FF: Through The Monsoon #1 - Link to #2 on pg 1 - Page 51

Originally posted by: lakshna

Nice.. and what will happen next. Will they eat the apple. Its the same one Tanveer has drugged - Right.

Originally posted by: mysticlover

That's what I wanna ask!!! Will they ever eat the apple?? 🤔
Asad n his OCD!!! he didn't even let Zoya eat the apple... if he had then the story would certainty have become a Snow White story!!!

Originally posted by: --starstruck--

really? are they ever going to eat the apple! poor apple feels so neglected 😆

great update! hilarious update! who knew Mr Grumpy had a sense of humor as well 😆

the saat bacche line made me cough maybe because i took in the guttery meaning behind it 😛

please update soonish! hope one of them eats the apple or else ill just come in the story to eat the apple 🤣

Originally posted by: pixie_n

aww how much more cute it can get? update was lovely!! Asad and his OCD🤣 I just hope dey both end up biting dat apple exchanging clothes and appearance of 7 children!🤣🤣

Originally posted by: goingreen

Oh thank you so much!! (: That's really kind of you to say (: Are you a literature student? I'm not much of a reader/book worm like you haha but I spend a lot of time writing, not necessarily on this forum, but like other random stuff, poems and stuff haha.

Actually I'm an engineering student with a love for literature. But I didn't pursue it, coz well yknow, Indian parent mentality hahaha. But yeah I also enjoy reading stories on the forum that are direct continuations from the actual show storyline (from the precap etc), or even other plots altogether, but with Asad and Zoya's basic characteristics intact (:

So I get what you mean. Writing is a way for me to blow off steam from engineering stuff haha so I will definitely keep them coming (: I'm really happy to know that you like my work as much as you do (:

Zoya murmured something unintelligible as Asad shifted his arm from her waist and cupped her face with his hand, drawing lazy circles on her cheek with his thumb. His other hand had let go of her wrist a while ago, as he ran his fingers through her tresses and finally left his hand entangled in her hair, moving her head towards his until their foreheads were touching. Zoya smiled softly before breathing out slowly, her breath washing over Asad's face, making him close his eyes at the feel of it.

Next thing he knew, he heard a loud crunch and felt the splatter of a certain liquid on his face. He snapped his eyes open to find Zoya grinning broadly back at him, a chunk of apple in her mouth as she waved the rest of the apple victoriously in his face, with the gaping hole in the part of the apple she had bitten off facing Asad. Asad scowled openly as he removed his hands from her hair and face, before holding her by her shoulders and pushing her off of him. He shot her a look of disappointment and stalked back to the sofa wordlessly, hoping that his silent treatment would make her feel guilty.

But Zoya was Zoya, his 'disappointment' amused her. She walked behind him to the living room, settling herself down on the sofa right next to him, as she took another long and loud bite from the apple, earning a cringe from Asad.

"Mr Khan, aap khud hi thande dimaag se ek baar sochiye. Did you or did you not bite into a pizza slice just a while ago without making pieces of them?" Zoya pointed out, her mouth still stuffed with apple mush. Asad struggled to understand Zoya as she spoke through her mouthful of apple, and when he did string her words together, he realized that she was right. In the heat of the moment earlier to get Zoya to shift to the dining table for dinner, he hadn't even realized that he had eaten the pizza without cutting it up first.

"Woh... woh alag baat thi! Biting into a pizza can be done neatly by taking the bites directly into the mouth, and none of it would touch any other part of the face. Unlike an apple, where just to bite it, you'd end up with residual juice all over your face, just as you do," Asad tried to make sense of his behaviour, but he could tell that Zoya wasn't convinced at all, just from the twinkle in her eyes. Zoya exaggeratedly wiped her mouth with her back of her hand, making Asad look away and scowl yet again.

"Accha? So how come I remember wiping off some sauce from the edge of your lips after you ate the pizza? If biting into a pizza slice was really so neat, you wouldn't have anything on your face right?" Zoya refuted easily, raising her eyebrow at him. Asad shrugged in response, realizing now that he was at a loss for words. He did remember how Zoya helped him wipe of that bit of sauce from his face with her thumb, and how she'd placed that thumb in her mouth thereafter...

"Mr Khan? Don't zone out on me just because you don't have any more retorts! Alright, now that I've made my point, either share the apple with me by biting into it, or let me eat it in peace. But no cutting of the apple into slices or anything," Zoya instructed in a voice a little louder than usual, so that Asad would snap out of his daydream. Asad nodded distractedly, and Zoya took it as permission to continue to bite on the apple. But before she could take another bite, Asad snatched the apple out of her hand.

Zoya snapped her head in anger to look in Asad's direction and opened her mouth to start her string of protests when she noticed that Asad wasn't even looking at her after snatching the apple. He wasn't rushing over to the kitchen counter to cut it into pieces either. He was just staring intently at the apple, like as though the apple was the most interesting thing he'd ever seen. Zoya quickly closed her mouth and chose to watch Asad silently instead.

Asad stared long and hard at the half-eaten apple. Zoya was right; he had bitten into the pizza without any qualms earlier. So it wasn't completely impossible to bite into this apple too. He just needed to loosen up and let go. Try to be as carefree as Zoya was. It couldn't be that difficult, right? Asad closed his eyes and said a quiet prayer in his head before taking a deep breath and angling the apple in front of his mouth, slowly closing his lips over a portion of it and taking a large, healthy bite.

Zoya covered her gaping mouth with both her hands, unable to digest what she had just witnessed. She pinched her arm to make sure she wasn't dreaming. It was hard to tell since her head was starting to feel a little heavy anyway. Asad turned to Zoya after he had finished chewing the mouthful of apple, as if seeking her approval. Zoya shook and nodded her head all at the same time, confusing Asad completely. She broke into a large grin and threw her arms around Asad's neck, taking him into a bear hug. Asad lifted his arms and wrapped them around her back as well, smiling into her shoulder as he pressed his head into it. This really was quite an achievement for him.

"I'm so proud of you Mr Khan," Zoya whispered into Asad's ear, her speech sounding a little slurred. Asad felt his own head swimming a little. But before Asad could make sense of Zoya's speech and the state of his own head, he felt Zoya's lips landing on his cheek in a soft kiss. He soaked up the beautiful feeling, and smiled dazedly as Zoya rained a few more kisses down the length of his face, reaching the corner of his lips.