“Jab roothti hai tou nanhi si bachchi lagti hai. Jaldi se mana lo, Shahzeb! Agar ek bhi aansu tapka tou mushkil ho jayegi.” Aiman's silence could not be tolerated for long. He started thinking about how to gentle her.
“Achcha baba, yeh dekho kaan pakad liye.”
When Shahzeb held her ear innocently, she laughed- “Kya coffee nahin pee jaa rahi?”, when Amy's big cup of ice cream was over, she asked, peeking in the cup placed in front of him.
Knowing now her eyes were on his coffee - “Amy, coffee khtam nahi ho rahi, please share kar lo.”, the one who was addicted to caffeine and had five cups a day said.
He put the cup in the middle. When he lovingly told her, cleaning her fingers with tissue she quickly jumped into the field - “Waise dil tou nahin chah raha magar aapke paise barbaad hote nahin dekh sakti isliye pee leti hoon”, showing tantrums, she immediately took the cup of coffee in her possession.
“Achcha yeh tou batayein ki hum se kitni mohabbat hai aapko?”, Shahzeb asked her lifting his eyebrow with a mischievous smile.
She gestured him to come close by her hands and whispered softly in his ears, “Aap se tou ishq hai janaab.”
She looked in his eyes and smiled cutely and his heart was thumping in joy at her sweet response. How dearly he loves her!
One by one, both of them got busy talking about insignificant stuff. Aiman was telling him about Arisha's wedding she witnessed. Shahzeb kept on listening for her happiness with his mouth shut.
“Sorry aap inn mehendi mayun ki baaton se bore ho gaye honge.”, when she completed her story, Amy came to a standstill.
On her cute expression, his lively laugh echoed in the environment. He looked more attractive and cuter whenever he laughed.
“Let's go. pehle hi kaafi der ho gayi hai." Aiman stood up taking her bag.
When he stood up leaving this seat, he appeared differently in the whole hall because of his tall stature. In white shirt and black jeans, as usual, he was looking handsome and dashing. Aiman's gaze caught him in her captivity for a moment. Dil ne nazar utaari. She recited qul in her heart and blew on him.
“Phirse shuru ho gayi tum?”, he chuckled.
“Haan tou, aap itne haseen hain hi ke kisi bhi nazar lag sakti hai. Allah aapko har nazar-o-bala se mehfuz rakhey.”, she said.
“Meri jaan ko bhi!”, he scrunched his nose cutely and whispered. She turned red.
She was happy coming out of the cafe.
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When Zehreen reached her brother's house with her family, Aiman thanked him. Shahzeb kept his promise and sent them here long after reaching her home. However, when she reached home in fear, her mother scolded her a lot. Aiman ran into the kitchen after changing her clothes and quickly tapped for dishes for dinner.
Shahzeb's wisdom was hidden behind this too. As soon as he came out of cafe, he called Uruj and instructed him not to go to Mamu with their mother till he reaches home. As always, Uruj gave full support to the elder brother and went to his friend's house on the pretext of urgent work at the right time. Zehreen left at home and started murmuring but Shania was there to handle her.
Actually, Aiman was very afraid of the mood of her Phufo and to be mother-in-law. Infact a sword kept hanging on her head. She didn't want to give her any chance by herself to make matters worse.
After so many difficulties, the reconciliation of both the families happened again. Not only her father, Yaseer Siddique, was happy but the smile on Shazeb's face also returned. She didn't want to give even a chance to Phufo to make things up as much as she loved her father and Shahzeb. That's why she was hesitant from going to the cafe. Zehreen was not reliable, before the marriage she could once again postpone the wedding by raising a new issue. Aiman was more concerned about Shahzeb than herself. She could bear a lot in life but the sorrow on his face was the biggest loss.
As soon as Shahzeb parked the car in the porch of the house, he told Uruj about his arrival by calling him and Uruj thanked him. Ammi's phone had rendered him useless. He was tired of making an excuse, additionally the way he was being scolded. Shania was trying to calm her mother down but of no use.
"Okay man! I'll go." As soon as Uruj hung up his brother's phone, he sought permission from his friend and immediately picked up the bike and left for home.
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Zareen Alvie was quite traditional. She was taking full advantage of being in-laws with her brother according to the protocol of society. Shahzeb also knew his mother and had to take care of these things very well.
It was difficult to forget the way her mind has spun a few days ago and she was hell bent on breaking their unofficial engagement.
“Mamma ne hum dono ko juda karne ki tayyari mukammal khud apne haathon se kari hai, humein ek doosre se jodne wala raasta band kar dena chahti hain.”, whenever he thought of this thing, tears started to arise in his mind.
Standing in the lawn at that time, thinking about all this felt very unpleasant. He is thankful that luck favored him. However, it was difficult at that time. But their courage and prayers showed the face of success. Shahzeb crushed the dry leaf by placing it on the palm.
In those days, when his own mother came forward to erect a wall between them, he turned crazy. But thankfully, the entire youth party of the family not only just supported both of them in such deadly moments, but also fought a war to reunite them.
This trouble passed on their hearts when Zehreen Alvie, being a victim of greed, turned away from her words given to her brother by her years ago. She flatly refused to make Aimal her daughter-in-law. After hearing all this, her brother Yaseer announced to end the relationship with sister Zehreen.
The exchange of ways between both the houses stopped. But the cracks in relationship among the elders further strengthened the love established among the new generation. ‘Losing Amy’ – his heart felt stopping just by thinking about it. At that time also, he shivered by remembering the horrific past.
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RomanceMAREEZ-E-ISHQ ◉ Aiman Siddiqui and Shahzeb Aabis Alvie were betrothed to each other from childhood. To know the story of how these two get married or not, hop into this short sweet journey. a short story.
