ISHQ

chapter 3

This is song that has been keeping my inspiration for this story going I hope you like it 😘

"Kon?"(who is it) A sweet voice spoke making his heart flip.

"Zayn" he said. He saw the small window on the door opening. A pair of magnificent brown eyes greeted him which widened upon recognizing who it was.

Brown eyes stared at him through the mesh window with a curious gaze. He could only see her eyes but he knew it was her and the way those beautiful pools of chocolate widened he was surprised how he was unknowingly lead to her doorstep.

"Kisse milna hai aapko" she asked hoping he hadn't recognized her. Blinking her eyes she looked the other way.
(Who do you want to meet)

"Altamash" he said leaning more close to the window. Her eyes met his and he felt his world stopping but she looked away like always.
(Altamash)

Her eyes turned to his as her smooth voice filled his ears.

"The gate next to this one leads to his portion. Ring the bell there" she said closing the little window to his brown heaven.

He walked in the door that his cousin had opened for him through the automatic system. While walking upstairs he got a glimpse of her through the grilled railing.

Dressed in a plain lilac suit she looked exquisite with her dupatta loosely wrapped around her head and shoulders. She was walking back inside, crossing the vast porch. He didn't know he stopped and was now openly staring at her.

Eshmal felt someone's gaze on her. Her eyes moved around only to settle on a familiar pair of onyx eyes. He stood in the grilled staircase that separated the portion above from theirs.

"Eshmal beta kon aya hai?" Her eye contact broke as her mother asked from the kitchen that had an entrance from the main porch as well.
(Eshmal beta who is it?)

"Altamash Bhai ke dost Hain koi" Eshmal called in glancing at him and then hurried inside.
(He's a friend of brother Altamash)

She held her dupatta tighter as she felt it slip from her head and she ran inside. Her heart beat violently in her ribcage, she could hear the blood rushing in her veins.

Shaking his head he walked up the rest of the stairs.

"How have you been?" Altamash asked after they greeted each other.

"Good. What about you?" Zayn asked. He sat in the small living room that Altamash had in his portion. It was nice home with a modern structure.

They conversed for a while then Altamash went to the balcony  that looked down in the backyard of the house.

"Faraz!!" Altamash yelled. He wanted to make something for his cousin but he was running short on groceries and his foot injury was restricting him to go out and get them.

"Faraz is not home beta you want something" the friendly face of aunty Samia, Eshmal's mother's came in his view.

"Ohh nothing I wanted to ask if you have some tea that I could use" he said scratching his nape.

Samia begum smiled gently at the boy who have been like a son to her ever since he moved in two years back.

"Koi baat nahi beta me chai ke saath kuch khaane keliye bhejwati ho. Tum Aram Karo" she said lovingly and walked inside before he could protest.
(No problem beta I'll send tea and snacks. You take rest)

"Eshmal", Samia begum called her daughter after preparing the snacks and tea for Altamash and his guest.

"Jee Ammi" she said coming in the kitchen. The light from open mesh gate spread throughout the white washed kitchen. The marble shined as the soft light hit it.
(Yes Mom)