hey guys first of all, I am so sorry for updating the story very late

I will be posting sooner from now... so thank you

Hope ya all like this update.

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~ Laal Paranda ~

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Chapter 3

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Next day- morning time, Dushyant's home-

Dushyant is getting ready for another regular day. He's seen checking his image in mirror; he then adjusts his hair when someone comes calling-

"very bad Dushu.. good morning bhi nahi bol rahe ho aaj-kal. Ab bureau mei aisa kya kaam! Bhool gaye kya apne sweet-heart ko?"

"good morning good morning! Arey no no sweet-heart! Aap ko kaise bhulaa sakta hu. Aap mere dil ka tukda ho... bas- haan thoda kuch busy hogaya hu. Sorry! Waise yeh laal rang ki saadi mei aap chhaa gayi ek dum. Main agar aap k time mei paida hota tho dad se pehle aapko propose kardeta- owww!"

The lady holds his ear playfully.

"dadh! Shaitaan!"

"mom ahh- please! Chodiye. Main sirf aapki khubsurti ka tareef kar raha tha.."

"rehene do tum! Kabhi nahi sudhroge.."

She lets go of his ear n he takes this chance to hug her.

"I love you mom!"

"love you too beta.."

The clock then begins to chime indicating its 9am.

"gosh! Nau bajgaye? Baap re.. should hurry up now! Mera watch nhi mil raha.."

He begins to frantically search around the room while his mom stands there watching him in amusement.

"ek baat kahu Dushu.."

"no mom! No time!"

"arey time tho humesha nhi hota tumhare paas.. suno na! aaj sham ko jaldi aa sakte ho?"

"no mom! I mean depends.."

He still searching...

"woh kya hai na Mrs. Sharma ne humko unnke yaha coffee pe bulaaya hai.."

Dushyant stops searching to look at his mom.

"humko?"

"haan woh-"

"plz mom! Aap jaao na, aapki dost hai woh.. "

"haan but she wants to meet you. Unko bataaya ki mera beta CID mei kaam karta hai tho bas, aise hi milna chahti thi. Ab woh khud aana chahti thi lekin maine-"

"plz mom! I know.. yeh sab aapki chaal hai. aur main aapko bataa raha hu. Aakhri baar.. mujhe kisi ladki k mom se date pe nahi jaana! Jo baad mei mujhse apni ladki k bare mei boring baatein sunaaye aur main-"

"but Dushu-"

"no buts mom! Mujhe majburan unke moo pe NO kehna pad raha hai. kitna bura lagta hoga na unko. For god's sake yeh matchmaking chodd dijiye! And aapko koi kaam nhi hai kya har waqt mereliye ladki dhundhti rehti hai..."

She sighs.

"Dushu beta.. ab shaadi tho karni hai na. dekho main chahti hu ki mera charming young aur dynamic bête ki shaadi hojaaye aur ghar bas jaaye jaldi bas!"

"not again mom! Mujhe abhi kaam karna hai- bohot kuch karna hai mujhe-"

"haan tho kar naa! Arey cid waale shaadi nhi karte kya? I'm sure ki tumhare bureau mei sabki shaadi ho chuki hogi.."

Dushyant laughs at this.

"hahaa sab ki? Mom mere seniors ne bhi shaadi nhi ki, of course freddy sir ko chod k."

"kya? Ajeeb log hai. hmm par unki koi girlfriend tho zarur rahi hogi nahi?"

He remembers kavin telling him once about how much Abhijeet sir loves Dr. Tarika and how there's another silent love story going on in the bureau.

"uh- umm.."

"dekha! Matlab hai na! oye mere hero ab tu apne liye ladki dhundhega yaa main hi dhundhloo.."

"plz mom! Mere paas bakwaas k liye time nhi hai. Mera watch miljaata tho main- (spots his watch) mom yeh aapk haat mei! Mera watchhh?"

Oopss! His mom smiles nervously.

"naraaz mat hona jaanu. Ab dekho na, yeh agar miljaata tho kya tum ithni der baat karte mujhse?"

His mom pouts n that gesture is enough to blow his anger away.

"aap bhi na mom.. aap meri sweetheart hai. haan aapki waje se late hojaunga main. Koi baat nhi. But iska matlub yeh nhi ki main Mrs. Sharma se mil raha hu.."

Dushyant kisses his mom on the cheek n rushes out to be stopped y his Dadi.

"apni maa ki baat kyu nhi maan lete tum?"

"o lord! Dadi no! aap bhi shuru mat hojaao.. koi ladki milegi tho zarur shaadi karunga na ek din! Iss ghar mei sab ko aur koi kaam nhi hai kya.. sab mere peeche pade hai"

He begins to walk away.

"koi ladki nhi mili ya.. woh ladki nhi mili.. "

He stops to stare at the old woman.

"Dadi.."

"Rab karein tujhe jaldi woh miljaaye.. "

Dushyant smiles at her and hugs her.

"accha ab jaao puttar! Der hojayegi tumhe.."

He nods n leaves taking her aashirwaad. Uff what a beginning!

xxx

Bureau-

Thankfully Dushyant doesn't face ACP sir's wrath as the latter is late himslf.

"arey maana padega freddy sir k ghar pe ithna mazaa aaya ithna mazaa aaya. Fir se party karne ka mann kar raha hai.."

"arey Pankaj.. party k liye occasion honi chahiye na.."

Abhijeet, Freddy, Pankaj, Daya are talking while rest of the watch the scene with a smile on their face.

"ek kaam kar yar Abhijeet! Tu na Tarika se shaadi karle! Miljayega occasion!"

"arey yeh-yeh yeh thik nhi Daya huh. Kuch bhi keh deta hai juniors k saamne!"

Freddy interrupts.

"arey sir! Aapko tho kya! Main tho kehta hu sab ko shaadi karleni chahiye. Daya sir, Rajat sir, Kavin, Dushyant tum logon ko bhi.."

The officers he mentioned get tensed.

"arey bhai mujhe bartan nhi dhona" Daya jokes.

"aur main.. meri tho shaadi abhijeet sir aur Daya sir k shaadi k baad hi hogi.." Rajat concludes.

"aur meri.. meri koi girlfriend bhi nhi hai. Issko- Dushyant ko karlena chahiye. Usski bachpan k dost se-"

Dushyant is annoyed.

"kya yar aaplog! Main- woh sirf dost hai meri. Uss din maine ek sach kya bataaya, tum log tho peeche pade ho!"

"koi mujhe bataayega ki kya horaha hai.." Rajat is confused.

"sir aap waha se jaldi chale gaye the mere ghar se... tho.."

Freddy narrates Dushyant's story.

"sir plz. Its not like I love her! She was my bestie! N main ussey milna chahta hu. That's it-"

"haan haan yar. Kuch bhi... sach tho yeh hai ki you love her.." Kavin teases again.

Dushyant makes a face n goes to sit by his desk.

"ok bhai plz koi Dushyant ko tease nhi karega. bas ok!"

Rajat stops Kavin, Pankaj and others n goes to take a chair beside Dushyant.

"come on yar! Bura mat mano. Pyar karna galat nhi hai.."

Dushyant is still a bit angry and.. hurt?

"but main ussey pyar nhi karta sir. I mean I like her a lot! Woh kaisi hai kaha hai.. kuch nahi pata mujhe! 10yrs se mila nhi aur aap log keh rahe hai-"

"yeh pyar bhi na yar.. badi kamaal ki cheez hai. pata bhi nhi chalta ki kab aur kaise hojaata hai. aur har baar zaruri nhi ki woh pyar karnewaale insaan aapke saamne ho."

Dushyant keeps mum. Rajat goes on...

"ithne saal se mile nhi. Thik hai. lekin ussey milne k liye kyu ithne betaab ho tum? Aur bhi dost honge jo bichad gaye tumse! Nahi?"

Dushyant is speechless. His lips form an 'o' and Rajat laughs at this.

"yahi tho hai pyar. Jo kisi ki bhi bolti band kardeti hai. mujhe lagta hai ki you love her. Its ok agar tum naa maano. But main duwaa zarur karunga ki woh tumhe miljaaye.."

Dushyant is pulled into thoughts. His mind is jammed, before he could answer ACP sir enters.

There's no new case and so the officers chat for a bit before doing some paper work. ACP sir is busily talking with Chitrole in his cabin.

An hour passes. Dushyant is back to his normal self.

"sir yeh rahi woh file jo aapne pucha tha.."

"arey haan.. thanks Pankaj.."

Dushyant then goes to greet Ishita who grimaces at the sight of him.

(low voice) "aagaya dusht-danav"

"arey dusht-danav kya? Sir kitne cute hai.."

"shut up Divs! Yeh rakshas. Aur cutee? (sees him) matlab ok- average dikhta hai"

"conjus!"

Ishita and Divya stop talking as Dushyant comes to stand by their desk..

"Ishita woh file complete hogayi?"

"uh- sir woh main kar rahi hu sir.."

"kya do din se tum wohi kaam kar rahi ho? Arey data base update karna baaki hai.. ab tak list hi tayyar nhi hai"

"sir yeh itne saare jails, ithne saare criminals, aur main akele.. aur upper se dono list ko compare karna aur edit karna.. bohot waqt lagta hai sir. Aur waise bhi latest list tho hum saare jails se mangwaa sakte hai ya fir unke data base se download kar sakte hai... "

(smiles) "kar sakte hai.. lekin use kaam karna nhi, kaam chori karna kehte hai.. aur tumhe tho kaam seekhna hai"

"lekin Duhsyant sir-" (bored look)

"tumhe seekhna hai ya nhi?"

"lekin sir-"

"kaam pe lag jaao Ishita-" ( he leaves saying this)

"Dusht Danav!"

Half an hour later...

Ishita's hand hurts coz of so much typing n scribbling.. the work was almost done.

(self-talk) 'Dusht-danav DD in short! Kyu babaji... ACP sir ne issey kyu kaha ki woh mujhe kuch kaam k tips sikhaaye. Inse ache tho kavin sir hai.. ab fir se aayega puchne! Kaam hua Ishita? god lekin yeh hai kaha...'

A booming laugh interrupts her thoughts. She looks up from her desk to see that Dusht-Danav is laughing like a maniac.

"hahaha plz freddy sir! Mere pet mei hahaaaa dard ho raha hai... huh huh OMGG! Ahahahahahaahaah"

This time freddy too joins his laughter n both are laughing at something freddy said.

(Ishu self-talk) "isey dekho na babaji kaise has has k maze le raha hai freddy sir k saat.. aur main yaha iss list k saat atak gayi- not fair! Ravan kaheeka-"

HAHAAHAAHAAAHA- Dushyant almost hugs Freddy for support.

Ishita just shakes her head tries to focus on her job.

Dushyant holds his stomach.

"hahaha sir! Ek minute! Hello... haan boliye kya pata chala aapko? Haan. unk address dedo aap- yeh nahi ho sakta"

The man says something and CRASH-

His mobile drops to the floor, tears stir in his eyes.

"sir.. m-main abhi aaya..."

Ishita sees this all since she heard the crash.

(self-talk) "ab isey kya hogaya hai.. aisa lagraha hai comedy film k dauraan horror film ka trailer dekhliya iss dusht-danav DD ne!"

Something hits her heart as she watches him leave brushing his tears. What was it that he broke into tears all of a sudden... strange!

And stranger even, she had this urge to follow him out and lend him a shoulder to cry.

'kyu.. kyu mera mann kar raha hai unk peeche jaane ka.. woh mere hai kya?'

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End of chap 3. Kaisa laga guys!?

Love, like or hate? Pray tell me :D

Nxt chap will include some rajvi & team moments n some touching moments.

Well plz do rvw! Thnx for reading! Keep smiling guys.. tc.