Asad, Zoya & an EPIC-FAIL attempt at a clean sever

'No language more honest than that of denial' how true!

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Very nicely written. But look at it in another way - Asad heard Zoya talking to her Jeeju saying she will get a phone after she gets her replacement ATM cards. So, he took care of her needs by buying stuff. Who would you buy things for? family and friends mainly. He is an old school where he thinks it is his responsibility to take care of people in his family be it Ayaan's request for bike or flat to make Hasina bi shut her mouth for the sake of Nikhat. So, by buying these two things, he involuntarily accepted that Zoya is part of his life.

That would be my way of looking and the way she kept it back in his room saying I am leaving was so cute.

She made haldi paste that was a caring gesture too. If she hadn't said anything about 'z', she probably could've put it on his palm herself. I think if Zoya keeps her mouth shut, the relation is going to go far smoothly and quickly rather than the other way, but then it won't be Zoya right?

Originally posted by: Champa2012

Very nicely written. But look at it in another way - Asad heard Zoya talking to her Jeeju saying she will get a phone after she gets her replacement ATM cards. So, he took care of her needs by buying stuff. Who would you buy things for? family and friends mainly. He is an old school where he thinks it is his responsibility to take care of people in his family be it Ayaan's request for bike or flat to make Hasina bi shut her mouth for the sake of Nikhat. So, by buying these two things, he involuntarily accepted that Zoya is part of his life.

That would be my way of looking and the way she kept it back in his room saying I am leaving was so cute.

She made haldi paste that was a caring gesture too. If she hadn't said anything about 'z', she probably could've put it on his palm herself. I think if Zoya keeps her mouth shut, the relation is going to go far smoothly and quickly rather than the other way, but then it won't be Zoya right?

Love it! Great post, so true :)

^Agree with pretty much every word you typed.

I also feel there is another element here; without a phone Zoya can't be contacted or found. He wasn't crazy about Zoya going out, and he also wanted Najma to ask Zoya exactly what that 'kaam' was or at the very least where she was going (he quickly glances at Najma when Zoya tells her it's something that she has to do). A phone means she can be located -- it's his way of keeping her in check.

Unfortunately, neither of them actually knows how to express feelings: one hides it behind a wall of silence (since he was a child apparently, even before Rashid's abandonment) and the other behind humour (I would go into detail but I am leaving that for a post on Tumblr, at a later date).

He denies her presence in the house when Dilawar visits and keeps an eye on her door lest she be seen. He can barely contain himself at the sight of Dilawar, not remotely because of his poor parenting skills (because he could care less about Maryam's safety, as he categorically stated twice -- and he had no reason to lie the first time), but because of what they did to Zoya.

The other thing that I found interesting was that when Zoya sneaks out and he wakes up because of the noise and hears her voice, he says Zoya's name. Not Miss New York (like he did after their fight on the night of the meteor shower).

Originally posted by: mitwakaishq

^Agree with pretty much every word you typed.

I also feel there is another element here; without a phone Zoya can't be contacted or found. He wasn't crazy about Zoya going out, and he also wanted Najma to ask Zoya exactly what that 'kaam' was or at the very least where she was going (he quickly glances at Najma when Zoya tells her it's something that she has to do). A phone means she can be located -- it's his way of keeping her in check.

Unfortunately, neither of them actually knows how to express feelings: one hides it behind a wall of silence (since he was a child apparently, even before Rashid's abandonment) and the other behind humour (I would go into detail but I am leaving that for a post on Tumblr, at a later date).

He denies her presence in the house when Dilawar visits and keeps an eye on her door lest she be seen. He can barely contain himself at the sight of Dilawar, not remotely because of his poor parenting skills (because he could care less about Maryam's safety, as he categorically stated twice -- and he had no reason to lie the first time), but because of what they did to Zoya.

The other thing that I found interesting was that when Zoya sneaks out and he wakes up because of the noise and hears her voice, he says Zoya's name. Not Miss New York (like he did after their fight on the night of the meteor shower).

Perfectly put!

"No language more honest than that of denial"

So true...