SS: Yeh Zindagi|#6(P12) 25/6/13| Completed - Page 2

"Kya hua Ayaan… aap aaj bahut khush lag rahe hain. Kya baat hai?" asked humeira sitting next to him. "Main kya bataaun humeira begum. Aaj main bahut bahut khush hun. Bhaijaan ko maine bahut time baad khush dekha hai. Maybe the last time was before abbu took me away" he started off with a happy tone but ended it on a sad one. Humeira sensed the sadness in his tone and tried to cheer him up. "Arey wok hush kyun nahi honge? Aakhir unka nikaah ho raha hai Zoya ke saath." She spoke remembering once listened that asad ahmed khan is getting married to zoya faarukhi. "Jaanta hun. But unhone ab tak mona ko unki dil ki baat nahi boli. Matlab ab toh had hi ho gayi!" said Ayaan furrowing his eyebrows. "Keh denge" smiled humeira. She was way too happy today. After what seems like eternity she is talking to him properly and he is somewhat opening up to her which he had stopped ever since he had told he wants to get married to her.

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"Asad?" zoya spoke looking up to him wanting to tell him something. "Haan zoya?" he smiled up at her; his dimpled smile. "Wo mujhe aapko kuch bataana hai" she spoke not meeting his eyes. She deliberately wanted to tell him about her scars and ask whether he would accept her with them or not. "Zoya… is something wrong?" he spoke in a soft tone. "Allah miyan what have you done with my mr. khan haan?" she looked up at him shocked and suspiciously. "Huh?" he was surely very confused. "Mere mr. khan kahan hain. And who the hell are you?" she gave him a stink eye. "Zoya what are you saying?" he asked totally confused. "Mere Mr. Akdu Ahmed Kham kahan hain? And who are you haan?" she asked mischievously. "Oh, so you want me to scold you eh?" he asked with a smirk. "Huh? Maine aise kab kaha?" she avoided meeting his eyes. "Chodiye. Let us go back now." She smiled up at him and they both left for the khan mansion.

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When they both reached home, no one has still come back. They all were now meeting people and distributing the wedding cards. Asad retired to his room and decided to change into a kurta and a pair of jeans while when zoya entered her room, she again found a box. She like a baby ran towards it and opened it up with excitement written all over face. Again a note was there inside the box. She started to read it up.

Zoya,

Ye humaare pyaar ki ek nishaani meri taraf se aapke liye. I hope you will like it.

Asad

Zoya smiled and took the artistic piece out. It was a perfect thing she would have ever wanted. There like in a crystal ball was a couple rotating to the music when pressed start. It was flat from downside and attached to a flat surface for it to stand. Inside the ball was a scene of winter. It was just perfect. She kissed it and held it close to her as tears welled up in her eyes.

She heard the main door making a sound and she knew everyone was back. Keeping it back where it belongs, she left to change into her usual clothes. The house greeted nazma, dilshaad and zeenat with a strange silence. Furrowing her eyebrows dilshaad looked around to at-least find someone. It was truly strange. Asad and zoya were at home, all alone and still there is no sound around in the house. "Ya allah ye dono kahin phir se ladke na baith gaye hon!" thought dilshaad. The three ladies left for their respective room. When zeenat entered zoya's room, she saw her looking at an artistic piece (the one gifted by asad) dreamily. "Ahem" she coughed fakely to bring zoya out of her trance but she seemed adamant to do that either. "Hello?" she waved her hands in-front of zoya's face which broke her trance and she came out of her asadland. "Hmm so madam ji is way too busy for me huh?" zeenat smirked at her. "Aisa kuch nahi hai aapi." said zoya hiding her blush. "Accha ji. Aache waise ye toh bahut hi khubsurat hai. Asad ne diya?" zoya felt her cheeks burning and a red shade spread over her cheeks. "Oh hoo… mujhe toh pata hi nahi tha ki mera baby Sharma bhi sakta hai!" and her blush just deepened. "Aapi please na." pleaded zoya. "Accha accha theek hai. Main chalti hun. Waise aap aayengi ya nahin? Anwar aa rahe hain!" zoya jumped out of the bed keeping the gift aside and sscreaming "Wait for me!" zeenat chuckled at her and left for downstairs.

"Arey zeenat aap kahin jaa rahi hain kya?" asked dilshaad. "Haan aapa, wo anwar ko airport se pick karne ke liye main aur zoya nikal hi rahe the bas." Zeenat smiled up at her. "Arey toh ek minute rukiye. Asad bhi chalta hai aapke saath. Is time aap kahan auto dhudengi." Dilshaad told him and called asad. "Ji ammi?" asked asad as he came down from his room. "Asad tiyaar ho jaao beta. Wo anwar aa rahe hain aaj toh unhe pick karne ke liye chale jaao zeenat aur zoya ke saath." Asad smiled, "Ji ammi." And with that he left for changing.

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"Jeeeju!!!!" squealed zoya as she took him in a tight hug. "Arey arey araam se!" he said as he kept his hands on her waist and hugged her cute little baby tightly. "Kaisi hai meri princess?" he asked kissing her forehead. "Bahut bahut khush!!!" she replied showing him one of her dimpled smile. "Haan haan khush kyun nahi hogi. Aakhir nikaah jo ho raha hai meri princess ka" he smiled up at her as she blushed. Anwar smiled and greeted asad with a hug and they left for the khan mansion.

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Zoya entered asad's room with his coffee. He took it and asked her to sit beside him. She sat gladly. "Zoya, you wanted to tell me something." He looked up at her face as she went tensed. "It's okay if you are still not comfortable in telling it to me." Asad said but she gave him an instant answer. "No, no asad. I want to tell you. Wait!" she went and locked the door and again came back to him and sat where she was already seated. She started to pull up her sleeve of the arm which had the burnt mark. "Zoya, what are you doing?" he questioned as he saw her pulling the sleeve up while zoya asked him to be quiet. She pulled her sleeve up till her elbow as it was not going up more. "Zoya ye..." asad asked as his eyes went wide and tears brimmed is eyes. The scene infront of him was the least he could have ever imagined! He had been told that she had experienced the al-most death incident when she lost her ammi. Zoya look up at him who had tears in his eyes. She wanted to tell him at the farmhouse only but she knew the sleeve of the blouse wont come up that easily and would hurt the wounds for sure. Asad brought his hands front and caressed the burnt mark. He bent forward and kissed the burnt mark as zoya hugged him tight and he responded with the equal passion. He wiped away her tears and kissed on his forehead. That moment, zoya knew he was all hers and would love her with whatever he had. "Asad ye aur bhi hai." She said not making a contact with his eyes. Putting his index finger below her chin, he made her look up at her face and replied "I don't care zoya. They are a part of your body. And I love each and every thing of yours. Be it any part of your body or your heart. So don't ever think that these scars will make me hate you or make my love any less than it presently is. My love for you will always increase. It will never decrease." He smiled at her while they engulfed each other in an embrace yet again.