Always and Forever

42. A Beautiful Day

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           She was sleeping so peacefully, the night stayed dark not understanding my efforts on getting a look of her . She was so close to me , yet I could not touch her , forget touching , I couldn't even get a glimpse of her beautiful face. The night was pitch black . How could a night be so romantic as well as so evil . I was laughing at the irony .

I woke up to Hayat's beautiful face ,I always thought that she would hug me in her sleep like how they would show it in the films and books , but she was cuddling her pillow . From now on I'm going to take the phrase "all the characters and events in this book/film are fictional " seriously .

She slept like a foetus , bending her knees and hugging the pillow . Her long and curly eyelashes kissed her cheeks , her nose was not so long and not so short , which gave the innocence to her face . Her small lips were pink and so petite . Her cheeks were chubby enough to pull them . Her golden locks reached below her shoulder , they were partly brown and partly golden . She is my goldilocks.
" Thanks to her blue eyes that stayed close , else they would not have let me see anything beside them ".

I have got my whole life to keep on staring at her , I know that won't be enough , but now it's time for fajr and if I keep on staring at her , the prayer time will be over. I don't want her miss her prayers .

"Hayat , hayat". Wake up, it's time for fajr . I patted her on the shoulder. She never moved an inch , She was sleeping like there is no tomorrow.

"wake up honey", I patted her again .
No response came from her like the last time . She was so tired it seems ,

" Okay darling you want me to wake you up like how an ideal husband should". My inner thoughts never let me alone.
"Good morning baby" , I kissed her forehead so softly not to wake her up , though the intention of this action is to wake her up .

She woke up in an instant and she was blushing in the morning , Which added a beautiful color to her pale cheeks . She wrapped her hijab in haste on seeing me and looked at me with those cute sleepy eyes. Those blue sapphires hypnotised me . My mind went blank for a moment.
She blinked and I came to my senses .

"Mmmm ..... Hayat , it's time for fajr . I guess you don't want to miss it". I spoke with innocence .

Mmm..... yes , thank you for waking me up Hamza , she literally blushed while speaking.

Hayat finished her prayer and we both read the Quran together.

"Hayat get ready , we will go to Rafan's place today, they will be expecting us" . She nodded her head and quickly got up to get ready.

She bought two pair of dresses , a green one and a white one and asked me my choice, " Hamza, which one should I wear today ?" I chose the white one .

We were on our way to my in laws home , which by the way Basically means my brother in law's home . We were seated next to each other on the bus , for the first time I felt happy travelling in the bus rather than missing my car .We were getting close for the first time on a public transport and and not in our home , I was laughing at the fact and looked at hayat who was glancing outside the window . She was mesmerizing. But from her facial expressions I can tell that she was not comfortable with this new closeness, it was new to her. But I just can't leave her alone . As I promised , I will always stay by her side .

We were welcomed by a laughing Romaisa . I have never been comfortable with children . But Romaisa made it different , The two days I spent with her changed everything. During that time I never knew she was Rafan's daughter , but now I feel a genuine happiness every time I Iook at her .Romaisa hugged me tightly leaving no room for me to breathe . Only after 2 or 3 minutes , she went to Hayat. I was smiling to myself.

Rafan and Aaliyah were looking at Hayat as if they are seeing her after a decade , it's not even been a whole day since they last saw her . They are overacting . They finally made me miss my family, but now they are my family too .

We had a pleasant time there and by evening , we headed back home . Hayat was seen so happy on our way back to home.
We stopped on our way to buy groceries , I took the chance to get her some flowers . She loved those simple things and found happiness in it . I bought her daisies and peonies. I searched for tulips , but they were not available.

"These are so lovely , thank you so much hamza , I never knew you could be Romantic" , she laughed and her laughter made the day feel complete .

"Have you judged me already, don't be so quick , you are going to see a lot of these in the near future , just be ready to embrace all of it ". I winked .

We reached our destination too soon . with her by my side , time flies really fast , it was like a moment ago , I admired her long lashes that kissed her cheeks as she blinked her eyes , and within a blink we are here .

"Show me where the eggs and mayonnaise are , let me make us some sandwich" , she offered . I showed her everything to which she nodded. I usually went to the masjid for every prayer but today we prayed isha together , it felt amazing .
At first I was hesitant , but her cute eyes pleaded and no one can reject anything infront of those eyes .
"I don't want anything extra , you have already given me a lot more than I deserve, I would be more than happy if it just stays the way it is , my lord please don't take away the blessings you have bestowed upon me , all I want is to wake up to Hayat's smiling face everyday" . I finished the prayer and went to kitchen to help her , but once I got there all I could do was stare at the beauty in front lf me , she was not wearing a hijab . Maybe she feels safe and comfortable with me and I high fived to myself for this great achievement.

" I can feel you staring " she shocked me .
" ummm.... I thought I could offer you any help " .

" it's done ", she handed me my plate and carried hers .

" mmm.... I never knew doctors could cook this well , how could sandwich taste this good .." , she blushed on my compliment .

It was past our bedtime and Hayat has yawned four times already ."I was not counting it on purpose , I was not able to control myself , she looked so cute while yawning".

"Good night sweet dreams " a beautiful day ended here and a much more beautiful day awaits for us....

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Ufff.... finally 😁
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