Ek Faisla

Is there always a right time to make the right decision? Can age or society really come between love? When two long-lost lovers met again after many years, what will happen? Will they understand their feeling for each other, or they will go far from each other again?

A/N- this story is based on a different concept , the couple is matured enough, so no rose-chocolate-candle light dinner type romance! I am not sure people will like it or not, so it depends on reviews that I shall continue or not.

Two months passed after Shreya and Siddharth got married. All members of CID team, including Insp. Daya attended the wedding ceremony. Everyone, specially Abhijeet was concerned for Daya, and feeling really bad for him, but Daya was calm. In fact, he did not react at all. He attended the wedding with a fixed smile on his face, congrats the newly married couple, and left silently. From the very next day, he completely engrossed himself in work, became even more calm and quite, and started spending more than 12 hours in bureau. He spoke only when it is necessary to say something, ate and rested for a while, only when Abhijeet forced him to do so.

Abhijeet was tensed for him. Only he knew what his best friend was going through, but he did not know what to do to get him out of this! He tried every possible way to cheer him, but all in vein! Whenever he tried to talk, Daya stopped him saying that he did not want to talk about it. Abhijeet was feeling completely helpless.

One morning, duo entered in the bureau, to find an awkward silence there. The expression on everyone's face was clearly indicating that something was wrong.

Abhijeet- kya huya? Sab itna chupchap?

Pankaj- woh sir… woh actually..

Abhijeet- kya hai Pankaj? Bolo na!

Nikhil- sir, actually Shreya aaj CID se resign kar rahi hai.

Daya (shocked)- KYA?

All looked at him but said nothing.

Daya (controlling his emotions)- mera matlab, kyun? Woh toh humesha kahti thi ki shadi ke baad bhi woh apna job continue karegi!

Purvi- haan sir, par situation kuch aisa ho gaya… Siddharth ke gharwale nehi chahte ki woh yeh job continue kare, toh..

Daya was about to say something but stopped seeing Shreya coming out of ACP's cabin. She collected her belongings, and bid goodbye to her colleagues.

Purvi- Shreya, ek baar phirse soch lo! kya yeh naukri chodna zaruri hai? Tum unhe samjha nehi sakti?

Shreya did not answer, just hugged her tightly. After leaving her, she asked, "tumlog mujhe bhul toh nehi jaoge na?"

Purvi replied, "kya bol rahi hai yaar"- though she had a feeling that the question was not for them, but for a certain someone.

Shreya came to duo, and said with a brief smile, "chalti hoon sir"!

Daya (looking directly in her eyes)- bye Shreya. Ummeed karta hoon ki tumhara yeh faisla tumhare liye sahi sabit ho, aur tum khush raho!

Shreya (looking at him for a few moments)- jee sir. Bye!

Saying that, she left. With a deep sigh, Abhijeet ordered his subordinates, "chalo sab, kaam pe laag jao!"

All- yes sir.

Everyone went to their respective works. Abhijeet himself went to the Record Room to get a file. Daya stood there for a few seconds, then went straight to ACP's cabin.

Daya- may I come in sir?

ACP- arre Daya! Aao, kya baat hai?

Daya- sir, meri tabiyat kuch thik nehi hai. Toh kya main aaj ka din C.L le sakta hoon?

ACP (watching him keenly)- haan zarur! Tum ghar jaao, aur apna khyaal rakhna.

Daya- jee sir! Thank you.

And he left. After sometime, when Abhijeet returned from the Record Room, ACP called him, and said, "Abhijeet, Daya ghar chala gaya. Kah raha tha ki tabiyat thik nehi hai. Tum bhi aaj chutti lo, aur ghar jaao. Use is waqt tumhari zarurat hogi."

Abhijeet- jee sir. Par sir, yeh case?

ACP- hum handle kar lenge. Tum jaao.

Abhijeet- ok sir!

Abhijeet left for home. Before he could reach there, it started raining heavily.

Abhijeet- pata nehi Daya ghar pe hai bhi, ya beach pe jaa kar baitha hai! Par itni barish ho rahi hai, shayed ghar pe hi hoga. Dekhta hoon.

He reached home, and luckily, Daya was there. The main door was open, Abhijeet entered the house to find Daya sitting on living-room sofa, looking out of the window.

Abhijeet- Daya!

Daya- arre Abhijeet, tum yahan?

Abhijeet- haan, ACP sir ne bataya ki tumhari tabiyat thik nehi hai, toh aa gaya dekhne!

Daya- kya yaar tum bhi! Bas thodi si sar dard hai, isliye..

Abhijeet- thodi sar dard ki waje se Senior Insp. Daya ko chutti lete huye main ne aaj taq nehi dekha Daya!

Daya (avoiding eye contact)- kya boss! Yeh CID mein rahkar, haar baat pe shaq karne ki adat ho gayi tumko!

Saying that, he got up and started walking towards the door.

Abhijeet- kahan jaa rahe ho?

Daya- dekho na, kitni achhi barish ho rahi hai! Bin mausam ki barish hai, toh thoda bhigne ka maan kaar raha hai! Bas abhi aata hoon.

And he started leaving, but Abhijeet stopped him by placing a hand on his shoulder.

Abhijeet- Daya, hum dono ke ilawa yahan koi nehi hai! Aur mujhse apni ansooyo (tears) ko chupane ke liye , tumhe barish ki sahara lene ki zarurat nehi hai! Kyun ki barish bhi unko mujhse nehi chipa sakte!

Daya was stunned. "yeh Abhi ko humesha pata kaise chal jata hai?" he thought.

Getting no reaction from him, Abhijeet called in a soft voice, "Daya!"

Daya could not control anymore. He just turned around, and hugged his brother so tightly that Abhijeet could feel his fingers digging into his ribs. Pressing his face in Abhijeet's shoulder, he cried his heart out.

Abhijeet, though did not expect this exactly, embraced him and let him cry.

For a long time, they stayed like this. None of them said anything, because they understood each other's silence.

Daya (in mind)- woh kyun chali gayi yaar? Humesha mere sath hi aisa kyun hota hai? Jis kisi insaan se bhi main pyaar karun, woh humesha mujhse durr ho jata hai! Mana ki woh ab meri zindegi mein nehi rahi, lekin mere aankho ke samne toh thi! Main use dekh toh sakta tha, uski awaaz sun sakta tha! Aisa laag raha hai jaise ki meri koi bohot kimti cheez kho gayi ho!

Abhijeet (in mind)- Daya, jo bhi huya, ache ke liye huya! woh agar tere samne hoti, toh haar pal tujhe yeh ahsaas hota ki woh ab teri kabhi nehi ho sakti! Tu zindegi mein kabhi aage nehi baad pata yaar! Usse toh yeh achha hai ki Shreya apni zindegi mein khush hai, aur ab tu bhi apni zindegi ke bare mein soch payega, aapne ateet ko bhulakar ek nayi shuruwat kaar paayega! Main jaanta hoon ki pyaar shabd se ab viswaas uth gaya tera, lekin ho sakta hai ki, phir se ek baar teri zindegi mein pyaar aaye? Aur agar aisa nehi bhi huya, toh tera Abhi toh tere sath hai na? chahe kuch bhi ho jaye, main tere sath humesha rahunga, aur tujhe akelapan ka ahsaas kabhi hone nehi dunga! Yeh mera wada hai tujhse!

Slowly, they got separated. Abhijeet removed the remaining tears from Daya's face and placed a soft kiss on his forehead. Daya smiled at him. The same old, sweet smile, after two months. Which assured Abhijeet that his Daya was now coming back to him.

A/N- this chapter was not planned exactly like this, but Duo stole the entire chapter. next one will be posted soon.