Kaif"I'll never understand the logic behind brown parents forcing their children into marriage", I crack up, trying to lighten the situation."Are you still fighting with your ammi?" She laughs back."Still", I let out a deep sigh and this time, my phone rings. I take my phone out of my pocket and look at the screen with a chuckle."It's ammi""I'll excuse you", she giggles and looks over at the woods again as I pick up the call."Assalamualaikum, ammi", I beam."Walekum Assalam. How's it going over there? How are you?""I'm fine, ammi. How're you?""How would I be in this empty house without you? Only if you got me a daughter-in-law, I wouldn't need to be alone right now", she says.My mother!She has some superpowers to link everything with my marriage."Ammi!" I gasp, stretching the sound. "Okay. Okay. I'm not talking about this anymore. How's your seminar going?""It's going good", I tell her. "Zoya was telling me that she has to force you to have meals?" Ammi groans.This Zoy
KaifAmmi's silence confuses me. I don't know what she's thinking about me being with Nikhat. She must be stunned to even talk. I didn't want to tell her that I'm with Nikhat. However, I just wanted her to leave the idea of talking to that girl. Now, I'm feeling like I could do something else instead of telling her. She's gonna keep nagging me the entire time when I'll be here in Bangalore. Such a mess. I let out a deep sigh waiting for her answer and not looking at Nikhat even once. I don't know what she's even thinking. "Ammi!" I call her out as she stammers as if she was numb until now."Yeah. I'm here", she mutters."What happened?""I was thinking if you're lying to me so that I don't want to talk to her again?" Her voice is suspicious. I laugh. "No. Ammi, I'm serious", I whisper and look at Nikhat. "She's here, Ammi. She's next to me"Ammi doesn't speak anything for a while again. I guess she has dropped the idea of talking to Nikhat. That's better. I wouldn't want her to say
KaifOur eyes meet. I pause. And her smile vanishes.Shit! Shit!Shit!Don't walk away, please.Not again. What misery! I can't even express my feelings because of this fear. It's so hard to keep things inside. As my heart is almost sinking, I find her slightly smiling.But she says nothing. "You know I love the cool side of yours. Be like that", she says with that smile. At least, she loves something about me. Not me, of course. I smile lightly. "And please don't worry. A restriction order is issued against him. He's not gonna bother me anymore", she says. "At least, you did it. You should have done that a long time ago", I tell her."No. I didn't do that. Mr Kaiser did it for me", she says.I pause for a whole second and realise what she just said. "You mean Irtaza?" I mutter with a slight twist in my chest. "Yes. Him. I can't afford to hire a lawyer and get this all done. Well, I can afford it if I save a lot, but I didn't have the courage to do that all. Thankfully, he did
Zoya Reena aunty is getting on my nerves for not telling her about Nikhat being her. I was so stupid to hide that from her for that dumbhead Kaif. Imagine lying to save your friend and they end up doing the opposite to ruin all your efforts. I wish I could kick his ass off. Never in my life have I ever thought to be in such a mess, especially getting pissed between mother and son."No. You'll have to tell me why you hid it from me", she groans. "I thought you were more loyal to me than him, Zoya""Oh!" I mumble, gulping down. Even my husband isn't worried about my loyalty. Where am I trapped? I groan to myself and roll my eyes. "What OH?" She gasps and breathes heavily. "Okay. Okay. I'm sorry. I was just- worried about him"I can feel the disappointment in her voice. And I can relate. "You know he has become really sensitive. And I don't even know if Nikhat has any feelings for him. At this moment, I'm not even around him. I'm scared that he'll be hurt again by any of Nikhat's word
Nikhat"I'm really sorry, Mia", I tell Mia as she packs up her stuff. "I didn't know my parents would show up like this. Otherwise—""It's okay", she chuckles. "It's my problem that I can't stay around new people. This lodge room is big enough. And I have told Irtaza to arrange a place for me"I mildly smile at her gesture. I was even left stunned when Abbu and Ruzina showed up here. I can sense there must be some reason but I don't really wanna be too mean to ask that. They might be here only to visit me. I think that could be a good reason. The last time I talked to abbu wasn't pretty good.Just then, Mia's phone rings and she picks up."Yeah. It's Ushna Ilyas", Mia says. "Yes. I'm confirming the lease. Thank you"She cuts the call and smiles at me. "Told you. Irtaza managed it within just twenty minutes. He's faster than any bullet train""But it's too late, Mia. How will you go alone?" I ask, looking out of the window."Don't worry. I—"Mia gets interrupted by the doorbell."I kn
Nikhat"It's done", I say, finding Mia and Irtaza talking near the window.Both of them squirm abruptly with my presence and pass me a smile. I think they were having some private conversation. "Please, join", I smile and walk to the living room. I'm surprised that Ruzina isn't bothering Irtaza with her rants. Abbu must have handled her. However, she's staring at Irtaza for a long time. The silence is also kinda awkward."So, where's Mia's apartment?" I ask, breaking the silence."Here itself. I have booked another lodge until your parents are here", Irtaza says. "I see!" I mutter. We finish the coffee quietly and they get up to take leave. I walk with Mia to the exit, following Irtaza. "Take care, Nick", Mia shares a side hug."You too", I smile.Mia walks towards the car. Since the area is big enough, her apartment can be too far to walk. As Mia gets inside the car, Irtaza turns to me. "Thanks for the coffee", Irtaza says."You're welcome", I hesitate. "And I'm sorry you might
KaifI returned to the resort after roaming near the alley for almost an hour. As far as I remember around that time Nikhat comes to her balcony. I have been going there at the same time every night just for the small eye to eye meeting with no words— only eye contact and smiles. Today she didn't come. I'm somehow disappointed. To get rid of the anxiety, I lie on the bed and look over at the ceiling. Then I close my eyes for a while to sleep. But I can't. I keep changing positions to sleep. I think it has become a regular habit for me.I jump off the bed and breath heavily for a while, looking straight at the wooden floor. What am I doing? That was not a plan. I wasn't supposed to get used to her again. Loving is a different thing. But being used to a person is another thing. I know if I keep doing this, things are gonna be even tough for me when I would leave. I get on my feet and come out of my room, walking through the lobby. Sleep has literally broken all the ties with me ever s
kaifI finally blurt out, waiting for her reply. "Like what?" She asks, confused. Did she really not understand what I'm trying to say?"Zoya!" I exclaim. "I think he likes her""So, you think bosses should dislike their employees"This girl might have lost it today. Why is she acting like she isn't getting anything?"Not like that", I screech. "Like what?"Now, it's being frustrating. "Zoya, you can clearly understand what I'm trying to say. Can't you?" I shrug."Yeah. I can. But I'm not getting why you're so concerned about that. Okay, fine. He likes her. Maybe. So what?"I can't reply. Really. So what?"So what, Kaif? Didn't you already tell me that you're happy with the things? You said you don't wanna tell her about your feelings. Then you should stop caring if anyone is interested in her. You shouldn't be affected", her words are harsh but true. However, how am I gonna convince to myself? Even I'm tired of convincing you that again. But whenever it hits my sanity, I lose it