Iqraar E Mohabbat ✓

Chapter 12

Shahzain woke up at noon as he had a day off. Since the previous day had been mock surgery, he had not gotten proper sleep in the past week due to the pressure. After taking a quick shower, he got ready as he had planned to meet his best friend, Kabir.

Leaving the empty house behind, he drove to the café where he was supposed to meet his friend.

"Look who is here, Dr. Shahzain." Kabir said when he saw his friend approaching him. They shared a small bro hug and sat on the respective chairs.

"How is Bhabhi?" Kabir asked with a teasing grin.

"How is Bhabhi?" Shahzain mimicked his tone and glared at him. "What type of friend are you? Instead of asking how I am, you are asking about my wife."

"I can see you are fine, but I have not seen her, that's why I am asking, idiot." Kabir said with a huff.

"I have not seen her either. She had a day off yesterday and I had evening duty along with the mock surgery. And she had already left in the morning when I woke up. I miss her." Shahzain said the last statement with a pout making his friend frown at him.

"Look at you, saying I miss her like a small baby as if you don't sleep every night with her in your arms. Poor Humera, she got stuck with a stupid like you." Kabir stated.

Shahzain scoffed. "As if, you did not hope for our marriage since our school days. You should be happy your prayer got answered."

"My prayer?" Kabir raised his eyebrows. "You have some guts to say as if I was the only one praying. You are the one who used to cry for her. You are not regretting now, are you?" Kabir glared while asking the last question.

"Astagfirullah, no." Shahzain shook his head. "Era is the most precious blessing Allah ever gave me. I can never regret having her in my life. She is my lifeline, Kabir." There was a beautiful glow in Shahzain's face as he spoke about his wife. His wife! Almost ten months of the marriage and he still felt giddy calling her his wife. It was something he had always wished for, and his wish was fulfilled. Shahzain cherished Humera. She was treated like a queen by her husband. He respected her and most importantly loved her. Humera was Shahzain's top priority.

"Haaye Allah, mujhe bhi nikah karna hai." (I also want to get married.)" Kabir exclaimed suddenly making Shahzain roll his eyes. "Says the one who has rejected countless girls."

Kabir gave his friend a stink eye. "Not everyone can get Humera now, can they?"

"Hey!!! Don't put your evil eye on my wife." Shahzain exclaimed.

"Bada sukoon milta hai na tujhe har baat mein, my wife, meri biwi karte huye. (You feel content saying my wife in each word.)" Kabir taunted him.

"Tu begum bolna bhul gaya." Shahzain said, making Kabir sigh. Just at that moment Shahzain's phone rang making Kabir huff. "Lo aagaya begum ka call. (Look, it's wife' call)"

Shahzain picked up the call and Humera's voice came from the other side. "Shah, where are you? Are you at home?"

"I am in a café with Kabir, Aşkım (My love). Are you free now? Do you want me to pick you up?" Shahzain asked her.

"No, no. Just send me the location, I will be there." Humera said.

"Okay, come safe." Shahzain said before hanging up the call.

A while later, Humera and Aamira came to the place. As soon as they reached the boys, Shahzain stood up from his place and pulled his wife in a one side hug.

"Oh, hi. I am just invisible." Kabir said waving his hand at the couple in front of him.

Aamira chuckled at him and opened her arms. "Aww, poor little baby got neglected. Come I will give you a hug."

Kabir scowled at her. "Tu toh durr hi reh. Tera wala pistol leke aayega meri Katl karne. (You stay away or else your man would come to kill me with his pistol)."

"You did not tell me you had a mock surgery." Humera told her husband after taking the seat.

"It was a surprise for us too, Aşkım. But how did you find out?" Shahzain said, putting his hand on her shoulder.

"It's all over hospital. Everyone is talking about how good Dr. Shahzain and Dr. Aaliya is." It was Aamira who gave the answer.

"Are you jealous, Aşkım?" Shahzain teased his wife who glared at him in return. He pulled her closer to him. "They are saying that because they haven't seen us. The moment they do, they will start chanting, Dr. Humera and Dr. Shahzain are best together."

"Can you two making me feel sad for being single?" Kabir whined making others chuckle at him.

"There was something I had to tell you by the way." Humera turned to her husband and narrated about how his parents cooked breakfast for her.

"Wow, they were never free to cook food for me, but they cooked for you? What a pair of bootlickers." Kabir scoffed.

"Kabir." Aamira chided.

"What? I am telling the truth. They were never home while Shahzain was here and now, they are acting as though they are some lovely parents. Did you take your blood test? I don't believe that they did not poison." Kabir said angrily. It was common knowledge among them about the negligence of Shahzain's parents.

"Let them try. Amidst their plan of making me like her at least they are feeding my wife when I am not with her. It's good for this careless woman." Shahzain said nonchalantly.

"What do you mean by careless woman? I am the most careful one." Humera glared at him.

"Most careful?" Shahzain scoffed. "You had fever for a week straight when you were preparing for the license exam, Era and don't forget vomiting hit you while preparing for the entrance exam for the M.D. due to gastritis. When workload increased you forget everything besides work."

Humera huffed.

They decided to order the food and had it while continuing their conversations. After finishing the food, Shahzain dropped Humera and Aamira to the hospital before driving back to his home.

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