Sukoon wali love story: Kareena

Mutual respect

Today mpt was dull. No new case, no pending case. Everyone was chitchatting and talking on phone etc. today mpt felt like a classroom with no teacher. Even KS was having fun with them. But maddam sir like a headmaster was in her cabin looking through old files, studying. At lunch time PJ goes to MS
PJ: MS aaiye na humare sath khana khaiye. Aaj humne aloo ke parathe laye hai.
HM: jaroor Pushpa ji. Dekhte hai aaj humari ammi me kya diya hai hume.
HM takes her Tiffin and comes out with PJ. Everyone stands up.
Everyone except PJ: Jain hind MS
HM: arey arey relax hum khana khane aye hai.
They all get happy and sit around PJ's table. Everyone takes out their tiffins except KS.
HM notices that.
HM: aap ne Tiffin nahi laya?
KS: Ji nahi, wo..
PJ cuts her
PJ: Inhe khana banana bilkul pasand nahi. Shuruvat me to ye roj bahar ka khana khati thi Phir humne bola ki ab hum sab inke liye khana layenge.
CC: arey Ms aap humare hath ka khake to dekhiye. Hum tino Achha khana banate hai.
KS: Haan ye baat to hai. Inke hath ka khake hum bahar ka khana bhul gaye.
HM looks at them with utter love, like a family she never had. HM only has her ammi at home, it has always been just them.
HM: aaj ke baad humari ammi ke hath ka bhi khayengi aap.
SS: kya aap bhi khana nahi banati?
Everyone looks at her
SS: kya? Abhi to inhone kaha ki inki ammi banati hai.
HM smiles: Ji unhe khana banana bhot jyada pasand hai. Lekin unhone hume bhi sikhaya hai. Hum bhi thik thak bana lete hai. Mostly chutti ke din.
Everyone nods.
Everyone puts the food in plates and start eating. KS takes a bite out of HM's tiffin very casually which HM likes. But as she puts it in her mouth, she starts coughing badly. Her eyes get teary and and she can't breathe.
HM: kya hua KS? Ye lijiye pani pijiye.
PJ: upar dekho upar dekho.
Santu and Chita panics. Chita turns on the fan.
After a while she feels better.
HM unknowingly is rubbing her back with utmost care. Her eyes are waiting for the contact to ensure KS is okay and finally it happens. KS takes a few deep breaths and then looks up, HM is asking through eyes if she's okay. KS smiles and nods. HM nods in relief. Her hand is still on KS's back. KS sits straight and looks at everyone's worried face.
KS: hum thik hai.
SS takes a bite from HM's Tiffin and makes a noise as if she understood what happened. HM looks at her curiously.
HM: Kya hua?
SS: Chite, PJ ek bite kha lo
They both take the bite and starts laughing.
HM is looking at them and then she looks at KS. She looks embarrassed.
HM: Arey hua kya?
SS: MS itna tikha khana inse na Ho payega. Inki kano de dhuva nikla hoga muh me jate hi.
PJ: Haan ye bhot fika khati hai. Tikha bilkul nahi kha sakti.
CC: KS ka bhaukal tikhi thali Me aake gir gaya
KS gives him death stare: Chiteee
CC: a b wo sorry madam.
Everyone laughs.
HM: Achha, aage se hum khayal rakhenge. (Looking at KS as she's still embarrassed and looking cute)
Oh this is the first time HM thinks about KS as a cute person. She's surprised herself and comes to senses. Her hand is still on KS's back. KS did not mind it. HM takes it back and KS looks at her.
They finish eating, chatting and laughing. Now HM is officially part of the family, KS thinks.
HM walks towards her cabin. Suddenly she thinks of something and see PJ passing by, she stops her
HM: PJ kya KS akeli rehti hai? Lekin wo to isi shehar ki hai na?
PJ: (sadness falls all over her face) Ji Phir bhi wo akeli rehti hai. Unki maa jab wo school me thi tabhi Gujar gayi.
HM: aur pitaji?
PJ: Ji wo bhi nahi rahe. Lekin Ms aap is bareme unse kabhi kuch Mat puchna. Kafi sentimental Ho jati hai. Aur ab kyun purane jakham kurede.
HM: Ji PJ hum kabhi is baat ka jikr nahi krenge.
HM goes to her cabin. Can't stop thinking about KS's struggles. HM at least has loving mother. HM kind of understands KS's anger now and decides to understand it more.
She goes back to the files she was reading.
After finishing reading a few files, she's shocked, she doesn't know how to react. She picks up phone and calls KS via intercom and asks her to come inside. KS enters.
HM: please sit. Hume bhot kuch puchna hai aapse.
KS: kya hua MS, aur ye itni sari files kis chiz ki hai.
HM: batate hai. Aaj kuch khas kam nahi tha to humne socha ki kuch purani files ko study kiya jaye lekin jo humare hath laga hai wo kahin google pe nahi hai aur hume uska bhot afsos hai.
KS: hum samjhe nahi MS.
HM: KS aap itni modest kaise hai. Humne aap jaisa koi nahi dekha aaj tak.
KS doesn't know how to take compliments. She just blushes a little.
KS: kya keh rahi hai MS?
HM: Ye thana aapne shuru kiya?
KS: Ji MS aur pichle 10 saal se hum hi chala rahe hai. Aur hum mante hi ki kafi Achhe se chalaya bhi hai humne.
HM: achhe se?
KS: Ji. Kyun aapko nahi lagta?
HM: hume lagta hai ye word kafi chota hai aapke kam ke liye.
KS blushes again. HM enjoys those reactions.
HM: nahin hum exaggerate nahi kr rahe. Aap khud batatyiye na ki kaise kiya aapne ye sab.
HM notices that other members are standing near the door listening to them. But she lets them and doesn't interrupt KS.
KS: Ji MS, hum jab naye naye SI bane the tab yahi Lucknow ke pas ek jilhe me humari posting hui thi. Hum state ke youngest SI the. Academy ke brightest student the.
HM: wo to aap hai hi.
KS smiles.
KS: humne shuru se hi notice krna start kiya ki aurate jo hai wo apni samasya batane se katrati hai. Kisi male officer ne bola Sulah krlo to adjust krne ke liye man jati hai. Kai bar to complain krne aati hi nahi hai. Humne ye baat apne seniors ko samjhane ki koshish ki lekin unhe in "chote mote gharelu" muddo me dilchaspi nahi thi. To humne ek NGO ke sath milkr ek survey kiya. Jisme hume kafi simple se sawal puche ghar ghar jakar. Aur aap yakin nahi krengi 70% de jyada mahilao ke dimag me police tak jane khayal bhi nahi aata aur jinko aata hai unmese kuch ghabrati hai, kuch ko vishwas hi nahi. Hum ye sab dekh kr sunn reh gaye. Agle salbhar se jyada humne ye sara data jama kiya. Experts ki ray li. Unke dasthkhat ke sath reports banayi. Aur fir ye sab humne seniors ke samne Rakha. Tab bhi Kai log the jinhe ye sab time waste lag raha tha. Kafi frustrating time tha lekin tab humari IG bani "Nikita Sachdev" aur bas unka sath kafi tha humare liye. Unhone hume yahan Lucknow me ye thana kholne ki permission di. Baki to aap janti hai. Humari team shuru me kafi change hui lekin abhi jo hai wo pichle 5 saal se humare sath hai.
HM got emotional listening to all this. Tear fell out but she was smiling and feeling proud.
HM: KS hum apne aap ko khushnasib samjhte hai ki hume aapke sath kam krne ka Mauka mil raha hai. Lekin ek baat hai, aapka promotion kyun nahi hua aaj tak?
KS: Ji aap to politics janti hai, bhot logon humare is kam se dikkat thi. Uttar chadhav hote rahe. Lekin wo humari kam me kami nahi nikal sake.

Tabhi PJ SS and CC enters
PJ: inhe 2 bar promotion offer kiya gaya lekin humare achhe ke liye nahi.
CC: Haan promotion ke sath sath transfer order bhi thama diye.
SS: to madam ne mana kr diya
PJ: aur agar koi 2 bar promotion se mana krde to Phir to use consider krna hi band kr dete hai.
CC: ye agar mahila nahi purush hoti na to hum bata rahe hai itni achievements ke liye 5 medal to mil hi jate. Lekin department me jalne walon ki sankhya jyada hai. Aur jo admire krte bhi hai wo support vgera nahi krte.
KS: koi baat nahi chite. Hume zindagibhar SI rehna pde to bhi chalega lekin hum ye MPT chodke kabhi nahi jayenge.
HM gets up, looking at her KS promptly gets up. HM looks at everyone and then at KS and salutes her. Everyone else follows. Everyone is teary eyed including KS.
HM: aaj ke bad is thane me 2 SHO honge. Paper chahe jo bhi kahe, aaj ke bad hum aapke senior nahi hai. Hum sath hai. Ek dusre ka hath pakdke chalenge.
KS was about to salute but HM stops her.
HM: nahi KS aaj ke bad aap hume salute nahi krengi.
KS can not control her emotions and hugs HM. HM startles by this but holds her. KS is sobbing.
Everyone looks at them but suspects nothing.
They both on the other hand are feeling something different. KS feels warmth she never felt before. So does HM. HM rubs hers back with love. They both are holding each other for god knows how long.
PJ: Jai hind MS
And they leave. PJ nods while leaving, supporting their friendship and expresses her gratitude through her gestures as KS is like her daughter.
KS is still in HM's arms. HM now rests her head on KS's shoulders.
KS is almost in some trans. She stops crying. She feels so light. She doesn't even remember when was the last time she cried.
KS suddenly realises the situation and steps back. She sees a wet patch on HM's chest by her tears.
She's embarrassed. She can't even look at HM.
KS: sorry MS. Pata nahi ye kaise hum. Hum kisiko aise Gale nahi lgate. Aur aap ko aise. Maaf kr dijiye.
HM: Ye lijiye pani. Baithiye aap shanti se aur mafi to bilkul Mat mangiye. Hume Achha laga.
KS looks at HM. They stare. HM puts her hand on the tear patch.