The moon in the night sky, a perfect circle with the exact amount of brightness one needs, to not feel lonely in the dark. But in reality, it's just a stone surface, with the sun helping it to shine.

From a far, you'll find everyone perfect, but once you get close, you'll see that they have also had a stone surface once, and they needed someone to help them shine again.

Ruhee knew playing truth or dare is meaningless, since everyone is gonna chose truth. The bottle was rotating and everyone was staring at it, anxiously. The bottle stops. Aina has to answer to Aayan.

Aina looks at Aayan, waiting for him to ask her something. "Truth or dare?" Aayan asks, awkwardly. "Truth" Aina replies. Ruhee just shakes her head.

I knew it.

"Okay, um...." Aayan thinks, as he rubs his hands on his pants. Everyone looks at him, waiting for him to ask her anything. "Do you have any siblings?" Aayan asks, stupidly. Zubair just slaps his own forehead, while the girls control their laughters.

Aina looks at him and raises her both her eyebrows, "Uh, No." she replies, doubtfully. Aina really had no siblings, but that was not the question she expected. "Okay." Aayan says, taking a sip from his drink, and Ruhee spins the bottle.

The bottle stops, with Jian under the radar of Ruhee. Ruhee smirks at Jian, and Jian gets nervous. "Truth or dare?" Ruhee asks, a bit too sweetly for Jian's liking. Jian knew her friend well, she is trapped if she chose either. Jian signs and goes for truth. She knew she is done for, so why do it the hard way.

Ruhee smirks and asks, "So, is Muhajir still horny?" and Jian immediately flushes with embarrassment. "No, Uh I mean, How will I know? Go ask him." she replies and nervously gulps down her drink. Ruhee knew that would spite her up, "Uh-huh" Ruhee replies, with a mischievous smirk. Afza and Aina just control their laughter, while Aayan and Zubair look confused. "You!" Jian says, after slamming her glass down on the teapoy, and pointing a finger at Ruhee, "Just wait till it's your turn to answer." Jian said, determined and Ruhee, visibly gulped, before spinning the bottle again. Aina could ask Zubair.

"Truth or dare?" Aina asks sweetly. "Dare." Zubair replies, nonchalantly. Well, none of the girls were gonna do any dare, and Zubair knew that. Aayan was just too boring to do any. Aina looked at him shocked, then at Jian, not knowing what to make him do. "Um, Okay then...." Aina looks around, trying to find something that would help her. She looks at Aayan, who was sitting unbothered, looking at her. Her smile just widens.

"You have to kiss Aayan." Ruhee spits out her drink, which she was drinking and coughs. Afza rubs her back, trying to contain her own growing smile, while Jian just slaps a hand on her mouth. Ruhee looks at Afza, with an amused smile and then back at the boys. Their expressions were priceless. Aayan and Zubair were just staring at a grinning Aina, with their mouths ajar.

The room felt silent, the girls were just containing their smiles, while the boys turned to look at each other. They moved away from each other, with a disgusted look. "I am not doing it." Zubair says, looking at Aina. "Oh, c'mon. Just on the cheek." Aina says, smiling. "You can't back off." Jian says, pointing an accusing finger at Zubair. "This will be fun." Afza says, looking between Aayan and Zubair. Zubair looks at Afza and skahes his head, "I mean, why should I kiss him? I am not his wife. Ask Ruhee to kiss him, she is his wife." Zubair blabbers out. Now, all the eyes point towards Ruhee, and so do a certain brown ones.

Ruhee felt like a dear caught in headlights. They just stared at her. "It's your dare Zubair, you do it. Don't drag me in." Ruhee says, flushed. "As much as I want Ruhee to kiss a guy, Aayan is not the one for me." Jian says, looking at Ruhee. "Yeah, so you do it, there is no escape." Afza adds in.

Thank god. This was getting awkward. Kiss Aayan? No way.

Ruhee looks at Aayan, from below her eyes, to see him looking at her aswell. Her eyes flicker to his lips, which were formed in a thin line. She wondered how it would feel to actually kiss him.

No! Bad Ruhee.

Ruhee brings her thoughts back to the present, and looks at Zubair. Zubair just looks around, seeing everyone staring at him. He looks at a much awaiting Afza, with amusement filled eyes and signs, "Fine." The girls clap their hands excited while Aayan turns to stare at his friend. Zubair looks at Aayan and says, "C'mon man, these girls are here to enjoy. Let's be good hosts." "Yeah, not happening." Aayan says, almost scared.

Zubair holds Aayan's face between his palms. Aayan struggles in his hold. "I swear Zubair, I'll kill you." Zubair just inches his face closer to Aayan's. "Oh, I have got to film this." and Afza starts recording on her mobile. Zubairs lips finely touch Aayan's cheek, and Aayan closes his eyes in disgust. Zubair quickly pulls away and vanishes into the guest room, while Aayan runs to the kitchen sink, to wash his face vigorously. The girls just silently laugh at the scene.

Zubair comes out the guest room wiping his face with a handkerchief, and Aayan also returns, wiping his face. They take their seats, but you could see a much visible distance between them. Aina was looking the other way, laughing silently, Jian had a hand over her mouth, hiding her laughter, Afza held her fist between her teeth, to contain herself, while Ruhee just sucked her lips in, to control herself.

The boys didn't even look at each other. Ruhee cleared her throat and rotated the bottle. The bottle stopped, Zubair immediately looked at Afza, and Afza looked at him. Zubair's lips streached into a smirk, and Afza closed her eyes, irritated. Zubair had to ask Afza.

"Truth or dare?" Zubair asks, smirking. Afza opens her eyes and replies, "Truth." Zubair's face suddenly turns serious, he leans over to place his arms on his knees and asked, "Have you ever been in love?" Jian and Aina signed closing their eyes, and Afza turned to look at Ruhee, who just brightly smiled at her. Afza smiled back, mirroring the same smile and looked to Zubair and replied, "Yes."

Zubair's expression turned intense, and he sat up straight, "Cool" he replied, leaning back, folding his hands over his chest, and looked away. Ruhee just smiles at Afza, along with Jian and Aina. Ruhee spins the bottle. Now, Ruhee was tensed. The bottle top was pointing towards Jian, and bottom at Ruhee.

Jian smirked at Ruhee and asked,"Truth or dare?" Ruhee chose truth, as she knew, she is doomed what so ever. "You played dirty, now my turn." Jian said smirking, she looked at Aayan, then back at Ruhee, and again.

Oh God, what is going on in her mind?

Ruhee looked nervously at Jian. "Do you still love Owais?" she asks, smirking. Aina just leaned her head back, and placed a hand on her forehead. Jian just softly smiled at her, she knew what she asked would never bother Ruhee, but she wanted to bother someone else, a particular brown eyed being, who was now staring at Ruhee, with unreadable intense eyes. Ruhee just smiled at Jian and said, "Of course I do. He might have been a coward, but I do love him." Ruhee shrugged at the end. She moved to rotate the bottle, not noticing, how the brown eyes were staring at her deeply.

The bottle had stopped, and Ruhee looked at Aayan. He was staring at her, with such intense eyes, that she could not look into them anymore. So, she averted her eyes. "Truth or dare, Aayan?" Afza asked, but he kept staring at Ruhee.

"Aayan?" Afza called again. He looked at her, "Truth or dare?" she asked, slowly, making sure he heard her. "Truth." he said looking to the floor. "Okay, I really wanted to ask this for a long time now." Afza said, and they all looked at her, but Aayan kept his eyes down. "How come we never heard or saw your father?" Aayan immediately looked at Afza, with wide eyes. Jian and Aina looked at him waiting for an answer, while Ruhee slapped Afza's arm. 'What' Afza mouthed to Ruhee, rubbing her arm. Ruhee looked at Aayan, who was lost in space. Zubair just smiled sadly.

Even Ruhee wanted to know about his dad. She wanted to ask Sahma about it, but she refrained herself. Ruhee looked at a zoned out Aayan.

It's okay if he doesn't want to answer.

"He passed away when I was twenty years old." Aayan replied smiling sadly, and looked at Ruhee. They just stared into each other's eyes. Ruhee wanted to go and hug him, to console him, to tell him she was here. But she just couldn't, so she just looked him in the eyes, and slowly gave him a small yet encouraging smile. Aayan's eyes first held shock, then appreciation, as he gave her a small smile aswell. Zubair just observed the scene and smiled, nodding.

"Sorry" came Afza's low voice. Aayan looked at her and just nodded. Jian clapped her hands and said, "Let's stop here, I am really hungry. It's almost dinner time, and I need to be home by 9, or I am sleeping on the streets." everyone smiled at her remark. "Yeah, and I need to drive home, so the early the better." Aina added.

Ruhee got up, "I'll make dinner quick." she said. "Oh hush, your husband is rich enough to order take out." Jian said, and looked at Aayan. Aayan looked around to see everyone staring at him. He looked at Ruhee, and smiled. "What do you want to eat?" Aayan asked, after taking out his mobile to order.

Ruhee just smiled at him and went on to arrange the table. None of them noticed, that Jian had called Aayan, Ruhee's husband. They acted as if it was normal.

Ruhee felt proud of Aayan. Without a father figure supporting him, he built a successful empire, and was maintaining it well.

It sure was an interesting evening.