The Girl Who Writes On Maple Leaves

hot chocolate

POV : Yahdihaa Khan

"Do you like marshmallows in your hot chocolate?" I asked my Grandmothers , and they both said yes with their head. They were still in shock i guess.

"Dad ,why they are looking at me as if i am a ghost?",

"Cause they see you beautiful and rare just like when they looked at your mum. Cause she was unique and you followed her in this" He answered laughing.

 Uncle Maan was beside his mother since he saw her after all this years. 

Dad told me once when i asked him where was his mum , and he said that she was so attached to my mum that when she died she stopped talking for a while with everyone, and Grandpa had the same reaction, only when his sons speak to him he talk. 

He always wanted a daughter and when she died he felt lost cause that daughter gave him lots of love and respect in a way that a normal daughter in law doesn't give.

 "Dadi , where is grandpa?" I asked to my father's mum ,"He will come tomorrow cause he wanted to buy to his little princess the biggest teddy bear ever for his first christmas with you" she said before pinching my cheeks and tears with a nostalgic smile came to her face. 

I sat in the middle between Dadi and Nani - my mother's mum- and started to drink my hot chocolate with them gifting a smile of happiness.

" You know , dadi and nani, i love winter cause we can drink hot chocolate, eat a lot , and watch christmas movies. Is magic , don't you think so?",

" Well, yes, cause is that moments where you spend warm nights with your family and forget about the rest" nani replied , 

"And moments where you get lots of gifts , i am sure that is your favourite part" dadi said laughing with me and the rest of our little family.

"Meow" i heard in that mix of laugh and stories,

 " Shh everyone, did you hear that ?" , 

"Meow, Meow , Meow" , I ran to the door to see if that cat was there , and a small ginger and cream little cat , with deep green eyes was looking at me.

 He or she was shaking with shivers due to the cold weather. "Oh my God , Salmaan" my dad shouted behind me , And uncle Maan ran to see what happened and he smiled ,

"He reminds me of someone" , he said looking at my father , 

"Oh my God is Tobó's duplicate " Nani and Dadi said at the same time , 

and I assumed that there was a cat in their house , means my mum had the same type of cat , and the only thinking of that made me smile so much that i took the cat and hugged him or her into my arms , warming him or her up with my warm fluffy hoodie.

 "Dad can you tell me if he is a boy or a girl" i was tired to say in my head" her or him",

"Wait my little peach , who told you we will keep the cat " ,

"Your romantic side, cause i am sure mum and you had a cat like this before" i said with a tender smile to convince him , and he smiled back lost into memories 

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POV : Junaid Khan  

year 2022 

She was holding our little cat Tobò in her arms , both asleep like two angels , even if when both play they are two far from being two angels. 

I was holding her and his breakfast , even if he loves to eat what we eat:

pancake with chocolate chips and orange juice for my baby girl 

chicken sausages for my little champion .Her eyes where slowly opening and rays of sun were kissing her delicate face that i loved so much.

"Assalamualaykum , Askim" i said , 

"Walaykumassalam , Hayatim", 

"Hungry?" i asked and Tobò jumped up smelling his favourite meal.

I dropped the dishes on the bed and took his small plate and put it on his side.

 I cut the pancakes and ate with her. We laughed while watching "My wife and kids" on disney plus together as every morning.

After we finished to eat she took Tobò in her arms and gave him kisses and he hugged her with his little paws on her face ,

"I wish one day our children have the luck to have a sweet cat like ours , it the best thing ever i guess , and they will know what does it mean to take care of someone or an animal in this case" she said looking at him as if he was her son , 

"They will be in love with such a cute animal , maybe this time we will give them a female , wha do you think ?",

"Oh my love , like i wanted for Tobò to have his female , we will be able to make it one day In Sha Allah , and we can call her  Raya , like one of my favourite disney's cartoon",

"Ameen" i answered with love huging her and Tobò pushed me , in a jealous way , me and her looked at each other and laughed , i grabbed him and started to play, smiling .

Present day 

"Dad are you here ?" Qadira  asked to me , and everyone was looking at me , 

"Yes , peach , sorry. Yes we can keep it for sure" i asnwered , while trying to not cry 

She came closer with the little cat , 

"Is it a he or she?" she asked again smiling understanding me for my moment of flashback ,

I took the cat gently and checked , 

"Is a she" i said looking up as if Naeesah was looking at me from the 1st floor , 

"Oh i am so happy how we can call her?" she said bringing her closer to the chimney , taking a plaid to warm her up as if she was her little sister, 

"We can call her ...

Let's do a thing , peach , i will let you watch three of the favourite disney movies of your mum and you will choose the name to give to your little one ok?" i proposed 

She was so exited that she ran to the cupboard near the chimney and took popcorns , sit on the sofa and waited for the first movie , we all smiled and sit with her watching "The princess and the frog " 

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Heya readers , here is another chapter, and what name will Qadira choose for her cat? 

I think this was the cutest part.

vote and comment let me know what do you think is very helpfull <3

-Naeesah Khan