The mehndi function was arranged in the vast lawn of the Ahmed House,beautiful white canopy,shimmering lights,stage adorned with yellow hycinth and roses.

Only a few business associates and families were present.Mrs.Ali,Mrs.Ahmed and Ayesha's mother in law were busy talking.

Asmara and Sara brought Ayesha on stage,Omar(groom) was sitting on the stage looking at Ayesha.

Asmara's look👆

Ayesha's sister in law,Aliya came on stage,greeted all of them and asked beautician to apply henna on Ayesha's hands.Asmara got a call from her college friend(Sana) so she went inside the house to pick the call as she badly wanted to talk to her dearest friend.

A:"Sana!how are you?"

S:" I am good,you?"

A:"fine."

S:"Am I missing something?You are not okay,what happened?and don't you dare lie to me!"

A:"Can we meet tommorrow?"

S:"So!I was right,there is something bothering you.Ok we will meet at cafe?"

A:"no!Come to my house please,not outside."

S:"Ok Ms.Asmara,how can I forget you are the biggest introvert."

A:"don't taunt,okay!"

S:"yes ma'am,you can tell me on call too if you want?"

A:"no,I can't,Ayesha Api's mehndi function is going on."

S:"Oh okay Allah hafiz then enjoy."

A:"Allah hafiz."

After attending the call when she was going outside,she collided with Hashim.

Unintentionally she said:"oh sorry ,I didn't see that you were coming."

Hashim frowned thinking 'seriously she called me bhai.'

"What did you say?"Hashim asked.

"S..sorry...!!"Asmara apologized hesitantly.

"No,before that?"Hashim said.

She got confused and said I don't know.

"Call me by my name!"Hashim ordered looking into her eyes.

"Huh?"she was confused.

Hashim grabbed her wrist and putting her hair locks behind her ear he said"what is my name,Asmara? Call me by my name,you just called me bhai."

Asmara's eyes widened in shock Allah 'what I did?'she thought facepalming herself.

"Ss..sorryy!"she said with teary and afraid eyes.

"Hey! Don't cry ,just call my name for once."he pleaded cupping her face looking in her deep eyes.

"Ha...hash..Hashimm."she said stuterring.

"Hashim ki titli"he said kissing her forehead once again,she closed her eyes feeling the moment.

"Open your eyes Asmara or else you will faint."he said mischievusly in her ear,lips touching her ear lobe.

All the blood rushed to her face making her tomato red,lips trembling and hands shivering,eyes down,she was shying deeply.

"Red suits you."he complimented.

She frowned confusedly and said"its black..not red."

He chuckled deeply and caressing her cheeks he said"its red."

"Huh?"she got more confused.

"I am talking about your cheeks,ms.innocent.These are red,deep red and you know red is my favourite colour from now on."he said in a deep voice.

"Hashim,everyone is calling you outside and you..."his friend Wali stopped looking at them.

Hashim immediately left Asmara and made some distance and Asmara ran outside.

W:"hey bro,you were doing romance with that little kid.Who is she?"

H:"I'll kill you Wali and does it matter who she is?why you are interested? and I was not doing any romance."

Wali said with sarcasm:"yeah yeah!my poor eyes betrayed me."

H:"shut up idiot."

W:"tell me who she is?Otherwise I am going to tell aunty about her son's intentions and particularly the romance with an innocent kid."

H:"Allah! Stop your drama,Mr.drama king umm she is my wife."

W:"don't joke around and it is the lamest joke ever."

H:"it's no joke Wali,she is my wife. We got married today."

W:"court marriage?"

H:"No!Just nikkah infront of family.She is Zaid bhai's sister."

W:"so it is out of sympathy?am I right?"

H:"kind off."

W:"but it's not good,you should marry a girl not a kid.She is not your type."

H:"can we talk about something else,let's go outside.I'll talk to you on this matter later."

W:"okay but I am not leaving it here."

Hashim nodded and they went out.

Everyone was enjoying the function,girls have applied henna in their hands and that was almost dried up.

Ayesha and Omar were having conversation with guests.Mrs.Ali and Mrs.Ahmed were sitting with Ayesha's mother in law,Sara and Asmara were chit chatting. Hashim was on the stage along with Wali discussing something.

Suddenly Aliya came to stage with a rose in her hand,she bent down on her knees in front of Hashim and asked"will you marry me Hashim.?"

Everyone was shocked,Hashim's eyes went wide then Aliya spoke"You wanted to have a proper proposal so I tried my best.Don't you like it?I am proposing you in front of our families so tell me will you be mine?"

Hashim was shocked,he was not understanding what was happening,he was like a statue there.

Aliya's mother came forward,grabbed her wrist and took her away from stage.

Mrs.Ali and Mrs.Ahmed were also confused.

But Asmara's world again collasped,she went numb,all sensations,all emotions,all feelings just became as non-existant for her

She was standing like a living corpse,emotionless,lifeless!Sara took her inside the house seeing her state.

Mrs.Ahmed went to Hashim and asked"what is all this Hashim?Do you like her?"Hashim shook his head negatively.

"Then why she was saying that you wanted her to propose you?"

Hashim finally spoke"she is lying Mama."

On the other hand Aliya was begging her mother to have Hashim.

"Mama,I love Hashim.I can't live without him.If he rejects me I'll commit suicide,this is my final desicion"she yelled.

"Ok beta! he will marry you just keep calm."her mother comforted her.

Omar also went to Hashim and asked him to marry his little sister.After all the drama,they left.Hashim went outside the house,he didn't want to talk to anyone.

Mr and Mrs.Ali took Asmara and Sara and went to their house.They were all much worried for Asmara.She was already having emotional breakdown.What if Hashim agrees to marry Aliya?what will they do then?

Mr.and Mrs.Ahmed were also tensed.How will they reject the proposal?They have told Omar's family that their son is married but Aliya didn't have any problem with it,she was just obessed so her family also agreed on her desicion.

Ayesha was also tensed for her brother,firstly he married Asmara because of their parents happiness and now how will he manage the second marriage.She called him again and again but he didn't pick the call.

At almost midnight he returned home.

When he entered home all seemed more tensed than before.

He asked "what happened?"

"As...Asm...Asmara got panic attack!she is in hospital,in a serious condition."Ayesha informed him.

His senses went numb.He is the worst husband ever.He shouldn't have married her.She was already broken and he broke her more.

"I am going to hospital."he said.

"Let's go." Mr.Ahmed said.

And they went to hospital,there they met Mr.Ali who was crying due to her daughter's state.Mr.Ahmed went towards his friend Ali and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"She will be alright soon,don't take stress."Mr.Ahmed consoled him.

"In sha Allah!I know Ahmed.Hashim is going to marry Aliya otherwise Ayesha's peace will be ruined.He will sacrifice for his sister.I am not stopping you either but I think we made wrong desicion by tying Hashim and Asmara together.I was so wrong.She is just a kid but as nobody knows about their nikkah so it will be easy to get them divorced.I don't want to punish my daughter anymore and I also don't want to see Ayesha's tears.So I think divorce is the best decision,please consider it and sorry for bothering you my friend."

Mr.Ahmed was shocked so was Hashim.

After returning home Hashim just remembered the word divorce.Will he be able to do so?he remembered all of their moments together.Will he be able to forget his titli?that was it,he couldn't control himself anymore and broke into tears.

Dated 10th feb,2020.