SS: The Challenge
Finally she had won, Riya was so happy that she was jumping like a six-years old girl. "Now he'll have to do everything I say for 24hours," Riya thought and danced with joy.
Arjun was looking at Riya's dancing form, and he was getting angrier with each minute. For the first time in his life he was wrong, and he had lost.
"Kahan phaas gaya mein," Arjun whispered silently. Seeing that Riya was too busy and not looking at him, he decided to slowly go away!
"Where are you going Arjun Sir?" Riya said stressing on the "Sir" part.
"Nowhere only returning home after long hours at the office!" he replied irritatedly.
"Hope you haven't forgotten our bet Sir?" Riya asked with a smirk.
"Arjun kabhi bhi nahin bhulta, and he always abides by his promises," Arjun answered meekly.
Riya was enjoyinh this thoroughly and thought to make the best of this moment, while it lasted.
"So your 24 hours start tomorrow Sir, as from 8 o'clock in the morning!" Riya said and went away leaving Arjun alone in the office.
"What have i done?" Arjun said by holding his forehead.
Flashback a few days earlier
They had been working on a very important case, about the murder of some bachelors, rich bachelors actually, since the last week. Till now they had got lots of clues but nothing was helping them in arresting or finding out about the murderers.
"Statistically speaking sir, i think that this case must be due to a personal grudge, specially the targets and their age and the way they were killed, and maybe it's a girl or woman who is killing these men, no actually from all the clues it seems that two women are in this," Riya was telling Rathore Sir.
Everyone have been real stressed with this case, working long hours each day, and still not being able to catch anyone. Arjun was getting very irritated and angry, since not even his sharp mind could solve this case. And hearing Riya start about her statistics made him angrier for no reason. So he rebuked her and told her to stop with her useless statistics, and that her statistics were a nuisance and waste of time.
Riya had felt tears in her eyes, but she had somehow managed to control herself and didnt answer back Arjun and she kept her concentration only on the case. However at night, when everyone was leaving work, she had asked Arjun Sir to stay back since she had to talk with him.
And that was when she had put all her anger and his insults infront of him, and challenged him saying her statistics were right, and she'd prove it.
Arjun was amused at her childishness, however he was so sure of winning, that he accepted the challenge without any thought.
However Riya had worked harder in the days which followed and finally she had been able to prove that exactly two women were involved in the killings, and due to her the ETf had been able to catch the killers.
Arjun went home on an angry note, he had lost to Riya, and now what will she make him do for the next 24hours, even he felt a bit scared thinking about it. And on top it was Sunday tomorrow, and Rathore had given everyone a day off after this case.
One full Sunday with Miss Riya, how will he survive?
Chapter 2
Riya was very happy and nervous at the same time thinking that finally she'd have Arjun all to herself for 24hrs. One couldn't be so happy and lucky as she was. She was lying on her bed, thinking how she'll pass all these hours, and what she'll make Arjun do for her. She never had no intetntion of insulting Arjun nor bringing him down, but first she'll have to break a bit of his arrogance. She took out her personal diary, and made a list of things which she could do in these 24 hours. She thought about her first day at work and how she had met Arjun, and how their relationship had progressed into friendship slowly, and how she had fallen in love with him. She knew about his past and Roshni, and knew that maybe Arjun will never reciprocate her love back, that's why she'd make the best and create a lifetime of memories in these 24 hours. Thinking about this, she fell asleep.
However due to the anxiety and happiness she didn't manage to sleep well. She woke up early at 6 o'clock, got up from bed, did some house chores and finally went to have her shower. After showering, she sent Arjun an SMS saying that she'll be waiting for him at 8 o'clock sharp in front of her house. After the sms, she went to search what she'll wear for today, well for her first plan, she'll have to wear a saree. So she took out a lovely red saree and after wearing it, she made her way out of her house.
When she got out of her house, she was surprised to see that Arjun was already waiting for her on the road, and as requested he had brought his motorbike. Finally she'd be able to sit behind and hold onto his shoulders. Arjun was shocked to see her wearing a saree, 'what is wrong with this girl, she's wearing a saree and wants to sit on my bike. OMG where will she be taking me in this getup' he thought silently.
When Riya approached him, she bid him a good morning with her cute smile, however Mr Khadoos was not in a mood, and answered snappily, "let's not waste any more time and get over with this. I can't wait for these 24 hours to get over!"
Riya was a bit hurt at his impatience to get rid of her, but she managed to keep her sweet smile and told him sweetly, "As you promised, you'd have to do everything I say nah! So for these 24hrs you'll have to always smile and talk with me with love, and no screaming or insults! And forget your anger and arrogance for all these hours"
Arjun looked at her as if she had lost her mind, but she only raised her eyebrow at his look, and waited till finally he understood that she was dead serious.
"You must be crazy! God knows why I even accepted to do this. I give up! I'm leaving," Arjun said furiously.
"So you accept that you lost?" Riya asked.
"Yes" Arjun said meekly.
"And that your words have no value?" Riya persisted with a smile
"What the? What do you mean?" Arjun asked in an angry tone.
"Well you accepted the challenge, means you indirectly gave your word on it, now you are running away?" Riya said.
"Arjun Raute never runs!" Arjun shouted.
"Really, then what did you say about "I give up, and I'm leaving". So the great Arjun Raute got scared of a girl and is running away," Riya continued to tease him, "Besides what are you afraid of, I'm hardly going to take advantage of you Arjun Sir, nor I'm in the habit of forcing myself physically on any man, and I can't beat you since you are far stronger than me! Then what exactly are you afraid of?"
Arjun's anger was flaring up at Riya words, and finally out of ego and anger, he said, "I'm not going anywhere, do your worst!"
Riya hid her smile at his words, since he had fallen in the trap as she had anticipated. Second round won, she thought dreamily.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Riya said suddenly.
"What?" Arjun barked at her.
"Smile and speak with me gently and politely and with love," Riya said with a serious face, though inside she felt like she was gonna burst with laughter soon.
Arjun looked at her with cold eyes, took a deep breath and then suddenly he actually tried a small fake smile. "Happy now?" he asked softly.
"Nope, I want a bigger and genuine smile," Riya said.
Arjun again took another deep breathe, and then he again tried a bigger smile.
"Not what I want, par chalega," Riya said and winked at him.
"Thankfully she's a girl, otherwise she'd be in a hospital after daring do this with me" he thought in his heart.
"So Miss Riya, what's the plan?" Arjun asked smilingly.
"Pehle mandir," Riya beamed at him, and without giving him any time to disagree, she went to take her seat on the bike behind him.
Arjun was fuming inside, but he didn't argue and took her to the mandir. When they reached there, Riya got down and waited for him to go and park his bike.
"You don't really think that I'm going to enter a mandir, do you?" Arjun asked incredulously.
"Yes, how intelligent you are that you guessed it on your own. To chale? And yep smile please," Riya said mischievously and started to walk towards the mandir. Despite not wanting it, Arjun followed her meekly.
When they had reached inside, Riya folded her hands and closed her eyes and prayed, while Arjun just stood next to her silently. He didn't believe in god, so he felt no need to pray. When Riya had finished her prayers, she opened her eyes and just at that time the priest came towards them with the arti. After doing arti, Riya bent down to touch the priest's feet for blessing, and forced Arjun to do the same.
Both were shocked when the priest actually said, "Tum dono ki jori sadha salamat rahe!"
Arjun was again very angry and was going to blast at the priest, but Riya held him by his arm and whispered silently, "Smile and remember no anger or insults!"
Arjun closed his fingers in a tight grip, and counted till 10 for his anger to subside.
After going out from the mandir, Arjun asked what next.
"Back to my home, I need to change my clothes, and yep I haven't had my breakfast yet," she said while planning for her next move.
Precap:
"I'm so hungry. I'll have toast, scrambled eggs and orange juice. The kitchen is on the second door down this corridor. I'll change and come back. Till then I hope my breakfast would be ready," Riya said to a shocked Arjun and went away, but not before adding, "and yep don't forget the smile"
Riya hurriedly went in her room, but she knew that if looks could kill, then she'd already be dead she chuckled.
Chapter 3
Riya was very happy that finally she managed to get Arjun to a temple, and even if he didnt pray, she managed to make him bend down to seek the blessings of the priest. Till now everything was going well. She held lightly onto Arjun's shoulders while she enjoyed the view and the feel of the wind on her face, while they returned back to her home on Arjun's bike.
When they reached her home, she got down and asked him to come inside. He refused completely, but then Riya reminded him that he can only say yes, and so he has no other choice but to accept to come inside. She opened her front door, and both entered. She asked him if he had any breakfast, to which he replied not yet. She smiled secretly, and turned to go back to her room, and midway she turned and said, "I'm so hungry. I'll have toast, scrambled eggs and orange juice. The kitchen is on the second door down this corridor. I'll change and come back. Till then I hope my breakfast would be ready," to a shocked Arjun and went away, but not before adding, "and yep don't forget the smile."
Riya hurriedly went in her room, but she knew that if looks could kill, then she'd already be dead she chuckled.
And she wasn't wrong, Arjun really wanted to do something to her, for one small second, he wanted to forget he was a honest cop, and wanted to kill her.
"So the lady wants breakfast huh? I'll prepare such a breakfast that in her whole life, she'd never ask any other person to make her breakfast!" he thought to himself. He couldn't say no, but no one said that he couldn't have a little revenge on her. He went to the kitchen, and took out everything he needed to make her breakfast. He looked for some fresh oranges, squeezed them to make the juice, he looked for some salt, and added it to her juice. He did her scrambled eggs too, but not without adding some chilli powder to it. And finally her toast, unfortunately he couldn't add anything to it, but he burnt it a bit. Finally, the lady's breakfast was ready he thought with a smile. He was going to enjoy watching her eat her breakfast a lot.
At the same time, Riya was murmuring her favourite tune, she was so happy she had managed to bring Arjun with her in a temple, and her happiness had no bounds when the priest mistook them for a couple and gave them his blessings. She thought about Arjun preparing her breakfast, she knew she could trust Arjun, but her six sense told her not to eat the breakfast, anyway she had always wanted to feed him with her own hands, this would be the perfect chance to do it. She changed into a blue jeans and pink top, and went outside in her kitchen.
When she entered the kitchen, she saw that Arjun had a little mischievous smile on his face. Finally he smiled, even if not for me or with me, she thought. She cleared her throat to announce that she was here. Arjun turned to look at her, he looked a bit guilty for only a few seconds, which quickly disappeared. He pulled out a chair for Riya to sit, and then brought her breakfast plate and put it in front of her. He went to sit in a far corner and waited for Riya to start eating. However Riya wasn't eating at all, she looked at her plate for some time, and then looked back at him.
"You also haven't had your breakfast, right?" Riya asked.
"Not yet," Arjun replied.
"Come and sit next to me," Riya said.
Arjun obeyed her, and came to sit on a chair next to her. Nevertheless he was not prepared for what was going to happen to him at all. Riya took a little of the scrambled eggs with a spoon, and put it in front of Arjun's mouth and asked him to taste it first.
"Why? I won't eat it. I hate eggs," Arjun said.
"Since when? Just last week during one case, i saw you ordering scrambled eggs!" Riya replied back.
"I'm not hungry. Besides why do you want me to eat? I prepared it especially for you!" Arjun said.
"Sir maybe you are forgetting that i am an ETF officer, and as such i shouldn't trust anyone, and in this particular case, you are the last person i should trust," Riya said by winking at him.
"Sir, please take a first bite, only then i'd eat! Unless you are refusing to eat because you planned something nasty for me," Riya said by raising an eyebrow.
"You are doubting me? I never do nasty things to people, when except criminals of course!" Arjun shouted.
"Calm down Sir, so according to you, there's nothing in it right? Then prove it and taste it first. Very simple!" Riya replied.
Arjun found himself in a big dilemma, he knew that the scrambled eggs were too hot and spicy with lots of chillies, and how could he eat it now? How will he get out of this one now? "Try using your super brain" he said to himself. He was stuck, and had no other choice, so he opened his mouth and ate the eggs. As soon as he ate the eggs, his mouth started to burn, and his eyes filled with tears, he looked for something to drink. Riya was having lots of fun seeing Arjun like this, she took the orange juice and gave it to him. His mouth was burning so much, that without thinking twice he took the orange juice and started to drink it. He had barely gulped down the juice, when he had to vomit it, since there was salt in it. He got up from the chair, and rushed to the nearest washroom.
As soon as he went away, Riya exploded with laughter. She took some scrambled eggs and smelled it, she could smell the strong chilli in it. She took the orange juice and used her tongue just to taste it, and was surprised to find salt in it.
"So he had really intended to make me pay?" Riya said silently. She wasn't angry, in fact she was happy to see that Arjun could play pranks on people. However she also thanked god for her six sense which made her persist to make Arjun taste everything first. She got up from her chair, and went to prepare something to eat for both of them. She squeezed some oranges for juice, and did some toasts again. No scrambled eggs for today for both of them, she thought smilingly, she doubted Arjun would ever eat scrambled eggs ever, at least not so soon.
She had barely set the table for two, when Arjun returned back. He looked better, but his eyes were still watery a bit. Riya went towards him, took his hand and brought him to the table and made him sit down.
"Eat your breakfast," Riya said while buttering a toast for him.
Arjun looked at her suspiciously and her toast.
"Dont worry, there is nothing in it," Riya reassured him. She took a bite of the toast, and drank some orange juice from his glass to prove it.
Finally when Arjun had no doubts, he started his breakfast. They both ate in complete silence, and after eating Riya took both their plates and went to wash them. After drying them with a cloth, she turned to look at him and asked him if he was fine. Arjun replied "yes" softly. He was a bit ashamed of himself for what had happened, but he was also a bit surprised that Riya was not angry at all with him. "Why would she be angry, after all she can take her revenge leisurely. She still has 22hours left," he thought to himself. He asked her, "What's next?"
"Hmmm, next shopping!" Riya said dreamingly.
"No way, i'm going for shopping with you! Samjhe ya samjhaoun!" Arjun said angrily.
"Aha, you dont have the power to refuse Sir, and whats with this Samjhe ya samjhaoun? I hate it when you use it on me!" Riya said and went away to her room. After a few minutes she came back with a notebook and a pen. Arjun looked at the notebook and pen enquiringly.
"Write down on this paper 100 times, "I wont ever take this dialogue "Samjhe ya samjhaoun" with Riya ever again"," Riya said with a mischievous smile, "And please write it with a smile! And when you finish, we'll go for shopping."
Arjun has started to want to kill Riya even more since these few hours, but he kept his silence and the part of his bargain and wrote that line 100 times.
Precap:
Arjun and Riya went for shopping.
Riya was walking when she came in front of a bridal clothes' shop. She was looking at a beautiful red bridal saree throught the glass.
And Arjun was looking at her face and the happiness in her eyes while she looked at that dress. For a small instance Arjun wanted to see Riya clad in that red saree, she make a beautiful bride he thought.
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