Levirate [Haniaal/Zarry]

Chapter 4

Harry is anxious as he waits at the airport, anticipating the arrival of his husband. He has missed him terribly even though they last saw each other 23 hours ago. He woke up in the morning to find a note from Fahima that she left his breakfast  in the microwave and all he needed to do was warm it up and drink his vitamins. So after eating and a quick shower, he made his way to the airport.

Daniaal is all smiles when he eventually pops up around the corner. He rushes to Harry and kisses him, paying no mind to the onlookers at Arrivals. He kneels down and places kisses on the clothed bump and grabs Harry's hand as they walk out of the airport. 

Daniaal has opted to take the day off just to spend with his husband because he missed him so much and feels like they need to catch up. The day is spent in bed watching movies,  occasional rounds of sex and Harry falling asleep multiple times. Harry only leaves the bed to pee whereas Daniaal is his usual dotting self and keeps making trips to the kitchen to fetch fruits for Harry, bottles of water and make lunch.

***

 Fresh from his trip to Prague and a wonderful day with his husband yesterday, Daniaal gets to work with a spring in his step according to Fahima. There is not a lot expected of him today so he decides to complete the set of paintings that he plans to gift Harry with for their impending anniversary in 2 months time. When they decided to marry at the tender age of 22, Daniaal always knew they would last but it still amazes him that they have been together for 5 years already. It still feels very new to him despite everyone else warning that the honeymoon phase will fade eventually however it does not feel like it ever will with Harry. He loves him now just as much as he did 7 years ago when they started dating and he enjoys his company just as he always has.

The addition of the new member is something he looks forward to. He imagines Harry will spoil the baby rotten and he will have to be the bad parent because he cannot picture Harry reprimanding a baby at all. He is the softest human being to ever walk this earth. 

His plan is to paint 20 canvases of the same size to celebrate the different milestones that they have achieved in their life. Most of the pictures are portraits of Harry with different facial expression because he loves those faces that he makes whenever he reacts to anything at all. The "what" face is his favorite so that got painted twice, there's three portraits of what he assumed Azad would look like and then there's a full body painting of a heavily pregnant Harry. 

Once he is done, he wraps the canvases and tucks them in the cupboard in his studio, away from wandering eyes. Harry has a lot of allies in the gallery *cough* Fahima *cough* and the chances of him seeing them before time are very high. An alert chimes on his phone. It is a message from Harry that simply says You owe me for the factory that you have opened in my tummy. All the love xx H. It's a reponse to today's note that he left on the door that said You are amazing. Thank you so much for carrying my seeds. I love you immensely xxD. 

He spends the rest of the time responding to emails from potential clients. Since the purchase from Niall, he has had a lot of people interested in acquiring his services. The trip to Prague also yielded success because he was commissioned to paint 20 pictures for a chain of hotels owned by a friend of Niall's and he plans to go back to Prague after Harry is done with the MET Gala so they can go together because he cannot stand another time apart from him. This trip will be for a week probably so they can go sightseeing and he can immerse himself in the culture to able him to capture the essence of Prague in the paintings.

Fahima interrupts his thoughts by reminding him that he needed to go to the bank to renew his bank card. He had challenges in Prague due to damage to the chip somehow and Niall was able to assist by sending someone to give him money. He has become more than a client in the 2 weeks that they've known each other, he's a dear friend now. The only one he has seeing that all his time revolves around Harry, the gallery and Fahima.

***

Harry is at home, comfortably wrapped in blankets on the couch, watching Keeping up with the Kardashians. He calls it research whenever Daniaal teases him about watching nonsensical things on TV. He is not a fan of reality TV shows at all and rather prefers documentaries and movies which Harry also teases him about being too serious. His peaceful rest is interrupted by a loud knock on the door and he drags himself to the door, shouting loudly "You willbe sorry for making me stand up from my comfortable position Daniaal. I always remind you to take the house key when you leave because you will not find me home on of these days and have to wait for hours outside-" his rambling is interrupted when he opens and finds that it is not Daniaal at the door. He is perplexed to find 2 uniformed police officers at the door because both he and Daniaal have never had any problems with the law.

"Good evening sir. Is this the Malik residence" he nods his head and invites the officers in. They refuse his offer for tea and join him in the living room. The shorter officer introduces himself and his taller colleague and Harry does the same. They enquire if he is alone and he mentions that his husband should be arriving shortly. Daniaal had texted him an hour ago saying he is making a quick stop at the bank and will be arriving home shortly. 

"Mr. Malik, I am very sorry to bring such bad news to you but Daniaal will not be coming home tonight. There was a robbery at the bank and a few people were caught in the crossfire between the police and the robbers......" Harry does not hear the rest of the statement by the officer. His vision suddenly gets blurry and he feels himself slump on the couch.