Rooh-e-Zindagi (soul of life)

13|Family

Once settling both his boys in Arez's room Ashaar walked towards Arzoo's room. He knocked on the door and gently peeked inside.

He saw Maahad sitting on the bed rubbing his hand in Arzoo's hair as she was sleeping next to him.

"Ashaar bhai?" Maahad stood up gently adjusting Arzoo.

"Theek ha yeh?" He asks and Maahad nodded wiping his tears.

"Rorahi thi! Ab sogaibha leken." Maahad replied.

"Saamne wala room khali karadia ha mene you can shift there." Ashaar replied.

"Mein..yahi ruk jata huna?" Maahad asks.

"I don't think I would like it Maahad! Apna saman shift kro you can stay with Arzoo as long as you want but I want you to sleep in your room." Ashaar announced.

It was his home. He has to respect it.

"Maahad! I know it will take time leken beta please don't feel like an outsider here. Mein yahn tumhe Arzoo ki wajah se nahi laya hu! You are not here because she wouldn't have left without you. I don't care hamara rishta jo bhi ha! I couldn't leave you there beta! You are just 16 bhot chote ho tum you don't have to navigate this life all alone! I will be here for you." Ashaar wasn't done but Maahad cut him off.

"Mein jiska beta hu Ashaar bhai uske bad ap mujse kese aise batein krsakte ha?" Maahad asks.

"What did I just say? I don't care about it at all! Jo hua usme hum bacho mein se kisi bhi galti nahi ha! We were all innocent in this. Free yourself from this guilt. Ye ghar ab tumahra bhi ha stay however you want." Ashaar said and exited the room.

Tears once again filled in Maahad's eyes but this time it was of relief he felt hearing his words. He was not here because of Arzoo. Ashaar doesn't care about Malihaa and his soft words bought a different kind of peace in Maahad's mind.

Ashaar wanted to meet Amraha but he was fearing it. He was scared to see her for the first time in his entire life he was afraid. He doesn't want to hurt her and he mad enough to cause her hurt. He cannot tell her about his decision right now and he wants to wait.

Amraha was lying on her grandmother's lap crying silently. She was feeling bad because Ashaar did exactly what Aabis did. Aabis was never a great father but he was to Amraha.

Amraha was his princess much before Arzoo existed. He was her most favourite person in the World. Amraha was never that attached to her mother not as much as Ashaar anyway. She was his daddy's girl. He left her he left her alone crying because he wanted to live with Malihaa. The scar he gave her never got healed.

A year ago Amraha was in grocery store when she saw Aabis and Arzoo shopping together. She was sitting inside a wheel cart and he was running around with her. Her loud giggle filled the stores everybody was watching them with smile except her. Her heart was breaking. She felt broken. She felt robbed. Ashaar was her everything but he never was her father. He was Arez's and Amar's father but he never was her father.

Her father left her the day Azra caught them. She stayed silent and never asked her mother to let her visit him because it would have upset her and Ashaar never allowed them to upset her.

After her death Amraha started blaming him for his death. He came back took Amar with him but he never asked her to come back that made Amraha hate him.

The day he sent sweets to their place at Arzoo's birth Amraha cried herself to sleep that night and 6 more nights. He officially replaced her and now she was here that girl was here.

She will replace her in Ashaar's life aswell. She will loose another most important of her life again. She doesn't want to go through all of this again. Zohaan helped her a lot to get over the trauma she won't let it hit her again.