2 hours were left for sehri, zoya came out to drink some water, it was dark everywhere except asad room, zoya think for a while and moved to kitchen and after 15 minutes she went in asad's room with 2 cups of coffee, he was standing near the window staring the stars when he noticed a cup of coffee infront of him, first he look at the cup and then turn, it was zoya standing behind him with 2 cups of coffee in her hand, she offered 1 to asad
zoya:-lejea Mr.Khan bilkul apki pasand ki coffee banae hai maina
he took the cup
asad:-thankyou Ms.farouqui par ap soe kyun nahe?
zoya:-yeh sawal to mai bhe apse karsakte hun na Mr.Khan?
asad:-woh actually...mjhe neend nahe a rhe the
zoya:-mjhe bhe
they sat on the couch, with their coffee...both were silent for a minute but then asad spoke up
asad:-kiya ap farhan ko bht passand karte hain.?
zoya looked asad with a happy face
zoya:-ofcourse Mr.khan afterall mera childhood friend hai wo...jaisa tanveer apki childhood friend hai...or ye itifak to dekhen Mr.Khan k hum dono ek hi din nikah kar raha hai apne childhood friend k sath.
asad:-par Ms.farouqui ap farhan se mohabbat to nahe...he stopped when he realized that what he is actually saying
zoya:-mohabbat she smiled sadly mohabbat to ab mjhe apne ap sa bhe nahe rhe Mr.Khan. to farhan wo to srf mera bht acha dost hai
asad:-to phir ap unse nikah?
zoya:-kabhi kabhi dosre ki khushi k liye bhe kuch karna chahie Mr.Khan...api or jiju mare wajah se bht hurt hue hain par ab aur nahe or farhan bhe unki passand hai to phir mai nikah se inkar kaisa kar sakte hun?
asad:-par kiya ap ek aesa sakhs k sath zindagi guzar lainge jis se ap mohabbat nahe karte?
zoya:-kiya ap bhe yahe nahe kar rahe Mr.Khan?
asad:-kiya matlab hai apka?
zoya:-kuch baton ka matlab samjhaya nahe jata Mr.Khan samne wala ko khud samajhna chahie...well mai chalte hun Mr.Khan.
she did'nt wait for a second and left asad was looking on his lap, tears were pouring down his cheeks, he was actually crying
asad(to himself):-i'm really sorry zoya, mere wajah se apne ek aesa faisla leliya jo apko kabhi khushi nahe de sakta. sab mere galti hai.
next evening:-
asad came back from office and found his ammi working in the kitchen with najma...he looked here and there but did'nt found zoya anywhere and then zeenat came to dilshaad
zeenat:-dilshaap bi zoya aj ghar par iftar nahe karaige.
dilshaad:-kiya matlab?
zeenat:-wo zoya or farhan shopping par gaye the to unhe ate ate bht dair hojaege to wo iftar ghar par nahe karainge.
dilshaad:-koi baat nahe
zeenat:-mai bht khush hun k zoya farhan k sath waqt guzar rahe hai
dilshaad:-ye waqai mai bht khushi ki baat hai zeenat...zoya apni zindagi ko ek aur moqa de rhe hai warna jo kuch 1 mahena pehle hua tha uske baad zoya bilkul tot gaye the
dilshaad said with a sad voice while asad eyes also get warmed
asad(to himself):-sach keh rhe hain ap ami zoya ne itne dukh bardasht kiya hai sirf meri wajah se...mai apne apko maaf nahe karpaonga.
iftar was done and everyone had offered their prayers now they all were settled down in the hall enjoying there coffee...najma was waiting for the right time speak up and she found it right so she spoke up
najma:-bhaijan ap tanveer ko bhe shopping lekar jae
asad:-shopping par kyun?
najma:-kiya bhaijan parso apka nikah ha or apne ab tak kuch bhe shopping nahe ki.
asad:-iski koi zarorat nahe hai najma.
najma:-kya bhaijan zoya or farhan ka bhe nikah apke sath hi hoga or apko pata hai unki sare shopping hogaye hai.
dilshaad:-sahe to keh rhe hai najma...tum or tanveer bhe shopping kar ao.
asad:-par ami...
anwar:-dilshaad apa sahe keh rhe hain asad...akhir tanveer tumhare hone wali biwi hai tumhe uske sath shopping par jana chahie
asad:-theek hai par ap sab bhe chalainga mere sath
tanveer who was listening this whole conversation excitedly and quitely was now fuming with anger but she sighed with releave in a very next second with everyone's replies
anwar:-maaf karna asad mai or zeenat humare kuch rishte daro se milne ja raha hain
dilshaad:-mere tabiyat kuch theek nahe hai beta mai thori dair araam karna chahte hun
asad looking towards najma:-tum to a rhe ho na tamatar.
najma(tense):-mai? nahe bhaijan mai nahe a sakte mjhe ek project taeyar karna hai or kal submittion ki last date hai
asad:-to is ka matlab hai k mjhe or tanveer ko akele hi jana hoga?
najma:-ji bhaijan...tanveer ap jaldi se ready hokar ajaen
najma said turning towards tanveer she was quite happy...she left and was back in less than 5 mins and then they left tanveer with a happy one and asad with a irritating face and the time they left najma moved to her room and called someone
najma:-wo ja chuke hain?
other:-oh wow...ab hum ajaen?
najma:-ji...
other:-par baqi gharwala.
najma:-unke ap fikar mat karain...api or jiju bahar ja rhe hain or ami kuch dair sona chahte hain
other:-oh wow to sab already set hai..well done tamatar
najma:-shut up farhan i told u not to call me tamatar...
she said and disconnected the call with a smile
after sometime:-
farhan and zoya came back when anwar and zeenat were leaving
zeenat:-tum logon ko bht dair hona wali the na?
zoya:-umm ji api par humare shopping jaldi khatam ho gaye.
zeenat:-acha...waisa mai or anwar bahar ja rhe hain...theek hai
zoya:-theek hai
they both left and after the duo moved to tanveer's room where najma was waiting for her
najma:-itne late?
farhan:-han wo hum traffic mai phas gaye the
najma:-acha chala ye sab choro or kam shuru karain
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