Laal Ishq

06|Tune Jo Na Kaha

The lights in the room remained on again, there was a faint sound of soft music, playing in there.

Shahzain sighed and took a sip of his protein shake, yet another night and Mahnoor was still not sleeping, for the past week, he had noticed time and again that she has been unable to sleep.
Even if he hasn't, the dark circles under her eyes would have been proof enough.

He had overheard the maids saying something about her crying when Zeenat's friends had came over the other day but he hadn't thought much of it.

However, now it seems like he will have to talk about it.
He moved across the hall, the bottle still in his hand, and stood right in front of her room.

He raised his hand to knock but hesitated, was this ok ? Is he being impolite.
The thoughts made him retrieve his hand but when the sound of music turned up, he knocked before even allowing himself to think of it.

Around 30 seconds later, the door creaked open and he saw Mahnoor in her pajamas with messy hair.

" Hey ! Itni subah tum yaha kya rahe ho ? "

Her voice was also normal, as if she had been up all night. He took a quick look at the clock in her room and said,

" Subah ke saadhe chaar baj rahe hai. "

She raised his brow, prompting him to continue and he asked her,

" Tum puri raat music chala rahi thi ? "

She closed her mouth as soon as she opened because she felt like this was a rhetorical question and looked down.

Shahzain opened the door completely and asked,

" Can I come in ? "

She cleared her throat at the formality and nodded her head, getting aside, making space for him to enter.

Shahzain sat on the big sofa seat against the wall and motioned her to sit on the bed too, which she silently did.

" Are you okay ? "

" Huh "

She raised her brow at him and he sighed before elaborating.

" How long has it been, since you've slept at night ? "

He questioned and she felt as if she was being accused and felt the need to defend herself,

" I have- I did ! I was sleeping...bas abhi hi aankh khuli hai. "

He was about to question her again, when they heard footsteps in the living room.
Shahzain signalled her to keep quite and himself went to check it out, however a smile replaced his froen when he saw little Aayat, standing in the middle of a dimly lit living room, rubbing her eyes.

He sighed and moved closer to her, slowly saying, so as to not scare her,

" Aayat ! Beta idhar kya kar rahe ho aap. "

Fari had been crying too much these days, even though she was almost four years old and the twins sometimes slept with their parents, Aayat's sleep might've been disturbed by that.