Phir Le Aaya Dil

Chapter 3

Zoya cried out and her head was resting on his body,"Haider", she ultimately screamed out loud and cried and cried.

Whereas, on the other side of universe, Asad was sleeping restlessly, woke up screaming, "Zoya!"

He screamed so loud as something was scaring him it disturbed the slumber of Dilshad and Najma, who quickly ran towards his room and Dilshad sat beside him, giving a glass full of water to have it and relax himself.

When he gulped down the water in a single sip his mother concerned, "What happen Asad"

"Kuch nahi bas aise hi, childhood memory", he hesitantly but sheepishly replied and Dilshad pressed her lips and touched his cheek, "Aren't you well?"

"I am fine ammi, don't worry", he tried to make her relax and continued, "Aap dono so jaiye"

Najma bit her lower lip, "Aap doctor ko dikhalo na bhaijaan", at which he smiled, "tu hai na is ghar ki sabse badi doctor, tujhe dikhalu?", he giggled sheepishly and laughed fake.

She gave him a no-nonsense glare, "unki yaad aapke zehen se jaati nahi hai bhai. Consult any psychiatrist, you-you need it", she concerned for her brother at which he smiled, "Main jane hi nahi dena chahta uski yaad"

"Philosophies mein kuch nahi rakha", and saying this she left his room at which he looked at Dilshad and said, "doctor doctor khelte khelte khud doctor banne wali hai....jaldi badi ho gayi nahi meri lal tamatar",and smiled again.

Dilshad took a deep breath and without any answer said,"Remember Zoya, but don't forget yourself", and saying this she left.

Whereas he muttered, "I and her are same ammi", and saying this he got lost in some own thoughts of hers.

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In the noon,

Gaffur asked to the doctor for the Zoya's discharge and he allowed her to go home after some tests and another bandaging on the wounds and bruises. She was still weak, from the body and the soul both. The person who was no more wasn't only her husband, but a friend and a companion firstly.

She was quiet from the moment she has realized that everything has been tarnished for her. She has married him two years back as friends and the trust which they have built up has been tying an another knot,some can called its commitment, or trust or it may be called as love.

The doctor has suggested keeping a 24 hour nurse for her to Gaffur for few days, till the date her wounds can repair and Gaffur also agreed to this.

Humeira had ordered each and every servant of the house, to not ask Zoya, anything related to Haider, which can tarnish her even more.

She welcomed her sister who was expressionless and quiet as if someone has filled life in the lifeless doll, which can walk but not reactor talk. Humeira hugged her tightly but she didn't replied back by embracing her, which moist her eyes, but Humeira knew her condition so carefully wiped her tears from the corner of her eyes and said, "Aapi aaiye na maine aapke roomko acche se arrange kar diya hai aap rest karna chahti hain to...", but before she could complete Zoya crawled off from there to upstairs to her room.

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Past:

"hihihi", I can ride cycle with a wink, said the thin and tall, 6 year old Asad laughing at Zoya who was faking that he couldn't.

She thought for a while keeping her finger on her chin and replied, "I too can."

"How? After all you don't know how to ride it", he tease her at which she made faces.

She twisted her lips and put the hands on waist, "Dilshadaunty says, koshish karne walo ki kabhi haar nahi hoti"

"Accha. Ammi ne kaha?", he confirmed and she said, "Yes. That is why, I will try and try again"

She jumped on the cycle seat and tried to peddle down slowly and after few minutes, she became expertise in it and was able to do it and teased him, "Ullu banaya bada maza aaya.....heheheh", she teased him showing her tongue and peddled the cycle in fool speed without looking at the front and kept showing her tongue to him.

He noticed that an ox was coming from the front of the road but as always Zoya was careless and seeing this Asad left his cycle and ran towards her and hit her cycle, which accident fell on the road and it wounded her elbow.

"Auw Ammi", she cried.

He blew air on her elbow, but hearing her cry, Raziya and Dilshad ran out tocheck her out and saw.

"Zyada zor se lagi na", the little Asad asked her with moist eyes and continued holding her earlobes, "Sorry maaf kar do na mere karan tumko lagi"

Hearing this Dilshad was coming to scold her but Raziya held her wrist to stop and indicate, "Lets see"

The cute chubby Zoya wiped her tears and so his and said, "No its fine, you wanted to save me from that big ox na"

He nodded his head positively and she gave a friendly hug to him and the mothers, witnessing the smile on the children faces smiled as well.

Asad bring her to his room wiped her bleeding bruises with antiseptic and applied the ointment with a huge smile saying, "Ab dard nahi hoga"

Present:

With this remembrance, Dilshad came back to the reality when storm started, curtains flying and the window gates were started echoing.

She immediately closed the windows and sat down on the nearby sofa, "I hope sab pehle jaisa ho jaye, Asad ke lie, Zoya ke lie aur Haider ke lie bhi", with this she looked over to the skies, as she was praying something to her god.

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Zoya looked at the walls of her room which was not just the walls but the epitome of memories, Memories of her's and Haider's.

She caressed looking at the photograph of Haider, caress edit and wiped it with her dupatta, smilingly, but didn't utter a single word from her mouth.

Gaffur and Humeira knew that she has crawled into a shell after knowing about the demise of Haider and to overcome from the tragedy was very important so Gaffur, at the doctor's advice took haider's body at home for the last rituals without informing Zoya.

They ladies and gents were counting the hymns on the cloves and throwing them on the floor, the chanting was eating Zoya up, so she ran from there and screamed loudly, "Abbu bas kariye, no one has been dead in this house, so so don't spread this manhusiyat"

Everyone looked at her with the shock, but it was nothing new for Gaffur, he kept chanting and when the chanting of hymns has been finished he asked the people to uplift his body on the shoulder and help him.

"Humi ye kya ho raha hai, koi roko na abbu ko", she again called Humeira.

Humeira who was restless to see her sister's condition rantowards her and drag her to witness who was the person, who has been dead, "Yedekho dobara dekho who has been DEAD", she uttered loudly and jerked her handin tears.

Zoya looked at Haider but didn't cry, she didn't even react.Everyone took him for the process of funeral but it didn't bother her. She was a lifeless statue in front of everyone who was in tears.

She left the spot dragging herself towards her room and laid down on the bed without any expression, just looking on the roof as was questioning to the skies that why did it happened to me.

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Aditi