Arms crossed over her chest, feet impatiently tapping on the surface, cheeks huffed as she was seeing the sky enveloping darkness

The sun has sat down and the moon was peeking through the clouds and here she was standing on bus stand waiting for him

She took her phone out from her bag to call him but found her phone switched off due to low battery

"Great! That's what I need right now." She muttered to herself

After some moment when she realized he isn't going to come she went forward to road to take a rikshaw

As sho was looking for a rikshaw a blue Mercedes came in front of her

She looked at the car then again started looking rikshaw when someone called her

"Palwasha?" The voice was familiar, looking at the car she found Mohib in the car, window rolled down

"Mohib!" She went to the car

"Tum Yaha?......" He was wearing a light blue shirt, with sleeves rolled up to his elbow, his usually messy hair combed and gel perfectly.

"I was waiting for friend to pick me but...." As the reminder of her friend made her mood sour

"I can drop you...." His words came out as he is thinking hard, taking little pause as he finished his sentence

"No it's okay, I don't want to bother you...."

"We live in the same neighborhood." Mohib remind her

"Thank you," the darkness that sky has enveloped was making her scared

She was never out of her house at this part of the day or never alone

Getting in his car she again thanked him while buckling seatbelt

Mohib started his car while Palwasha looked outside from window

Mohib's phone's ringing divert her attention to him

"Hello!.... Haan woh..... Actually...... Nahi main toh bas....... Achha I'm sorry," whenever he started saying something, a feminine voice from other side interrupt him, Palwasha couldn't hear what she is saying but she could detect the anger in her voice

(Yes.... No I was just........)

"Listen I'm driv..... Hello?" Taking his phone away from his ear he saw she has hanged up the call, then looked at Palwasha who turned other side, not wanting him to feel embarrassed

"Girlfriend?" After few moment Palwasha asked

"Actually... Fiancee," Palwasha's eyes expand on his confess

"Really? You are engaged?" Palwasha happily asked, Mohib thought she almost jumped on her seat.

"Really! aaj uska birthday Tha and her parents threw part but I don't like crowd that's I left the party early..."

(Today is her birthday....)

"And she is angry now?" Palwasha finished his sentence for him, he nod his head

"Love marriage Hai?" After a moment Palwasha again asked

(Is it love marriage?)

"Meri taraf se love, uski taraf se arrange." His reply made her confused as her brows furrowed

(Love from my side, arrange from her.)

Noticing it Mohib started telling her about how he met his fiancee

That's was the first time she is seeing him talking more then a sentence

The happiness in his eyes and the smile in his voice can be felt by even a blind person

Anyone could see how much he loves his fiancee

"We have reached." Mohib said as he stopped the car in front of her house."

"Thank you so much."

"It's okay." Palwasha got down from car while Mohib started the car to take it to his house but Palwasha's shriek made him startled as he saw why she shouted

"Baat mat karo mujhse." Palwasha angrily told of to that guy. Suspecting something serious Mohib got down from his car

(Don't talk to me.)

"Hua yun na..."

(Listen to me at least....)

"Mujhe mat batao Kya hua, tum na ek number ke dhokebaaz ho. I was waiting for you since three hours. Do you know how much that means?"

(I don't wanna listen anything, you are a liar....)

"I didn't mean it, actually Abbu...."

"Tum ja rahe ho ki nahi?" She put her hands on her hips and asked, Mohib was silently looking at them, not knowing if the matter is serious or it is serious but they maybe know each other

(Are you leaving or not?)

"Nahi jaoge na....." Palwasha looked around as if finding something

(You won't go right......)

And she finally found it

She find the stick which was in Mohib's hand

Taking it from him she hit the guy

"Arey! Pagal ladki....." He rubbed his arm from where he got hit

(Mad girl.)

"Pagal hi Hoon jo teen ghante se tumhara intezaar Kar rahi thi main..... Zamin baaz ajao tum." She again hit him

(I'm mad because I was waiting for you since three hours,..... Zamin if you promise something then fulfill it.)

Meanwhile Mohib looked like he was the one being hit by the stick

"Arey yaar baat toh suno." Zamin snatched the stick from her and snapped it into two

(First listen to me.)

Mohib was about to faint seeing two pieces of his stick

"Abbu ne kaam se office bulaya kisi meeting ko attend karne, bohot late khatam hui thi meeting..." Palwasha opened her mouth to say something but then close it. Crossing her arms over her chest she looked other side and on other side she found a paralyzed Mohib

(There was a important meeting in office and it ended very late.....)

A gasp left her mouth when she realized she hit Zamin with Mohib's stick that his psychiatrist suggested him for confidence

And Zamin broke it in two piece

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Wrapped inside a blanket, sitting on the couch Jannat was looking at the snow fall

It was already very late but she couldn't fall asleep, while Zaid was peacefully sleeping on bed

They were supposed to go for outing but due to heavy snow fall all the roads were blocked

But she didn't mind it, in fact she was enjoying it alot

She could never get tired of tiny crystal ball

A cough made her trance broke as she looked at only person after her present there

She has noticed from evening Zaid was looking sick but asked about it he decline

Getting down from couch she tighten the blanket around her and went to bed. Sitting beside him, she found him sleeping on his stomach while his hand under his head

Carefully touching his forehead not to disturb him she checked his temperature which was hot

"Um! Suniye...." She shook his shoulder to wake him up, she was scared to call him by his name, knowing very well if she'll say his name Bhai will automatically come after it

(Listen...)

"Uthiye...." She tried to wake him up but he didn't making her more worried, his whole body was burning in heat, she removed the blanket away from him a little

(Wake up.....)

Tears instantly came in her eyes

In unknown place where she knows no one and Zaid is sick, what she is suppose to do?

Picking her phone she thought about calling her mother but then realized her phone doesn't have international roaming

Zaid phone have. But she don't know the passcode

She now feels more helpless

Bitting her lips to hold the hiccups she thought about that to do

Removing the blanket away from her which made her missed the warmth. She went to washroom and wet her cotton dupatta

Coming to room, she put one end on Zaid's forehead and with another she started wiping his neck and hands

In her childhood whenever she used to catch fever her mother used to do this

She repeated this for few times, in doing this she didn't realize when her eyelids got heavy and sleep consumed her.

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Zaid tried to turn other side when he felt something heavy on his chest

When he opened his eyes, his eyes got expand

Jannat's head was on his chest, she was sleeping in seated position

Her head on his chest, her hand in his while he felt something on his forehead, taking his hand to his forehead he saw Jannat's baby blue dupatta

Removing it from his forehead he thought about waking her up but didn't had heart to do so

She was innocently sleeping, her cheeks and nose red, some of her brown hair locks falling on her face, which he removed from his hand and let his hand rest on her cheek

This was the first time he felt her so close to him, her ear was so close to his heart

He didn't wanted to wake her up, he wanted to feel her more, he wanted to gaze at her face, which he couldn't do when she is awake

As if sensing someone's eyes on her Jannat stir in her sleep then slowly open her eyes

When she found Zaid awake and looking at her she quickly got up from bed

Awkwardly Zaid also sat up

"Woh......," She opened her mouth to explain how she fell asleep on him but was too embarrassed to even look at him, and ran into washroom

(Actually.......)

A defeated sign left his mouth, when will everything will be okay between them?

When will she realize running away from him won't take her anywhere, in the end she has to come to him

When this will be his every morning where her face will be the first thing he'll see.

When will that day come when he will confess his love to her

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