With You Forever
NOTE:Hello People,
I got a lot of appreciation for this OS and a few requests to carry it forward, so have decided to convert this OS into a TS. Have updated the next part for you all.
A special thanks and mention here to Saima who has been encouraging me to writ more. Saima sweety this ones for you.
Chapter 1
It was 7 in the evening and Zoya was still waiting. She waited for her Mr. Khan to return from Delhi. She just couldn't sit. She was nervous thinking what he would say and how he would react to the news that she was to give to him. She was pacing the length of the living room when she heard the click of a key in the main door and there came her Mr.Khan, looking as tired as could be. She ran to him and held him close to herself. Asad reciprocated her gesture and held her tightly to himself taking in her sent to calm his senses. After a few minutes he let her go.
"Are you OK?" Zoya just nodded her head in yes and looked away. Asad understood there was something bothering her but let it go as he was too tired physically and mentally.
"Where is Ammi? Is she out to watch a play? When will she return?" Zoya looked at him and then looked away without answering his questions. " Is she out with her friends or has she gone to a relative's house? Is she feeling fine? Is she resting?" Zoya still didn't answer him and kept looking at the floor, her head hung low. Asad called out to his mother but gets no reply and looks confusedly at Zoya. "Where is Ammi Ms.Farookhi?"
Zoya "Umm ...VO... Mr.Khan..."
Asad "Why are you stammering?
Zoya "Mr. Khan... Phoophi... Phoophi's not at home. She...she's gone...she left..."
Asad "Left. What do you mean Ms. Farookhi... please tell me where is Ammi."
Zoya "She went to live with your Abu."
Asad couldn't believe what he heard. After all that he said to his mother, after all the explaining that he did, she still left him, left the house he built for his little family. Asad was shaking with anger. Zoya went up to him and held his hand to calm him but he snapped at her and in a fraction of a second held her by her shoulders and pinned her to the wall and said "How could you let this happen Zoya? Why did you not stop her? I left her in your care. You were supposed to stop her, keep her here. How can she do this? She is supposed to be here. This is her house, our house she should be here and not in that mans house."
Almost in a whisper Zoya said to him "Mr.Khan Phoophi is not a kid and she wanted to go. She was so broken and she felt as if she was divided between you and your Abu. She felt torn. I saw her Mr.Khan; it was not an easy decision for her. I saw how she broke down when she was leaving. She wanted to tell you but you'd left for Delhi without informing her. She came to your room before she left so she could tell you herself about her decision. She said your Abu needs her and since he is not well she has to be with her husband. "
The last few words that Zoya said hit him in his gut. He shook her furiously and yelled at her making her go numb "He is not her husband. Get it...He is not her husband." Zoya tried to free herself from Asad's grip as he was hurting her now. Zoya "Mr.Khan please leave me you're hurting me." Asad did not listen to her and shook her again "He is not her husband Ms.Farookhi...He is not her husband." And Asad left her. He walked a few steps away from her and turned around not wanting to see her as she was responsible for his mother in his absence which she failed. Zoya had to tell him the complete truth to make him understand why his Ammi did not listen to him "Mr.Khan Phoophi and your Abu were never divorced..."
Asad turned around and in one big stride was standing in front of Zoya. In a cold and deadly whisper Asad said "What? What did you say?" He was so close to Zoya that she had to lean back on the wall to look at him clearly. What she saw, she did not like. Asad's eyes were red with anger. Zoya looked at him with love, held his hands that were fisted and just nodded her head in yes. Asad jerked his hands out of hers and slammed his fist on the mirror next to Zoya's face shattering it and hurting himself. He took steps back, away from her, looking at her and shaking his head in denial. Asad went to his room and banged the door shut. What Zoya heard next made her gasp, she heard Asad scream, it sounded like the roar of a wounded lion and she ran to his room. The door was locked from inside and Zoya could hear him break whatever he could lay his hands on. Zoya kept asking him to open the door but he just didn't. Zoya sat on the floor next to his door and waited for the sounds to die, crying all this while calling to him. After almost an hour of screaming and breaking his furniture Asad Ahmed Khan screamed with all his might for his mother and cried like a small child. All Zoya could hear was a loud scream that tore her heart and she cried with the love of her life for the pain he was going through. There was complete silence for a few minutes and then came the sound of sobs and sniffles from his room.
Zoya got up and went to his window and saw him sitting on his sofa with his face in his hands and crying. She entered his room from the window and kneeled in front of him embracing him in a hug and running her hands on his back to calm him. Asad pushed her away slightly after a few minutes and looked at her holding her hands close to his heart as if to tell her he needs her. Zoya held his hands with the same force telling him she's always there with him. No words were exchanged between the two it was only their eyes that conveyed all the love they had for each other and understood all the unsaid words between them. Asad kissed her hands again and again and tears flowed down his cheeks. Zoya tugged at their hands and as he looked at her she shook her head telling him not to cry. Asad pulled her in for a hug and cried to his heart's content sobbing like a child. Zoya let him release all the anger that was built up inside him for so many years and silently cried with him.
After hours of being in each other's embrace Asad and Zoya broke the hug. Zoya told him to freshen up and come out for some coffee as she knew he needed his black coffee. Once at the table Zoya served him his coffee and the sandwiches shed made. Both ate in silence only looking at each other once in a while. They spent some time on their bench in the garden just sitting silently with each other holding hands. Asad looked at the time and it read 2 AM on his watch. "Zoya lets go inside, we both need to rest." Asad said
Holding hands they walked inside the house. As they walked inside Zoya saw Asad from the corner of her eyes n saw his eyes moisten again. She stopped walking and Asad felt a pull on his arm. He looked back at Zoya and saw a defeated look on her face. "I'm not able to keep you happy Mr.Khan" Zoya said looking in his eyes with tears rolling down her cheeks. She saw a tear roll down his cheek and Asad pulled her in for a hug. They both held each other tightly as if never to let go. "I'm very happy with you Zoya and you are the only reason that I'm standing right now. If it was not for you I would have harmed myself the way I destroyed everything in my room". Zoya sniffled in his chest and her hold on Asad tightened as if to tell him that she would never let anything happen to him, that she would hold him close to her always. After a few minutes Zoya pulled away from Asad telling him to rest as he had travelled and must be tired. Both retired to their respective rooms.
Zoya couldn't sleep she went to check on Asad after a while. She very quietly opened the door to his room and the site that greeted her made her insides churn and she felt a sharp pain in her chest. She saw Asad lying on his bed in a fetus position and crying into his pillow like a baby. She ran to him and kneeled down on the floor in front of him. She held his hands in hers which were tightly fisted and drew small circles on the back of his hands to calm him. She said sweet nothings to him to calm him down. She heard Asad saying that he is cursed as whoever he loves, they all leave him and go. First his Abu, then his Tamatar, then his Ammi, then Ayaan and now..."but he couldn't finish his sentence as another wave of sobs wrecked his body. Zoya made him sit and hugged him close to herself telling him everything will be ok. That they both will work towards making everything alright.
Asad got up suddenly pulling Zoya along with him and held her close to him pulling her closer if that was even possible. "I know you will also leave me and go Zoya? That's what my fate has always done with me." Zoya felt shattered at what she just heard. She pulled herself away from Asad and held his face in her hands and said "Asad I'm not going to leave you. I belong here, I belong to you and I will always be with you. Forever." With that Asad pulled her closer and held her for a few minutes. Asad broke the hug after a few minutes. "Mr.Khan promise me you will never cry again. Promise me that you will never doubt my love for you again and promise me you will never think that I will leave you and go." Asad nodded in agreement to the promises Zoya wanted and then for the first time in hours both Asad and Zoya smiled it was not a big smile that would on any other occasion grace their faces with dimples but just enough for them to understand that the tough night was over and they have begun their lives on a fresh page with each other as their support.
Zoya made Asad lie-down on his bed and pulled the covers on him. She gave him a smile and told him to sleep. As soon as Zoya turned around she felt a tug on her arm. She turned around to see Asad holding her hand and looked at him questioningly. "Please be with me tonight Zoya. I need you." is all Asad said.
Zoya looked at Asad in confusion and realized he was still very vulnerable. Zoya sat down next to him on his bed. Asad pulled her closer and laid his head in her lap. Zoya ran her fingers in his thick hair and Asad held onto her other hand tightly as if, if he didn't hold on to her she would also leave him and go. Zoya listened to his breathing become steady and rhythmic. Soon she realized that Asad was sleeping. Seeing peace wash over his face made her content. She kept running her fingers in his hair and fell asleep making a promise to herself that no matter what she will never, never ever and under no circumstances leave her Mr.Khan, her Asad, her life and her world alone.
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