Forever Yours

Chapter 8

18th Feb, 2022

Saad gazed outside the window, watching the sun set. It was Magrib and almost about to be an entire day from the time his brother had disappeared. He knew his brother would take care of himself but he couldn't help but worry and to add to the misery he had been avoiding his mother's questions. She had been constantly asking about Saim today, wanting to talk to him. He didn't knew how he was supposed to do that when he couldn't catch his brother himself.

Today, when he was almost at the edge he was prepared to leave for the place, he assumed his brother would be, but was stopped by his father. He didn't want their mother to worry more then she already was.

Sighing, he stood up and made his way to the prayer room to offer his Salah. He looked around the place to find a few employees praying while his father was in no sight. He stood at the end and carried on his prayer, praying for the safety of his brother.

He walked back to his cabin, after exchanging a few words with a people on his way and asking a  few more files, to get engrossed in his work to avoid breaking his head thinking about his brother but just then his father walked in.

"Dad I cannot take this anymore!" Saad exclaimed watching his father take a seat in front of him, "It's almost a day and Saim is not back yet. We already have an idea where he could be so I'll go and hunt him down." Saad spoke and Zaim looked at his elder son, with frown lines, nodding his head deep in thoughts.

The father wanted to give space to his son, who had been worked up for a girl who he hardly knew. He could clearly see his son's frustration and he also knew that this was the first time he was this way for a girl. He too had been in such situation, worked up for a girl before he had realised his feeling and if he wasn't wrong he already knew what was in store for his son.

"Dad?" He snapped out of his thoughts, giving a cheeky smile to his son shaking his head, "Give him some time, he will be back. I think I already know what is wrong with him." He said and just then the door burst open startling the occupants.

"Saim!" Saad called out to his brother in happiness, while the latter heaved deeply making them know about him being out of breath.

"I am getting married." Saim announced once he had calmed out, taking the two men in the room by surprise. Zaim stood up hurriedly from his seat, while Saad too rushed towards his father, both of them ogling at Saim who stood before them with a poker face while his face showed tiredness.

Zaim eyed his son from top to bottom. His shirt from last night looked crinkled as though never washed. His hair were dishevelled making him know that his son had ran his hand through it several time.

"You cannot just barge into my cabin out of nowhere and make jokes, Saim." Saad fake chuckled while Zaim too smiled nervously but when the announced person stood rooted to his spot, neither laughter nor giving away anything, the two narrowed their eyes at him before questioning, "What did you do?"

The father and son exchanged glances, not in the mood to point out the fact that the duo had questioned the same thing.

Saim rubbed his temple and walked towards them taking a seat while asking the two to do the same. Zaim walked around and took Saad's chair while Saad sat besides his brother, waiting impatiently to know what had happened to let his brother take such a decision.

Saim looked at his father, side glancing his brother before taking a deep breath and speaking, "The girl..."

"Yusra," Zaim cut him off nodding his head making Saim embarassed at his father's attentiveness. Saad cough in an attempt to hide his laugh gaining Saim's attention. Saim cleared his throat, "Yeah Yusra, She, uh- Yeah, Remember what I told you guys last time?" He questions and looked at the two nodding his head while he ruffled his hair, finding it difficult to narrate the entire incident infront of his father and brother.