Match made in heaven

Chapter 23- Burning fire

"Adam!! Adam!!! Control yourself!!!", Paree screamed as she held his biceps,

The white bed spreads flew across the room and the furniture was scattered,

"Leave me mama", he said pulling his hand from her grip and hitting the board of the bed with his fists,

"Adam!! You're bleeding", she screamed choking on the water that filled her throat and eyes,

He didn't stop, he continued hitting the board with his fists and at each shot he growled in pain as the white mattress started soaking his blood,

"Imraan!", Paree shouted for help but nobody was at home,
An immediate call from Soha's dad forced Imraan and Raina to rush to their place.

The board of his bed was now painted red with his blood but it hadn't broken. It stayed the same, One last punch and Adam left a sharp cry, "mama.......i wanna die.....", he told as water flowed through his eyes and nose,

"Adam!! Don't say this, what happened to you so suddenly?", Paree asked stroking his shoulders,

Adam fell down and sat on the floor, Paree rushed and cushioned his head with her palms, he unconsciously snuggled into her arms and cried,

Pareesima stroked his hair and wiped his tears as she cuddled her son, "mama im tired of this...im tired...", he said to his mother,

"Adam!! Adam!! Beta...everything will be fine", she said consoling him,

"WHEN? WHEN WILL EVERYTHING BE FINE", he screamed,

Paree flinched at his high tone, "beta...trust Allah, trust him", she said hugging him even tighter,

They both cried along with each other. The feeling of vulnerability made Adam feel guilty, all of it seemed his fault. He started regretting his decision of flying to Spain, attending the meeting....he regretted his birth and also his existence.

Few hours passed, Imraan and Raina were back home. Adam slept on the cold floor of his room while Pareesima cried and offered salah next to him.

On hearing the door cling, she came downstairs. Imraan carefully observed her swollen red eyes and asked, "you cried?", on which she didn't answer.

Raina appeared from behind with a lowered head. She looked up at her mother with sad eyes and was shocked to see her, "mama did you cry?"

"I asked the same", the composed man told his daughter,

"Wash your hands, I'll set the table", Paree softly replied, "you must be hungry"

A few minutes later, the table was now set for dinner. "Go call Adam as well", Imraan told Raina who was arranging the plates,

"Okay",

"Let him be, I'll serve him later", Paree told her husband,

"Arey no, we'll eat together", he denied and told Raina to call him downstairs.

After a minute or two, Raina let a sharp scream. Both of her parents panicked and rushed to her. She stood in the middle of the doorway of Adam's room. Black smoke was coming out of his room and the sound of flames kept increasing.

Imraan rushed in to see Adam burning his bed. Adam was sweating heavily as he stood very close to the flames. A bottle of spirit was in his hands and he didn't care enough to look at what was happening around him. Imraan, on seeing this horrific view immediately ran to him and snatched the bottle from his grip.

"PAGAL HO KYA?", he screamed at his son,

There was no reply from his side. Imraan failed in pulling Adam away from the fire. Adam's strong figure stood still. His muscles were unaffected by strong pulls of his worried father.

Leaving him at his position, he went straight into the bathroom and splashed buckets of water on the burning bed and its spreads.

Pareesima watched all of it from the door and pulled Raina away from it. The tears in her eyes spoke volumes. 'Allah i begged for my sons life a few minutes back, i begged for his peace from you, i begged for his happiness, for his satisfaction and this is what you make me see? My child this close to being burnt?' , she told herself.

The flames went so high that the ceiling of his room turned black in color. The paint of the wall behind his bed was completely destroyed. The pictures that were framed above the board of the bed were burnt too. The bed was of no use.

Imraan left a huge breathe. He turned towards Adam and gave him a tight slap. The sound of the slap made the two women shiver. Paree rushed to save her son.

"ADAM? ARE YOU MAD?", he screamed,

On getting no reply or any reaction he screamed even more, "DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE??? DID YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?? IF YOU WANT TO DIE PLEASE DO IT IN A PLACE WHERE YOUR MOTHER CAN'T SEE-", on saying this Pareesima cried,

"Please, don't say this to my son", She cried to her husband and hugged Adam,

"I won't tell anything to him if he stops behaving like this", he replied in anger,

Adam didn't change his facial expressions, they were still the same.

"Why don't you tell him something?", he questioned his wife,

"Don't let him marry Soha", she said wiping her tears away,

"What?", he aksed in surprise,

"He doesn't wanna marry her. Why are you forcing him, CAN'T YOU SEE? ALL OF THIS IS HER FAULT? MY SON IS IN PAIN BECAUSE OF HER?", this time Paree rose her voice that silenced Imraan.

He lowered his head and said, "he will have to marry her at any cost" and left the room.

Paree turned to her son whose face was covered with tears and sweat. She left the room not being able to watch his son in such condition.

Raina slowly entered the room after the parents walked out of it.

"This bed made her uncomfortable", Adam told as he felt his sister stand beside him,

She looked at the vulnerable state he was in and tears left her eyes. For the first time ever, she felt angry towards Aarzu.
'She didn't even give bhai a chance to explain', she thought,
"Bhai....it's not your fault", she told her brother, "it was partly hers too, she should've given a chance to explain", he looked into her eyes with disbelief,

"How is all of this her fault?", Regret turned into anger in his voice, "That was the most gentle and soft reaction she had...if it was some other woman she would've slapped me and created a fuss among the families...she stayed quiet...not harming my reputation",

Raina nodded her head in agreement,

She couldn't console Adam. She was unable to or maybe she didn't know how to. This was the first time she witnessed Adam in a state of anger at this level. He was a calm, composed and reserved man with lesser expression of feelings and emotions. His sudden outburst of emotions put everyone into worry.

Adam's anger was all because of Aarzu's change of view towards him. He would survive if the world saw him as a criminal but this was Aarzu, she was different. Her opinions mattered in his brain.

End of chapter 23.

Uffff!!! Bechara Adam!!!!

Damn man.

Btw sorry for late update...super busy with my university........doctor banna bht mushkil hai yaar...!!
Im starting to hate my choice but the only thing that keeps me going is Adam.