Eid Mubarak my lovely readers
Taqabbal Allahu Minna wa minkum

Here's a lil eidi from me to you🙈

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The best feeling in the world is being with someone who wants you as much as you want them.

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Amira tried her best and kept the family together.She would always organise lunch and invite the rest of the family. Her dad's side of the family was happy to see her bond well with the family.

It was almost three months to their marriage and it was yet another lunch party at their house and the whole family was invited. Her parents, her Phuphu and her chachus family was present. It was going all well. They were settled on the dining table and were having lunch.

Sarah was stealing glances of Farhaan and as usual he tried avoiding her. He knew she had a liking for him but did not give much importance about it.

As usual her Phuphu was not satisfied and decided to add some Mirch masala in the gathering.

"It's very sad that ehsan did not show up to the wedding but we are glad that Huraz decided to marry you and save you. Who would have accepted you if not for our Huraz? You should always be thankful of him. And I guess you should stop with going to work. We do not want people talking about it"

Amira was always criticised by this particular aunt of hers. What ever she did, she would be criticised. She tried her level best to ignore it. She was indeed thankful that he accepted her.

She did not want to back answer her rudely and decided to answer her calmly. Her parents had taught her to respect their elders even if they were being rude to them.

"Yes Phuphu Alhamdulillah I'm thankful that he decided to accept me that day. It is indeed Qadr of Allah. But I will not leave my job".  She couldn't leave her job just because people will talk. Obviously people will talk but it has to be in us to ignore their useless talks.

"I've taught my daughter to face the society aapi and I do not expect her to leave her job just because some people will talk" told her father. He did not like what ever his sister was talking.

Huraz noticed the tension and decided to interfere. He did not like their Phuphu talking to Amira like that. He thought he should be the most thankful one as his lord decided to make it happen.

"Phuphu what ever happened,  it happens for the best. And I do not want to expose what all ehsan has done. You might think he's a great guy, well he definitely isn't. I'm also glad Allah chose to cross our paths and I do not want her to quit working. In fact I would be happy if she joins me in building up my company. Women bring barakah to the family and yes she is the barakah that I needed in my life. I would not want to hear another word for my wife" he started telling her calmly but in the end he told her through gritted teeth. He was not ready to listen to her talk about Amira in a negative way. He did not like his Phuphu's narrow minded thinking.

Marriage comes with a lot of sacrifices but one simple gesture from your partner gives you a lot of confidence. It is always important to have a caring partner at times like these.

He knew that his Phuphu wanted to get him married to her daughter. Tasmiya. But he was not interested in her and always treated her like his baby sister. Tasmiya also thought of him as a brother and was not interested in marrying him. She was happy that he chose to marry Amira. He would never leave her side and would always stand up for his wife.

She knew her mother was money minded and wanted to marry her only to get a share in his property. But she was not going to support her mother's evil plans. She  would always compare her with Amira and would always be jealous of Amira's achievement in life. She had spoken about this to her father and he supported her in what ever she did.

"Huraz bhai I'm happy you chose to marry Amira. I trust you with her and I know, no one will love and care for her as much as you do"

"Mummy I would really appreciate if you don't talk bad about Amira" she lowly whispered to her mother as she didn't want others to hear that.

Her taya abbu asked her Phuphu to keep quiet and peacefully let them have lunch together.

After lunch Amira walked to her room and was almost on the verge of crying. Yes,  her Phuphu was just telling the truth. Nobody would accept her when they would know that the groom did not show up at the end moment of the wedding. The blame game would start and she would be blamed. The society would always blame the girl, even if it wasn't her fault.

Ahan walked to her and gently wiped her tears with his cute little hands.

"Why she toubble you and make you cry Mumma? Mumma why she has poblem?" he asked pouting cutely.

"Ahan she's elder bacha and we don't talk about elders like that Ahanu" she got hold of his small hands which were wiping her tear stricken face.

"I can't see you cry Mumma. Please don't cry Mumma. I lub you" he stated again cutely.

"I'm not crying Ahanu. And I love you too"She hugged him. She was overwhelmed at the moment.

"Okay now come let's see what Sarah Phuphu is doing" Amira said getting hold of his small cute hands.

They walked into her room. She was holding a paper in her hand and as soon as she saw Amira,  she hid it in the drawer. Amira saw it but she did not want to talk about it in front of Ahan. She asked Sarah to join her in making some snacks and take it to the garden where all of the kids were planning to sit for sometime.

After sometime all the cousins decided to gather in the garden and chit chat. They were enjoying and making fun of each other and remembering the childhood days.

Sarah was reminding Amira of the stunts she used to pull as a kid. She reminded her of a day when Amira was singing and she was singing it like really bad with wrong lyrics. Farhaan was done with her and decided to stop her and gave her a coin and said. "This is all I have as of now. Please come on Friday. We will give you lots of money" and burst out laughing.

Amira was embarrassed. She did not like getting teased in front of all her cousins. She did remember that time and was embarrassed while thinking of her besuri awaaz. She looked up to see that even Huraz was trying his best to not laugh at her but in the end he also gave up and started laughing.

Amira also did not want to leave the opportunity and decided to take a revenge from Sarah.

"Sarah you remember that day when that chashmish nerd guy came to you and proposed you? If Huraz wouldn't have come on the right time, we would have seen you get married to that chashmish nerd. Just imagine Sarah Kaisi lagti shaadi ke baad and I don't even want to imagine their kids" she said laughing hysterically.

Farhaan got up glaring at her and walked out leaving all of them amused.

Amira did not expect that kind of reaction from her Farhaan bhai.  He was always a calm and composed person.

Amira looked around and saw the situation getting serious. She told them she will talk to him and got up and went to their living room.

He was sitting on the couch with his face in between his hands. He did not like Amira talking about Sarah getting married to someone else but he did not know why?.

"Bhai what happened?  Why did you walk out like that?" Amira asked getting concerned for her brother.

"Kuch nai Amira. I was just a little tired. So I came to rest for sometime" he lied to her.

"Bhai are you hiding anything from me?" she asked sceptically.

"No Amira I'm not hiding anything from you. Go enjoy yourself with the rest of them. I think I'll be leaving now. I need to go home and take some rest. I think I'm getting a headache" he said not meeting her eyes.

How could he tell her that he did not like her mentioning some other person's name with Sarah. He didn't know why was he feeling like this. It was not like he had feelings for her.

He was being delusional to his own feelings.

She looked up and saw that he was definitely hiding something. Even if words don't tell the pain, eyes would do it.

Later after enjoying for some more time. Everyone decided to go back home. Her Phuphu was glaring at Amira and she did not even acknowledge her greeting. Amira felt bad and went to her room with almost moist eyes.

Huraz went to his room and saw Amira was crying. He felt like he did not keep up his promise and hurt her unintentionally. He sat on his knees in front of her and gently pulled her hand in his.

"Stop worrying about Farhaan, I will talk to him about it"

"No Huraz it's alright. I think bhai needs some time. And I was not crying because of that I was just wondering what Phuphu said. Well I think she is right in a way. People would have blamed me even though it wasn't my fault" she expressed her inner turmoil to him.

"Amira you do not have to think about whatever Phuphu said. I do not want you to give a shít about it. You will not be taking her words to your heart. Well people have mouths to talk but it is up to us to listen which is useful and avoid the gossip stuff. You will always have my support"

"Huraz I'm really glad to have you as my life partner and also to have ahan in my life. Both of you are quite similar and care a lot for me. Indeed Alhamdulillah I'm blessed to have you and glad that he did not show up to the wedding"

"Alhamdulillah it was in our Qadr Amira and even I'm glad to have you with me. It was always you. It's been you for the past few years. Since the time we grew up together. You are everywhere and my everything. It's you and I guess it has always been you" he was about to hug her when the door of their room burst open and walked in a sleepish Ahan.

Ahan came running and hugged both of them whispering I Lub You in his sleepish voice.

"We love you too",  said Amira and Huraz in unison and grinned at each other. Indeed some people are truly made for each other.

They were truly blessed to have each other as their life partner. Both of them wished for each others happiness and smile, for the rest of their lives.

They didn't need word anymore.
They just looked at each other and smiled.

But they plan, and Allah plans.  And Allah is the best of planners.

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Assalamu alaikum dear readers.

Hey how are y'all doing?

Well that was the end of the story. Well I'm not completely satisfied with the ending of the story but I wanted to end it here. I did not want to drag it anymore as it is a short story.

I will be posting the epilogue soon.

I hope you like this little story of Huraz and Amira and of course our little Ahan.

Who was your favourite character?

Mine will definitely be Ahan.

Stay home and keep smiling☺

~Zoe