Chapter 15

          Sorry... Really sorry for being so late with this update. I was out of station and in a village where i did not have any signal. So i couldn't post the chapter. So for everyone who was waiting for the chapter sorry for bottom of my heart.

           Leaving Avinash in Kaki's room Abhijeet started going towards his own... Today he was waiting to be there unlike last 3 months... Why? He couldn't answer it but he didn't even care to know the answer... All he wanted was, to be his brother! He knew he won't be normal around him... He still won't be talking to him but yes he couldn't deny that still he wanted to be around him... Opening the door he entered in... Daya was sleeping in an awkward position... Maybe he was sitting with nothing to do and slipped into slumber... Not wanting to disturb him Abhijeet started cooking lunch... He had to, for Daya... As Daya needed proper care and couldn't be given outside food... The unavoidable noise of utensils caused Daya to wake up... Looking around he found Abhijeet busy with his cooking and so he went there in order to help him

Daya - Boss mai help karta hu

            Abhijeet's hands stopped working but he said nothing... Receiving no answer Daya decided for himself...

Daya - Mai veggies cut karta hu

          Picking up veggies, knife and a cutting board he sat in a corner doing his work... His thoughts roaming around Abhijeet and his behavior... He was trying to figure out the reasons behind all the happenings... His unanswered questions, troubling him... He wanted to ask about it all but then he knew that it will hurt Abhijeet... He didn't want to... Abhijeet's unbearable ignorance towards him was killing him inside... 2 long months of distance and not even 20 sentences after it... They weren't like this! They never were! Without his acknowledgement he drifted into a past memory... A sweet one... A beautiful one...

                             *Flashback*              Abhijeet was in a jolly mood today... Humming a song he entered the beauro... Wished everyone morning and switched on his laptop... Quickly he started working... He wanted to finish off his work as soon as possible... Everyone smiled looking at him... They knew the reason behind his happiness...

Freedy - (whispering to pankaj sitting beside him) Abhijeet sir ajj kitne kush hai na! Ho bhi kyu na Daya sir wapis jo aa rahe hai pure dhai mahine baad

Pankaj - Haa sir... Finally unka mission successfully katham ho gaya! Kitna miss kiya unko inn dhai mahino mai humne unko... Especially Abhijeet sir ne

Freedy - Hmm... Akhir inn dono ka din nikalta hi kaha hai jab tak ek dusre ke saath masti naa karle!

Pankaj - Ab sir inn dono ki dosti hai hi aisi! Ek dusre ke liye jaan tak dene mai ek baar bhi nahi sochte!

Freedy - Ajj bhi dekho... Daya sir wapas aa rahe hai toh Abhijeet sir ne already half day le liya... Daya sir ki chutti jo hai... Sirf report submit karne aayege!

*After 2 hours*

             Daya arrived in the beauro with a big smile on his face... Finally he was back home... Not exactly home but somewhere, where he spent more time compared to his home!

Daya - Hi everyone!

Freedy, Pankaj, Purvi - Hello sir!

Abhijeet - Aa gaye! Aur batao kaisa tha mission?

Daya - Achaa tha... Successful raha... And the best part humare kisi officer ko koi serious injury bhi nahi hui

Abhijeet - That's good

Daya - (Seeing ACP sir coming out of his cabin) Good morning sir

ACP - Morning Daya... Kaisa raha tumhara mission?

Daya - Achaa tha sir... Aur sir yaha beauro mai? Koi khaas case sir?

ACP - Wahi sab normal chize... Kuch khaas nahi... Aur on going cases ke bare mai tum kal jab duty join karoge tab case files mai se pad lena

Daya - Yes sir... (Taking out a file from his backpack) Yeh report sir

ACP - (quickly glancing through it) Okay

Abhijeet - Sir hum log jaaye?

ACP - Hum log matlab? Mission se toh Daya wapis aaya hai na! Tumhe kaha jana hai?

Abhijeet - Sir maine kal pucha tha na appse half day ke baare mai! Appne haa bhi toh kaha tha

ACP - Kab pucha tha tumne mujhse? Mujhe toh aisa kuch yaad nahi hai!

Abhijeet - Aree sir!!! App aise kaise bhul sakte ho!

ACP - Jab pucha hi nahi toh yaad kaha se rahega? Chalo no more arguments! Daya tum ghar jao and everyone else back to work!

Abhijeet - (angrily murmuring while going to his desk) Aise kaise bhul sakte hai sir! Pure plan ka popat kar diya! Roz toh kaam pe aata hu... Sunday tak ko aane ko kabhi mana nahi karta... Ek din! Ek din bhi kaha half day ki chutti mangi thi... Woh bhi cancel kardi! Sir sach mai Hitler hi hai!

ACP - (from behind) Daya apne iss dost ko bhi le jao bhai! Isne toh ek half day ke chakkar mai mujhe Hitler bana diya!

Abhijeet - (bitting his tongue when he realized that he was loud enough to be heard) Sorry sir!

ACP - (laughing at his cute expressions) Mujhe bhulne ki bimari nahi hai... Mazak kar raha tha mai! Jao... Enjoy your day both of you... Aur kal time pe aa jana

Abhijeet & Daya - Yes sir

Abhijeet - (to daya) Ab chal jaldi... Nahi toh sir phir se chutti cancel kar denge!

            Ignoring all the giggles behind them they left to enjoy their day... Enjoying their not so often break no one could say that these were senior inspectors in CID... They looked like college going besties who bunked their lectures and were carefree about the surroundings and tension free about the happenings                       *Flashback ends*

            Watching a horror movie although they never believed in ghosts... Shopping around... Fighting over whose favorite restaurant to visit and then eating food in some new place and at last having a peaceful evening at the beach... Daya remembered how they enjoyed that day... Gazing at Abhijeet he realized how much these 3 months had changed them... Today there were no friendly fights... No leg pulling... No laughs... No complaints... If something was there then it was silence... They were so close but distance apart              Suddenly he cut his hand with the knife... In his thoughts he had forgotten about the instrument in his hand

Daya - Aah

           Came out a small scream from his mouth as a reaction which gained him Abhijeet's attention

Abhijeet - (Coming towards Daya) Kya hua?

Daya - Nahi... Kuch nahi

          But it's not easy to escape CID's sharp shine's sharp gaze... He noticed a deep cut on Daya's finger and he quickly brought a first aid box and started dressing Daya's wound... It was bleeding profusely making Abhijeet uncomfortable

Daya - Jab mere haat se behta itna khoon nahi dekh sakte toh uss din mujhe khoon mai latpat chod kar kyu gaye the?

             Abhijeet had expected this question from that very day... But at the moment he wasn't... He once again replied Daya with silence which made Daya frustrated and angry

Daya - Abhijeet mujhe mere sawal ka jawab chahiye!

Abhijeet - Daya mai abhi tumhe kuch nahi bata...

Daya (cutting him in between) - Abhijeet mujhe sirf jawab chahiye

             He said with anger clearly visible in his eyes... But Abhijeet was again back in his silent mode which added fuel to the fire... He was looking at the floor as if admiring its design... Daya still had the knife in his hand... This time with the sharp edge in his palm... In anger Daya pressed it hard... So hard that it bruised all his palm... Looking down Abhijeet noticed blood dripping from somewhere and seeing Daya's hand he got shocked to see its condition

Abhijeet - Daya yeh... Knife chodo tum pehle

           And he quickly rushed to him to take the knife when Daya moved back still having a strong grip on the sharp edge

Abhijeet - Daya kitna khoon beh raha hai! Please knife chodo (he said worriedly)

Daya - Ab bhi uss din se kam hai (he said deeply)... Iss duniya koi zakham mujhe itna dard nahi de sakta jitna uss din tumhe mujh par goli chalate dekh hua tha! Jab tak tum mujhe puri sachayi nahi batate mai iss knife ko nahi choduga!!!

Abhijeet - Daya yeh bekar ki zid mat karo (he finally raised his voice)

Daya - Zid, dhamki, pagalpan jo kehna hai kehlo lekin yeh wada hai mera tumse ki ajj tumse sach jane bina nahi rahuga!!!__________________________________________

*On a deserted road*

Ratan - Salam sahab... Yeh mera dost Hiren

ACP - Jante ho Raghav ko?

Hiren - Janta hu na sahab... Apna khaas dost hai woh... Meri kholi (room) ke samne pani puri bechta hai woh

ACP - Abhi kaha milega?

Hiren - Udhar hi milega sahab... Uske thele pe

ACP - Chalo phir

*Raghav's pani puri stall*

ACP - Tumahara naam Raghav hai?

Raghav - Ji sahab

ACP - (taking him to an isolated corner) Daya ko kya khabar di thi 2 mahine pehle?

Raghav - Kon Daya sahab? App kon hai? Aur kya bol rahe ho?

ACP - Dekh natak mat kar... Mera dimag ghuma hua hai... Mujhe achi tarah se pata hai ki tu mujhe bhi janta hai aur Daya ko bhi

Raghav - Nahi sahab... Mai app logo ko kaise januga?

ACP - Acha toh tu Daya ka kabhri hai aur tu mujhe nahi janta! Aur toh aur tu Daya ko bhi nahi janta! Iske pehle ki mai tere sath kuch karu, sach sach bol kya kabhar di thi tune Daya ko?

Raghav - Appko jo karna hai karlo sahab... Mai apni jaan de dunga lekin nahi batauga... Daya sahab ne mujhe kisi ko bhi batane se mana kiya tha... Ek chor ko imandari ki jindagi di hai sahab unhone... Jisko iss duniya mai puchne wala bhi koi nahi sahab uska ajj ek apna pariwar hai... Unki wajh se... Mujhe unki wafadari apni jaan se jayada pyari hai

ACP - Aur uski jan payari hai ki nahi? Kabhri hai na... Itna toh pata chal hi gaya hoga tujhe ki Daya kidnap ho gaya hai! Use dhundne ke liye mera sach janna zaruri hai

Raghav - (after thinking for a while) Theek hai sahab batata hu mai... Daya sahab ne do mahine pehle mujhe phone kiya tha... Unko Abhijeet sahab ke bare mai pata karne ka tha... Unko lagta tha ki woh zinda hai... Maine bohot koshish ki sahab lekin kuch pata nahi chala... Phir ek din mai Hiren ke saath Kalayani chawl mai gaya... Uske bhai ke ghar... Udhar maine ek admi ko dekha jo thoda thoda Abhijeet sahab jaisa dikhta tha... Kuch confirm nahi tha toh mai uss admi ke pass nahi gaya... Hiren par mujhe pura vishwas hai isliye maine usse sach bataya aur uske bhai se puchne ko bola uss admi ke baare mai... Uske bhai ne bataya ki woh udhar hi ek kholi mai rehta hai... Bol raha tha ki jayada kisi se baat nahi karta isliye kuch khaas pata nahi uske baare mai... Bas yehi bataya tha maine Daya sahab ko... Uske baad kya hua yeh mujhe nahi pata

ACP - Theek hai... Ab tune mujhe kya bataya yeh kisi aur ko mat batana

Raghav - Sahab Daya sahab mil jayege na?

ACP - Ab bohot jald...

To be continued...

               Done with it... A long full of duo update... So what will happen next? ACP sir is close to chawl? Daya sir making Abhijeet sir say the truth? Will Abhijeet sir tell Daya sir about it? Aage kya hoga? Wait and watch! Until then review