Kaisi hai yeh Dil-e-muztar,

Tujh se qafa bhi na ho raha,

Tujh se qurbat hoke bhi na jaa raha.
~zaib
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The next day when shahwaiz woke up and found the room empty, there is no sign of her, he hurriedly checked the time which stuck 6.00 A.M, she doesn't wake up this soon then where is she? he thought but shrugged and turned to the other side to sleep but it has long gone from his eyes, he groaned and got up, he went to the balcony and a yawn left his mouth, his eyes fell on the two persons sitting on a lawn talking without any care in the world

Shahwaiz rubbed his eyes and looked again, he thought he saw a hoor, how can a hoor comes to earth? He shook his head to remove the sleep but he saw the same hoor again and again, the hoor is none other than his wife, his hoor
(Angle)

Her face is glowing with the soft sunlight, her hair is open falling freely in khurram's arm, her plump lips are like fresh petels and puffy cheeks looks soft, in a white dress looking like a hoor with her eyes shining with the sunlight and soft breeze making her loose tendrils to fall on her face making his breath to get hitched and his heart to skip a beat

Kuch yun chain na aana,
Kuch hawaon ka tham jaana.

Jaanum tume dekha toh,
Saanson ka bikhar jaana.
-zaib

Ezzah were sitting with her head in khurram's chest and his hands protectively wrapped around her shoulders with a wide smile

She said something to him and he laughed loudly while she pouted cutely, wait what? cute? What I'm I thinking? Shahwaiz shook his head

He quickly washed his face and after changing his clothes he hurried to the lawn and greeted khurram which he returned with a smile, ezzah just gave him a glance and closed her eyes

"Beta tum itni jaldi uth Gaye? Araam Kiya yah nahi?" Khurram asked sipping his morning tea
(Son you have woken up soon, did you took rest or not?)

"Jee baba, acche se araam Kiya tha, magar aap itni jaldi uth gaye? Araam karna chahiye tha na" Shahwaiz smiled, they all slept so late at night after a lots of talking and laughing
(Yes Dad, I took it quite well but why are you awake this early? You should have rested?)

"Araam hi toh Kar raha hun, ezzah ke saat aise baithke baatein Karne se accha cheez Kya ho sakta hai" khurram kissed her head and she smiled closing her eyes and snuggling more into his warmth and love
(I resting itself, why more better I would do then sitting with ezzah and talking to her)

Shahwaiz heart welled up seeing the father-daughter love, they looks so relaxed and peaceful with each other, indeed parents love is the best of all

"Where is everyone else? Sirf aap hi itni subah uth gaye?" shahwaiz asked, he is curious to know about them, well let's rephrase it about her
(Only you have gotten up this soon?)

"Everyone is sleeping, ezzah woke me up for fajr namaz aur tabse hum yahi bethe hue hai" khurram said sipping his tea
(She woke me up for fajr Salah and since then we're talking like this)

"Does she always wakes you up?" Before shahwaiz could stop, the question slipped from his mouth

Ezzah's eye shot up to him at his question

Khurram smiled slyly

"Nahi beta, Roz mein utha tha isse, badi mushkil se uthti hai yeh, pata nahi isne kaise utha liya aaj, lagta hai aaj Suraj magrib ki taraf se nikla hai" khurram controlled his laugher
(No son, I woke her up every day, she wakes with great difficulty, I don't know how it was reversed today, it seems that the sun has rise from West)

"Abbbuuuu" ezzah whined with a pout and folding her hands across her chest

"Okay sorry Meri Jaan" khurram laughed and she nuzzled her face more into his chest
(My dear)

Shahwaiz face broke into a smile as he looked at them with so much admiration and respect

"Shahwaiz kuch leo beta" khurram said passing a plate of cookies
(Eat something son)

"Thank you" shahwaiz politely said taking a cookie

"Ezzah jao shahwaiz ke liye kuch bana do, coffee ya chai?" Khurram ordered which made ezzah's face to frown and then asked shahwaiz what he would prefer but before he could answer his dear wife interepted
(Ezzah make something for shahwaiz, coffee or tea)

"Abbu yeh itni subah subah kuch nahi peete" ezzah innocently declared
(Dad he don't drink anything at early morning)

Shahwaiz mouth hung open in her open false statement, how can this girl looks innocent while lying that too in his face?

"Jee baba, mein itni subah kuch nahi Leta" shahwaiz quickly composed himself and faked a smile
(Yes Dad, I don't take anything at early morning)

After that they talked and laughed wholeheartedly while the morning sun lit the earth with it's glam and brighten the world

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"Ezzah yaar, please na" aariz pleaded trailing behind her
(Ezzah please dude)

"Ahaan" ezzah shook her head with a smirk laced on her

"Please Meri Jaan please" aariz begged but ezzah is ezzah
(Please my dear)

"I'll think about it" ezzah smirked and walked away

Aariz groaned and sulked into the wall

Ezzah came to the lawn with buckets of ice creams, it was almost night and everyone is having their snacks with tea and coffee, the male elders along with shahwaiz, Hashir and aariz were talking about business stuffs and ladies were busy with their evening soap dramas and here they are busy with ice creams

After a while khurram and aabdin went inside to rest a little leaving the youngsters alone, they all sat down in soft grasses with hot coffee and cold ice creams

"Bhai, you will be a married man within a week so how does it feels to be a bachelor for a week?" ezzah chirped out of nowhere

"It's feels normal ezzah" Hashir boredly said but a tint of red covered the tip of his ears

"Ok then you have to give you bachelorette party!" ezzah said eating a spoonful of her chocolate icecream

"What you are eating right now is my treat itself" Hashir said pointing at the buckets of icecreams they are ravishing

"Bhaiiii that's not fair" ezzah along with amara whined like a child

"Everything is fair in marriage Jaan" Hashir winked

"Amara did you met zoha bhabi in my reception, she was looking beautiful, isn't she?" ezzah nudged amara as her lips twitched into a smirk, she will surely get it by hook or crook

"Yeah, she looked gorgeous in that peach dress, we even took a pic, I'll send it to you afterwards" amara said mischievously, peeking at Hashir from corner of her eyes

Hashir eyes snapped at her the moment he heard her name, and he groaned inwardly, why these little creatures knows exactly how to handle him? Why Allah?

"Amara, you know where Bhai's nikkah is gonna held?" Ezzah asked mischievously

"In our house? No wait I heard it's on some mosque?" Amara said in a thinking manner

"No amara it's on- " ezzah paused and looked at Hashir grinning ear to ear

"Stop you two, I'll get you your imported chocolates and what else that you want?" Hashir desperately said

"Thanks Bhai, you are the best and we'll tell what we want later" ezzah and amara beamed

Shahwaiz chuckled at their enthusiasm and shook his head at their antics, his wife is looking cute with mischievousness

"And" Hashir narrowed his eyes at them

"And the nikkah is gonna be held in zoha's parents house which is Kamal uncle's villa" ezzah said with a smirk seeing her desperate brother

"How do you know that?" Hashir asked confused, the nikkah ceremony place hadn't decided yet and more over they didn't told him? The groom?

"I'm Ezzah Bhai" ezzah flipped her hair

The lawn resounded with laughter and the night descended upon them, letting the sunny sun to sleep and the moon to wake

Soon a maid came and called them inside for dinner

Shahwaiz were seated beside Hashir and the other seat is vacant, khurram and Rabia were seated beside Hashir, aabdin and nadira were seated in front of them while nafeesa begum took the head of the table

Ezzah came with amara and groaned in mind looking at the vacant seat beside shahwaiz, not having other option, she half heartedly pulled the chair beside him and was about to sit, when within a blink of an eye izaan came like a wind and took the place

Ezzah was stunned for a minute and then raised an eyebrow at him

"What? I just wanna sit beside jeeju" izaan whined

Ezzah chuckled and gratefully took a place infront of shahwaiz beside amara

'shukar hai Jaan chuthi' ezzah sighed but when she saw the food her eyes twinkled
(Thank God)

"Smells heavenly" ezzah drooled over the food

On hearing her voice shahwaiz looked up, his eyes fixed on her who is busy serving herself when his eyes fall on aariz who sat beside her talking to her while serving himself, something inside of him boiled, isn't he suppose to sit there?

Shahwaiz averted his eyes and concentrated on his food but his whole mind is on her

Aariz took a carousel of biryani and slid the half into ezzah's plate

"What are you doing!!" ezzah whispered yelled nudging him hardly

"Eat it, it's your favorite" aariz winked

"I already ate a lot of it" ezzah glared at him

Aariz shrugged and ate his own biryani with a smile

"Just wait and see" with that said ezzah slid the biryani from her pate to his plate within a blink

And just like that their bickering started, everyone was busy in their talks that no one noticed them but two stormy eyes were attentively noticing

"Ezzah!!" aariz glared

"Can't you eat a little more?" ezzah said with a puppy face

"I can't, I'm already full, pass it to Amara" aariz whined

"She already ate a lot, I won't pass it to her" ezzah shook her head

Aariz groaned and started to ear messily, they can't waste food, it's a blessing and blessings cannot be wasted

Ezzah chuckled seeing his helpless face and focused on her desserts

After finishing the biryani with much difficulty he took a Gulab jamun but before he could eat, ezzah snached it and ate it in one go

While giving a warning look , he took another Gulab jamun to eat but she did the same with it too

"Ezzah don't!" aariz warned and took the last one near to his mouth but ezzah was quick, she snatched it breaking into half and gulped it down

"Ezzahhhh" aariz groaned

"Itna nahi karsakte mere liye" ezzah pouted with a known look and he know exactly what it is, after all she is his sista
(Won't you do it for me)

Aariz breathed heavily to control his anger and sighed audibly

"Anything for you, Meri Jaan" aariz fake smiled and put the remaining half gulab jamun in her mouth

Ezzah laughed and smacked his arm a little

The one who heard them was ragging with rage ready to hit him hard, shahwaiz eyes turned dark and scary, hands into a tight fists as his heart felt a pang of jealousy, how can she laughes freely with him but not with me? I'm I a ghost that she ignores me? For God sake, She is a married women now!

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After the dinner everyone retired for their rooms but aariz sat in the lounge sulking in a couch like a slime

He have brought her favourite ice cream, chocolates, milkshake and even fulfilled her every wishes and handeled every tantrums of her but still, still she didn't utter it, she didn't utter the name, the name he is craving for, the name he is dying to know, God he did so much for just a single name? Yes, he did.

He heard some foot steps coming from afar and quickly composed himself, when his eyes fall on ezzah a wide smile broke onto his face

"Tell me honestly why do you want to know her name? Don't you ever lie!" Ezzah warned sitting in a couch in front of him

"Just want to know" aariz scratched the back of his neck

"Fine then I'll leave" ezzah got up to leave

"Hey don't, I will tell, batata hu na" aariz stopped her
(Will tell)

"Speak!" ezzah sat again and aariz took a deep breath

"I kinda like her" aariz release the breath that he didn't know he was holding

"What? WHAT??ARE YOU SERIOUS??" ezzah yelled squealing around

"Shhh, shhh, stop screaming" aariz put a hand on her mouth to suppress her screams

"Bro, Are you serious, YOU REALLY LIKE HER?" ezzah wishpered yelled with excitement floating off of her

"Yeah" aariz scratched his neck with a hue of red covering his ears

"Hayee, you are blushing" ezzah twitched her lips

"No I'm not, why would I blush" aariz quickly protested

"Ahhhaaann" ezzah wiggled her eye brows with a grin

Aariz looked away pushing her face aside

"Ok so tell me how it happened, when did it started?" ezzah excitedly chirped

"First her name" aariz crossed his hands across his chest

"First your story" ezzah crossed her hands and tilted her head

Aariz sighed, he couldn't win over ezzah so he told her everything, his so called love story to his best friend, to his crime partner, to his lovely sister that he protects more than himself

"Wooo, bro that's dramatic" after hearing him ezzah got this to say

"Now her name, please yaar" aariz pleaded with puppy eye

"Her name is....." Ezzah took a dramatic pause with a smirk and then said "MAHREEN"

"Mahreen" aariz repeated her name and a smile came on his lips

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Ezzah entered her room and saw shahwaiz laying on the back with one hand behind his head and with the other using his mobile, she walked to him and cleared her throat crossing her hands across her chest

Shahwaiz looked up and saw his wife giving a glare at him but he shrugged and continued to reply his mails completely ignoring her

"This is my place, you can sleep there" ezzah pointed toward the couch

"Why?" Shahwaiz asked balancing himself with his elbow

"Cause this is my bed and my room" ezzah snapped with hands on her hips

"So?" Shahwaiz calmly asked, oh how he is enjoying her temper

"So get up and sleep in the couch Mister" ezzah yelled stomping her foot

"Wooh calm down women" shahwaiz put a hand on his ear slightly rubbish it

"Quick, I'm sleepy" ezzah jabbed

"Why do I have to sleep there, instead I can sleep here" shahwaiz smirked seeing her anger, sitting against the hardboard

"Shahwaiz....." Ezzah whined, she is hell tired and now this khadoos guy is torturing her
(Arrogant)

"Jee" a smile broke on his lips as his eyes twinkled, this is the first time she called him by his name and damn, it's sounds good

Ezzah heart beat raised hearing his husky yet soft voice as her eyes locked with his

"It's already late, just go and sleep" ezzah sighed looking away from his intense eyes

"It's your fault, where were you at this late?" Shahwaiz asked in his dominating voice

"Why it is your concern? I'm not designed to answer you" ezzah spoke scrunching his eyebrows

"Yes, you are" shahwaiz said in his husky voice

"No, I'm not" ezzah whispered yelled

"YOU ARE" shahwaiz firmly said

"Why would I suppose to tell you, mister?" Ezzah frustratedly yelled

"Cause you have to" shahwaiz's eyes fell on her neck, the deep lining of her kurti and a messy bun gives a full view of her neck, his eyes roamed down to her bossom and he looked away with hitched breath and beating heart

"Why would I? I don't even take you as my husband" ezzah snapped

"When did I say that I see you as my wife" shahwaiz raised his eyebrow

"Then it's good, it's much better if we don't act like a civilised people" ezzah tilted her head to the sideways

"Hmm" shahwaiz didn't say anything, he is confused with this different emotions swaying inside of him

"Now move, I've slept in couch in your room and now it's my room, I'll sleep in my bed, aap please jaake wahan sojaye " ezzah opened the duet and slid into it, she have no more energy to argue with him
(Please go sleep over there)

Without saying anything shahwaiz got up, picking a pillow with himself he went to the couch to sleep, he saw her tired face and something inside of him said not to tease more, so he quietly laid down, a while before he was ragging with anger seeing her laughing with other but him and now he wanted her to rest well, why? What is happening to him? What is this weird feeling?

The sky is void of stars and the mist filling the dark night with moon hiding behind the clouds and the sailors of the wind are wandering in the dark sky to take the right path just like someone's heart is in chaos with different emotions wandering around to take the right path, the blessing path.

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Allah Hafiz
- zaib