Levirate [Haniaal/Zarry]

Chapter 2

"Morning Mr. Malik. I have left your coffee on your table and already prepared the studio for your meeting. How is Harry and the little one?"

"Morning Fahima. Thank you. Harry and Azad are doing well considering the morning sickness and the fatigue"

"Oh shame. I remember how I was in my first trimester with Alessia, worst time ever. I hope you are treating him well"

"You know how spoilt he is. He is my angel, I wouldn't treat him any other way"

"I know. Harry and Akilah are blessed to have you sir"

"Harry has gotten to you as well? We are having a boy named Azad"

I'm afraid I am on Harry's side on this one. He is carrying a girl named Akilah. Mother knows best"

"Wow I can never win in this life"

The rest of the day Daniaal gets busy with his paintings. He is meeting an art dealer in two hours time who is looking to buy 10 of his paintings. While waiting, he silently paints a portrait of Harry and Azad. His profile comes naturally to his hand, he has touched and stared at that face for 7 years now and all the curves and edges are ingrained on his soul. He takes a picture of it and sends it to Harry once he is done who responds by pointing out that the gender he drew is not the correct one but he still insists that he must bring the painting home with him after work.

The meeting with Mr. Horan goes well enough and he ends up buying 12 painting instead of the original 10 all thanks to Fatima's brilliance. She insisted that the meeting be held in the studio rather than the small corner that they treat as a meeting place in the gallery. She then strategically placed a few paintings that were not on Mr. Horan's wishlist around the wall to entice him. Daniaal makes a mental note to thank her later and increase her Christmas bonus.

With a quick text to Harry to update him on how the meeting went, he strolls into the studio with new found inspiration and zest for painting. After numerous unanswered messages to Harry, he grabs his painting clothes and starts his work.

It is 5 hours later when he is brought back from the imaginary world by a soft knock from Fatima. He has done 3 nature paintings and 2 paintings depicting child birth in his own creative way in that time. He does short work of tidying up with Fahima's help and rushes to the showers for refreshing and changing out of his painting clothes. He leaves the gallery with a happy smile as he rushes home to his family. His favorite time of the day

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Harry's day is a calm one compared to the other days. He has no artist's to style and just has meetings for finalisation of designs. He has to meet with Kim Kardashian at 11 am at his studio and Lady Gaga an hour later to finalise their MET gala outfits. As he rushes around the house collecting his designs and pieces of material and the vision boards, he cusses himself for accepting two of the most demanding clients at the same time. It was probably his pregnancy brains that made him forget that he had already signed a contract with Lady Gaga when he accepted Kim as a client. At least Lady Gaga is not much of a diva and did not mind sharing him at all. Not that she would mind though, Harry is well sought after in the entertainment industry and everyone trips on their feet to acquire his services.

The text from Daniaal lights up his day. He knows how hard he works on his paintings and has been hoping that he will finally be discovered and become a well known artist. He knows that he is uncomfortable with Harry being the one that earns a lot so he is glad that this deal will alleviate some of his misgivings about being the head of the house and the provider. Not to say that Daniaal's studio is struggling, they both make more than enough but Harry's job as a stylist ensures constant income whereas Daniaal gets a lump sum as he sells.

He meets Kim first and she is happy with the design and the material. She however wants crystals and diamonds on her dress so that now needs him to go shopping for the stones and he is not looking forward to it at all. Since finding out about the pregnancy, he has been feeling fatigued and lazy to go to the shops. He is old school and believes in viewing the items physically instead of pictures so online shopping is not an option at all for him. The meeting is quickly wrapped up and Kim sets off on her way. He responds to a few emails from clients and numerous messages from Daniaal checking up on the baby and cravings. Vanessa walks into the small boardroom with a tupperware filled with watermelons. She says that Daniaal dropped it off in the morning before work. Ever since he asked for watermelon 3 weeks ago while they were passing a fruit market, Daniaal has ensured that he places fresh watermelon cubes everywhere and collect the uneaten ones every evening. Harry is not even sure that he has cravings as yet but he does not stop him and simply enjoys the attention.

Lady Gaga arrives an hour later with a fruit basket and nuts for him and her weird ideas again. To Harry it feels like they do a new design every time they meet. The more he adds drama, the more she wants to take it further. On this particular meeting, she comes up with an idea of doing an alien egg with veins and all as a hat for the event. That is neither close to the theme for the Gala nor stylish at all. He lets her down gently by confusing her with a number of different hat ideas and then placing his original hat idea as the last option to consider. With the number of hats that she saw in the last 10 minutes, Lady Gaga ends up going with his idea. Win for Harry. 

By the time he gets home he is exhausted and wants to just sleep. Daniaal is already home and has dinner on the stove already. These are the things that make him appreciate him more, he is always so thoughtful. After dinner and a warm bath, he gets a foot massage and belly rub and slowly slips into a relaxed sleep