The next morning, Anubhav woke up with a smile that refused to fade. For days now, ever since he met SHO Haseena Malik, his dreams had transformed—just like her, they had become beautiful, soft, and full of light.

Anubhav (stretching joyfully):

“Hj jabse aapse mile hain, hume sab kuch acha lag raha hai… yahaan tak ke aap humare sapno mein aakar, un sapno ko bhi apni tarah haseen bana deti hain…”

He got out of bed, freshened up, and changed into his neatly pressed uniform. But even while buttoning it, he couldn’t stand still.

Anubhav (pacing around his room):

“Arre yaar aaj kaise milenge hum HJ se… ek toh pata nahi is baar Friday aane mein itni der kyu ho rahi hai. Hume lagta hai hume Commissioner Sir se baat karni chahiye—roz routine visit rakhne ke liye… kyuki ab toh humare paas koi bahaana bhi nahi bacha HJ se milne ka… Kya karein, kya karein…”

(pauses dramatically)

“…Haan! Thane jaakar HJ aur sabko kal raat dinner ka nimantran de dete hain! Issi bahaane aaj bhi milenge, aur kal bhi…”

He grinned like a boy in love and rushed downstairs, where his mother was setting breakfast on the table. Without a word, he hugged her from behind.

Anubhav (happily):

“Good morning, maa… kaisi hain aap?”

Maa (smiling):

“Main toh badhiya hoon. Tu bata—thode dino se bohot zyada khush lag raha hai… kya hua hai?”

Anubhav:

“Kya maa, hum toh hamesha hi khush rehte hain…”

Maa (teasing):

“Haan haan… lekin kuch dinon se ek alag sukoon hai tere chehre pe, jo maine pehle kabhi nahi dekha… bata na kya baat hai?”

Anubhav (dodging):

“Aisi koi baat nahi hai maa… bas aise hi…”

Maa (smiling knowingly):

“Nahi nahi, kuch toh baat hai… par chhod. Main toh apne bete ko khush dekhkar hi khush hoon. Chal, aaja nashta kar le.”

Anubhav:

“Ji maa…”

They laughed and talked as they ate, warmth glowing between them like the early morning sunlight.

Anubhav (casually):

“Waise maa, hum soch rahe the… kyun na kal MPT team ko dinner par bulayein… kya khyaal hai?”

Maa:

“Haan haan, kyun nahi! Waise bhi samdhan ji aur Karishma beti se bhi milkar kaafi time ho gaya hai… aur tune wahan ek behen bhi banayi hai na—Santosh. Karishma beti sunate rehti hai uske kisse. Kafi masoom ladki hai. Ek ladka bhi hai na, jo usse pasand karta hai—Cheetah. Kafi bhola hai wo bhi. Aur Billu Mahashay se toh main mil bhi chuki hoon…”

Anubhav (amused):

“Wah maa, aap toh sabko jaanti hain! Par kaise?”

Maa:

“Karishma beti ne bataya, warna tu toh kuch batata hi nahi. Ghar se headquarters, headquarters se ghar… bas maa ki tabiyat puchhi aur phir wapas kaam mein…”

He went and hugged her again, speaking adorably.

Anubhav (cutely):

“Sorry na maa… aage se hum zaroor aapke saath waqt bitayenge.”

(He holds his ear)

“Maa… sorry… plsss…”

Maa (melting):

“Acha acha… ab yeh bholi shakal mat bana. Maaf karti hoon tujhe. Par jo kaha hai, wo yaad rakhna.”

Anubhav (grinning):

“Thank you maa maaf karne ke liye…”

Then, lost in thoughts of Haseena, his face lit up like a boy reciting poetry.

Anubhav (dreamily):

“Waise maa… aapko… MPT ki sabse kaabil, ahem, khoobsurat, samajhdar, pyaari…”

Maa (smiling, catching on):

“Ab bata toh sahi… kaun hai? Ya sirf usmein hi khoya rahega?”

Anubhav (startled):

“Ah… wo bas… hum…”

Maa (chuckling):

“Achha achha… ab bol bhi de…”

Anubhav (blushing, happily :

“maa wo sho hai.. sho haseena malik, mpt ki nayi incharge... kafi achi aur kabil officer ke saath wo ek boht achi beti bhi hai apni maa ke saath hi rehti hai kafi pyaar aur khyal rakhti hai apni maa ka toh hj ko acha nahi lagega unhe ghar mai akele chhodkar dinner par aana toh unki maa ko bhi bula lete hai hum bhi unse milenge aur unhe aur apko dono ko bhi company miljayegi— toh kya kehti hai ap bula le sabko kal dinner par?”

maa : haa haa bula le ab toh meri utsukta aur badh gayi hai teri haseena malik se milne ke liye...

a big smile came on his face & he ruffled his hairs : kya maa ap bhi wo meri thodi hai...

maa smiledd more widely seeing his son blushing for the first time  : toh kya howa abhi nahi hai na hojayegi....

as happily laughed & said: kya maa ap bhi na..

maa caressed his cheek & happily “humesha aise hi khush raha kar boht pyaara lagta hai...”

as holds her hand & happily says : ap bhi humesha aise hi muskurate howe khush rahiye...

And then they hugged eachother and anubhav said...

as: chaliye maa ab hum chalte hai ap apna khyal rakhiye ga...

maa : haa tu bhi apna khyal rakhna..

and then anubhav left for headquarters.

Later that day, Anubhav arrived at the thana. Just as he was about to enter Haseena’s cabin, he heard her inside—frustrated and adorably flustered.

hm : “acha ammi mil lenge hum ladke se ap ye emotional blackmail mat kijiye ab hume plss...”

hm : “kya..! apne unhe thane jakar milne ka kyu keh diya...?”

hm : “acha hum mante hai ke humne kayi baar ladko se milne ka kehkar unlog se milne nahi gaye par hum kaam mai masroof hojate the isliye— hum janbujhkar thodi krte the.”

(makes a cute grumpy face & anubhav adores her)

“aur wo bura na feel kare isliye hum unlog se maffi bhi mang lete the na—par iska yeh mtlb thodi howa ke ap ab ladko ko humse milwane ke liye thane hi bhej dengi..”

hm was making cute frown faces as ammi was scolding her...

“acha na ammi sorry.. hum iss baar pakka milenge ladke se par ap abhi toh plss unhe thane aane se mana kr dijiye plss..”

hm : “ammi.. par... suniye toh.. humari baat.. ammi..”

ammi ended the call..

hm to herself : “kat diya..! arre yaar kya musibat hai ab ye.. ammi bhi na sunti hi nahi hai humari baat.. kya kare ab!—was roaming back and forth worriedly thinking wat to do...

here anubhav felt thousands of emotions imside him hearing her conversation with ammi.... he was feeling sadness, jealousy, anger... but by seeing her cute expressions he was adoring her too.. And now he was not able to see her worried so he knocked on the door.. haseena looked towards the door and saw him...

hm : sir ap... aa.. jai hind sir...

he entered.

here mpt who were also hearing haseena's conversation—was equally shocked seeing anubhav...

anubhav softly : jai hind hj... kesi hai ap! kuch pareshan lg rahi hai..!

hm : aa.. nahi sir aisi koi baat nahi hai... ap yaha kese? kuch kaam tha apko!

as gently : “ ji hum apko kal dinner par bulane aaye hai hj...”

(he wanted to go out with haseena and spend time with her.... but he knew he could not invite only haseena so he decided to invite the whole mpt but seeing her he forgot that he had to invite everyone )

hm confused : ji?

as fumbling : “ aa.. wo humara mtlb hai...”

not able to say anything as he was not able to think because always—after seeing her only his heart speaks & so he forgot that he decided to invite everyone so that he could spend time with haseena...

mpt members seeing him having a hard time to speak being lost in haseena, they entered immediately..

everyone : jai hind sir.. arre sir ap yaha..?

anubhav after seeing them his mind started working.. and he remembered his plan..

as : jai hind.. wo hum darasal hj ko dinner par.. aa.. aur ap sab ko bhi kal dinner ka nimatran dene aye the..

ss:  “wooww thank you sir mai zaroor aoungi..” anubhav gave her a genuine smile..

hm : “thank you sir hume invite krne ke liye—par sorry sir hum nahi aa payenge..”

as got really sad : par kyu hj.. pls aise mana mat kijiye.

hm : “i sm really sorry sir par hum duty hrs ke baad apna samay ammi ke saath bitana pasand krte hai aur dinner bhi unhi ke saath—kyuke hume wese bhi zyada samay mil nahi pata unke saath bitane ka toh isliye hum unhe aise ghar mai akele chodkar kahin bahar ya dinner par jana psnd nahi krte..

as (confused)

“hj ammi akele ghar par kyu rahengi?”

And then softly smiled adoring her.

“hume pata hi tha humne subah apni maa se kaha bhi tha ke ap ek kabil officer ke saath ek achi beti bhi hai isliye toh humne apko apni ammi ke saath ane ka nimantran diya phir ap ye kyu keh rahi hai ke ammi ghar par akeli rahengi?”

ss : “nahi sir apne sirf ms ko hi dinner par ane ko kaha tha—apne toh humlog ke bare mai bhi nahi kaha tha, phir humlog ko dekhkar apko yaad aaya aur apne humlog ko bhi bulaya...”

as remembered that how he had forgot to invite haseena's ammi and also the mpt members being lost in haseena..

as : “ i am sorry hj pata nahi humne kaha kese nahi humne subah hi apni maa ko bhi kaha tha ke apko, ammi aur mpt team ko dinner par bulayenge issi bahane hum apke saath waqt bita payenge (karishma coughed ) ..humara mtlb ap sab ke saath hum waqt bitalenge aur ammi se bhi mil lenge—aur apki aur humari maa ko ek dusre ki company bhi mil jayegi... par pata nahi kese hum yaha aake bole kese nahi...!”

ks teasingly : “kho jo gaye the—humara mtlb hai ap dsp hai na sir kisi kaam mai kho gaye the honge isliye bhul gaye honge..”

as : aa.. ji.. jii.. “toh hj plss ab toh ap mana nahi karengi na ..!”

hm smiled : “apne humari ammi ke bare mai bhi soncha—hume acha laga sir hum zaroor ayenge...”

billu entered calling : ms ms... apse milne koi aya hai..

hm forgot that a guy for her rishta was coming to meet her.

“ acha..hum dekhte hai—sorry sir, excuse me ap plss yaha baithiye hum dekhkar aate hai kon hai..! jab tak aplog continue kariye ..”

as : “no problem hj take ur time hum wait kr rahe hai apka.”.. said smilingly..

hm : thank you sir hum abhi aaye...& she left..

as was smilingly looking at her till she went away from his eyes being lost in her...

ks teasingly bringing him back to reality : bhaiya... bhaiyaa..

as came out from her trance : “ aa.. ji.. ji behna.”

avoiding eye contact with her went and sat on haseena's chair...

ks teasingly : “sab samajh aur dikh bhi raha hai hume bhaiya... uss din toh apne hume apni baton mai ghuma diya tha par ab nahi..”

as still avoiding eye contact & nervously smiling : “kya.. kya behna.. kya samjh aur dikh raha hai apko..! aur humne apko apni baton mai nahi ghumaya kya batein kr rahi hai ap..”

ks : “chaliye bhaiya ab zyada bhole mat baniye hume toh chodiye santu jo itni masoom hai usey tak samjh agaya hai kya chal raha hai apke andar..”

as nervously chuckling : “aisa ... bhi kya.. samjh agaya..! kuch bhi samjhte rehte hai aplog toh..” nervously laughing...

ss teasingly : “yehi sir ke ap humari ms se boht zyada pyaar krne lage hai...”

as coughed : “aisa.. ai.. aisa kuch.. bhi nahi..hai…” nervously chuckling..

Haseena went outside.

Hm : ji? ap?

sk smiling : “ji mai sahil khan..”

hm confused : “okay...! kya hum jante hai apko.?”

sk softly : “ ji abhi tak toh nahi—isliye toh ek dusre ko janne ke liye hum aye hai..”

hm : “ji hum kuch samjhe nahi...?”

Back in her cabin.

as changed the topic because of their teasings :

“acha ye sab chodiye.. na kya aplog kuch bhi batein lekar baith jate...”

“wese billu shriman aya kon hai bahar?kuch bataya usne apko apne bare mai!”

billu : “nahi sir bass ek ladka seede andar aya aur ms ke bare mai puchne laga maine pucha toh bass kaha ke usse ms ki ammi ne bheja hai...”

After listening this anubhav suddenly got up with a jerk as he understood— he is the guy who was going to come to meet haseena for marriage.

anubhav was getting restless as haseena was meeting a guy for marriage many thoughts were running in his mind that—what if she said yess.

he was first time getting scared in his life thinking what if he loses haseena forever—being restless he immediately went outside... mpt team too understood what he was feeling & tries to stop him but his restlessness did not let him to listen to anyone..

Outside in the mpt hall.

sk smilingly : “ ji hum hi hai jisse ammi ne hum dono ke rishte ke liye bheja hai—hum hai sahil khan wese ap apne naam ki tarah hi hai kafi khoobsurat aur pyaari” and forwards his hand for a hand shake.