Loved what you wrote, as usual! Got to read after so long though, kahin gayab thi kya?
I LOVED the way Asad describes when he first saw Zoya. It had always struck me sore that Asad never recalled the Mazaar meeting, but finally it was brought out, and how!
Anyone would have swooned at the description, anyone would have fallen in love. I have alway loved the Mazaar scene, one of the best Asya scenes in fact. There was just so much "kashish" in his eyes when he was looking at her. It was more than just admiration of her beauty. He saw beauty in her sadness, but KSG's expressions told more than that. It was as if he was mesmerized by this ethereal beauty and her pain.. and he looked as if he could feel this complete stranger's pain. He was just awestruck, and you could tell that he's never felt anything like that before.
If you really think about it, the way Asad first saw/remembers Zoya was probably the reason he tried SOO hard to stay away from her, ki kahin usse acchi tarike se pehchan liya to kahin mujhe pyaar na hojaye. He knew how easily he could fall in love with the woman would evoked some much emotion in him when they didn't even interact! Somewhere deep down, he always knew it.