AN: I am back! Thank you for all the overwhelming reviews. More than y'all are excited to read this one, I was excited to write this one. So here it goes. Enjoy...
They settled down in the restaurant after having just placed the order. Abhijeet still looked a little embarrassed that he ate all of her food.
"Damn! I really feel like that one bully kid in the school you know...who just eats anyone's tiffin just like that " He said playfully.
Tarika laughed at this.
"No its really fine! You don't have to feel anything like that at all! Infact next time mein jab bhindi banaungi i'll bring some for you " She said flashing a genuine smile.
"That's really kind dr. Tarika. Thank you so much. Waise aap aayi hai kya yaha pe pehle? You seem to know about the menu already"
"Haan! Shreya leke aayi hai mujhe yaha pe. Love the gujrati thali here"
"Oh I love that too. Infact I love gujrati food. Aap bhi gujrati hai na?"
"Nahi. I am a maharashtrian. Gujrat mein bas badi hui hu"
"What?! Lo. Mein abhi tak aapko gujrati samajh raha tha. Waise I love maharashtrian food as well. Specially modak. ACP sir ki wife ke haath ke modak khana kabhi. They are just heavenly. Har saal mein ganpati ka usi ke liye wait karta hu." He said like a kid.
"Oh my god! I love modaks too. You know what jab meri mummy yaha pe aayegi tab I'll tell her to make some for you "
"Really? Wow. Well thanks in advance for that. Such a blessing you are! Nothing makes me more happy more than good food."
She laughed yet again.
'What a total kid he has turned into. So cute' she thought while looking at him.
Their food arrived. They began eating it with some normal chit chat. Both of them realised that this was the first time in 6 months that they were talking informally with each other and that too bonding over food! Abhijeet never expected that he would talk about food with anyone except daya. Let alone someone from forensic who has joined just 6 months ago. But whatever it was, he was really enjoying it.
"Umm...Aapko kuch kehna hai kya? " He finally asked her. Well abhijeet being abhijeet, he had noticed a few glances at him that she stole the moment he looked at her.
"N..nahi kuch nahi. Aapko kyu aisa laga? "
She said hesitating.
'Damn! Stop thinking about it tarika! It happened like a million years ago. Telling him about that is NOT a good idea at all'
She almost warned herself.
"Wo kya hai na, itne saal CID mein kaam karte karte kuch nahi toh, logo ke chehre padhna seekh gaya hu main. Aur aapka chehra mujhe bata raha hai ki aap kehna chahti hai kuch lekin you are hesitating.
Aap abhi nahi bolna chahti toh main force nahi karunga...lekin...you know main cheeze itni aasani se nahi jaane deta " He said with a mischievous grin on his face.
She almost blushed on hearing this.
'Dont tell him! Oh god please don't'
She fought with her own thoughts.
"Wo... actually...mein bataungi toh aap galat samjhenge...I mean its very stupid. So..."
"Aap bataiye to sahi! Galat sahi jo bhi samajhna hai main samajh lunga" He said getting really curious now.
'Here we go tarika. Congratulations on having no control on your feelings and expressions. See you in hell'
Her brain notified her as she proceeded to speak.
"Wo...apko yaad nahi hoga ab shayad...lekin aap aur ACP sir ek baar mere medical college mein aaye the. Baroda mein. Kuch 6-7 saal pehle..."
She said passing a very uncomfortable smile.
"Achha! Aise kuch yaad to nahi aa raha...Haan! Baroda gaya toh tha lekin ab itna specifically yaad nahi hai. Anyways, toh fir? " He asked getting kinda excited.
"Toh bas! wohi meine aapko...i mean aapko aur acp sir ko pehli baar dekha tha. Bass itna hi " She said still hesitating.
He smirked at her.
"Nahi nahi...bass itna hi nahi hai...kuch aur hai... itna hi kehne ke liye aap itna hesitate to nahi karengi...bataiye na kya baat hai"
He said with a child like excitement.
"Wo... actually... pehle promise kijiye aap galat nahi samjhenge "
"Achha thik hai nahi samjhunga. Ab toh bata do" he said getting impatient.
"Umm...wo I mean...Aapko humare ek professor se kuch kaam tha...aur mein aur mere kuch dost uss din unke cabin mein hi the...Aap aur ACP sir aaye unse kuch baat ki...and you know you looked very young for the job you had and you were very confident and all...so..."
"So?"
"So...me and one of my friend had an instant crush on you after that" She said feeling like a teenager all over again.
His jaw dropped on hearing this.
"achhaaaaa..." He said laughing. She could sense that he felt a little shy. "Isliye aap itna hesitate kar rahi thi...Waise aapko bata du...I don't handle promotions by the way...toh this is going to do nothing for your job...work is all that takes you forward " He said with a very mischievous grin on his face knowing, that it would make her uncomfortable.
"God! I knew you would take it the wrong way. Isliye nahi bata rahi thi mein aapko...this is really bad. Oh my God what have I done " She covered her face with her hands.
He had a hearty laugh after seeing her like that. He didn't remember the last time he had so much fun seeing someone like that. Eating her tiffin didn't seem like such a bad decision to him now.
"Relax. Relax. I am just kidding " He said somehow controlling his laughter. "It's ok. Everyone gets stupid crushes in college. It's fine"
"Oh god! I actually can't believe I have told you this " She said still having a huge smile on her face. Oh sorry! A huge sheepish smile of embarrassment on her face.
"Its totally okay. Actually I am kinda flattered you know. I was someone's college time crush. You have actually made my day " He said grinning ear to ear "By the way, Any more of your friends who felt the same? I would love to know! " The naughty look on his face was back.
"No. I mean I don't know okay! Aapko pata chal gaya na ab mein kya batana chahti thi? Ab can we change the topic please? " She said still not able to digest that she actually told him. HIM. Her senior.
"Well... okay alright! Mujhe laga hi tha ki koi interesting baat hogi...lekin itniiii interesting hogi ye nahi socha tha" He said still laughing at her uncomfortableness.
She just again covered her face with her hand on this.
"Seriously though! Its really fine. You dont have to be uncomfortable at all. I am just kidding " He said genuinely.
"Really? You did not misunderstand at all right?"
"No. Not even for a second. Relax. Its fine"
"Thank God!"
"But you know what I just realised? You are so lucky. Everyone has some stupid crush in college... but I dont think anyone actually gets to go on a dinner date with their crush years later " He said laughing.
"Oh God! You are the worst " The embarrased look on her face was back again.
'Also what did he say? Dinner DATE?!' She said to herself
AN: I honestly had so much fun writing this one. I hope you had fun reading it too. Please leave a review if you did.
See you soon :)
