This story starts at the end of episode 6
Ariya OS Forgiveness and Love
They had all just returned to the office from the case. Rathore was in his cabin while Shree and Chotu was in the conference room. Arjun was coming there to take his phone but stops in his tracks when he hears them talking.
Chotu: teri Ri sebaat hui?
Shree: haan. Woh ab bhi pareshaan hain yaar. Kal usne Arjun sir se maafi bhi maangi lekin unhone kuch kahan nahin Riya se.
Lekin sach me yaar, galti Riya ke nahin hain. Usne toh woh report Rathore sir ke kehne par nikali thi. Bas uss din saare records ke saath yeh bhi mix hogayi.
Chotu: Ri ne sir ko bataya kya?
Shree shook his head: Nahin yaar, usne puri sach nahin batayi. Uske mutabik Arjun sir uske baat ka yakeen nahi karega and frankly speaking mujhe bhi aisa hi lagta hain.
Arjun does not listen anymore, he goes away from there in shock. With questions in his mind, he decides to go ask the one person who would give him his answers
He burst into Rathore cabin without knocking. Rathore glares at him at this blatant disrespect. Ignoring everything, he asks
Arjun: tumne Riya se kahan tha mere reports nikalne ke liye?
Rathore, confusedly: haan?
Arjun: kyun?
Rathore: ETF ki employee records maintain karna tha, employees ki files Riya hi dekhti hain isliye maine usse tumhare reports nikalne keliye kahan tha. Tum proper channel se nahin aayein the toh tumhare records aur formalities bhi theek se nahin hui, usse theek se maintain karna tha.
Arjun, passing a hand in his hair frustratingly: tum mujhe yeh baat bata nahin sakte the Rathore?
Rathore, in total confusion: lekin hua kya hain?
Arjun sighs when he realises the blunder he made.
Arjun. shook his head: Rehne do main khud dekhlunga.
Saying that he goes from there. Grabbing his things, he left the office.
While driving, his mind flashes to the last couple of days, her tears filled eyes come infront of his eyes.
“Sir reports naam ki file…”
“I’m sorry, woh general curiosity…”
Her pale face, she being jumpy when he confront her, her body trembling.
His own words rang into his ears: “aakhri baal bol raha houn, dur raho mujhese”
Arjun grabs the steering wheel tighter, reeling under the impact of his own words. He knew he had hurt her, her pale face during the case the day before was a clear indication of that. He curse himself for letting his anger get the better of him and not bothering to listen to her.
Somewhere deep down he knew, he was not angry at her but at himself and he had remove that frustration on her. She was affecting him in ways he thought were dead after Roshni. The first time they met, her eyes captivated him, she was a beautiful soul with a beautiful face and he was a sucker for beautiful ladies with a soft heart.
Her soft words, her voice, her eyes, the mischief in it, the shine in it was affecting him. He was starting to feel something for her, something he thought were dead after the death of his wife but she was reviving every single part of it. And he hated it. He hated it with a passion despite no fault of hers, he blames her.
She was the light that had once extinguished from his life and without knowing he was throwing that away.
He breaks in frustration outside his house. He hated himself for being the reason to her tears and her pain. He had been so blind in his anger that he had not bothered to listen to her even once. And now, he feels like he had lost her.
He put his face in his hands, her tear filled eyes not leaving from infront of his eyes, haunting him, taunting him.
Arjun mv: yeh kya kar diya tune Arjun? Ek baar bas ek baar uski baat sunliya hota toh kya jaata. Maafi mangle usse, she deserves it. Scratch that, she deserves much much more. She deserves the world aur uski shuruwat ek sorry se karle.
Thinking he would apologise to her next morning, he retires for the night. Thinking the next day he would put an end to all their miseries, her misery, he has his dinner and go to bed not knowing that the next day another hurdle would add to the previous one.
The next day, Arjun reach the office early with one thing in mind, apologising to Riya. However, before he could Rathore announces the case of a missing lady Kalki devi. Not wanting to participate in the circus, he blasts on Riya for even suggesting the idea of shopping.
Seeing her crestfallen face, his heart sank. He had come to apologise to her and he was blasting on her for Rathore Idiocy. Before he could backtrack and say something to ease her pain, Rathore engages him in argument. Frustrated, he leave from there and goes to the terrace.
Thinking hard, his mind flashes to his wife Roshni’s words before
“Duty pasand na pasand pe depend nahin hoti hain ACP Arjun”
Rathore had said the same thing, reopening the wound that was never closed. He sighs in frustration and decides to go help the team. He had never step away from his duty and he was not going to start now.
Reaching the venue, he goes to the main hall standing there, he opens his coat and look around. His eyes land on her, his breath hitch.
One word echoes in his mind: beautiful. Her doe eyes shaped was captivating. She looks like the most beautiful princess coming out of her palace for the first time.
His feet start moving towards her on his own, completely lost in her beauty. Her voice breaks his trance
Riya: Aap toh aane wali nahin the?
Hoping his poker face was still in place, he says: nahin aane wala tha, ab aagaya.
Turning to Shree: abhi tak…
He got cut off by the lady next to her, “toh tum uske pati ho”.
“Pati? What?”: his mind went into a spiral. The words bringing alive his worst nightmares. His anger gets the better of him once again.
Arjun: har cheez ki had hoti hain Riya
Riya: Maine kuch nahin kiya
Arjun: main bhi kiss bewakoof se baat kar raha houn.
Rolling his eyes, he calls Shree out to discuss the case leaving her behind. Tears again fills her eyes, ignoring it he goes away.
The case progress slowly and she comes to talk to him. Still under the pain of his nightmares, he does not bother to listen to her hurting her even more unknowingly.
As the case progress, he notice she makes less appearances infront of him which he was glad of. However, at one point they hear her gasp in surprise through their earpiece. They all got startle, hearing her trying to explain to someone that whatever they were doing was for the betterment of his family, they realise their cover had been blown but worst she was in some sort of danger.
Hearing her say the word: dur raho mujhse, main tumhe warn kar rahi houn.
His heart sank thinking the worst, he caught the eyes of Rathore and they spread off. Shree and Chotu join them on the way with Shree directing them to the room she was in.
Reaching there, the door was half close, he was about to burst in when he hears the guys moaning in pain. Frowning in confusion, he glance at Rathore and open the door more to see what was going on. She was beating the crap out of him.
Internally, he was proud of her, outside he looks just as indifferent as always. Once the guy was unconscious on the floor, she raised her eyes and looks towards the door, feeling their gaze on her.
She looks surprised seeing them all there. He just shook his head and left still feeling proud at her. He smiles internally thinking about her martial arts skills.
They got back to the case. They found the most crucial clue due to her. Finding the culprit was a piece of cake after that however, Kalki Devi was still missing.
Wanting to search Jhanvi’s room, he needed her keys. Going to the main hall function, he notices the key hanging on her waist. Not sure how he would get that, he looks around for Riya, she was dancing with her dimples smile. He almost lose focus at that but quickly reign himself back in.
Calling out to her was unsuccessful so he waited. Pulling her to him, his heart did a somersault, she was affecting him more than he thought.
Arjun MV: Focus Arjun, the case.
Seeing that she could not hear him, he brought her closer,inhaling her perfume and shampoo. Her scent was overwhelming, sending him a dizzying state of wanting to be engulfed in her arms, in her warmth and her scent for the rest of his life. His emotional trance was broken by the loud music of of the occasion. Thankful for it, he managed to focus back on the case due to fact they were in public.
He says in her ear: Riya, Jhanvi ke chaabi ke guche mein uske kamre ki chaabi hain. Mujhe woh chaabi chahiye Riya.
Twirling her around in his arms, holding her bare shoulders, his fingertips tingles. How he wanted to engulf her completely in his arms not letting her go. However, he cannot dwell on these thoughts right now as they still have a missing lady on hand. Focusing back and wishing she had not noticed his minutes hesitation, he continues: Mujhe yeh chaabi kissi bhi haalat mein chahiye Riya. Iss chaabi ke bina main kuch nahin kar sakta. Go.
And she executes it perfectly, she managed to grab the keys and give it to him without anyone noticing. He was proud of her once again.
Solving the case and revealing the culprit was just a formality after that. They arrested the culprit and moves to the room to say good bye to the family.
The guy Riya beat up came again, Arjun glares at him but Shashank did not notice while Riya rolls her eyes.
He was glad Chotu was taking care of him or he himself does not know what he would end up doing. He really was not in the mood of letting him go for trying to misbehave with her. He glance at her, her dimple smile coming back to life as Rathore and his friend jokes around. His eyes noticed something, the smile was there but not the twinkle in her eyes. She was not smiling from the heart. His heart hurt seeing her like that but he could not do anything as this time it was definitely her fault. Hardening his heart, he decides to deal with it later on once they were back to Mumbai.
Rathore tells them all to pack up quickly as they needed to leave. Leaving the juniors, Arjun quickly goes to the bathroom before joining the others.
Reaching the room he stops outside, his sharp ears catching the soft crying sound of hers.
Shree: bas Ri, shant hoja
Riya: maine sach me kuch nahin kiya yaar, woh yeh baat samajte kyun nahin. Maine toh unka naam tak nahin liya. Woh aunty khud hi apne aap sab kuch assume karli toh isme meri kya galti hain.
Riya manage to say between her sobs. He frowns, had he misunderstood her again?
Shree: Ri, tujaanta hain na woh kaisa hain. Jaane de na.
Riya: Tujhe bhi kisne kehne ko kahan tha ke main shaadi shuda houn, koi aur bahana nahin banasakti thi.
Shree: Aree uss waqt mujhe kuch aur suja hi nahin. Joh dimag mein aaya woh bak diya ab mujhe kya pata tha ke woh aunty Arjun sir ko tere pati samjhege. Mere plan toh Chotu ko tere pati banane ka tha/ Shashank Chotu ko dekhkar hi itna dar jaata ke kissi aur ladki ke bareme aankh toh kya, unke bareme sochne ki bhi galti nahin garega. Lekin woh agaya aur sab garbar hogayi. Sorry yaar.
Riya: Tujhe sorry bolne ki zarurat nahin hain yaar. Teri galti nahin hain tune toh mujhe bachaya hain. Thanks yaar.
Arjun frowns infront of the door, shocked to the core. He had hurt her again without any fault of her. He rubs his forehead, frustrated at himself for letting his anger get the better of him. He wanted to burst into the room and apologise to her immediately but decides against it. She deserves a much better one and he was not going to tell her just a simple sorry. He will give a full heartfelt apology.
Thinking that, he goes from there not wanting them to catch him eavesdropping.
Waiting with Rathore and Chotu, he keeps himself engrossed in his thoughts, all the while thinking about his blunder and planning how to apologise to her.
Both of them arrive at the same time, with all the equipements of the ETF.
Rathore: Good work guys, kal subha office mein milte. Rawte,tum Riya ko drop kardo main in dono ko karta houn.
Arjun nodded and glance at Riya. She was already looking at him. The tears had dried but it was obvious she had been crying. She had hidden it from the others, but he, he knew her enough, observes her enough to know what she was feeling. Arjun curses himself fot being the reason once again of her pain.
Looking at her, Arjun says softly: baitho. He did not want to be harsh with her knowing she was already in an emotional state.
She sits in the passenger seat silently, her shoulders still dropped. She was looking outside the window, her mind elsewhere.
Arjun glances at her, his heart pinch seeing her in this condition due to him. He hates seeing her upset, normally when they are travelling together, she used to chat non stop but for the first time she was completely silent.
Not being able to bear the silence, he switch on the radio letting soft melody’s enter the car. She twitch in her seat but does not react anymore than that.
Arjun grips the steering harder feeling even worst than what he was feeling when leaving the engagement party.
While driving, his eyes went to the time. Realising the late hour and the fact that they did not eat anything before leaving, he decides to look for a restaurant for their dinner. Without telling her, he stirs the car in the direction of a well-known restaurant he knew would meet her standards.
Parking outside the restaurant, he looks to her. She was so lost in her thoughts that she did not realise they were outside a restaurant.
He place a hand on her shoulder and calls her name softly:Riya.
She jerk, not expecting him at all or she was so lost in her thoughts, she had completely forgotten about him.
She turns to him, completely shocked.
Arjun, signaling towards the restaurant: Dinner.
He said simply and get out of the car. He moves to other side and open the passenger door, waiting for her.
Riya glance at him, still in shcoked he had opened the door for her MV: kya chalraha hain unke dimag mein?
She was not hungry, not after the rollercoaster ride she had had with since he got himself involve with the case. However, not wanting to hear anything, she gets off and follows him inside.
Walking side by side with her, he could feel the sadness rolling off of her. He clenched his fist to stop himself from blurting out something.
In the restaurant, he asks for a table for two. Thankfully, it was not too busy and they managed to get a table. Once the waiter seated them and taken their order, Arjun looks at her. She was looking down unable to understand what was going on. She wanted to question him but not wanting to anger him more.
Seeing her fidgeting in her seat, he place a hand on hers:Riya.
She looks up, unshed tears in her eyes full of pain. Her eyes speaks volumes. It was like a punch to the face knowing how much he had hurt her.
Arjun: I’m sorry, i’m really sorry. Aaj ke liye bhi aur uss din keliye bhi. Mujhe itni choti baat ko itna bara nahin karna chahiye tha. Mera iraada tumhe hurt karne ka nahin tha. I just… I don’t know Riya, uss waqt mere gusse ke alawa mujhe kuch bhi yaad nahin hain.
Riya keeps staring at Arjun with her eyes wide open. He gives her a small smile and continues: Aur aaj ke liye bhi i’m sorry. Mujhe ek baar tumhare side ki story sunleni chehiye the but again mera gusse dimag par chad gaya aur uss gusse mein maine pata nahin kya kya kehdiya. Maaf karogi mujhe?
Arjun looks at her sincerely, he really wish for her put this behind them and move forward. But more than that, he wants her smile to be back.
Riya opens her mouth to say something but the waiter comes to them with their food. She smiles softly at him and wait till the waiter was gone.
Riya: Main aapse naraz tha hi nahin sir. Haan aapke baton se hurt zarur hui thi but naraz nahin tha. Woh misunderstanding thi aur main jaanta tha ke woh clear zarur hota. Lekin phir bhi, maine aapko maaf kardiya.
Arjun smile widens and entwines his fingers with her.
Arjun: agar aisi baat hain toh mujhe woh Riya waali smile dedo.
Riya smiles genuinely with the twinkle returning back to her eyes. Arjun heart skips a beat and wishes for the time freeze. He cherish that smile wholeheartedly.
Arjun: yeh rahi meri Riya
Riya blush red at that while he smirks at her reaction.
Focusing on their food, they make small talk during dinner their hand still intertwined on the table.
Finishing dinner, they drove off. Riya retook her position against the window frame this time with a smile playing on her lips. Arjun looks at her feeling blessed and at calm now that everything between them was back to normal.
During the drive, Riya feels a hand hold hers. She turns to look at him but he was looking straight ahead his focus on the road. He does not know what has come over to him but he does not regret it. Instead, he basks in it, happy to take a new step with her.
Feeling bold all of a sudden, she place her head on his shoulder and close her eyes, surrending herself to him.
Thank you Arjun, She whispers.
They needed to talk, they needed to know where they were going with this. However, it all can wait, they have full time to discuss everything later on. Right now, right here in the middle of the night, in the silence of the night, they cherish the presence of the other, with only the moon and its beauty becoming a witness of two soul finding each other.
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