Chapter 3

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Chapter 2

Kashaf sat in her boutique showing a fur coat to her customer when Zaroon walked in with 2 boxes of pizza and some drinks.

"Hey!", he greeted and walked to her table and cleared the papers and put down the items he got.

"Zaroon, I'm busy.", she said trying to cancel the plans.

"Food is necessity Kashaf. I'll wait until you finish.", he replied passing a smile to the customer.

"I'll take this one.", said the customer picking out one of the coats.

"Alright.", replied Kashaf taking it from the customer and packing it. The customer then handed out her card to do the payment and turned to walk away.

"You have a very loving husband. Enjoy your lunch!", wished the customer as she walked out.

Kashaf gasped in shock hearing the word husband'. Zaroon chuckled and walked to the door and hung the closed sign on it.

"Tum ye sab kyun kar rahe ho Zaroon?", she asked.

"I just want to know you better!", he replied.

"What sense does that make?", she asked.

"It doesn't have to. Now please eat your pizza.", he said.

Kashaf sighed and opened the box to find her favourite pizza.

"Tumhe kaise pata ke ye mera favourite pizza hai?", she asked.

"Hum to aapke baare mein bohot kuch jaante hain. School ke zamaane se aapke deewane reh chuke hain!", he announced.

"What?", she gasped in shock.

"Don't act so shocked as though you never knew!", he chided casually and continued to eat.

"Never knew what?", she asked confused.

"That I used to like you!", he replied biting into his slice of pizza.

"What? You? Used to like Me? Zaroon.. What kind of joke is this?", she got up which her hands on the table.

"Kashaf, please can you stop over reacting and eat the pizza. We can talk like sane people.", Zaroon said.

"Zaroon, please ye mazaak chhodo. Sab jaante hain ke tum aur main humesha se loggerheads par rahe hain. We've never been friends.", she announced as she sat back down.

"Hum kabhi dost nahi bane but zaroorat ke waqt humesha ek doosre ke kaam aaye hain. To iss wajah se hum kabhi dushman bhi to nahi bane.", he replied.

"So what's your point?", she asked.

"Mera point ye hai, that since people told me that you hated me, maine kabhi tumhari taraf dosti ka haath nahi badhaya. Par meri taraf se tum humesha meri dost thi, ho aur humesha rahogi.", he said with a genuine smile adorning his lips.

"Tumhari tabiyat to theek hai?", she asked concerned.

"Kyun? Tumhe meri parvah hai?", he asked.

"Ye mere sawaal ka jawaab nahi.", she replied.

"Pehle mere sawaal ka jawaab do.", he said.

"Sawaal pehle maine poochha tha, to jawaab bhi mujhe pehle milna chahiye.", she said.

"Achha theek hai.. Kya sawaal tha?", he asked hiding a smile.

"Ye ke tumhari tabiyat theek hai ya nahi!", she said.

"Haan! Bilkul theek hai. Ab tum mere sawaal ka jawaab do.", he said.

"Kaunse sawaal ka jawaab?", she asked.

"Yahi ke, Kya tumhe meri parvah hai?", he asked.

"Jee nahi.", she said chewing her last bite of pizza.

"Tch. My bad luck!", he sighed and got up and piled the boxes of pizza and threw them in the trash bin.

Zaroon turned to walk closer to her and embraced her into a warm hug taking her by surprise.

"I've fallen for you many years ago and now intend to make you fall too.", he whispered and broke apart.

Kashaf continued to look at him in surprise and shock as he walked to the door of the boutique and turned the sign board to open and then walked out blowing a kiss at her.

"Ya allah!", she sighed and got back to work ignoring Zaroon's words.

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After a week, at Kashaf's house, Ghazala had come along with Sara to meet Rafia and Sidra.

"Rafia, main soch rahi thi ke kyun na hum Zaroon aur Kashaf ki bhi shaadi karwa dein?", asked Ghazala.

"Mujhe to koi masla nahi hai. Main to kaafi arse se Kashaf ke liye ek achha ladka dhoond rahi thi jo uski kadr kare. Zaroon se achha ladka to nahi milega mujhe.", replied Rafia with a smile.

The door bell rang, Sidra walked up and opened it to find Zaroon standing with a smile.

"Zaroon bhai! What a pleasant surprise!", she squealed hugging him.

"Sidra, Mom yahan hai kya?", he asked hugging her back.

"Haan yahin hai. Kyun, kya hua?", she asked.

"Nahi, wo Dad ne bola tha ke Mom ko pick karna hai kyunki driver aaj half day lekar chhutti pe gaya hai.", Zaroon said entering.

Zaroon walked to the hall to meet the smiling ladies.

"Zaroon, kya tum Kashaf se nikaah karoge? Rafia uske liye ladke dhoond rahi hai to maine socha ke kyun na..", Ghazala trailed off pretending to be unaware of his feelings towards Kashaf.

"Kya aap logon ne Kashaf se poochha?", he asked.

"Nahi. Pehle tumse poochhna chahti thi main. Kashaf jab sham ko ghar aayegi, main usse baat kar loongi. Usne to mujhse pehle hi kaha hai that she is okay with an arranged marriage.", informed Rafia.

"Agar usse koi problem nahi to mujhe bhi nahi hai.", he said casually trying to hide his excitement.

Sidra snickered as she entered the hall with a glass of water..

Ghazala and Razia gave a wide grin and got back to talks. Sidra walked away and Zaroon followed her.

"Tum hass kyun rahi thi?", he asked.

"Aapke mann mein to laddoo photo rahe honge na?", she giggled.

"Tumne Mom aur Aunty ko bataya kya?", he asked shocked.

"Bataya nahi but pichhle hafte jab aap aaye they, tab Galati se muh se nikal gaya.", she replied apologetically.

"Aur tum itne besharam bhai ho Zaroon. Mujhe bhi iss baat ki khabar nahi ki.", came a complaining Sara.

"Tum bhi yahan thi?", asked Zaroon surprised to see Sara walking out of Sidra's room.

"Haan to?", she asked.

"Sara, maine Sidra ko nahi bataya tha. She had noticed me looking at Kashaf during school days and she compelled me to confess my love for Kashaf. But then I told her not to tell anyone and she hasn't ever told anyone about it until last week.", informed Zaroon.

"Chalo, ab koi baat nahi. Ab meri aur tumhari shaadi saath mein hogi!", danced an excited Sara.

"Shaadi to tab hogi na jab Kashaf maanegi. For the last one week I've been trying to woo her and make her fall in love with me but things don't seem to look too positive you know!", said Zaroon.

The clock cuckooed six times informing the people at home that it was time for Kashaf to be home anytime.

A/N: Chalo, aap logo ke liye ek aur chapter. I'm a little upset with the response to this story in comparison to my previous ZaShaf story. Wondering what the issue is here? Please do gimme your feedback on this.

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