Assalamualaikum!!!

      CHAPTER 10 - THE PREPARATIONS ...

MINAL'S POV:

I ran behind fatty inside her room. She was sitting in her bed with a shocked expression. I sat beside her. She looked at me. After some good minutes, "Fatty? Do you know him?" I asked her. "No bhabi. I never ever saw him in my whole life." She said confusedly. "Hmm. Dont you think its like 'love at first site'?" I asked her in a thoughtful way. "Bhabi? You even serious?" She asked giving me a death glare. "I mean. Whats the problem fatty? He is fine, i mean he is good looking, rich, stylish with perfect height and weight. Whats the problem? You guys will make the best couple yaar!" I exclaimed happily. "Oh i see! Even my brother is handsome, rich, stylish with perfect height and gymed body. You never had that 'love at first sight' thing with him?" She asked angrily.
"Why do you bring us in this matter? Forgodsake fatty. I was just telling for your good. Nothing else." I spatted angrily. "Oh please bhabi. I..." she was cut by shehryaar. "What the hell you guys are doing? You guys are fighting? Where are your senses? Is this the time to fight? You guys are pathetic." He scolded us. We kept quiet. I stood up and got aside. He came and sat beside fatty. "Fatty? Do you know him already?" He asked. "Bhai. You too? For god sake yaar. I seriously dont know him. I swear upon god, i even never saw him." She bursted. "Ok fine. Ok fine. I was just asking...am not doubting alright." He calmed her. She was helding her head with her both hands. "Minal just give her some water please." He said. I gave her and she thanked me. She drank the whole glass in one sip. She sighed.

Shehryaar patted her back.
"So now listen. Just listen to what am saying alright?" He asked her. She nodded. I sat beside him, to listen what he says.

"See. You don't know him. Right?"

"Obvio bhai."

"Okay so. How does he looks? I mean to you. See. He is from a good well-known family. And his family back ground is also fine. He is not even bad in his looks and personality. So what do you think about him? Would he be ok for you? I mean only if you are ok with him, we will move on. If not then we will reject his proposal. Just like you say. No body will force you. Alright. So? What do you think?" He asked her politely.

"Shehryaar! May be she needs time to answer. It's not easy to answer such questions and make such a big decisions in just a second." I suggested.

"Oh! Alright. We will wait for your answer down stairs. Think about it." He agreed and left the room.

"Umm...shall I leave too?"

"As your wish bhabi."

"Fatty...relax. Don't make decisions in hurry. You can take time as much as you want. No one is in hurry. It's your life. This have to be your decision not of others. Take your time." I was about to leave when she called me and said, "Bhabi! Sorry...and thank you."

"For what?"

"Sorry for behaving rude with you previously. And thank you for everything."

"That's alright fatty. You don't have to be sorry. And you shouldn't be thanking me. It was my responsibility after all." I smiled at her and left.

A DAY BEFORE ENGAGEMENT:

I ran downstairs. "What are you doing kamal? Do it properly." I said to boy, doing the flower works.

I went to mom and said, "Mom! Here. I got this for you." I gave her the flat and comfortable sandal.

"Thank you beta. Minal? Please go and check around the corridors. And ask them to do it properly. "

"Okay mom." I was about to leave when she called me, "Where is shehryaar and fatim? I didn't saw both of them after lunch. Where are they? If you get hold of them then ask shehryaar to take fatim parlour."

"Ok mom."

Firstly I went to look at the corridors and giving the workers a long lecture for not doing there work properly. Then I went to find my husband and my sister-in-law. I found them in the main hall.

"Hawwww...what the hell you guys are doing? Get up both of you. There is a lot of work to do." I said them when I found them busy in their respective phones.

"Get up! Both of you. Right now!" Both looked at me.

"Shehryaar! What are you doing? It's your sister's engagement today. You have a lot of work to do."

He got up from his seat and said while keeping his folded arm in my shoulder, "Yeah my dear wife! But when I got such a hardworking and awesome wife that she can do even MY work then why should i be doing anything so I left it at you. I know you'll do it." He buttered me.

"Don't butter me now my dear husband. You do your work and I'll do mine. So now. Get the hell up or else am gonna kick your ass. " I warned him while removing his arm from my shoulder.

"This is how you talk to your husband. Too bad of you minal. How could you say that to your only husband?"

"Hah! Suits you bhai. If you didn't get such a wife I know what will happen of you. Thank God I got her as my bhabi." She appreciated me.

"See na bhabi. He didn't work even a little in his sister's engagement." She pouted and hugged me.

"Hah! Such a liar she is. Minal...." I cut him off and ordered while snatching his phone from his hand. "Shut up. And take her to the parlour. Right now. It's mom's order."

"Alright. I'll take her. Relax. Don't shout at me like this. You don't how much am scared of you."

"As If." I replied.

"And you little brat. I'll see you when your husband going to treat you like this."

"Nah! He is sweet he won't do such things with her wife."

"Yeah! Yeah! I know what things he can do to you." He winked at her. Her cheeks turned crimson in colour.

"Bhai!!!" She laughed and blushed at the same time.

"Ahaan? Some one is blushinggg?" He teased her.She ran away.

It was me standing with him in such a awkward situation which he created. I mean what the hell he was talking about? He got no shame.

"Why the hell girls always blush when people talk about their husbands?" He asked me smirking.

"Oh really? When did you saw me blushing?" I asked him by raising my eyebrow.

"No! You didn't get me I think." I made a face when he said that.

"I was talking about girls. Not about you." He said and left smirking.

"Whattt? How dare He?" I was so angry with him.

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It's 11:30 And we still didn't have the dinner.

Mom, Me, and Dad was so tired but still talking about tomorrow excitedly.
Shehryaar wasn't at all tired because he didn't do anything. I mean who does This? Brothers have to take full responsibilities in his sister's engagement. But no. He was the coldest brother I 've ever saw. In my wedding, even though I had no brothers at all, my cousin brothers took all the responsibilities. He is not even a cousin brother, she is his own blood, his own sister. God knows what my mamma saw in him.

"Decoration?"

"Done."

"Caterings?"

"Done."

"Invitations?"

"Done."

 "What about fatty's friends? She invited them or not?"

"She invited them mom. Don't worry."

"She decided what to wear tomorrow?"

"Yeah mom. She did all her works. Actually everybody did there works. If there is someone who didn't do any work is your son. He is busy with his phone, office and clients." I said looking at him.

"What? Who went to parlour with Her? You or Me?? Mom. She is lying,  Completely." He lied, COMPLETELY.

"Shut up bhai. Mom! bhabi is right. He didn't do anything except teasing Me." Fatty said while running downstairs.

"And you didn't do anything except supporting your bhabi." He made a face. Fatty stuck tongue at him.

"Shehryaar!!!" Mom glared him.

"Mom I went to parlour with Her. You know how boring it Was? Sitting 2 hours watching her stupid face. And that smell...ewwww. It sucks!" He made a disgusting face. I never went to parlour so I don't know how it smells.

"You should do at least this in your sister's engagement shehryaar." Mom said and agreed with her.

"Alright my mother. Now see how much work I'll be doing in her wedding." He said straightening himself.

"That's like my boy." Mom said while patting his cheeks. She got up and went inside the kitchen.

I smiled at her. Fatty was making faces at him. And he being himself doing the same to her. Ah! No one will say that he is married and she is going to get engaged tomorrow. They still fight on silly things.

I was smiling at both. Mom kept the dinner already. Dad was already on the dining table. He called us to join him. Fatty quickly went up. I smiled at she was jumping.

Shehryaar all of a sudden came and sat so close to me. I frowned at him.
"Am watching you the whole day. You are so happy for tomorrow." He told me.

"Why? I shouldn't be happy for her?" I asked him.

"Not like that. I was just curious about something."

"And what is It?"

"I was curious that were you this much happy in our wedding?" He asked looking at me. His curiosity was visible in his eyes.

"Please shehryaar. Am so hungry let me eat my dinner."

"No. First answer my question then go have your dinner chummily."

"Don't angry me now. Move."

"No. I won't let you go until you answer me." He said and he grabbed my legs between his. And got hold of my hands.

"Shehryaar please let me gooo!"

"No."

"Daaadddd!" I acted as if dad was standing behind him. He quickly let go of me. Before he realise that I lied, I got up from the seat.

I turned and looked at him. He was making an angry face. I stuck my tongue out at him. He got up from his seat. I quickly ran and sat in the dining table beside dad. He came and sat beside me.

I took a plate but he grabbed it. I took another one. And kept chapati in it. He grabbed my chapati. I looked at him. He smirked. "What are you doing?"I whisper by gritting my teeth.
"Answer me." He was struck in one question.

"What happened beta?" Asked dad.

"Nothing dad. Minal is saying that she is not at all hungry." As such he completed his sentence, my eyes got widened and I glared the hell out of him.

"No problem beta. At least eat half chapati. Wait I'll give you." He said so sweetly and gave me half chapati. I faked a smile at him and thanked him.

Shehryaar was controlling his laughter by looking my face expression. He kept a hand in his mouth, acted like he got cough or something.

Mom came and sat. She was so hungry she told me already, I told her that the same was of me. She looked at my plate and asked that I told her that I was hungry and now am having just half chapati. Shehryaar was still controlling his laughter. This idiot husband of mine is making me lie to my in-laws. Uff! Allah. What a man I got?

"Umm...mom.." I was about to lie but he did instead of Me, making me a liar.

"She was lying mom." Was his reply.

"No mom. I wasn't. Actually I lost my appetite. Am so tired I want to relax."

"No problem beta. I know you are tired. Have your dinner then go relax." She said sweetly. May be she knows her son is lying not me.

I ate my half chapati. All the time I was giving death glares to him and he was completely enjoying it.

I went upstairs. I was so damn hungry. Shit! Shit! Shit! I should have at least 1 chapati. This man will be the death of me. I was walking in the room angrily.

After 15 mins he came opened the door and closed it from his leg. I glared him. He walked towards me smiling and standing in front of me he burped (belched) loudly direct to my face. Anger boiled inside me. I was to burst out my anger at him when he slipped inside the washroom.

I was waiting for him eagerly to give him a good long talk and he knows it. So he was being a girl and is inside the bathroom from 20 minutes. I swear I'll kill this man if he didn't come in another ten minutes.

I was cursing him badly from inside when he walked out, as always shirtless and is wearing his track.

"Am hungry!!!!" I screamed at him. He was so calm and replied , " So what can I do? You wanna eat me?"

"Thank you so much. But I don't eat fat meat( Mai charbi wale gosht nai khati). I want food."

"Who told you to eat half chapati and eat up my brain now!"

"You Mr. Husband! You have to take me to dinner now."

"What? Have you gone nuts? It's 12:00 already."

"Doesn't matter. I want food. That's It!"

"Everybody is sleeping. And also. There won't be any restaurant at this time."

"You don't worry about it. I know a place at this time it's open. Just take me there."

" But..." I cut him off and said , "No if's and but's."

"Fine." Just as he completed his sentence I grabbed his hand and was dragged him outside the room when he whispered, "At least let me take my car's key and valet."

"Take it fast. Am not gonna wait even for a second now for what you did."

"Alright. Calm your horses."

"I can't."

He quickly went and took his car's key and valet and came back.

We sat in the car. I told him the direction to that place. We reached there. It was empty. Only two men was sitting. We quickly grabbed a seat and I ordered the food. It took 15 mins to present our food. Till the food arrives shehryaar was being a over protective husband, he told me sat like facing to him not to those guys. He exchanged the seats and was glaring the shit-out of the two guys who was sitting over there and looking at me.

I didn't care about them. I was just eagerly waiting for the food. Shehryaar was watching them till they left the place. As the food arrives the two guys left the place. There was peace in his face. I chuckled looking at his face. He looked at me. I focused on my food, It was mouth-watering.

He looked at me then to my food. I raised my eyebrow at him, asking him what he's looking at?. He shaked his said saying nothing. I offered him some. A big smile appeared in his  face. He accept my offer and ate. We ate till our stomach bursts.  We were so full that it was so difficult to get up from our seats.  

He payed the bill. He looked at me, then we both burst out laughing at each others condition. He got up first then gave me hand to help me get up. "I think we need to go on a walk." I told while giving him my hand in his. He laughed and agreed. We went to beach at this night time. We got out of the car.

We removed our shoes and kept inside the car. we didn't went to water side. we started walking. There was a complete silence for at least 15 mins, then he decided to break the silence. "Hmm...do you like the food?"

"Oh! I love the food. It was mouth-watering. You like it?"

"Yeah."

"By the way what you like to eat the most? i mean your fav food?"

"Why? Will you make it for me?" He smirked at me.

"In your dreams. You dont want to answer then dont."

"Ok chill. I was just joking. Ummm...my fav food...well, I like your mango delight, you once made it, remember?"

"Me? I never made it after our wedding."

"No. Not after our wedding. Before our wedding."

"Oh. When did you ate? I don't exactly remember."

"Oh that. In your second year of college, two days before your birthday, you were wearing black colored dress with big silver earings. That suited you. You were looking pretty that day."

I was shocked listening to his words and blushed at the same time. Is he even serious? He noticed me a lot.

"Ah! That day. Hmm." I was blushing like a total idiot listening to his compliment that he added at the last. May be he noticed that too. I walked a little faster to him but he got a hold of my wrist and pulled me back. He looked into my eyes, "Why are you running from me?"

I pulled my hand from him and replied, "Am not running from you. We are getting late. I need to get up early in the morning. Its too late."

"You know what? You easily get caught when you lie." He stated and walked towards the car. I stuck my tongue out and followed him smiling.

We got inside the car. We reached at home. He silently opened the door. We entered like thieves inside our house. We removed our shoes and walked in. And we thieves were caught by the police.

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Hi! Sorry for being too late. But I don't think I can update from now. Will take time. May be after a year, or after a month,...

I don't know when the hell I'll get rid of my higher studies. Am writing board exams continuously from 3 bloody years. This is the last year. So bare with me.

Love you guys. Forgive me. And forget me for a year. Inshallah for sure this won't happen from next year.

Allah hafiz. :D