Ek Dil Ek Jaan

Dinner

" Baithiye Haseena ji" Anubhav said after pulling the chair for Haseena,making her smile.

" Bataiye Anubhav, kya order kare?" Haseena asked as they settled on the seat of a restaurant. "Hum kya bataye, aapko jo aacha lagta ho vo manga lijiye" Anubhav said cordially, taking a deep breathe and starting their first ever dinner date.

" Umm excuse me," she called the waiter for giving the order.
"Yes maam" the waiter approached, and wrote their order,Haseena didn't knew about Anubhav's favourite, but she knew that he was a person with simple food preferences, so she ordered the same.

"Yeh kya Haseena ji, aapne apni pasand ka kuch nahi mangaya" Anubhav asked as the waiter left.

"Hume aapko impress jo karna hai aaj"
Ab jab aap hi humari pasand hai,toh yeh khana bhi toh hua". Haseena said with a wink, and the giggled when she saw Anubhav being taken aback with her random flirting.

"Aur vaise bhi hume aaj bohot bhuk lagi hai, uss itne se pasta ya manchurian se kuch nahi hota" Haseena covered up her flirting when she saw his reaction.

"Negotiation Specialist ko chup karani ki shamta rakhti hai yeh" Anubhav muttered under his breath.

"Chaliye Anubhav jaldi se khana shuru kijiye" Haseena said excitedly, picking up the bowl he served her plate and then himself. Haseena smiled at this cute gesture.

"Vaise Anubhav, hum dono ek dusre ke baare mein kitna jaante hai" Haseena asked out of no where.

" Voh toh pata nahi Haseena ji, lekin itna pata hai ki aap ek bohot hi swabhimani vyakti hai, jiske andar deshbhakti ka ek anokha jazba hai, ek nidar aur bahadur stree hai aap, jo mushkilo ka saamna karne se peeche nahi hat ti, aap apni team ko jis tarah apna parivar maanti hai, unki har samsya ko apni samajh ke suljhane ka prayas karti hai, ek aisi police adhikari jisse apne naam, apni prasiddhi se zyada logon ko nyay dilana zyada mayine rakhta hai..... Abhi tak toh itna hi jaan paaye hai Haseena ji" Anubhav said.

Haseena smiled a little  and said, " Lekin shreeman aapne yeh jo tareef ki hai voh hum se zyada SHO Haseena Mallik ki ki hai". "Hum jaante hai SHO Haseena Mallik aur aap mein bohot antar hai, lekin aapki soch se hi SHO sahiba ka nirmaan hua hai, toh jo khoobiya aap mein hai, voh SHO sahiba mein honi zahir hai....aur iss Haseena Mallik ki toh bas yahi baat pata hai, ki inhe zindagi jeena aata hai, aur aapka hriday ek masoom bacche ki tarah saaf aur paak hai" Anubhav completed with a dreamy smile.

"Ek baat puche agar aap bura na maane toh" Haseena asked hesitantly.
" Ek kya do puchiye" He replied.
" Uss Mission behrupiya ke chakkar mein aapne bohot kuch saha Anubhav, yeh jaan ne ke baad bhi ki humne aur KS ne uss insaan ko aap samajh kar maar dala, aa..apki hone wali life partner aur behen aapko nahi samajh paayi, yeh nahi jaan payi ki voh aap the, aapne hum dono ko itni aasani se maaf kyu kar diya" She asked,as she wanted to know the reason, take his emotions out, but feared of ruining their date

" Kyunki aapki galti nahi thi Haseena ji, humne jo bhi aapke saath kiya abhi tak, mission ke liye dhoka diya, sagai pe chod ke chale gaye, uske baad aapka hum par vishwaas kamzor hona sahi hai, aur hum aapko uske liye kuch keh bhi nahi rahe. Aapko aur aapki SI sahiba ne jo kuch kiya voh desh hit ke liye kiya, aur iss baat ka hume humesha garv rahega...... Bura sirf isliye laga ki aapne aur KS ne ek jhatke mein maan liya ki hum deshdrohi hai, gaddar hai. Karishma hume bachpan se jaanti hai, voh kehti thi unhe police afsar banne ki prerna humse mili hai, voh kaise maan gayi, aur aapne hume Mission jeet mein dekha tha, aap jaanti thi ki hum desh ke liye kuch kurbaan hone walo mein se hai, na ki gadari karne walo mein se. Hum jaante the ki sach jaanne ke baad aap aatmagalaani mein hongi, jo hum nahi chahte the. Isliye humne aapko kshama kar diya, taaki aap uss pachtave se bahar nikal sake,aur khush reh sake." Anubhav said with a calm smile, but Haseena could sense his pain, his agony.

"Khair chodiye uss bata ko, bhojan kijiye" Anubhav said forwarding a morsel towards her, which she ate quietly, heat raising her cheeks. While Anubhav smiled, as he knew this was the only way to divert her mind, or else she would feel guilty, which he didn't want.
With this they finished their dinner, talking to each other and enjoying each other's company.

"Anubhavvv..... " Haseena exclaimed, causing Anubhav to stop the vehicle with a screech. " Kya hua, Haseena ji....." "Icecream" She replied with puppy eyes pointing towards the icecream cart. He parked the vehicle nearby, and they both went to the icecream stall.

" Bhaiya do butterscotch dena" Anubhav said to the vendor who passed him two cones. " Yeh lijiye" he said passing one cone to her.

"Bada dhyaan rakhte hai aap humari pasand napasand ka" Haseena said with a teasing smile, looking at her favourite flavour of icecream.

"Aap bhi toh rakhti hai" He replied tucking a strand of her hair, behind her ears, pointing towards her open hair.
While Haseena couldn't reply, as she was still in that moment, feeling his touch, still sensing butterflies in her stomach.

"Haseena ji" Anubhav said shaking her out from her dreamland, " Haan...Hann kya hua" " Icecream pighal rahi hai,pehle use kha lijiye, baad mein hume nihaar lijiyega" He said starting the vehicle.

"Aa gaya humara gantavya sthal" Anubhav stated, stopping in front of his house, as the went in her car, for dinner.

" Dhanyawad Haseena ji, ratri bhoj ke liye" Anubhav said after moving out from the car.

" Girlfriend na sahi lekin dost toh hum hai, aur dosti mein no sorry no thank you" Haseena replied with a smile, and started the vehicle to her home.

Anubhav 's POV....
Itne adhik prayas mat kijiye Haseena ji, hume paane ke liye, hum phir khud ko unmein khota paa rahe hai, agar aisa hi chalta raha toh hum unse dur nahi ho payenge, lekin yeh bhi toh sach hai ki hum unse dur rehna bhi nahi chahte. Hum kya kare, kuch samajh nahi aa raha, agar unke saath rahe toh shayad unhe voh khushi nahi de payenge jiski voh hakdaar hai, kyunki Karishma Singh ka kathan satya hai, hum nahi bane hai kisi ke prem ke liye, lekin prem toh hum unse aaj bhi utna hi karte hai.....hufff na jaane kaisi uljhan hai prabhu.

Haseena's POV....
Aaj aapne apne emotions humare saath share kiye, lekin hum jaante hai, aapne jo apne andar sameta hua hai, voh isse kayi zyada hai...par hum bhi aapki ziddi Haseena hai, aapke andar ka saara dar aur dard bahar nikalke hi rahenge. Dekh lijiyega.

So this was 24th part of my story ' Ek Dil Ek Jaan' hope you all liked it.
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