The once lively and vibrant Bureau now felt like a shadow of its former self. The walls looked  dull in muted colors, reflecting the heavy feeling of sadness that hung in the air. The usual sounds of laughter and conversations had been replaced with an eerie silence, broken only by the occasional sniffle or muffled sob. It was a gloomy scene, the kind that could only be found in someone that had experienced a great loss.

Bureau was pitched dark with silence surrounded every corner as CID office Abhijeet entered inside looking at specific spot with torch in his hand. His eyes were swollen, hair messed up, clothes covered with blood stains and hand trembling. He glupped his tears as he looked at his best friend whose condition was much more worse than him. 

Abhijeet took step towards senior officer Daya desk while he was sitting their lost in thought clenching at the Walkman in his hand, a gift from Shreya that she had given him with her fav song playlist.

Abhi : (touching his shoulder stammering)Da..Da..ya kab (glup his breathe)tak aise bhethoge?Please chalo mere saath.

Abhi watched him as he had no expression while he sat down on his knees sobbing holding Daya hand. Hearing Abhijeet sobs Daya heart shinked in contraction as tears fall down his face while he recollects the tragic encounter where Shreya lost her life right in front of him.

Daya: Main kuch nahi kar paaya Abhijeet, usse nahi...

Daya banged his head on desk with Abhijeet immediately hugging him tightly around his embrace with both of them sobbing over losing Shreya.
 

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Daya was sleeping in his bedroom along with Abhijeet beside him who stayed back to take care of him.

Daya woke up at midnight holding and looked around and saw the walkman on the table aside him, he grabbed them and walked aimlessly disappearing from his house. Abhijeet searched the whole house, lawn but couldn't find.

Abhi:(tensed worried)Kaha ho tum Daya?

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In temple:

Daya was crying, blaming god infront of god idol sitting on his knees for being unfair.

Daya:Kyu?Phele usse mujhe dur kiya aur abh usse mujhe cheen hi liya?Kyu???

He helds on to the walkman pressing the button with song start playing while he touch his forehead on the temple floor sobbing

Suddenly various rays of lights spread across him forming a circle around him.

He slowly disappeared from the temple grounds.

Daya opened his eyes with a jerk and found himself laying down on breaue floor with everyone around him.

Abhi:(splashing water droplets)Daya...Daya.... tu theek hain?

He held his head and sat with support of Abhi while others were worried for him. He was taking slow breathes rubbing his head as he heard a fimilar voice.

Sir paani?

His eyes widen with pupils glancing the figure infront of him. He wasn't able to believe his eyes, he rubbed them intensely as others kept glancing at him.

Sir???

He looked at the hand stretched infront of him holding the glass of water and slowly held it shocking everyone.

Daya looked at her with smile on his face and pulled her into a hug as she collided with his strong embrace and glass falling down dripping water around.

Daya : Shreyaaa.. i am..am..so...sorry

Shreya was confused as she was blankly glancing around, He was shocked and overwhelmed to see Shreya alive smiling. He couldn't believe what was happening as he made his grip tight around her while she was shocked to see witness the scene. Abhi was taken back with Daya wired behavior while everyone around him were equally shocked and confused by Daya's actions. 

He was behaving completely out of character, His actions reflected as Shreya matters alot to him but they were confused as it was Shreyas first day at bureau and no one knew her before that.

After a while shreya patted his back with confusion and shock as he broke the hug glancing at her.

Shreya: Sir..(pause looked around)aap theek hain?

Daya:(sighed breaking the hug and held her hand in his)Tum.. Tum theek ho?

Shreya confusingly raised her eyes slowly withdrawing her finger from his plam as he looked at her and his empty palm and started sobbing. Everyone were tensed and worried as shreya stood back in her position and Abhi looked at shreya and then Daya.

Daya:(tears flowing)Shreya..shreya..

Abhi :(looking around confused)Daya..daya.. ho kya gaaya hain tujhe?(daya was crying uncontrollably while Abhi held him by shoulder shaking him)Tu janta hain shreya ko?

Daya:(nodding his head glanced at Abhi)Shreya..

Daya paused glancing at Abhijeet looking young, he cupped Abhi face tightly as everyone gasped their breathe. Abhi stumbled as Daya noticed him from up to down.

Daya: Tum achanak itne jawaan kaise hogaye?

Abhi :(jerked his hands)Kya bakwas kar raha hain?(dusting his coat)Main hamesha se hi itna jawan aur handsome tha.

All smiled a little beneath their lips as Daya roamed his eyes and found the CID bureau completely different, everyone around looked young and Sachin - Purvi were still working with them.

Daya: (staring at them)Tum dono yaha kya kar rahe ho?

Sachin (exchanged glance with purvi)Sir wo hum..

Daya: ye bureau phele jaise kyu lag raha hain?

Abhi :(ruffling his hairs)Kya bhekhi bhekhi baatein kar rahe ho?(glances at shreya then lean towards Daya)Aur ek senior officer ko aise abhi aayi nayi female officer ko gale lagna wo bhi sabke samne(narrowing his eyes)theek lagta hain tumhe?

Daya:(confusingly looked at Abhi)Nayi officer?(raise his eyes)kaun?

Abhi :(jerking his head and point towards shreya)Miss.Shreya..

Daya:(shouts)What???

Abhi gets scared with his voice as he slipped down and glares at Daya while others were confused by his behavior. Daya stared at Shreya while she confusingly gives him fake smiles clenching his both hands togeather while Daya laughs out loud scaring everyone.

Abhi :(mummering)Lagta hain iska dimag ka phej dhila hogaya hain, Doctor ke pass lejana padega.

Daya: Kya mazak hain Abhijeet, sapne mein bhi bakwas kar rahe ho?

Abhi:(shaking his head)Koi mazak nahi hain aur nahi ye sapna hain aur(shaking his head bitting his lips)Main bakwas nahi kara. (getting up)Abh tumhara hogaya ho to case pe concentrate kare?

Daya jerks his head getting up noticing background as shreya informed Abhijeet about the details of the case.

Abhi :(Smiling)Well done Miss.shreya i am impressed, ye tumhara phele case hain but you managed pretty well.

Shreya:(nodding smiling)Thankyou sir, thankyou so much.

Daya was staring at her as Abhi glanced at daya then gave awkwardly smile to shreya signaling her to move to her desk, daya also confusingly took step towards his desk with looking at the things weirdly and saw the calendar pad.

Abhi : Chalo report ready karo and evidence..

Daya: (shouting)2012????

Everyone looked at him again as Abhi feared with his scream and helplessly looked at Daya.

Abhi : Daya?? hua kya hain tujhe?

Daya:(holding the calendar)ye 2012 hain?

Abhi : (glaring at him grinning his teeth)good morning Mr.officer uth gaaye aap?

Daya scared his head and pinched himself shouting while others were still confusingly looking at him. Abhi was staring Daya with wired expressions as he held Abhi hand hitting himself as Abhi restrain himself shouting.

Abhi : Dimag ghumgaya hain kya tumhara?

Daya: (ruffling his hairs)2020 se sidha 2012 mein kaise???

Abhi looked at his buddy as Daya glanced at him then he felt thing in his shirt pocket as he removed the walkman staring at him the song playing with the tunes slightly hearable as shreya hummed with it.. Everyone looked at her as she bite her lips stepping forward looking at it.

Shreya: Mere pass bhi same walkman hain mere fav song ki playlist ke saath.

Daya - Abhi and everyone started at her as Daya was glancing at her then at the walkman and again looked around.

Daya:(thinking)Shreya badli baldi lag rahi hain, bilkul jaise usne hume join kiya tha..Iska matlabh main sach mein 2012 mein aaya hu?lekin kaise?(stared at shreya)kahi shreya ko bachane ka ye ek maqka to nahi.. (smiled at her)main iss baar shreya ko dur nahi jaane dunga.

He clenched the walkman in his hands as he smiled at her and she smiling back at him while others were staring at them confusingly.

Daya: (laughing)I am back...

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Follow the journey of CID senior officer Daya as he embarks on a time-traveling adventure to save the love of his life. Will he be able to alter the past and rewrite their destiny, or will he be faced with the harsh reality of not being able to change what has already happened? 

Don't miss the thrilling and emotional journey of Daya and Shreya as they come face to face once again in a race against time.
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This story I wanted to write for Dareya week however I wasn't avaliable hence will be writing if it's seems interesting. Do let me know your thoughts 😌

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