"bas!"

(That's it?)

"Haan bas, ab tumhare hogaya toh main kuch kaam karlu?" Ahanya put her phone on speaker and placed it on the table

(Yeah that's it, now can I do some work?)

"Aur kuch nahi kaha unhone?" Bushra again asked hoping to get some juicy gossip

(He didn't said anything else?)

"Bushra mujhe bohot kaam hai, bhale hi Ahil bhai ka office hai lekin iska Matlab yeh nahi ki kaam chorke unki biwi se gappe ladau," Ahanya typed something in laptop and said

(I have lot of work to do, I know it's Ahil Bhai's company but that doesn't mean that I'll ignore my work and gossip with his wife,)

"Waha Ahil kaam Kar karke pata nahi konsa empire khada karenge aur yaha tum unki army banao," she huffed, when yesterday Hassaan asked her for Ahanya's number she thought she will get some gossip from Ahanya but here her best friend is telling her they didn't talked about anything

(Don't know how much work you two have to do,)

"Kya!" Ahanya laughed at her response

(What!)

"Kahir choro yeh batao ki mere Bhai ko kab Tak satane ka irada hai?" That snatched Ahanya's laugh as her cheeks turned pink

(Let it be! Tell me for how long you'll tease my brother?)

She picked the phone and turned off the speaker

"Bolo! Kab Tak tarpaogi mere Bhai ko? Haan kardo na," Bushra requested like a kid request for candy

(Say na! For how long you'll tease him? Please say yes for the marriage.)

"Bushra Mujhe bohot kaam hai, bye!" she hanged up and put the phone back

(I have work to do, bye!)

She again started typing something in laptop when Bushra's words again enchos her ear

She wasn't teasing him but that idea isn't bad

No that would be evil thing to do! Her heart said and it was right

She can't do anything intentionally to hurt him or his feelings

But does he have feelings for her? Her mind asked

"Mamma! I have headache." Like a child she mumbled and lay her head down on her mother's lap

"Office mein bohot kaam Tha," gently massaging her head Amna asked her daughter

(Was there lot of work in office?)

Ahanya just hummed and closed her eyes shut trying to get some peaceful sleep

"Amna woh...." Salim entered the room but when he saw Ahanya laying on her mother lap he stopped in mid

Ahanya who almost got lost in the dreamless sleep jolt up

"Sorry beta! Woh mujhe tumhari mummy se kaam Tha," Salim smiled at her

(I wanted to talk to your mother,)

"Ji Mamu!" Ahanya got up from bed and left the room,

Decided to make tea for herself because one: she has got really bad headache and second: she also have some files to check

"Kya hua? Kya keh rahe the Mamu?" When she returned to her room Salim wasn't present there

(What did Mamu said?)

Sitting on the bed she asked Amna

"Tumhare Mamu ke dost haina Shaqib bhai...."

(Do you remember your mamu's friend Shaqib bhai.....)

"Woh jinki beti mbbs kar rahi hai," Ahanya tried to remember then asked

(Who's daughter is doing MBBS?)

"Hann wahi, unka beta bhi Hai Dubai mein koi job karta Hai uske lite unhone tumhara rishta manga Hai," Ahanya took one sip of her tea

(Yeah him, his son works in Dubai, he wanted your hand for his son,)

"Mera rishta! Lekin main Hassa...." She stopped in mid when she realized she hadn't said yes yet

(My hand? But Hassa....)

"Tum Hassaan?" Amna looked at her daughter

(You and Hassaan?)

"Kuch nahi," she nod her head negatively not looking at her mother

(Nothing!)

"Agar tumhe Hassaan pasand Hai toh hum uske rishte ke liye Haan Kar denge, isme itna hichkichane ki koi zaroorat nahi hai,"

(If you like Hassaan then tell me don't be hesitate,)

"Woh mujhe Hassaan pasand toh Hain......" She slowly started telling her mother what was in her heart

(I like Hassaan but...)

"Toh problem Kya Hai? Yeh to bohot achhi baat Hai,"

(Then what's the problem? That's a good thing,)

"Lekin.... Unke status aur humare status mein bohot farq hai," she mumbled

(But the difference between our status,)

"Agar unhe issey farq padhta to Kabhi yaha rishta leke na atey, tum bekar mein aisi baatei'n soch soch me khud ko pareshaan Kar rahi ho,"

(If they cared about status they wouldn't have ask for your hand for Hassaan,)

"Agar tumhe Hassaan nahi pasand toh alag baat Hai," when Ahanya didn't said anything Amna said

(That's another thing that you don't like Hassaan,)

"Nahi aisa nahi Hai," Ahanya quickly said then again bowed her head down making Amna laughed

(Not it's not like that,)

"Toh main tumhare Mamu se kehdu ki Hassaan ke Ghar phone karke Haan kehde?" Amna gently grab her cheen and made her look at her

(Then Should I say yes to them?)

"Mamu ko bura nahi lagega? Woh unke dost......"

(Won't mamu mind? I mean his friend....)

"Tum bohot sochti ho, tumhare Mamu ne khud kaha Hai ki Jo bhi tumhara faisla hoga woh ussi mein unki khush hai,"

(Your Mamu won't mind,)

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"Ahanya! I love you." Ahanya got startled by the sudden loud voice

"Bushra tum kab aai?" Ahanya placed her book on side table and asked

(When did you came?)

"Jaise hi Mom ne mujhe bataya ki tumhe Haan kardi bas turant chali aai, pata hai main bohot khush," Bushra sat in front of her

(When Mom told me you said yes I couldn't control my excitement and came here to meet you,)

"That I can see," Ahanya nod her head trying to hide her smile, The excitement was clearly visible on Bushra's face and her voice also showed how much happy she was

"Ahanya! Are you even listening?" Bushra waved her hand in front of her

Ahanya nod her head

"Yeah so as I was saying........." Bushra again started talking about wedding preparations

Haisham put the wedding date very soon the same day on which Hassaan and Hina's wedding was fixed

Salim and Amna both tried to make the wedding date next year but Haisham was adamant that wedding will happen this year

They both didn't had any option but to agree

She was leaning her back on the bed when she heard the sound of door opening

Quickly she straighten her back and sat properly

He was hesitate to close the door then shut it close

"ASSALAMUALAIKUM!" Although she has felt his presence in the room he still clear his throat to grab her attention and said

"Walekum-Assalam!" Her head was down looking her hands

Nervousness can be felt from both body language, they have been alone together few times but this time it was different

Their feelings and relationship both have changed

"Um! Yeh apke liye," he sat down while maintaining some distance from her and pass her a box

(This is for you,)

"Thanks!" Taking it from him she whispered

"Dekhengi nahi Kya Hai?" He looked at the box which she didn't opened and then looked at her

(Won't you see what it is?)

With shivering hand she opened it and found a pair of platinum bangles adorned with diamonds, it was simple yet elegant to catch anyone's eyes

"It's beautiful!" She mumbled and again close it, that also looked expensive of course

"Bushra ne pasand kiya, she told me you aren't big fan of glimmer, although I liked the other one more.... I mean this one is also beautiful and I liked I too," he was rambling but then realized he is talking to his newly wedded bride and that's not the right thing to talk on your wedding night

(Bushra picked it,)

"Um..... Aap thakk gayi hongi, you can change here I'll change in washroom," when he didn't knew what to say he got up and left

(You must be tired,)

"You can lock the door from outside," while entering the washroom he said

But she didn't locked it, she had full confident he won't enter before knocking

"Ahanya! Main aajau?" and she was right after sometime passed Hassaan knock from inside and asked

(Are you done?)

"Ji!" She was trying open her hair

"Ouch!" She hissed Hassaan who was just coming out stopped

"Kya hua?"

(What happened?)

"Nothing!" She nod her head negatively

"Let me help you," he saw her struggling with her hair, kneeling down behind her chair he gently started opening her hair

His reflection was visible in the mirror that she couldn't take her eyes from it

She recalled when they met her in the same room in front of same dressing table in Bushra's wedding, a smile formed it's way on her face

"I'm sorry!" He quickly said when she hissed

"Done!" Proud of himself he said

"Waise apke Baal bohot khoobsurat hain," getting up he told her shyly and started taking step toward bed

(You have beautiful hair,)

"Bohot gire hue ho tum," he was about to sit on the bed when he heard her whispering

(You are so cheap,)

"What?" He looked at her

"Woh.... I'm sorry main apko nahi bol rahi thi.... Woh yeh brush bar bar gir raha tha toh....." She first looked at him confusingly then realized he must have heard her, showing him the hairbrush she was holding she explained herself

(I... I'm sorry I wasn't talking to you.... The hairbrush was falling down so....)

"Oh! ohk." He sat on the bed

Embarrassingly she again turned to mirror and started brushing her hair

When she was done she got up from chair and started moving to bed but then stopped feeling hesitation

"Ahanya! Is everything okay?" He saw her nervously twitching her fingers

She nod her head negatively and sat on the edge of the bed

"Iss tarah se to aap gir jayengi," she properly sat on the bed when he teasingly told her

(You'll fall,)

"So......" Hassaan again tried to say but when Ahanya looked at him he turned to other side, Ahanya again looked at her hands

Not looking at her he scoot over a little besdie her but still maintaining distance

Ahanya saw him moving a little, she gulped and pretend she didn't noticed it Although her heart started beating hard

He moved a little more closing all the distance between them

Slowly he placed his hand on her shoulder which made her jumped a little

"Kya hua?" He quickly took his hand off and asked, she nod her head negatively and looked down at her shivering hands

(What happened?)

"Ahanya! Relax, I won't do anything that you aren't comfortable in," he hold her hands which were cold due to shivering, she looked at him who was already looking at her

His warm hand made her feel little calm, taking her hands to his lips he kissed it making her lowered her eyes

With other hand he opened her hair which she put into a bun and let it fall freely on her back

Leaning down he kissed her cheek then forehead and leave his lips there for a moment

Breaking the kiss he looked at her who's eyes were close and cheeks were the darkest colour of red

"Ahanya!" Cupping her cheeks he called her making her opened her eyes

He didn't gave her moment to react and leaned down to her lips

Locking their lips his one hand went to her hair while second went to switch board and close the light of the room

The only light coming into the room was from moon which curtains were trying to stop and gave two lover alone time to feel each other

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"Aise kaise nahi? Hone wale papa ko toh gana hi hoga," Zeehan said and everyone else just agreed after him

(You have to sing,)

"Bhabhi tum hi boldo, Bhai tumhari baat nahi Mana karenge," Bushra said while trying to feed her one year old son

(Bhabhi you request him, he won't say no to you,)

"Arey lekin mujhe gana nahi ata," Hassaan said before Ahanya could say anything

(But I don't know ow how to sing,)

Today was the baby shower of Ahanya, the elders were sitting outside in lawn

And here everyone started their truth and dare,

First it stopped on Ahil which he got dare that he have to talk to Haisham for three minutes about the weather

Poor lad couldn't even talked anything more then greetings with Haisham, it was funny to see him trying to talk,he lost obviously

Second time the bottle stopped on Amber and she got truth, her question was did she liked someone before marriage and she instead of answering took a sip of her juice and pass it

Now the bottle stopped on Hassaan

"Chachu ab ga bhi dijiye," Aliyan whined making everyone laugh

(Chachu please sing a song.)

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"Bhai koi Naya gana gaiye," Bushra made face

(Sing a new song,)

"Mujhe yahi ata hai," everyone once again broke laughter

(I only know this song,)

"Ahanya! Truth or Dare," Ahil again spin the bottle which stopped on Ahanya, Amber asked

"Um truth," Smiling Ahanya said

"Ahanya se main sawal karungi," Bushra excitedly said before anyone could ask her anything

(I'll ask her question,)

"So bhabhi! Tumne Kabhi Bhai se koi baat chupai Hai?" All eyes turned to Ahanya

(Have you ever hide something from Bhai?)

"Well!...." Ahanya slowly said, and when Hassaan was confident the answer will be no she took a sip of her juice passing the question

"Yaar yeh to galat Hai at least Bata do konsi baat hai,"

(That's not fair, at Least tell us what was the thing,)

"Hassaan ko to bataya nahi tumhe zaroor batade," Amber laughingly said

(She didn't tell Hassaan, she will surely tell you,)

Hassaan quickly covered his frown before anyone could notice but inside he was bothered that Ahanya has hide something from him

"Hassaan! Can you please help me," Ahanya asked him when she struggled to open her hair

He got up from bed and went to dressing table started helping her

"Ahanya!"

"Hmm!"

"Woh konsi baat Hai Jo apne mujhse chupai hai?" He finally asked her the question which was bothering him

(What's the thing that you hide from me?)

Ahanya looked at his reflection in the mirror and laughed

"Batani hoti toh chupati kyu?" She turned to him and teasingly asked

(If I wanted to tell you then why would I have hide it?)

Hassaan who was trying to be calm his mood got spoilt without even opening her hair properly he got up

"Hassaan!" She called him and also got after him

She got infornt of him

"Woh apko yaad Hai Bushra ki Shaadi mein apne mujhse pucha Tha ki Meri mehndi mein H kiske liye Hai?" She played with with his button

(Do you remember in Bushra's wedding you asked me why there is H in my mehndi?)

"Mere liye tha," Hassaan said but when Ahanya nod her head negatively his smile again drop

(That was for me,)

To hide her laugh Ahanya again went to dressing table and started opening her hair

"Lekin Hashir.... Toh phir kiske liye tha?" Brows furrowed he whispered to himself then turned to her

(But Hashir...... Then for whom?)

"Hai koi someone special," Ahanya shrugged her shoulder

(Someone special,)

"Kon Hai woh?" The first time after their one year of marriage he has made his voice harsh with her

(Who he is?)

"Well woh bohot special hai, bachpan se janti Hoon ussey main aur bachpan seemain ussey mohabbat bhi karti hoon, waise yeh baat Bushra bhi janti Hai usne apko nahi bataya?" She decided to tease him more

(He is very special and I know him from childhood and fancied him, Bushra also knows about him she didn't tell you?)

"Bushra yeh baat janti Hai? Lekin phir bhi usne....." Hassaan huffed and sat on the bed

(Bushra also knew this? but she didn't....)

"Naam batau?" Ahanya also came to bed and sat beside him

(Do you wanna know his name)

"Nahi rehne dijiye,"

(No let it be,)

"Hassaan! Aap jealous hote Hain toh bohot cute lagte Hain, your ears turned red," Ahanya made a thin line of her lips to stopped herself from laughing at him who looked like an angry kid

(You look cute when you are jealous.)

"Waise unka naam Hrithik Roshan,"

(His name is Hrithik Roshan,)

"Hrithik Roshan?... Hrithik Roshan!" He confusingly said to himself then turned to his wife who couldn't control her laugh anymore

"Very funny!" He said, his own face broke into a smile when he realized his wife was playing with him

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