Kahani

Prologue

The smell of Gulab Jamun made my mouth water. There right in front of me was all the mithai you can think of. Jalebis, Gulab Jamun, Ladoo, there was everything!
"... am I in heaven?" I said out loud dazedly. I quickly ran to my love with my arms out stretched. I can almost taste the sweetness of the Gulab Jamun in my mouth. Or the crunch of the Jalebis. Just before I stuffed my mouth with a entire mithai ducaan, a rather loud noise woke me up from my splendid dream. Still trying to catch the remains of my dream in my head, I tiredly turned to the other side. "Ama I'm on my period, don't wake me up for Fajr." I said out loud sleepily. When I didn't hear feet retreating away and leaving my room I sat up. I almost screamed when someone put their hand over my mouth. I looked confused at the person who's hand was over my mouth. When I recognized who it was, from looking at their frantic eyes, I almost screamed again. They finally removed their hand away and my surprise was fully showing.
"YOUSEF WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE??"
"Shhhhh!" He said while sitting down on the edge of my bed.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU HOW DID YOU GET IN? WHY ARE YOU HERE?"
"You guys left your door open..."
"... Wait did you hear what I was saying when-"
He nodded awkwardly, a smile on his lips. I think I might just die from embarrassment.
"Well why are you here?"
"Uhh... I was gonna rob you guys.."
"You were gonna-, wait that makes you a thief. That means there is a thief in my house. THERE IS A THEIF IN MY HOUSE!" I abruptly got up and grabbed a pillow for self defense. "DONT COME NEAR ME I HAVE A PILLOW."
"Relax, I didn't know this was your house."
"GET. OUT. GET OUT, GET OUT, STOP STEALING, YOUR A THIEF, YOUR A THIEF!!" I started to smack him with my murderous weapon.
"STOP SHANO STOP! I'M NOT GONNA STEAL ANYTHING! IM NOT GONNA-"

"Shano are you awake?" Just then we heard loud footsteps coming near my room. I quickly shoved him in my closet and locked the door. Right at that moment, Ama opened the door.
"I thought I heard some noises. Are you alright?"
"Yes Ama, actually, I was just about to use the bathroom and then go back to sleep."
"Acha, khudahafiz beta."
Just then a loud noise of some thing falling came from my closet.
Couldn't he be quiet for a minute?
"What was that?"
"Oh my shampoo probably fell from the bath container in my shower. It always does that! You know, I think I should buy another one that will stick better to the wall."
"Acha, theek hai, I'm going to sleep now."
"Sweet dreams Ama."
I waited a few minutes after her departure to open the closet door.
"YOU COULDN'T SIT STILL COULD YA?"
Yousef rubbed his head and glared at the shoe box that fell.
"Do you know your way back?"
"No..."
"What? Were you PLANNING on sleeping at the house you were gonna rob?"
He let out a nervous chuckle. "Well actually I could just check Google maps on how to get home."
"Yeah well you do that."
"Um... Whats your wifi password?"
I let out an angry huff and grabbed his phone to type it in for him. "You know, I think this is the first time I'm giving the wifi password to someone who tried to rob my house."
"Well this is the first time I was locked in a closet. Theres a first time for everything."
I handed his phone back to him and then sat back down on the edge of my bed. "You know Yousef... You do realize that we haven't spoken to one another for 6 years right?"
His face grew solemn and he tensed up, almost as if he knew the next words that were to come out of my mouth.
"Why do you do all this? The stealing, the lying the cheating. Your so smart, so talented, why are you wasting everything on ridiculous stuff like drugs? Don't you know that-"
"Ok thats enough!" He stood up. "I'm not here for your lecture ok? Forget I even came here."

He left and I climbed back into bed. For at least an hour and a half, I couldn't fall asleep. I just stared at the ceiling, lost in my thoughts. When sleep did come, there wasn't any Gulab Jamun, there were tears.

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Hey guys! So this is the prologue from Kahani C:

I really hope you guys enjoyed the cute comedy scene 😝

By the way, RAMADAN MUBARAK🌙✨
Inshallah you all will have a great Ramadan this year!

Right now I'm planning on staying up until Sehri, I'll look fabulous when I go up to the dinner table with my eyes drooping and bags under my eyes (◕‿◕✿)

"You never know someone until you put them through hardships."

-Meesh🌸

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Okay so since this story is based on Pakistani culture, I'm also gonna add urdu/punjabi translation here:

Mithai- sweets
Ducaan- store
Ama- mom
Fajr- morning prayer
Acha- ok
Khudahafiz- goodbye
Beta- child
Theek Hai- ok then

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