94. Gifts

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Zara was in Ahaan's room, excitedly collecting the gifts they had bought for Bua ji. She couldn't wait to show them off and ran downstairs, skipping steps in her enthusiasm. However, her excitement almost got the better of her as she lost her balance and stumbled

Before she could fall, Umer rushed towards her and caught her by the arm, steadying her on her feet.

"Zara!" Ahaan shouted, his heart skipped a beat seeing her doing reckless things.

"Kya tha wo zara?" Umer asked sternly.

"Zoi se zara? Matlab mar gayi beta tu!" Zara thought. She was sure she was in trouble.

Trying to avoid Umer's wrath, Zara ignored him and walked towards Ahaan, hoping he would intervene as he usually did. However, Ahaan's expression was not much more forgiving.

"Kuch pucha umer ne, sunayi nahi diya?" Ahaan gave her a hard glare.

"Wo..wo...uhmm..maine nahi dekha!" Zara stammered, avoiding Umer and Ahaan's gaze.

Before she could react, Umer approached her and held her ear giving it a tight twist.

"Ahhhhhhh bhaiiii!" Zara jumped in pain, she was not really expecting this, she thought they would lecture her like before, scold her, and let it go.

"Kya nahi dekha? Huh aankhein hai na pata hai na stairs par ho? Yeh bhi pata hai na bhaagte nahi hai stairs pe? Itni buri tariqe se girne wali thi tum, hospital pahuch jaati abhi sidha, mazaak samjhke rakha hai har chiz ko, kitne baar kaha hai samjh nahi aati baat ki careless harkatein mat karo!" Umer scolded harshly.

"Mera kaan bhai...dard ho raha, please chordo!" Zara winced in pain, her eyes welling up with tears as she pleaded, She was on the verge of crying and wanted to beat umer.

"Bhaagogi agli baar stairs pe?" Umer's grip on her ear remained firm.

Zara shook her head, holding umer's hand which was gripping her ear.

"Dikhayi nahi deraha, awaaz bhi nahi nikal rahi? Hospital le jau?" Umer glared her, clearly wanting a verbal answer.

"Nahi karungi na chordo ab mera kaan, bohut gande ho aap!" Zara started crying.

"Umer, stop it!" Ahaan intervened, Umer released Zara's ear immediately and she rubbed it while tears kept flowing down her face.

"Bhaiya dekhein inhe!" Zara cried throwing her arms around Ahaan and hugging him tightly while hiccupping.

However instead of the comforting hug she expected she felt Ahaan's body remain stiff his chest hard as a rock. He didn't even hug her back.

She looked up at Ahaan from his chest and saw his stern eyes.

"Bhaiyaa!" She cried again loudly.

"You deserve this zara, mai kahu toh sunti nahi ho, mai maarta nahi hu aur daantu to bhaiya ji kehkar har baar bach jaati ho, you need someone who can bring you back on the line!" Ahaan said firmly

"Maine jaan mujh ke nahi kiya, galti se pair slip hogaya to itna daant rahe ho, bhai ne maara bhi na aap kyu daant rahe ho!" She asked while crying

"Isey daantna kehte hai? Yehi galtiya sudharne ko keh raha hu, lag wag jaati toh?" Ahaan's eyes softened when zara's  tears didn't stopped. He hugged her and kissed her head to calm her.

"Maine bhi maara nahi hai, usey kaan modna kehte hai maarna nahi!" Umer chided.

Zara didn't replied anything and sniffed.

"Buss karo ab, rona bund karo chalo bua ji wait kar rahi hai!" Ahaan wiped her tears.

"Aap dono dikhalein, mai apne room me jarahi hu!" Zara said sadly.

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