi…
Miki: Chal chal…itna bhi modest banne ki zarurat nahi. Next is, Dipti. Iske toh chehre se hi honey tapakta hai, yeh itni sweet hai! Aur humare group main yeh ekloti aisi hein jo seedhi aur sharif hai, koi cheating nahi karti aur kisi se zyada ulajti bhi nahi. Bas ek hi cheez hai jo…
*Dipti gives her a devilish look*
Miki(gulps and continues): Jo main nahi bata sakti…
Dushyant: Kyu, kuch personal hai?
Kavin: Dushyant personal kuch nahi per, tumhe toh pata chal hi jayega aur aap sab ko bhi pata chal jayega.
Miki(whispers to him): Yeh Dushyant he kya Dipu ka agla shikaar hai?
Kavin: Ha jab wo pehle mujhe mili toh wo Dushyant ke baare me hi baat kar rahi thi (remember guys?).
Miki: Oh, bechare Dushyant sir…
ACP: Arey yeh kya khusur pusur kar rahe ho?
Daya: Sir hoga koi naya plan, nayi conspiracy.
Sharad: Ha sir, pata nahi humare bich rehke yeh Kavin CID cop kaise bangaya!
Miki: Acha aur yeh (Kavin), yeh koi nahi hain, iske baare kuch nahi baata sakti…
Kavin(furiously): Yeh kya baat hui?! Mere hi ghar main mujhe hi Mr. No one bana diya. Hadh hai yaar! (walks away)
Suddenly he got pulled back to his own place by the slack of his collar, and it was obviously Miki who was pulling him back.
Miki(pulling him by the collar): Arey yaar, why do you over-react so much? Dekha sir, yeh ab mazzaak karna bhi bhul gaya. Chill yaar!
Sir, yeh toh mera best friend hein (and pulled his cheeks really hard!)
Kavin: Abey kichna band kar, gal bahar aa jayenge.
Shreya: Oh, how cute.
Miki: Isme bohot sari qualities hai. He's very studious, sporty, loyal, sophisticated, flirty, frugal, etc. etc. etc. Khamiya bhi hain, hum sab mein hoti hai, isiliye kisiki khamiya aise batana nahi chahiye.
Now if a person praises someone like this, then what will a person generally say: thanks, no it's not like that, blah blah blah. But Kavin said-
Kavin: Hmmm…pehli baar sahi baat bola. Good!
Miki(frowned): Mujhe laga tu CID mein reh ke sudhar gaya hoga, but changing you is like riding on the back of a bull, that too in a China shop!
Kavin: Yeah yeah whatever… acha abhi mein batata hu Miki ke baare mein.
Miki(trying to interrupt him): Arey….dinner ka time ho gaya... chaliye
Kavin: Arey likin tere patte bhi toh khulne chahiye.
Miki: Khane ke samme no baatchit….dekho na, Freddy sir aur Pankaj ka chehra kaisa murjha gaya hai, tumhe apne co-workers ka zara bhi khayal nahi? (isse toh politician hona chahiye tha -_- )
Pankaj(exclaimed): MIKI!... ji, Miki ji, bilkul sahi kaha aapne. Ab yeh khushboo aur saha nahi jaata. Chalo sab log, chalo! (And he jumps off the sofa, literally!)
Miki: Yeh lo! Dekha! Chalo sab log, chalte hain.
Kavin(whispers): Acha bahana banaya, bitch! (and pinches her)
At the dining table Pankaj roughly leaped on the chair, same goes for Freddy, the two gluttons. And as presumed, they almost ate up everything and praised thanked them more then they could! When everyone was done eating, Dushyant was just talking to Kavin generally and suddenly his eyes went towards Dipti, who was weirdly staring at him for a long time. He naturally felt uncomfortable and made an excuse to flee away. Kavin understood what she was upto, and so tried to make her realise that she can't do all these unreasonable things with a 'senior CID cop'-
Kavin: Dipti, yeh sab kya hai?
Dipti: Kya hai?
Kavin: Tu Dushyant ko aise kyu ghoor rahi thi? Dekha na, unhe kitna weird feel hua!
Dipti: Isme itna weird feel karne jaisa kya hai? Wo ghar ke hai na?
Kavin: Ghar ke?! Tu…(Miki interrupts)
Miki: Kavin, mere bhai, kisi samjha raha hai tu? Mene sabko keh toh diya ki yeh bohot seedhi hai, par hume toh pata hai na ki yeh jalebi se bhi zyada tedhi hai!
Dipti(scowls): Kuch bhi?!
Miki: Wo sab chor, aur tu sunn, someone's calling you over there.
Kavin: Who?
Miki: You've got eyes, right? Then go and check it out yourself.
Kavin: You can't answer any question in a straight way, can you?
Miki: Jaa na bhai!
Kavin: Jaa raha hu!
Dipti: Oye Miki! Kaun hain?
Miki: Dekhna bhai.
He walks straight whispering something behind Miki's back and he doesn't realise when Purvi slips and falls over him. He reflexively catches her and there a sweet eye-lock between them.
(Female)(closeup on Purvi's face)
Saas main teri, saas mili toh
Mujhe saas aayi, mujhe saaas aayi
Mujhe, saas aayi…
(Male)(closeup of Kavin's face)
Rooho ne chooli, jismo ki khushboo….
Tu jo paas aayi, tu jo paaas aayi
Tu jo, paas aayi…
3…2...1… *SNAP*
Miki snaps her fingers to get them back to the real world from the imaginal world. Actually, this scene was plotted by those "kaminos". Sharad also told Purvi that someone was desperately waiting for her and she hurriedly went away to see who it was. Meanwhile Vivaan was waiting for the perfect moment when she would walk by and he would put his foot on her way so that she falls correctly over Kavin, and that is what happened. Fortunately it was a lonely place, and so no one so that, otherwise they would have got some beating from Kavin.
Presently-
Miki: Guys, mujhe na do dilo dhadhkan sunai de rahi hain, wo bhi zor zor se.
Dipu: Even I can hear some hear them quite clearly.
Both of them stood up and Purvi, who was blushing like hell, just ran away. And that's when Kavin got a chance to give 'em a big lecture-
Kavin: What was all that? And Miki, what were you saying? You can hear our hear our heart-beat? Did you get a stethoscope from a doc?
Miki: Chill dude! Listen, you both should have a little bit of all this daily, otherwise how would she feel the same you?
Kavin: Like this? One falling over the other?
Vivann: Well, we saw this working only a few minutes ago.
Kavin: *silent*
Then they just sorted things out and they bid everyone farewell and cleaned up the house together!
So that was all about the dinner. Next day at bureau-
Kavin entered the bureau and, for the first time, Purvi was waiting near the door to greet him. That was REALLY unexpected, and needless to say, Kavin was very surprised. At that time they were the only people in the bureau.
Purvi: Good Morning sir!
Kavin(jollily): Good Morning Purvi.
Purvi: Aap aaj kafi fresh lag rahe hain.
Kavin: Really? Well, thanks. Aur tum toh humesha hi fresh lagti ho!
Purvi: Thank you sir. Waise, kal ki party barikamal ki thi, sachme.
Kavin: Inn sab ka shrey toh mere dosto ko jaata hai, baki maine toh kuch khaas kiya hi nahi.
Purvi: Wow. Zindagi main aise kuch dost hone chahiye, nahi?
Kavin: Bilkul! And I'm lucky to have them with me.
Purvi: Yeah! Acha sir, I was thinking ki aaj…. Kaam ke baad hum…I mean you and I….hum kisi ache se coffee shop pe chale? It's just a suggestion.
Kavin was overjoyed, and so he accepted her proposal. But this date is not gonna be that easy as you would expect it to be, but you have to wait for the next chapter to know about that twist. And once again, very very very sorry for the delay. *Reviews wanted*