My Blue Orange [COMPLETED]

Chapter 49

He branched himself on the edge of her bed's mattress, pushing back stray strand away from her forehead.

They all kept shut at his arrival. None of them uttered a single word. He went straight to her dropping his travel bag with loud thud on the floor. With slow, determined yet strong steps, he advanced in her direction.

'Baby girl!', he purred at her.
But she stayed asleep.

Zaki stood up and sauntered towards his elder brother and baby sister.
He placed his head on Zaid's shoulder from behind and sobbed silently while hugging his torso.

'Look who's here Zash!', Zaid whispered to her tapping her small nose.

'Zaid!', Zaki cried loudly and he pulled him in a bone crushing hug.

It felt like he was hugging him after thousands of reincarnations.

'It's okay.', he whispered and Zaki moved more into him, trying to find solace.

'I'm sorry.', he wailed and sank down to the floor.

'I failed her.', he gritted while Zaid crouched down to his level trying to calm him.

'It's all my fault.', he said shaking his head.

'No it's not. Calm down.', Zaid whispered to him.

Musa scratched his beard and pushed back his unshed tears. He looked at her.
How peaceful she was by ablazing all of them...

'I should've protected her but I was a prick. I kept blaming you for leaving us, but  it was me.I had to look out for her.', he bawled like a small child in his chest with closed eyes.

Mr.Asim chewed at his fist to keep himself from crying. He knew how it felt. Not knowing whether the person sleeping there is ever going to wake up or not.

He averted his gaze and closed his eyes.

'She'll be back.', Zaid said with utmost certainty in his voice.

'They don't come back.', Zaki mumbled in a hushed tone and Musa clutched the rod of her bed fastly to prevent himself from getting fainted.

'Don't say that. Just pray for her.', Zaid admonished him.

'No they don't---', he couldn't utter it completely as Zaid had his hand on his mouth to shut him.

'Shut up.', he seethed.
'Don't even think about it.',he whisper gritted with bloodshot eyes and his hand still on his mouth.

'She'll be back.', he said in a determined voice and pulled his younger brother in his chest.

He looked up at Musa who was frowning at Zasha, talking to himself in hushed tone.

They were a mess

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5 days later

Zaki was cutting her nails while telling her about the taste of Chinese they just had.

'Your nurse said you had a banana shake. Is it true?',he asked her while moving towards her next hand.

'I don't think it has real banana. May be some artificial flavor.', he said.

'Don't worry I'm keeping tracks of it. They will die a thousand times if they fed you something wrong.', he said with ferocity.

'What's cooking?', Uncle Asim said while coming inside.

'Nothing much.', Zaki called.

'Here! All done.',he said after looking at her nails.