"Kya kr rhi ho mirha? (What are you doing?) "Arham asked as he sensed some noise in the room.

"Ye album dekhein na zra,mujhe btaein kon kon hai is mein? "(See this album and tell me who is in it?) Mirha replied.

"Mirha mere college ki pictures hain aur tum mere sab friends ko janti ho...mai thora busy hun,free ho k dekh lein?" (These are my college pictures and you know all my friends, I am a bit busy, we can see that later.)

"Rehny dein,mai khud hi dekh leti hun". (Forget it, I'll see myself)

"Arham!"

"Hmm?"

"Aapki convocation ki picture...ye dekhein! "(Look here is your convocation picture)

"Dhayan sy mirha,ye bs aik hi hai mere pas" (be careful with it, I have got only this one) he told

Ap ktny choty hain yahan...wo soft boy era type waly

Pagal

"Mirha"..She heard her mother's voice.

"Mai aati hun" and she ran outside.

"Jldi aa jana,mai bs free ho hi gya hun" (make it quick begum,I am almost done.) Arham told.

"And you were saying that you are done?" Mirha came inside looking at her husband still working.

"Almost.."

"Here it is,your saasu ma wants you to sleep tight." She placed a mug of warm milk on the table.

"Where is yours?"

"Do you think Ammi spared me? Nah she gave me two mugs."she showed him the mug in her hand.

"Good,otherwise I would have shared half of mine with you."

"Yes mr husband,I know that." She rolled her eyes and went back on her place...the couch,she placed her mug on the coffee table.

"Isn't it really cold today,let me close the windows." She got up to go but her foot twisted,she held the table to prevent from falling and her in the mean time she saw the milk was all over the table.

"Oh my!" She shreiked in fear as the milk as all over the table,on Arham's convocation picture.

"Kya hwa?" He turned to look and saw her holding the picture.

"Ye kharab ho gai hai." (Its gone all bad.)

"What the hell,aankhein kahan hoti hain tumhari...hdd hoti hai yar la parwahi ki,mai ny jb tumhe kaha tha k isy dhayan sy rakhna tou smjh nhi aai thi tumhe?" (Where were you looking,there is a limit of being clumsy,when I asked you to keep it safe,you didnt hear that? Did you?) Arham was hella angry on Mirha,He grabbed the picture from her hand and started wiping it with a tissue.

Mirha was hurt due to his shouting but trying to control her tears she grabbed the paper towel to clean the table.

"Chor do isy,mai khud kr lon ga." (Leave it,I will do it myself) His tone was still harsh and she gulped her tears leaving the paper towel.

Arham placed the picture after dabbing it dry on the tissues and then he cleaned the table.Mirha was in the bathroom letting her tears flow freely as she was badly hurt,she never saw his anger,it was her first time and she was hurt.When she came out,all the lights off room were off except for her side lamp,she saw Arham on his side of bed with his arm over his eyes.

She slid inside the blanket,turned off the lamp and tried to sleep...but she couldn't.She was silently weeping all the time.

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Next morning

Mirha woke up on her morning alarm to an empty bed.She took her phone to see there were some texts.

She opened the crazy genes chat group and there was a reminder msg from Rayyan about the anti valentine day...its their way of celebrating valentine,all of them every year wear black on valentine and have a get together in there favourite restaurant.It was their tradition. "In it guys!" Mirha replied with a smile.

Zain's chat:

'Boss,its my last exam today wish me luck.'

'Are you guys awake,I need to talk to Arham bhai?'

'Sleepy head,Your husband is with me in my room..in case you want to know.'

She got up from the bed to do her morning chores and she got ready for the day ahead...she had really bad mood so she just tied her hair in a bun and took her bag to go out,her eyes landed on the picture which was placed on the study table...she hesitantly took the picture to see the damage done and she noticed there was some kind of erased signature on the backside.Probably from his favourite professor.

"Oh Allah,no doubt he was fuming with anger." She placed the picture back on the table.

'Zain,is he not going to hospital today?' She texted him as Arham didnt come to room to get ready.

Z: 'Bhai left already,he asked me to drop you off.'

M: 'Acha rehny do,mai khud chli jaon gi,tumhara exam hai." (Dont bother,its your exam today,i'll go myself.)

Z: 'You sure?'

M: 'Yes,good luck crazy gene!'

Z: 'Thanks boss.'

She took the cab to the hospital and went straight to her own cabin,they used to do breakfast together in Arham's room but she was in no mood to spoil her mood even more so she decided to skip it.

The whole day,she didnt get any call from Arham and it was making her sad,it was end of the opd hours so she was winding up some patient's file. "Ah,let's book the cab now Mirha." She sighed.
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While going out she saw Zain and Naina,Zain was practically dragging her with him and Mirha didnt like it a bit,what is with this manhandling,she never expected it from Zain. "Hey Zain!" She called.

Zain and Naina turned towards Mirha "Mirha?" He immediately left Naina's hand.

"Mujhe ghr drop kr do gy?" (Will you give me a ride home?) Asked Mirha.

"Yeah sure,hum ghr hi ja rhy thy." (We were just going home.) Zain replied.

"Pull the car onto the gate,let us grab some tea." Mirha held Naina's hand and moved towards cafe.

"Tum theek ho Naina?" (Are you alright Naina?) Asked Mirha after buying the tea.

"Ji." (Yes.) Naina smiled,it was very difficult for Naina to not breakdown...she was feeling vulnerable due to the proposal and Zain's reaction.

"If that idiot said something bad to you,tell me and i'll punch some sense into his brain." Mirha gave her a genuine smile.

"There is nothing like that api."

"I am glad,now let's go,your husband is waiting."

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Arham was upset because he shouted on Mirha a bit too harshly but the picture was so special for him as he had his professor's signature over it.He didnt talk to her after that,he wanted her to atleast apologize for her mistake but no she was avoiding him to the fullest as if she did nothing wrong.He sighed looking at his watch,it was time to go back home "so at last I am the one who is going to start the conversation first." He thought going to her cabin to pick her up so they can head home together but she was no where in sight and the peon told him that she left 10 minutes ago.

"Too good Mirha,too good!" He sighed.

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Chaudhry Villa...

"Rayyan keep the balloons in place!"Ayaan shouted blowing the last balloon.They were preparing a valentine party for the newly weds as it was their first valentine.

They decorated the whole sitting area in the lawn with red balloons and roses.There were red velvet pasteries and donuts on the table,some snacks and a few of their photographs together.

Zain pulled over the car outside the house, "Mirha tum jao,hum aaty hain,mujhe kuch kaam hai Naina sy"Zain spoke.

"Don't tell me that I spoiled your date guys?" Asked Mirha.

"Its not like that...we are going anyways." Zain replied.

"Haye...how romantic,chlo jao shabash,enjoy." Mirha gave them a thumbs up look with a big smile across her face.

When she entered the lawn she saw the musketeers waving at her.

"Ye sb?" (What with all the set up?) Asked Mirha amazed.

"Happy Valentines day Mirhu!" Ayaan exclaimed.

"Woah guys,ye anti valentine sy valentine,what a surprise!" Mirha's eyes were twinkling with happiness seeing the whole set up.

"Arent you happy? Rayyan asked.

"I certainly am!"

"Mirhu where is your Valentine?" Ayaan asked and they saw Arham's car entering the gate.

"Think of the devil.." Rayyan joked.

"Mai aati hun,do minute..." (i'll be back in 2 minutes..) Mirha tried to escape from there.

"Nhi!" (No) they held her hands from each side.

"Ye kya kr rhy ho?" (What are you guys doing?) Arham's tone was serious,he looked around and his eyes landed on his ladylove who was already looking at him and she averted her gaze off him.

"Happy valentines day bhai." Spoke Ayaan excitedly.

"Since when did you guys start celebrating it?" Arham asked with an amusing smile over his face,he doesnt want to spoil everyone's mood.

"We are arranged it for you...its your first afterall." Rayyan said proudly.

"But why is there no cake?" Mirha questioned making all of them chuckle.

"That is Arham bhai's responsibilty."

"These pasteries look delicious!" Mirha ignored Rayyan's words and bent a little to pick the pastry,her ankle twisted and she fell off onto the table.

"Ah!" All gasped as they saw Mirha

"Are you okay Mirhu?" Ayaan held her as he was standing closer to her,She stood up with her hand filled with the frosting of the pasteries and the table was looking like a complete mess.

"I am sorry guys." She apologized.

"Its fine Mirha." Rayyan and Ayaan spoke.

"sorry,i didnt mean to ruin your hardwork." She apologized again meanwhile Arham picked the tissues and wiped her hand. "Which cake do you guys want?" Arham asked looking at his amused wife.

"Red velvet!" Rayyan replied excitedly.

"Mirha?" He asked looking in her eyes and she shook her head "i don't.."

"She loves chocolate fudge but we couldn't get it." Ayaan replied.

"Mhm..okay,chocolate fudge." Arham turned on his back to go to his car.

"You don't need to buy us one,i'll do so because I ruined it all." Mirha spoke from behind with a meek voice.

Ayaan and Rayyan were confused at Mirha's behaviour.

"I pre-ordered it." Arham shrugged his shoulders showing them the cake which he took out from his car.

"Wow bhai!"

"You can pay me later." He said directly looking in her eyes.

Mirha turned red with his intense gaze.

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Park...

"Why did he propose you Naina? What's going on? I won't tolerate any stories or excuses,tell me the truth." Zain asked calmly though his face was red from anger.

"My friend Esha and I went to them to take notes...then i found out that Usman loves Esha and so do Esha, Sami asked me for their surprise meet up, because they were just avoiding each other so we went to restaurant that day when you called and i told you our seniors joined us...now Esha and Usman are together, today was valentines so Sami asked me to stay in classroom as Usman had some surprise for Esha...then you know the rest,I don't know why he proposed to me, we never had any conversation except for talking about Esha and Usman." Naina told everything,she opened her phone "look,you can check my chats."

"Stop it Naina." He turned off her phone screen.

"Please,I really did nothing."

"I know silly,I know...i wasnt doubting you,I was angry because you kept this secret from me and about Sami, if he makes you feel uncomfortable from now on, just avoid him."

"You are not angry."

"I am, but its okay,you have cried enough."

"I am sorry."

"I know Naina,meri pyari si Naina." (My lovely Naina) he baby talked her.

And she smiled with her cheeks turning pink.

"I have a gift for you."

"What is it?" She asked excitedly.

"It's in the car, make a guess anyways!" Zain replied.

"I don't know."

"Come, let's see your gift."

They sat in the car and Naina started opening the gift as soon as Zain handed her the gift box.

"Why is it heavy?" She asked out of curiosty.

"Open it."

"What,binoculars!" She never expected that.

"Don't you like it? It's your favourite thingy I know."

"Ikr but who on earth give binoculars on valentines?" She was happily amused.

"Hey that's so ungrateful of you, you didn't even congratulate me on my last exam and yet you are questioning my gift."

"I am sorry, I love it."

"You surely do, Naina spy."

"No no no! I won't use it to spy, I love watching the sky and the scenery, nature you know." She explained herself.

"Yes yes, i know, i know, the sky that shows the beauty of Mirha's room and the scenery which leads to Rayyan and Ayaan's room, right?" He suppressed his smile.

"No!" Naina exclaimed.

"On a serious note, stop spying others Naina."

"Can I spy over you?" She asked.

"Pleasure will be all mine." He winked keeping his hand at his heart. And she blushed.