AN: Hello beautiful people! It was so nice to see that many of you are still interested in this story. Your reviews truly meant a lot to me.
Here is the update as promised. A little nervous about this one (writing after a long long time) but please give it a read and let me know how it was! :)
Forensic Lab 9:30 AM
The lab was mostly silent with a slight noise of bubbling chemicals along with something else, something hotter than the bubbling chemicals ever could be...
The second in command of CID had walked in to "collect some reports" and, in no time him and the promising and utterly beautiful forensic doctor were engaged in a make out session.
Tarika was pinned against the wall behind her desk and still, somehow held so tight by Abhijeet like his life depended on it. Her fingers were buried in his hair making them messy which is exactly how she liked them. Their lips were pressed together, their tounges playing together fighting for dominance. The need to breathe was pretty much forgotten.
Abhijeet dragged the kiss to her cheek making his way to her neck, while Tarika was still pinned to the wall. The passion was increasing with every passing second. They had completely forgotten that they were in the forensic lab.
"ummmm...Abhijeet..." Said Tarika as she felt his lips on her neck, "Salunkhe sir aatey hi hongey"
and he stopped. Instantly. There wasn't a greater turn off for him than hearing the name of his arch-rival in middle of a steamy make out session.
He left her and looked at her in utter disappointment.
"Kya? This had to stop at some point, we are in my lab!" said Tarika after seeing the look on his face.
"Haan, but there were better ways of stopping it! Jaane do...kya karne aaya tha mein yahan?"
Tarika chuckled. "Report lene. Waha padi hui hai table pe"
"Arre haan!" He took the report and that's when the aforementioned rival walked in.
"Abhijeet? Tum kya kar rahe ho yaha pe?" Asked an already frustrated Dr. Salunkhe.
"Good morning to you too sir" Said an equally annoyed Abhijeet.
"Haan haan" Said Salunkhe as he walked in, "Tum aaj kal bureau mein milte hi nahi ho...jab bhi mein lab mein aau yahi pe rehte ho. Career change karne ki soch rahe ho?"
"Career nahi Salunkhe Sahab...mein toh life hi change karne ki soch raha hoon" Said Abhijeet looking at Tarika.
Tarika couldn't help but blush on hearing this.
"Kya matlab?" Asked Salunkhe
"Arre kuch nahi Dr. Sahab aap bhi kya sawal pe sawal kare jaa rahe ho mujh se subah subah...aap baithe honge free mujhe bohot kaam hai...mein chalta hoon"
"Subah subah lab mein khud baitha hua hai aur bolta hai kaam hai mujhe...huh!" Muttered Dr Salunkhe under his breath as he watched Abhijeet leave.
But his assistant though was still feeling pretty weak in her knees not to mention her cheeks were glowing and she just couldn't stop blushing. Being with Abhijeet was even better than she had imagined. The way he cared for her, the way he made her feel when he walked into the room, the way he looked at her, the way he held her, the way he kissed her (which was happening a lot, lately) everything made her feel like she was the luckiest woman on the planet. She was witnessing this beautiful, never-seen-before side of Abhijeet, the one that made her laugh till her stomach hurt, the one that would just wait for the right moment to steal a kiss and today, one where possibly the most serious looking cop in CID just made out with her in the lab. Was this all even real?
Getting back to work after that start to the day was difficult but the newly formed couple somehow managed.
A stranded farmhouse in the outskirts of the city
Team CID was in its element. Everyone checking each and every corner of the house trying not to miss even a single piece of evidence. While the officers were checking inside of the house, Dr Tarika was checking the roof of the shed outside of the farmhouse and she found just what she was looking for - the bullet! Eureka moment of the day.
After carefully placing the bullet in the evidence bag, she now needed to get down the ladder that she was standing on. She looked around and found her boyfriend and decided to ask for his help.
"Just hold this box" She said to him as he stood next to the ladder. and he DISOBEYED.
Because, he decided to wrap his hand around her waist, lifted her and slowly and steadily made her stand back on the ground.
Tarika as expected was completely shocked and looked at him in disbelief.
"Kya hua?" he asked her casually.
"Abhi...we're at a crime scene what are you doing..."
"Toh kya hua? Sab log kaam mein busy hai kaun hi dekh raha hai hume"
"But still..."
"Arre yaar! Ab ek box ko uthane se achha hai ki mein apni girlfriend ko uthau more romantic that way, no?"
"Haan but..."
"And don't you pretend that you didn't like it!" Saying this a smirking Abhijeet left an absolutely startled Tarika behind.
Later that day though, the event that unfolded wasn't as pleasant for Abhijeet. The on-going case was long over due to be solved moreover, with ACP sirs absence he had to handle all the calls from the headquarters including the ones that he dreaded, DCP Chitrole. The man was a menance in himself. A one hour meeting with him was enough to ruin a persons confidence and his day. After yet again such frustrating meeting, Abhijeet went down to the cafeteria with his buddy to cool off the steam.
Daya ordered his buddy's favourite Coffee for them while Abhijeet was still thinking about his meeting with Chitrole.
"Abhijeet...ab chhodo na tum bhi kya unki baat ko dil pe laga rahe ho? Yeh koi pehli baar thodi na hai...kuch logo ko nahi hoti hai baat karne ki tameez toh ab kya karein" Said Daya finally breaking the silence
"Nahi yaar Daya...matlab woh jhoot toh nahi bol rahe the. ACP sir yahan nahi hai toh humari hi zimmedari hai sab sambhalne ki aur yeh case sachmein itna kheechta chala jaa raha hai shayad ACP sir hote toh abhi tak solve ho chuka hota..."
"Arre! Tum toh aise keh rahe ho jaise aaj tak ke saare cases ek dum chutkiyo mein solve hue hai. Itne saal se kaam kar rahe hai hum log ho jaata hai kabhi kabhi, aa jata hai dead end kisi case mein of course ab yeh baat DCP ko tab samajh aati agar woh khud koi case solve karte"
Abhijeet chuckled on hearing this, But, somehow this was bothering him a lot. Everyone saw him as the next ACP of CID Mumbai but he always had his reservations about it. He had seen ACP sir being at the forefront of everything facing every situation like a hero keeping all his emotions aside. He admired that, but there was always an underlying question in his mind...was he capable of doing those things as well as ACP sir did them? Because deep down, even though he hated admitting it, he was an emotional guy and they do tend to over power him sometimes. Phew! One meeting with DCP Chitrole and he started going down a wrong spiral.
"Ab mein kya keh sakta hoon jisse tumhara mood theek ho?" Asked Daya not being able to look at his best friends dejected face.
"Thanks for trying. Lekin abhi toh aisa kuch nahi hai jo sunn ke mujhe achha lage."
"Arre nahi! Ek cheez toh hai!" Said Daya remembering something. Abhijeet raised his eyebrows on hearing this.
"Dekho...tum unecessarily khud ko doubt karte ho as an officer, but ek cheez hai jispe tum kabhi khud ko doubt nahi kar paoge"
"Kaunsi cheez?"
"Being a boyfriend bhai! Matlab, mein toh pray karunga ki tumhare jaisa boyfriend harr ladki ko mile!"
"K..Kya matlab?"
"Ab itne bhole mat bano! Dekha maine sab"
"Hain? K..kya dekh liya tumne aisa?" Abhijeet stammered. Remembering everything that they had been doing lately which they wished no one saw.
"Wahi farmhouse mein...jo madad ki hai tumne Dr Tarika ki...waah!"
"Oh shit!" Said Abhijeet and covered his face with his hands, embarrassed.
"Arre abhi muh chhupake kya hoga?" Said Daya laughing
"A..Aur kisine toh nahi dekha?"
"Nahi nahi sirf meine, Purvi, Shreya, Sachin aur Freddy ne dekha" Daya said in a naughty tone "Aur bacha Pankaj, usko Purvi ne bata diya baadmein"
"Oh my God! Kya tum log bhi yaar...sharam nahi aati tum logo ko?"
"Arre! tumko karne mein sharam nahi hume dekhne mein kyu hogi? waise maine kabhi socha tumhara yeh roop bhi dekhne ko milega who would've thought senior inspector Abhijeet itne romantic niklenge?"
"Oh bhai please topic change karte hai..."
"Nahi nahi...Abhi toh aaye hai humlog topic pe, change kyu karna?"
And in that moment, the last thing that Abhijeet would've wanted just happened. His phone buzzed and no points for guessing who it was.
"Lo aa gaya na madam ka phone? Chalo achha hai aage ka mood woh theek karengi"
"Daya please yaar I am really not in the mood!" saying this, Abhijeet left to answer her call.
"Hello, boliye kuch kaam hai?" Abhijeet asked sort of formally.
"Kyu? bina kaam ke call nahi kar sakti tumhe?"
"Nahi aisa nahi hai...bass woh thoda kaam chal raha tha toh..."
"Offo! Tumhara kaam kab nahi chalta? Do minute nahi hai tumhare paas mujh se baat karne ke liye?"
"Arre nahi aisa nahi hai. Bolo na kya bolna hai?"
"Kuch nahi parking lot mein aao jaldi se"
"Parking lot? Kyu?"
"Tum sawaal bohot karte ho Abhijeet...aao na bataungi" and Tarika disconnected the call.
'Kamaal hai' thought Abhijeet as he walked towards the parking lot.
When he reached there though, his girlfriend was nowhere to be found. He suddenly heard a bike approaching from behind him and turned around to find Tarika riding it and coming towards him.
When she came closer, he realised it was Daya's bike.
"Daya ne tumko kaise dedi bike?" Abhijeet asked as she stopped in front of him.
"Kyu usme kya badi baat hai?"
"Badi baat toh hai...mujhe hi nahi deta woh bike aur tumhe itne aasani se kaise dedi?"
"Dekho...firse sawaal...woh sab jaane do na tum baithoge ab?"
"Kyu? I mean kaha jaana hai abhi iss waqt...mujhe seriously bohot kaam hai Tarika, I..."
"Ussi din toh bol rahe the mujhe mein kuch bhi kar sakta hoon tumhare liye...aur ab mein ek chhoti si ride pe jaane ke liye keh rahi hoon toh you can't even do that? Mujhe laga nahi tha tum itne jaldi badal jaoge but..."
"Ek..ek minute tum ab emotional blackmail pe mat utar aao...chalo chalte hai" Saying this Abhijeet sat behind her and Tarika had yet another Eureka moment.
No sooner than the ride began, Abhijeet realised why Tarika was insisting on it. As the cold breeze touched his face, he felt strangely comforted. One of Tarika's stray curl was floating in the air which slightly touched his face. He smiled and took it aside. He could see Tarika's face in the rear view mirror, seeing the child like joy on her face his smile widened even more. For those few moments he forgot about all his worries and just started enjoying the moment.
Some moments later, Tarika hit the brake and their bodies touched.
"Madam aap jitne breaks maar rahi hai utne gaddhe aur speed breakers hai nahi road pe..." Abhijeet said as he leaned closer to her from behind.
"Pata hai mujhe...aapko kya lagta hai? Paas aane ke bahane sirf aap dhund sakte hai?" Said a smirking Tarika
She adjusted her rear view mirror such that she could see his face and his reflection in it had an expression mixed of amusement and a slight blush.
"Kehena padega Tarika ji aap bhi mauke pe chauka maarna seekh hi gayi hai"
"Sangat ka asar hai Abhijeet ji!"
He smiled on hearing this and hugged her from behind while his head rested on her shoulders. He closed his eyes and thanked God for sending her in his life.
Just like that, after spending blissful moments together, they returned to the parking lot. Tarika turned the bike off but Abhijeet was still sitting behind.
"Utarna nahi hai?" Tarika asked him
"Honestly...nahi!" Said Abhijeet. "But jaana toh padega...CID ki zimmedari hai inn naazuk kandho par"
"But thanks for the ride Tarika...I didn't know how badly I needed this" Said Abhijeet as he got down from the bike.
"Always, Abhijeet!" Said Tarika as she gave him a warm hug. "But thanks kehene se achha just do me a favour,"
"Kya?" Asked Abhijeet breaking the hug.
"Aise khud ko doubt karna band kardo. You are truly one of the best officers to have ever worked here and you being considerate of everything or being empathetic about things doesn't make you any less of the braveheart that you are...infact it makes you a whole package!"
Abhijeet smiled yet again on hearing this.
"Tumhe kaise pata chal jaata hai mere mann mein kya chal raha hai?"
"Again, sangat ka asar Abhijeet ji!"
And they shared a laugh. Abhijeet got a phone call from Daya about finding a lead.
"Chaliye fir mein chalta hoon..." Said Abhijeet, "And thanks..."
Tarika was about to protest about his constant 'thanks' to her but Abhijeet said futher, "For everything!"
He kissed her forehead and left for the bureau.
Truly, their 'touches' worked the magic that nothing else could!
AN: Phew! Wrote something this huge after a long long time. I think I still need some practice to truly get back on track. Meanwhile please leave a review and let me know how it was! I could use some encouragement to pen down the next chapter and hopefully not disappear again! Haha!
Until next time!