MUHAFIZ

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9 pm

"Yeh kya hai!"

    Amna wide her eyes. She was terrified as she looked at mehndi design Shehnaaz has applied on her hand. Flowers have no freaking direction, leaves are at roots of stick. Dots are on other corner and don't ask her further. This was total disaster done by Shehnaaz

"Achi toh hai." Shehnaaz's lip curved in pout

   Today was chand-raat. Night before Eid, where you apply mehndi on hands. Decorate and clean your house, prepare food and clothes for morning. Most of people save small chaos for chand-raat. Like getting accessories for your clothes or others things. Going to parlours. She remembers her chand-raat with her father always with complains. Get this from bazar baba, get that, this one isn't right colour she use to make him go to gulf market like hundreds times only to at end chose very first one

    She definitely misses him but being around amna for some time her mind has been distracted. All of shah family celebrate Eid at their village Sewan. Mir-sahab was gone already so were Zain and Aryaan. Maham also had to go back, because their Eid day is always very busy with guests and all since amna doesn't like Eid much anyways she stayed with Shehnaaz. That reason she give but Shehnaaz knows she stayed because Shehnaaz was alone. Who doesn't like Eid? No one. No matter how boring it gets we all are always excited for Eid. Amna knows Shehnaaz can't stay alone after that one incident

   She wishes Mir-sahab was also here but it wasn't possible. He had to be there for Eid. He was needed there more

"Isko achi kehte hain!" Amna almost shouted

"Neche chalen lagwane?" Shehnaaz said finally giving up. She can't really apply nice mehndi. She tried "Wait time dekhon." She glanced at clock. She has now made sure she doesn't go out late, last time her tears saved her but she's not sure about next time he did scold her a lot

"Yaar tum toh ab biwi ho Mir bhai ki!" Amna gets up to wash her hand instantly from kitchen's sink. Shehnaaz frown leaning against shelf so what? Amna noticed her expressions "Thora unko apne control mein karo." She advised

"Mein kyun karu esa?" She didn't like this idea of controlling him. He maybe her shohur now but he's her Mir-sahab before. He's perfectly fine with his behaviour, so why would she do thing like that. Also you can't control him instead he does

"Kyun ke wo kuch zyda he strict hai unko kaho thora kaam hojaye hum mar nahi jayege." Amna rolled her eyes while wiping her hands to see light mehndi stain was there now

"He is just worried about us."

"Mein keh bhi kise rahi hoon. Mir bhai ke khilaf tumhe kuch sunai deta he nahi." Amna smirked which made Shehnaaz blush "Agar wo tumhe kahe tum toh saans lena chor dou." She added

"Esa kuch nahi hai." Shehnaaz gets defensive

"Esa he hai beta." Amna nodded

"Chalna hai mehndi lagwane?" Shehnaaz changed topic immediately with tinted cheeks

"Haan chalo."

   They went downstairs, where others girls were getting their mehndi done by artist. They had to wait for like 2 hours for their turn and it was already midnight. In middle of waiting she realise she left her phone at home what if Mir-sahab calls? No maham told her he was out with his cousins and friends which means he's gonna be busy. She hopes he hasn't called