Sacred Love

Chapter 4

At last, the wait is over. The most anticipated Saturday is today. Malik Sha had received a call from Raj Kumar inviting their entire family to spend the day with them. Raj has been this way all along. He keeps cordial ties with their families and views his kids' closest friends as his own kids. He remains in contact with Deepak's and Diya's teachers and school pals. Additionally, Raj and Seema don't mind that Deepak has female friends and Diya has male acquaintances. As long as it stays inside their own religion, they don't even mind if their children date.

Diya is always perplexed as to how someone might lose love for someone solely due to their religious beliefs. Religion and love don't really go together, do they? It's not the faith of the individual that makes us fall in love. She said that true love isn't when someone prioritises someone else's religion over their character. Nothing can prevent two people from being together if they are both willing to accept each other completely. She never challenges her parents despite having these ideas. She has never dated someone of a different religion, which is the first reason why she doesn't express her opinion. Her parents' open-mindedness towards many things sets them apart from many other Indian parents, which is the second factor.

Except for grandmother, everyone in Raj's home is occupied in the kitchen. After taking her medication in the morning, Granny is dozing off. Diya is scraping the coconut, Raj and Seema are cooking, and Deepak is chopping vegetables. This is how they always collaborate, realising how difficult it is for Seema to do everything by herself and that the entire family needs to pitch in in the kitchen. They banter and argue their way through all of the culinary tasks by 10:30 a.m.

After a lot of chores, Diya decides to take another bath again as she sweated a lot. She hears the doorbell ring while taking a bath, indicating that their guests have arrived. She didn't want to wash her hair again in order to prevent becoming sick, but she unintentionally turns on the shower and gets soaked. She curses silently as she washes her hair and approaches the visitors.

She saw Aman, along with a late middle-aged couple, and a late-teen daughter in the living room. She believes the girl is Aman's younger sister and the pair is Aman's parents.

“It's my sister Diya, uncle, aunty."Deepak introduced her immediately upon spotting her, saying, "Diya, these are Aman's parents."

"Hello, guys, How are you? how are you doing?"Diya waves at his sister and extends a greeting.

"Hello Diya, how are you doing? Everyone is doing great. Aman informed us that You began working. How's your new life?" Grinning, Aman's dad queries.

"Well, it's good. I'm a teacher now, and I absolutely enjoy it. I'm really delighted about it," Diya responds.

“look and learn from her Ameera. The most talented people in today's cutthroat environment succeed in their goals. However, this girl doesn't seem to be listening to me. Nobody at the time encouraged me to pursue education since, in my family's eyes, it was improper for girls to pursue higher education and independent living. However, a lot has changed since then. A girl or a boy might live a peaceful life if they are financially independent. But unfortunately, this girl doesn't know how to take advantage of the best prospects," Aman's mother glares at her daughter and laments.

"She'll take seize her opportunity  auntie. Diya smiles and tells her, "I can assure you of that." She feels sad for Ameera as the conversation might have made her uncomfortable.

Then she turned to face Aman, only to discover that he was staring at her too. She smiled at him as he gave her a charming, dimpled smile in return. The parents conversed about everything and everything as usual. Since none of them was interested in the so-called grown-up conversations, Deepak led Aman to his room. Diya pitied Ameera since she was nervously staring around while her parents were chatting nonstop with Raj and Seema. She led Ameera to her room as a result.

In terms of beauty, Ameera surpasses Diya. She is somewhat taller than Diya and her looks are considerably more remarkable.. Her long lashes and dark hair add to her beauty, and she has the same beautiful dimples as her brother. Although she wears a scarf as a hijab, the front portion of her hair isn't fully covered, allowing Diya to see it.

"Your room is pleasant. It's pretty great,"Ameera says.

Diya says, "Thank you," not sure what to say next. Knowing that Ameera is a first-year student, she asks about her college experience after a few awkward silences.

"Well, it's not too bad. What made you decide to become a teacher? Do you not find it somewhat monotonous? Ameera enquiries.

" I don't find it like that, but maybe you might. It's incredibly enjoyable for me." Diya says..

Ameera gives a nod of agreement. At that moment, there was a knock on the door and Deepak entered the room before Diya could respond. Diya is forgiving of him because there are guests, even though she would have preferred to break his head for storming into her room without her permission. Aman stood close to the entrance.

"Hey girls , we are going for a movie in the evening, do you guys want to join us?" asked a wildly ecstatic Deepak.

"I would like to join you guys, but bhayi you know that Abba won't allow me to join you guys." Ameera says, glancing at her brother.

"Aami , Deepak didn't ask you about Abba's opinion, he only asked whether you would like to join us, if you do , I will take care of everything else."says Aman in an assuring way.

"Is that a question bhayi, I am with you guys then." Chirped Ameera.

"Good, What about you Diya? Don't you want to join us?" Asks Aman looking into Diya's eyes.

"I'd love to. Count me in." Says Diya.

"Yeaaa then it would be great fun." Says Deepak.

That's then they heard their mother calling them for having food. All the four youngsters go to the dining table to have their food. Seema never disappoints in her cooking skills. She always does her best. After having the food, the two sibling duo went to the mall to watch the movie. What Diya noticed is that Aman's parents are not happy with his decision to take Ameera with them since Deepak is there with them,as they find it is inappropriate for a girl to go to a movie with a boy outside their family. But since they are now at their house,they can't express anything and apart from that Aman is supporting her.

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