Nayab, a brilliant and meticulous MBBS student, possesses a mind built for calculations and precision. Her dreams are set on excelling in her medical career, leaving no room for frivolities or romantic distractions. Meanwhile, Danish, a vivacious an...
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I am gonna talk to them over dinner.
Danish typed the above text and sent it to Nayab before heading downstairs. He had returned to London yesterday and had been looking for a perfect opportunity to speak to his family.
Sumaya was done setting the table for dinner when he reached the dining room.
"Sit, Danish." She told him before shouting for the others to come.
Mustafa and Yusuf came in from the lawn together, while Yahya skipped through the stairs. Everyone settled down.
While serving himself a grilled chicken, he nervously scanned everyone's faces. Sumaya was telling Mustafa that they need to go grocery shopping tomorrow, Yusuf was too focussed on his food. Yahya was looking at Danish, giving him an encouraging nod.
Danish cleared his throat. "I umm..need to talk to you guys about something."
Everyone looked at Danish.
"I am..I am considering moving back to Mumbai." There, he said it.
Yahya watched his parents and brother's face cloud with confusion.
"What?" Yusuf was the first to react.
"I want to live in Mumbai." He repeated.
Sumaya and Mustafa looked at each other. "Is this because of Nayab?" She asked calmly.
"Yes, she is one of the reasons," He accepted, "but more than that, I wanna go back because that city still makes me feel like home."
When no one said anything, Danish continued. "I went home. And that place accepted me back like I had never left. It made me feel closer to my parents, and I don't want to abandon our home again."
Mustafa knew Danish had gone home, Raghu had called him to inform him. And he was really happy that his nephew visited that place again. But he had absolutely not seen this coming.
"But what about Felicity?" Yusuf asked.
"If I do shift, then I'd be shifting my base to Mumbai. And my team would handle the London office." He answered.
The tension in the room was almost palpable. Everyone just sat quiet with their mixed thoughts.
"Chachu-chachi, I know you guys took me in when I had no one. And I'd be forever grateful for that. That is why I haven't decided anything. I don't want to do anything by hurting you. If you ask me to not go, I won't." Danish told them. "Only if you give me permission, I would shift. And even after that, I'd keep visiting you every few months."
"But.." Yahya added, "If you guys give him permission to go, then you'd have to allow me to go with him as well. Because I'd be going anywhere Danish bhai would go."
