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This OS is dedicated to TarINI who I'm certain is a hardcore KaYa shipper. You go girl ! Knock some sense in Kabir's head.
Hope you enjoy it.
Love
Mish
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One full week. It had been one full week since that horrible phone conversation that had the two of them saying hurtful things to each other.
Ananya walked in the office at 11:10 am and found Kabir immersed in his brown diary. Last entire week she had walked in as late as she could but Kabir just played his indifference card.
She put her bag down and switched on the monitor. As she heard the CPU power the monitor she wondered if she had been too harsh that day when she had said that befriending him was a mistake. She was upset and hurt. He is supposed to be the mature one she reasoned.
'Ananya madam aapko Kabir sir ne bulaya hai'
She heard the peon say and intentionally wore her specs to irritate him.
She knocked on his door and entered the cabin. He was on the phone and motioned her to sit down.
'theek hai. Main dekhta hun'- Kabir said as he put down the phone.
He closed his diary and looked at Ananya-' Miss Kashyap where is your research work on North East?' . he asked deliberately emphasising on Miss.Kashyap.
She looked at him wondering what on earth was he talking about.
' Arre. Ek hafta pehle mein hospital mein tha aur aapko Malvika ne is documentary pe kaam karne ko bola tha. Aapko pata aur yaad dono hoga na'- he told her sarcastically
This swine of a man ! He is upset because he thinks I didn't come to meet him in the hospital
'Woh sir yaad aaya. Ek din pehle Maine chutti li thi. Ghar mein thoda mahaul theek nahn tha'- she informed him in the exact same tone.
Great ! So this is how she was playing it he thought
' Miss Kashyap ab ttoh aap office mein hai. I need it by end of day today. I don't care if you pull an all nighter'- he told her as he dismissed her from his cabin
Argh! She hated the archive room. Today however she was glad to have it as a distraction... A distraction to stop her thinking about Kabir...
Couldn't she have picked an easier man to love ?
...
Later that night
Ananya glanced at her watch and was surprised to see that it was way past 10pm
At least she was done with this stupid archive work! She would just leave it on his desk and he could do whatever he wanted with it when he came back tomorrow.
She marched to his cabin and saw him seated on the sofa
'Aap abhi tak office mein ho?'- she asked him
' Haan kyon aapka copyright hai ki raat ko 10 baje ke baad aapke ilawa koi nahn office mein the sakta'- he asked her
She threw her hands on the air and said -' aapse baat karna bekaar hai'
The peon entered the room and said -' Sir, yeh aapke ghar se khana aaya hai?'
'Mere ghar se?'- Asked a baffled Kabir.
' Haan. Aapke driver ne kaha ki Tarini madam ne bheja hai'- peon informed him as he left
Kabir picked up his phone and called Tarini-' Tarini, iski kya jarurat tthi? Tum ko Anurag pe dhyan dena chahye. Uske exams hai'
Ananya was fuming just at the mere mention of the name - Tarini !
' nahn ! Main weekend pe aata hun. Abhi kaam bahut hai' - he continued over the phone.
So Kabir and Tarini weren't in a live in? And who was Anurag? Had to be kid if he was writing exams! But Kabir sir in the questionnaire mentioned that he has no kids. So, who is Anurag?
She was brought out of her reverie when she hears her name
'nahn akela nahn hun. Ananya bhi yahin hai'-/he told Tarini looking at Ananya.
'Kyon Tumhe kya baat karni hai? Woh waise bhi jaa rahi hai..'
' Haan Haan driver ke saagh bhejunga'
' Tarini...aacha ruko?'- Kabir stopped speaking and gave the phone to Ananya-' Tarini ko tumse kuch baat karni hai'
' Mere se?'- she reluctantly took the phone not sure if she really wanted to hear what the other woman had to say.
' hello'- muttered Ananya over the phone
' Hi Ananya. Finally ! Tumse baat hui. Kabir tumhare baare mein itni baat karta hai ki bas...'
Ananya was surprised and wondered why would Kabir sir talk about her to his girlfriend
' Really ? Mujhe toh laga ki ignore karna inki aadat hai'- she told Tarini
' Aare yeh iska defence mechanism hai. Yeh ignore tab karta hai when he is hurt. Tumhi ko puchna padega ki hua kya'- Tarnin informed her.
Ananya pondered over her words and was certain that she had hurt him.
' Thanks Tarini for the clarification. He is lucky to have you in his life'- Ananya told her and realised she could not hate the other woman on the line
' Kabir is a dear friend Ananya. I hate the Kabir I have been seeing for the last one week. You know this has something to do with you. Just sort it out. Aur usko mat bolna Maine aisa kaha'- Tarini laughed over the phone.
Ananya froze ! Tarini was not his girlfriend. He could have told her but then she never really asked him did she? This was all a mess because they refused to talk.
'Ananya. Kya hua'- she heard Kabir asking her.
' Tarini aapki gf nahn hai?'- she asked not wanting to beat around the bush
' What ? No . She is a very dear friend. Why are you asking me this?'- he asked genuinely perplexed
' Magar hospital mein toh sirf family aati hai aur aapke saatj Tarini thi'- she told him still trying to make sense of everything
' Tum hospital aati thi?'- he asked her as he got up from the sofa with a soft smile on his face.
' Haan. Magar aap Tarini ke ssath itne khush the ki I didn't want to intrude'- she said as she took a step towards him
' Tum isliye nahn aayi kyonki Tumhe laga ki Tarini meri girl friend hai?'- he asked wanting to be certain that this time there was not any confusion
' Haan! '- she murmured realising she had just voiced her doubts
Realisation dawned on Kabir-' Oh God! Ananya it was just like Ronnie was consoling you when you heard the news about your ffather. She is a very dear friend'
' Aap mere ghar aaye the'- she asked him
' do baar.'- he nodded
' toh aapne bataya kyon nahn?'- she was mad. All this time she was jealous irritated and worried for no reason
' Jaise tumne nahn bataya ki Tum hospital aayi thi!'- here Kabir was annoyed as she made him think that she was not concerned about his well being. Truth was she came!
'Main ek baar aayi thi aap do baar aaye. At least bata toh dete. Yeh sab gussa confusion Jealousy kuch drama nahn hota'- she was on a roll. She was so freaking mad at Kabir Sharma
' and tell me who drinks and drives. You are a journalist for gods sake. The Kabir Sharma! You and drink and drive. How careless!'
' I was so worried when I learnt the next day that you met with an accident. I called you a million times but I couldn't get through. Malvika would not let me leave . she gave me this crazy North East documentary to work on'- she pointed to the notes she had kept on the desk
' we had to stage an act to get me to the hospital. I was so sick with worry. I just hoped you were alright. I reached and there you were giggling like a baby with Tarini'
Kabir opened his mouth to speak when she shut him up
' Let me finish. I was sick with worry. All I knew was that you met with an accident and I imagined the worst case scenarios. But you but just sitting there with a broken leg giggling away to glory. '
She took a threating step towards him and continued -' Mujhe laga ki kahn main late toh nahn ho gayi apne dil ki baat batane mein. I came there wanting to know if you loved me back but I went form there with a broken heart and al...'
Rest of her words were cut as Kabir's lips came crashing down on hers..
' Miss Kashyap you could have just said I love you and this rant would not have been necessary. But I like this way of shutting you up'- Kabir smiled at her
She looked up at him trying to make sense of what was happening.
' I love you Ananya. I came twice to your house hoping you would tell me that you need me. Both the times I saw Ronnie there and I was mad with Jealousy. Jab mera accident hua tab main tumhare ghar se hi aa raha tha'- he confessed to her
' Aapne kuch bola kyon nahn'- she asked
' Ananya. Mere ko yeh bolna nahn aata. Sirf 9 baje ka bulletin mere ko bolna aata hai baaki I'm not too sure'- he told her
She looked at him and realised how vulnerable he was when it came to love
She snaked her arms around him and told him mischievously- ' Aapke communication skills improve karne ki zimedari ab se meri.'
She pulled his head down once again for a scorching kiss!
' Tarini se jab bhi Milo usko thank you bolna aapka yeh pehla communication lesson hai' ! - sending a silent prayer for letting her talk to Tarini today.
