How I Found You

Chapter 4

"Azlaan Saab (he wasn't responsing so she shook his shoulder slowly) Azlaan Saab (this time he opened his eyes slowly) You have high fever, I need to check the temperature (she was giving him the thermometer but in this high fever he wasn't getting her point, so finding no other way she
sat down in the floor so that she can be in his level) open your mouth (she put the thermometer in his mouth)", she got worried as the it was 102° F.

"If aunty gets to know she'll get so worried, I can't tell her",she was thinking while applying the damp cloth in his forehead.

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"Aunty nothing to worry, it's just the seasonal fever and see we went for dinner yesterday, maybe the cold breeze didn't suit him in this time" "Yeah now you are here, why will I need to worry" "You've taken the medicine right?" "Yeah yeah, I've also taken my lunch, Samra was saying that my Azka has ordered her to look after me",aunty laughed and Azka joined her as well.

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Temperature got down and now he was trying to recall the incidents, though he didn't remember clearly but he knew Azka came to his room and then? What happened?

"How are you feeling right now?",he came out of his thought as she entered the room. "Umm better, thank you", she nodded, "Here's your food, this is what you need to eat now as I can't allow anything other than these now" "But" "Don't worry I've been careful this time, I hope you won't find any hair this time" "I wasn't saying that, I was just asking about Mom, I hope she isn't stressing out about my fever" "I've handled it",she left the room.

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"Mom mom,look,I'm totally fine now" "What happened Azlan?I know something is wrong,from childhood you have this cycle of fever when you're stressed about anything,tell me Azlan what's it?",seeing her like this he started feeling guilty,"Mom trust me,nothing like this,I'm fine" "Now you don't even want to tell me,okay fine" "Leave this topic na?Just get recovered quickly",saying this he laid down beside her.

"I know something is wrong, I've to talk with Azka",she thought while gently caressing his hairs.

"Aunty your medicine",that's when Azka came and found Azlan on the bed beside aunty.

"At first stop calling me aunty,call me Mom just like Azlan,right Azlan?",she looked at both Azka and Azlan,
Azlan wasn't understanding what to say so he found smiling is the best option here,"Azka,what say?Am I not like your mother?" "Aunty nothing like that actually" "Then what?From now you're only calling me Mom",finding no other way she nodded.

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"Did he share something with you?I know something is wrong" "No aunty I mean Mom,he didn't share anything" "Can you please try to find out,I'm having a strange feeling" "Hmm but I'm telling you that everything is fine,you're stressing out for no reason aun.. Mom",aunty smiled.

"Maybe he didn't come out of Shanaya bibi's incident yet,yes that is the cause,Ya Allah please do help him to come back to life",she was praying in mind by standing in from of the window and suddenly saw Azlan sitting beside the garden and staring at the sky,"Should I go? I've promised aunty but no,at this time I shouldn't go",she was confused of what to do and finally thought of going.

He was staring at the sky,the night sky became his favorite after Shanaya left him,he heard footsteps coming towards him and turned.
"Umm,I need to ask something to you" "Yeah,ask,I'm listening",he moved a little bit and made space for her to sit as he was sitting on the stairs, she sat by maintaining a distance.

"Aunty is getting worried about you,she's thinking something is bothering you" "She told you all these?",she nodded,seeing him to stay silent she started again,"Azlan Saab I know you're in what state,that incident will always be with you, see I've lost my bhai,do you think we forgot him? No,you can't forget your loved ones but you can't also stop living your life cause this life is given to you by Allah, you know by what your loved ones will be happy? If you keep going forward in your life along with remembering all those happy memories of them, a person only lives that certain time which was written for him/her",he was listening carefully and then looked at her,"Shanaya also used to talk like this, I didn't try to get her point anytime but now I'm slowly understanding what she tried to mean",this time she was listening him.
"Don't worry I mean do tell Mom to not worry about me,I'm trying to be back",she nodded and left.

Azlan kept on thinking and finally decided to go and meet Professor Rahman the next day.