Milke Bhi Hum Na Mile....Asya-Ayra SS Part 10 pg 122 (17/12) - Page 16

Asad was relieved that he was finally allowed to go to his room after paying a heavy bribe to his little sister and her friends for that. He couldn't believe he was married. But that's the truth now...he wished he could talk to Zoya tonight and explain her about his stand on marriage. He would never ask her to leave or whatever...but he'll make her understand that he's not good for her...or for that matter...not even for any other girl. With that thought in mind, he opened the door to his room...but what greeted him inside was an outright shock for him..!!!!

PART 4:

His room was a complete mess as if a mad bull had run over there. He could see numerous clothes lying here n there...all over. And in middle of this, sat Zoya, on the floor, sobbing like a child who has lost her most precious toy. Asad was puzzled, he couldn't make out what do do...he rushed towards her and sat down beside her, neglecting his OCD for the first time. He asked politely, " What happened, Ms. Farooqui??? Why are you crying? Is everything..." Cutting him midsentence, she flung herself onto him and started bawling. He was thrown off-guard due to her sudden outburst...he felt like he should hug her tight and console her but he ignored and distancing her from himself he looked into her eyes, brimming with unshed tears. He asked again, " what's wrong? Will u plss tell me?"

She spoke amidst her sobbing, " Mr. Khan,...Ma...My...My...(sob)...Pizza!!! (sob, sob)...I couldn't ...uhh...find it..."

"You are hungry!! Oh...Let me go and check...ammi always keeps something in the refrigerator."

"No!! I want my pizza!!!" she yelled.

"But we don't have pizza...I'll ask Tamatar to get you one in the morning."

" I want it now...I kept it in my suitcase but I don't know where it got missing??" she said innocently.

"WHAAT?? You kept pizza in your suitcase!!! Aapka dimaag toh theek hai na Ms. Farooqui?? (Are u out of ur mind, Ms. Farooqui??) yelled Asad, imaging a Pizza kept in between all the clothes that lay scattered all over his room. " aap abhi isi waqt uthiye...main ammi se kehta hoon who aapke liye kuch le aayengi." (Get up now, I'll ask ammi for something to eat) He said sternly while getting up.

" Ohh...mil gaya...(I got it)" shrieked Zoya.

" what??"

"Mera Pizza...(My pizza)!!! She looked horrified towards his back. Asad looked at the direction and was shocked...a pizza slice was sticking to his exquisite sherwani.

" What the hell...my pizza/ my sherwani!!" exclaimed both at the same time.

Zoya sulked, " Mr. Khan, you spoiled my Pizza slice...what would I eat now?? Waise mujhe kyun nahi dikhi yeh pehle??" (why didn't I see it earlier??)

Asad retorted, " It's because you have made my room a living hell...it's disgusting...and now...you have spoiled my sherwani too. And look at you...you still have guts to blame me for all this!!! It's entirely your fault, who keeps pizza in a suitcase?? You are really out of your mind...I think your parents didn't teach you how to behave properly in others house!!!" Before he could register what he was saying, Asad yelled the most painful words at Zoya. To say she was shocked, would be an understatement, she was shaken. Never in her entire life, anyone has shouted on her like this.But life is strange...throws new challenges at you each day!! She slowly moved towards the couch and sat on it with her head bowed.

Asad, realizing what he had said and not able to decide how to console her, took his towel and night clothes and went to the washroom. As soon he closed the door, he banged his fist on the nearest wall. "Ya Allah!! What was I thinking??? How could I say that??" he cursed himself continuously. "That's why I didn't want to marry...I'm a bad person...I can't see anyone's happiness, neither could I give it to anyone!!" he thought, regretting his decision of marriage on the very first night. He took a quick shower and went out ready to apologize but he found Zoya sleeping peacefully on the couch. As he neared her, he could see the dried tear stains on her rosy cheeks. " Must be tired...it was a long day. But she slept like that...she was hungry...but there's no point waking her up now. I don't think she'll want to eat anything after a heartful of insult I hurled at her." She spoke to no one in particular. Then he realized that she was sleeping on the couch, her head resting on the side-board and one of her hand sliding down towards the floor. He decided to wake her up and ask her to sleep on bed...but seeing her sleep so peacefully he thought of carrying her to bed himself, without disturbing her sleep. As he lifted her, he was amazed to feel something feather-light in his arms...she was so delicate...and moreover,a perfect fit for his arms. As she snuggled closer to seek his warmth, he felt elated for no particular reason. He had never felt anything like this before.He put her to bed gently, she scrunched her nose in sleep due to sudden loss of warmth. He smiled faintly and covered her with a duvet. He himself tried sleeping leaning on the headboard, given that the couch seemed very uncomfortable to him.He thought how weird his first night after wedding was but then satisfied himself by saying that what was anyways normal in his life these days. With that he drifted off to deep slumber after such an eventful day.

NEXT MORNING:

Everyone in Khan villa were devouring on the delicious breakfast which unknown to Asad and Ayaan was prepared by their wives.

Ayaan exclaimed dramatically, Ammi, aapke hathon mein jaadu hai...aisa lajeez breakfast toh New York ke 5-star hotel mein bhi nahi milega." ( Mom, ur hands surely do some magic trick on food, this type of delicious breakfast couldn't even be found in a 5-star hotel in New York)

Asad: Yes Ammi, especially this omelet!!!

Badi Bi: Haan Bhai, hoga bhi kyun nahi...tumhari biwi ne jo banaya hai!!

(Why wouldn't it be delicious...afterall ur wife has made it!!)

Asad held the morsel midway and looked towards Zoya but she turned away due to her anger on previous nights mishap. Asad smiled gently at his Daadi and continued eating. Rest of the breakfast time was filled with silly talks, laughter and much more which couldn't be avoided when Zoya, Ayaan and Humeira were there. But everyone noticed that Zoya was a little off today.

"Hey Mona, aap badi udaas lag rahi hain??? Raat mein neend nahi aayi kya??" ( Hey Mona, u r looking upset? Didn't u sleep properly last night?) Ayaan said winking at Asad, to which Asad responded by glaring at him.

"No Rabert, it's just that this Nikaah thing made me tired...nothing else." She replied nonchalantly.

Badi Bi said intervening, " Asad, aaj mera doctor ke saath appointment hai...tum aur Zoya mujhe wahan le chalo." (I've an appointment with my doctor...u and Zoya please escort me there.)

" Ohk Daadi!!" asad replied, keeping his urge to ask why Zoya should accompany, within himself.

Soon after the breakfast Asya took Badi Bi to the hospital where she underwent few tests and was prescribed some medicines.Doctor told them to make her rest and avoid mental stress. They reached home and Asad was about to drop them and go to his office when Badi Bi stopped him,"Where do you think u are going, Asad??" "Office Daadi, where else??"he replied.

"Ya Allah!! Kal nikaah hua hai aur aaj office ja rahe ho? Chalo andar, Zoya ka toh khayal karo!!" (Oh God, u got married yesterday and u r going to office today? Come inside, atleast think about Zoya)

Asad reluctantly went in. He soon went into his room after dropping Daadi and Zoya in Daadi's room. He was sending a mail to his client when the door knob turned and Zoya entered the room, not even sparing him a glance she went and sat on the bed, cross-legged and started playing games on her I-pad. Asad looked at her from the corner of his eyes and made out that she was still angry on him. "What a fool I'm?? Why'll she talk to me when I insulted her?" he murmured to himself. He decided to apologizefor his outburst last night.

"Woh...Ms Farooqui...Woh actually...I..." he stammered.

"What is it Mr. Khan?? Kya mujhe aur kuch sunana hai aapko??" (Do u want to insult me more)

"No..No!! Woh...main...I ...actually I...I keep my room very clean..u know...so when I saw that mess last night...i..i couldn't thonk straight. I'm...I mean..I.." he stuttered to find appropriate words for apologizing. Afterall, he has never apologized to anyone in his entire life.

Zoya thought to herself, " Allah Miyaan!! What a stupid man?? He can't even apologize properly."

" Let it be Mr. Khan...it was my fault I think..." She said sighing. Asad felt relieved inside that she was talking to him for some unknown reason. "No, actually...I'm...I..I'm sorry too!! I shouldn't have said those things..." he forced out those words after much effort.

"It's okay!!" she replied.

"Who, Ms. Farooqui...you cook really well!!" he said. "Thanks...I'm glad everybody liked it." Zoya replied.He thought that it was the right time to initiate the convo he wanted to have with her. He had decided that he'll not force her to leave as he had seen his family too happy and happening after a long time...he didn't want to spoil their happiness. And he also didn't want Zoya to suffer for no fault of hers.

"Ms Farooqui! Why did u agree to marry me even when you didn't even meet me. Forget meeting...u never ever saw me!!" he asked sheepishly. " You owe me an answer for that too, Mr. Khan!! I think our reasons were the same...for our loved ones happiness."said Zoya.

"Ya...u r right. But didn't you think even once about...I mean...what I was like??" he asked again.

" I was confused but when I saw the happiness in Humi's eyes when I told her about my decision...i was sure that what I'm doing is right. And besides, your family had been nice to me even when we met for like first time. So definitely I shed off my fears and whole-heartedly accepted this marriage."she replied confidently.

Asad was impressed by her answer. He couldn't believe that this was the same Zoya who was crying over a spoiled Pizza last night. "There's more to this girl than what meets the eyes!!" he thought inwardly.

" I've something for you Ms. Farooqui." Asad said demanding her attention. " what's that??" she frowned.

Asad went outside and returned in a while. Zoya beamed like a child on seeing her favorite Pizza and Diet coke in Asad's hand. She took it from his hands and started muching on her pizza while taking sips of coke in between. Asad felt elated at making her happy. " I think u really like Pizza Ms. Farooqui." He said.

" Like?? She loves it Bro!!!" said Ayaan entering his room with Humi. " You know what?? She has a record of eating 15 pizzas in a day!!" chirped Humi.

Asad stared at the three of them in disbelief while they laughed at his bewildered expressions.

"Waise Bhai, what's the plan today?? I think you and Mona should join us...we're going for shopping. We've our walima(reception) tomorrow."said Ayaan

"Haven't u done enough shopping that now u r going to shop for walima too??" asked asked shaking his head in disbelief. Ayaan bowed down in front of him and said in a funny voice, " It's a secret Bhaijaan...how to keep ur girl happy!! You know girls just love shopping...I think I've to give u some tips!!" Asad chided him showing his fist but after seeing their puppy dog faces he reluctantly agreed to accompany them with Zoya.

IN THE SHOPPING MALL:

All four of them reached the mall 3 hours ago and since then Humeira and Zoya were busy shopping. First Ayaan and Asad quickly got their outfits for the Walima and after that they couldn't help but watch their wives crazily shopping. They were really tired and so they decided to wait for them in the food court. They excused themselves, settled in the food court and started chatting.

Ayaan: " Hey Bro!! yesterday was the most awesome day in my life...I can't believe Humeira is my wife now." Asad smiled fondly at him, " But you acted like a fool!!! What if Ms Farooqui had not agreed on marrying me?? You would've been a bachelor then!!"

"Ohho!! Great going Bhai...praising your wife on the first day of marriage!! Not bad!!" winked Ayaan.

"Shut up Ayaan, I was just saying that have u sorted out with Humeira...Ms Farooqui was worried about u two." Asad said.

" Ya we sorted out...she's happy to have her sister with her forever. And by the way, what's with that Ms Farooqui?? Call her sweetheart or jaanu or..." Blabbered Ayaan.

Asad reprimanded him, " will you plss shut up Ayaan??" Ayaan grinned at him, " Ohk, but atleast call her Zoya or u can call her Mona, like me. Anyways, what did you gift her yesterday night??"

Asad asked confusedly," What gift??" Ayaan shook his head at his brother's indifference, " Oh myBhaijaan dearest!! You were supposed to gift ur wife something on ur wedding night."

Asad felt guilty at his words...What an unforgettable gift I gave her yesterday!! He cursed himself again for insulting her but he was in awe with her as how fast could she forget and forgive everyone.

Ayaan disrupted his chain of thoughts," Come Bhai, we're in a mall...lets go and get something for Mona. Lets use our time for some good!!"

Asad followed him as he had no other option. They searched many shops but when Asad chose something for Zoya, Ayaan refused to it by calling it boring and when Ayaan got a teddy bear for her, Asad called him a kid and laughed at his foolishness. Which girl play with teddy bears after her marriage!! He thought. Later on, after much effort Asad settled on something of his taste for Zoya...he was sure she'll like it.

Meanwhile Zoya and Humeira had finished shopping. On Humeira's constant insistence Zoya bought a gift for Asad too and she was damn sure that he'll love it as she got to know many things about him through Ayaan and Najma. But she was nervous, afterall it was her first gift to her husband.

"Humi, is it necessary to give him a gift?? I mean, it's embarrassing...it has to be some occasion!!" Zoya blabbered.

"No Aapi, you have to give this to him. Remember, you just got married yesterday, isn't it an occasion big enough to cherish??" Humeira spoke to her like a granny.

"ohk, fine!!" sighed Zoya in defeat.

They saw Asad and Ayaan coming towards them and so Zoya quickly hid the gift box in a shopping bag.Asad did the same before coming to them. They chatted, ate food and after few tiresome (according to boys) and fabulous ( according to girls) hours, they went home.

OHK...I'M DONE N NOW IT'S UR TURN...LIKE, COMMENT, LIKE...

THANKS FOR READING!!😃

NEXT PART:

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/96966086