Asad saw zoya entering the kitchen and thought that this might be a good opportunity to get her to talk to him. She has been avoiding him like plague since the accident and has also been very quiet when he is around. She has even stopped saying her shayiri has not stepped foot in his room since that day. He has been trying to get her to talk to since then but she seems to have distanced herself from him and also his ammi and najma. She does talk to the ladies but she has become very quiet and reserved and he is dying to hear her laugh and talk like before. Asad is feeling like a darkness is slowly engulfing since zoya, his sunshine is refuses spread light in his dark life anymore.
Asad approached zoya and said "aap coffee bana rahi hain Ms Farooki?". Zoya completely ignored him and filled the kettle with water. Asad sighed sadly and tried again in a pain filled voice "kya aap mere liye bhi ek cup bana dengi please?"
"Aap kyun coffee bana rahi hain zoya? Let me make the coffee.. Aakhir humein bhi to mehmaan nawazi karne ka mauka to dijiyer." Tanveer said with a smile on her face. Zoya's eyes filled with tears again but she refused to break down in front of Mr Khan and his Tannu. She took a deep breath in and said in a calm and clear voice. "No thank you Tanveer. Main apna kaam khud karti houn. Agar aap chahein to Mr Khan ke liye coffee bana sakti hain and I'll make mine later." Saying so Zoya left the kitchen and made her way to the garden with her head held high.
Asad's felt his heart breaking when he saw zoya walking away without even looking at him. Tanveer smiled at Asad and started to make his coffee but he said "It's ok tannu. I don't want the coffee anymore." "No Asad hum aap ke liye coffee bana rahe hain and I'm sure you'll love my coffee." Asad felt irritated and said in a stern voice "I said I don't want coffee tanveer!" Tanveer was shocked since Asad had never refused her anything before and she thought that she is the only one who could convince him to do something against his wish but she was clearly mistaken. She left from there saying that she was going to see khala as she needed her advice on some design she was making.
Asad gave a sigh of relief when tanveer left the kitchen and started making a cup of coffee for zoya just the way she is, sweet and milky he thought with a small smile playing on his lips. When the coffee was ready he went out to see zoya who he knew would be sitting on the bench and looking at the stars since that's what she has been doing every night since the accident.
After leaving the kitchen zoya went straight to the garden where she sat on the bench and looked at the stars finally letting the tears flow out of her eyes. She sat there quietly for sometime and then said in a pain filled voice "Kyun Ammi? Yeh hamesha mere hi saath kyun hota hai? Why is my family always snatched from me every time I feel like I belong somewhere? Pehle abbu humein chor kar chale gaye, phir aap chali gayi aur abb.. abb I've lost the family I found in phuppi, najma and Mr Khan. Actually only Phuppi and najma because I've always been a guest for Mr Khan aur hamesha unke liye ek guest hi rahoungi. His best friend has been making this quite clear to me since the day she came here. Am I always going to be alone like this ammi? Kya yehi likha hai meri kismat mein?
Kya main sach mein ek acchi biwi aur bahu nahi ban sakti? Do I really not fit in anywhere ammi? Agar aisa hai to aap mujhe yahan akeli chor kar kyun chali gayi ammi? Mujhe apne saath kyun nahi le gayi aap?" Zoya broke down into heart wrenching sobs after saying all this not knowing that Asad was frozen to the spot a couple of feet away from her after hearing her speak her heart out to her ammi.
Zoya took a deep breath in and continued talking while wiping her tears "Lekin yeh sab to hona hi tha na ammi? Hamesha yehi to hota hain. It was my fault that I let my guard down and let Mr khan enter my heart. Meri galti hain that I myself gave him the power to hurt me. I should never have opened up and let him see the real zoya. Lekin bas ab bohot hogaya. I'm going to go back to my old self again and hide my heart from the world so that nobody can make me feel unwanted and hurt me like this again. Main phir se strong banke dikaoungi ammi kyunki koi ho na ho lekin aap hamesha mere saath hongi." Zoya wiped all the remaining tears from her eyes and smiled brightly at the stars and continued sitting there.
Asad wiped his tears which were streaming down his face and composed himself before calling out to her in a pain filled voice "Zo... Ms Farooki? Here I made coffee for you just the way you like it." He sat down next to her offering her his favorite mug but she continued looking at the stars completely ignoring him. He sighed sadly and said "Remember I told that dill ki baat share karne se mann halka hota hai?"
Zoya smiled sadly at him and said softly "Dill ki baat apnon se share ki jaati hai Mr Khan aur sirf meri ammi hi meri apni hai.Mein yehi karne ayi thi. Thank you for the advice.. It really helped.. Goodnight Mr Khan.." Zoya left from there stronger than she had felt in a long while now leaving a completely shattered Asad behind her.
Asad's tears rolled down his face when he finally realized that he had pushed zoya away from him to such an extent that he was now on the verge of losing her forever. He remembered everything he said to her in his bhang induced state and also how he behaved in an extra friendly manner with tanveer just to push zoya away from him. Then why was he feeling so lost and broken now that he finally got what he wanted. He felt another part of him being engulfed by the darkness zoya was saving him from and he knew that his whole existence will be completely dark if he lets zoya go away from him. Asad finally opened his heart and accepted that he was in love with his Ms New York Hoity Toity and Asad Ahmad Khan was going to win back his zoya and make her open her golden heart to him and his family again, this time forever.
Having made up his mind Asad went back inside and took his seat on the dinning table and waited for zoya to come for dinner to set his plan in motion. Zoya came to have her dinner and noticed that phuppi was sitting in her seat and the seat next to najma and Mr khan were both empty as tanveer was standing next to Mr khan and about to set his things to his liking but to her surprise Asad stopped tanveer by saying "You go and sit down tanveer.. najma will do this.." "I'll do it Asad.. It's ok.." said tanveer with a smile but her smile dropped when she heard Asad say "I said no tanveer.. hum mehmaanon se kaam nahi karwate.. you please take your seat and have your dinner.."
Tanveer went to sit in the empty seat next to Asad but he stopped her again by saying "Yeh zoya ki jagah hai!" He realized what he said when everyone looked at him with different expressions on their faces.. Dilshaad with a knowing smile, Najma with a teasing smile, tanveer with a shocked face and zoya had disbelief and a lot of questions clearly showing on her face. Asad turned red and said "Woh.. I meant zoya will sit here.. Tum apni seat par baitho.. Zo.. Ms Farooki.. aap yahan baithiye please?"
Zoya could not believe what was happening. Did Mr Khan just put tanveer in her place for her? She was so shocked that she was frozen to the spot..Dilshaad smiled at zoya and said "haan zoya.. come and sit in your seat beta". Both zoya and Asad turned red hearing Dilshaad's teasing tone and najma's giggles. Zoya cleared her throat and sat down next to Asad who in all this had forgotten about setting everything perfect on the table. He had eyes only for zoya and was about to serve himself in a plate below his OCD standards when Zoya stopped him by holding his hand and said "Allah Miyan! What's wrong with you Mr Khan? Aapki tabiyat to thik hai?" Saying this zoya stood up next to Asad and set everything perfectly for him and also served him his dinner before taking her seat and making a little mess while serving herself. Everyone looked at Asad thinking that he will taunt zoya for the mess but he just gave a sigh of relief looked at her with a loving smile saying softly for only zoya to hear "thank god you are back zoya.. now my life won't be dark anymore". Zoya's eyes filled with tears seeing this change in Asad but she reminded herself that she has to be strong now and not give him the power to hurt her again.
Zoya just ignored Asad's comment and started eating while saying a shairi about asad's mood swings and starting random conversations and asad smiled seeing zoya spread laughter back in his otherwise dull and quiet house. He knew that it was going to be twice as hard to make zoya open her heart and confess her feelings for him but he was Asad Ahmad Khan and he would never give up when it came to his zoya, the light of his life.
I had to write this after watching today's episode guys. Zoya's tears just broke my heart and I want Asad to work really really really hard to win back her heart.. I know it got a bit boring in the end but please like and comment.. thank you for reading:)
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