Meant to be Yours
Meerasim FF
Part 1 - pg 1
Part 2 - pg 1
Part 3- pg 2
Part 4-pg 3
Part 1
“ Meerab”
There was just darkness and then I felt like a part of me was drowning. It felt like a dream- like I was adrift in a sea and yet watching myself drift from afar.
“ Beta ankhein kholo”
Was that Ma Begum? I could hear the concern in her voice and was that fear. I fought against the drowning darkness and suddenly the pain started, I could feel a cracking pain as I took a deep breath abd that pain extended from my ribs to my arms.
Murtasim dheere chalaon please
The accident - the shattering of glass and smell of blood. Meerab’s screaming
Meerab
“ Meerab”
Someone leaned over me and said “ main hoon yahan”
I could feel her hand over mine but she felt wrong, she smelled wrong
“ Meerab”
Was she alright? I wrenched my eyes open and the mere act exhausted me. I looked up at Ma Begum as her eyes filled with tears
“ Murtasim beta aapko hosh agaya. Jao doctor Ko bulao, Haya”
She leaned towards me and brushed my hair back like I was a little boy. I could feel the love and fear emanating from her.
“ Ma..Meerab”
I saw her face darken.
“ Tum aram karo. Doctor se milo hum phir….
“ Meerab thik hai? Woh mehfuse Hain na?” I knew I was about to pass out but I needed to know. Just to know that in my anger I hadn’t hurt her- hadn’t lost her.
Ma Begum’s annoyance flared but she took a deep breath and stated “ Kuch nahin hua tumhari biwi ko. Zakhmi bhi tum hoyaye ho aur nuksaan bhi humara hi his hai”
“ Shukr Alhamdullilah” I blurted out
The annoyance in her face vanished. Now she looked very angry..
“ Tum is Gaddi ke janasheen ho. Tumhe kuch ho jata toh is parivar ma kya hota? Humara kya hota? Meerab can only cause problems..”
Her voice started to slowly fade out as my body gave up.
I felt my eyes close just as the doctor barged in.
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Meerab
This time I was conscious. I had been for days and yet this name was still the first thing I thought when I woke up and the last thought I had until I drifted off to sleep.
Meerab - is she alright? My family had time and again reassured me that she was fine. But if she was, then why wasn’t she here? Did she not care one bit whether I lved or died? It was heart wrenching just waiting for her to appear
“ She won’t come.” Haya murmured as she often did. Usually Ma Begum hushed her. But as luck would have it, she was tending to him alone today.
“ Shut up” I growled
“ I will” she said sweetly “ but it won’t change the truth. Why don’t you accept the truth? She doesn’t care - she never has and she never will. Jo tumse mohabbat karte hain- Jinki Jaan nikal gayi thi yeh khabar sunke unki bare thoda soch lo. Jo tumhari parva nahi karti uske bare menu Soch kar apni Shaan mein gustaki kaar rahe ho”
I clenched my teeth
“ Tum chup rahogi ya main tumhe bahar nikal feku?”
She shrugged
“ Mujhe nikalese meerab nahin aayegi-“
I felt my heart shatter. It’s true that from the moment I had waken up, I kept on searching for her face- but she didn’t come not even once. First I was worried she was hurt but Ma Begum had even shown me her discharge papers. Then where was she?
“ You know Ma Begum is refusing to let anyone tell you this until you get better but I think you should know. Meerab chaligayi “
“ What”
“ Ma Begum ne kaha ke agar tum Murtasim ko apna shohar Nahi manti ho toh chali jao aur woh chali gayi.. She is probably in Karachi finally studying law like she wanted to. Usne apni azaadi ko chuna. Aur tum aisi ladki ke liye apni jaan gawane chale the…
“ Get out” I raged. I threw the glass against the wall and it shattered
“ Murtasim…” I could feel Haya’s color draining
“ Isse Pehle ke main tumhe Jaan se mar doon- Get out Haya!!”
She scattered like a rat. She couldn’t hold her own against me. She never could- no one could. No one except Meerab. Meerab would have looked me in the eye and defied me. Meerab who left- who didn’t care.
And yet I couldn’t stop just longing for her
Meerab!
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How is it? It’s going to be a few parts and is obviously a Meerasim fic.
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