"Mujhe jhelna mushkil hai nader," she said with a smile while her gaze was fixed on the table.
("It's difficult to tolerate me, Nader")
"Main jhel lunga," I replied.
("I'll manage")
She looked up towards me, then continued.
"Mai khubsurat nahi ho...
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"Eid Mubarak, Nader," she said, the first words to me while extending her hand to shake mine.
"Eid Mubarak to you too," I said, shaking it.
After wishing me, she turned towards the couch where everyone was now seated.
I joined them, sitting in front of her, with Samir on my right and Tamir on my left. Samir came with us, while Phuppu and Phuppa would come later on. Uns was now talking with Rasha and Ammi.
I wished her family members Eid and came back to sit. Every year, they come to our house to wish us Eid, but this is my first Eid where I am happy, and the reason is only one - the woman who is sitting in front of me.
After a while, Hassan uncle started to get up. "Why are you leaving so soon, uncle?" I asked while approaching him.
"Oh, beta, my brother and sister-in-law will also come now, so we have to leave now. We'll meet again in the evening," uncle said while calling Amira aunty.
Uns and Sahara got up to leave. We hadn't spoken since she arrived, except for wishing each other. We all went to see them off to the door. I saw her, she looked at me, then gave a small smile and walked away, leaving me to completely froze in my spot now.
"Uns," I smiled, remembering her smile.
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