The Qareems

Some homes are filled with noise.
And some... learn to live with silence.
The Qareem haveli still stood the same-grand, unchanging, complete to the world.
But within its walls, something had shifted.
Conversations turned formal. Laughter faded.
And relationships... were left where they broke.
They lived under one roof.
Shared the same name.
Yet carried distances no one spoke about.
But not everyone learned to stay quiet.

Inaya-loud, warm, impossible to ignore.
Zayd-calm, steady, and always listening.

Best friends. Cousins.
Two people untouched by the bitterness around them.
Two people who still believed things could be fixed.
So they made a decision.

A nikkah that was never meant to be real.
Just a way to bring everyone back together.
Just a plan... nothing more.
Or at least, that's what they thought.

Because sometimes, the most real things begin without intention.
And while they try to mend what's broken-
between laughter, chaos, and unspoken emotions-
something quietly begins to change.
Not just in the family.
But between them.
And maybe...
some silences were never meant to last forever.