Summary: A series of one-shots focussing on how bonding between AbhiRika formed and strengthened, thanks to his daily forensic lessons from Tarika.

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~Lessons of Love ~

A/N: Hey guys! It's me Prii with a whole new story again. Each chapter will feature short interactions between abhirika as Abhijeet goes to take tuition from Tarika (as Daya sir mentioned in one of the episodes) and how their bond strengthens over time. I hope you all will like this new idea. I know I have my remaining fics to update. But this will have short chapters which shouldn't be problem at all. So now on with the story…

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PROLOGUE:

Abhijeet is pacing his living room at 1AM during night.

"Kaise yar. Mujhe tho kuch samajh mei hi nahi aaraha. Sirf hi hello, kabhi do chaar batein. Baat aagey badhegi kab?"

"Kis ki baat ho rahi hai bhai?"

Daya enters the room, smearing his eyes. (Duo stay together)

"Yaar kisi ki bhi nahi.. tu jaake so jaao na."

"Tum bhi jaldi jaake so jaao. Doctor Tarika k bare mei baad mei sochna.."

With that Daya is off to sleep. It's been nearly six months since Abhijeet has developed some strange urge to be closer to the newly joined forensic doctor. His new found feelings were harder to describe. He didn't know what to call them. They made him feel worse. He wanted nothing but talk to her, get to know her more, be her friend or even more.

"Lab mei sirf do chaar batein hoti hai. wah Tarika ji wah hi kehta main. Kuch aur kehne se pehle Salunkhe sir jo aajate hai beech mein! Aur Tarika ji- unhe tho mere dil ki halaat samajh mei nahi aati. Ab baat sirf Salunkhe sir ko irritate karna tho nahi na…"

He continues to think aloud while reminding some of his brief interactions with her.

Abhi: Wah Tarika ji wah! Kya kamal ka detection hai. Aap ne tho CID ka kaam aasaan kardiya!

Tarika: (Shy smile)

Abhi: (self-talk)'Haaye yeh smile. Iss ka matlab kya hai? Ki aapko humari tareef pasand aaya? Kuch boliye na.'

Salunkhe sir: Bhai saab! Sirf Taarika ji ne kaam aasaan kiya tumhara?

The matter closes there. Another flashback…

Abhi: Tarika ji. Kya baat hai. Aaj ithni subah subah. Kitna kaam karwaate hai Salunkhe sir aap se!

Tarika smiled at him. There was something in her smile which made him smile back.

Abhi: Waise hai kaha doctor saab..

Tarika: Unke girlfriend se baat ho rahi hai cell phone pe.

Salunkhe is back. Abhi teases him and the matter ends there again.

"Aap ko calligraphy bhi aati hai? waah Tarika ji wah! Koot koot k bhara hua hai talent aap k andar.."

There is nothing but again a smile in response. There were times when he flirted a bit with her.

"Aaj mausam kitna suhaana hai. hai na Tarika ji?"

Again no response! He earned a glare from ACP sir.

"Mujhe khud nahi pata ki kyu main aapko zyada nazdeek se jaanna chahta hu. Bas ithna samajh lijiye. Ki main aapki chuppi todna chahta hu. Kuch baatein aapki bhi sunna chahta hu.."

She always chose to remain silent. May be it's her way of responding to things. But what did she mean by being silent? That she liked what he said? Or that she did not like what he said and asking him to bugger off? What about that tiny smile? Did that mean something? Or he was just thinking too much!?

"Par kaise baat karu? Hai koi cheez jiss se unki chuppi tod sake? Jiss k zariye main uss k saat thoda waqt ghusaaru?"

An idea strikes him. One thing he noticed in these six months. She was passionate about her studies, always loved explaining things!

"Kyu na main unn k saat kuch waqt ghusaaru seekhne k bahaane?"

He smiles widely.

"Wah Abhijeet wah! Kya dimaag hai tera hei? Chal beta ab sojaaa…"

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Next day:

"ehem."

Abhijeet enters the lab. As usual he finds Tarika working on some sample.

"Hello Tarika ji!"

"Hello."

"Ithni subah subah? Koi case bhi nahi hai!"

"Haan par you know. Mujhe kaam karna accha lagta hai. Aise kaam karne se hi tho kuch seekhne ko milega.."

"Accha?"

She nods and returns to her desk. He sees that Salunkhe sir has not arrived yet. Best time to talk.

"tho hume bhi sikhaayiye na thoda kuch!"

She looks at him puzzled.

"Woh Salunkhe sir bohot mazaak udaate hai mera aur- mera bhi bohot mann tha doctor banne ka."

"Forensic mei?"

"aah nahi. Kuch bhi. Kya kehti ho.."

There's a brief silence after which she replies him.

"sorry. I mean. Socho na- Tum log cases mei ithne busy rehte ho. Tumhe hi stress hoga. Aur fir inn sab se tumharaa kya kaam?"

"thik hai. Aap ko sikhaana accha nahi lagaa tho.."

He sighs loudly, makes a puppy-sad face and begins to walk away.

"Waise main sham ko padhai karti rehti hu. Aap aa sakte ho, agar chaaho tho…" she slowly adds, " and I'm not a god teacher."

That makes him smile.

"Of course aap great teacher ban sakti ho. Jaise yaha explain karti ho. Waise hi karlena. Tho ho sake tho aaj sham ko hi milte hai.."

He leaves after flashing another dazzling smile. She slips into thoughts.

'Yeh kya kardiya maine! Yeh tho pehle se hi mujh mei interested lagtaa hai. aur maine issko ghar pe bulaaya..'

'Par banda nek lagtaa hai..' her brain intervenes.

'I hope yahi ho..'

'waisa hi hoga!' her heart answers her.

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Next part: Abhijeet's lesson one. Some bonding!

A/N: so how is this idea? Do you guys want me to go on? Please do review. Thanks for reading! Love ya all. Take care. Keep smiling!