Aara-E-Qasim

7. Breaking Apart

CHAPTER 7). Breaking Apart.

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"What's your goal in life?" She asked staring into the sky.

"To find the internal peace." He replied. She smiled and give him a quick loook.

"Then you are at wrong place with wrong people." She said and he hummed in response. He knows the reality of his life but he was just bounded here unluckily and it seems impossible to get rid of it.

"Let it be. I want to ask something to you, Aara?" Qasim said in firm voice and she turned to him giving him the complete attention. Her look states she was ready to answer anything to him today but Qasim ignored her look as his heart was twisting in pain.

"What have you thought about future?" He asked slowly afraid to hear the answer.

She chuckled and dodge the answer in playful way. "Getting rescued as earliest as possible, InshaAllah."

This time he looked at her with question filled eyes and tried to understand her but she avoided not turning to him now. "You know what I am trying to ask." Qasim deadpanned.

Aara didn't remove her gaze from the scene infront. "What do you expect? You clearly know I have too many unanswered questions."

"What I expect is of no use because I clearly know you don't deserve this, you don't deserve me." He said in bitter voice, his voice was getting flat showing his rough emotions.

"What I deserve cannot be decided by you or anyone else. It is already decided by our Rab." She said turning to him and staring into his eyes. For the first time she was letting him see the emotions through her eyes but now he wasn't ready to accept them, probably too afraid from the danger surrounding him.

Aara waited for him to say something which could change something between them, not change but may be progress ahead and right when he opened his mouth to say something they heard the voice, "Qasim!!"

They sprang apart quickly although they werent that close. Aara got scared looking at Jhon coming towards them but Qasim stood there in same way just his attention was towards him.

"What happened?" Qasim asked him as Jhon came and stood near them.

Jhon looked at Aara first and then smirked turning to Qasim who huffed in response. "Come on, Tell me!" Qasim again asked impatiently as he had disturbed them.

"Don't worry Missy. I am not your enemy." Jhon said looking at Aara who nodded with straight face and then he turned to Qasim giving him the cellphone.

"You can use it for 10 minutes maximum then I will have to destroy it. So be quick." Jhon said and then turned to walk towads the anoher corner of terrace.

Qasim switched on the phone and then gave it to Aara who looked at him confused but still took it from him. "Talk to your family. But you just have five minutes." He said and Aara felt tears in her eyes hearing his words.

Her hands shook as she dialed the number of her brother and she pressed the call button. She looked at Qasim as tear dropped down from her eyes as the simiiar ringtone fell into her ears. Qasim was going to walk away from her to give her privacy as she waited for her brother to pick up the call but he stopped as she hold his palm in hers stopping him.

He turned to her but she just shook her hand with red eyes silently asking to be there.

"Assalamualaikum. Who is there?" Ibrahim's voice fall in her ears and she closed her eyes feeling her throat getting chocked with emotions. She realised how much she was missing them and craving for them.