It's been a week of me taking care of Ibtihaj.

It brought a big change in our lives and that's is that we both were staying in same room under one roof.

Nothing changed between our behaviour towards each other. He was still sane rude and cold towards me.

I sighed and draped quilt on Ibtihaj properly and went towards my sofa to sleep.

I stole a last glance at him and closed my eyes.

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I heard some cries and whimpers and opened my eyes.

I could see dark sky of night.

My eyes landed on a frame sir th g on bed with his head in his palms.

" Why? Why it happened to me?? Why I couldn't walk on my own? I hate this fact that my friends come to visit me on bed instead of practising in shooting ground. I hate the sympathetic looks people give me!!"

His voice broke in last.

I felt a lump forming in my throat but didn't move.

I wanted to give him his time with his Allah.

Allah knows how many hours passed with him crying and praying and then whispered started dying.

When I didn't hear anything for long I balanced my self on elbow and looked at him and found him sleeping.

I stood up and went towards him.

A lone tear slipped down my cheek looking at his tear stained face.

I sat beside him and wiped his face with my finger tips.

" You are perfect in every way you are!!"

I murmured and kissed his shinning forehead.

His features soothed.

I kept on stroking his hair and closed my eyes with the determination of bringing him back to his life.

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Author's p.o.v

Ibtihaj was laying on bed gazing at ceiling when he heard knock on his door.

"Come in!!"

He said .

The one entered left him shocked.

"Rehab bhai!!!

Tooba Bhabhi!!!"

Tears started pooling up in his eyes.

Rehab ran towards him and hugged him tightly.

They both were quite as if their heartbeats and tears were talking.

Tooba stood there looking at them both with teary eyes.

"How are you now?"

Rehab said pulling back.

"Dying..."

Ibtihaj said with lowered head.

"Don't say like this!!"

Tooba said hugging his head while crying.

" Why are you crying?"

Ibtihaj said wiping her tears.

"Because my champ is crying!"

She said with teary eyes wipping his tears.

" Why are you crying?"

Tooba and Ibtihaj asked simultaneously to Rehab.

"Because you both are crying!!"

Rehab saod engulfing them in a bear hug.

After crying and pouring all the complexities of their hearts they 3 were feeling relaxed.

"Bhaiya bhabhi lunch is ready. Will you both come in dinning hall or should I bring it here?"

Anfal asked politely coming in room.

" Your juice!!"

Anfal said putting glass of juice on side table.

"Umm! Who are you?"

Tooba asked uncerntainly.

On this Ibtihaj and Anfal exchanged looks and Anfal lowered her head.

"They will eat with me!!"

Ibtihaj said and she left nodding.

" Who was she?"

Tooba raised brow at him.

Tooba knew that he got married lately but didn'tknow who she was.

"Anfal!!"

Ibtihaj said looking here and there.

" You mean Anfal!! Anfal the real Anfal!! Your wife Anfal??"

Tooba jumped on bed excitedly.

Ibtihaj choked on his juice while Rehab just shoke his head.

" Yes!!"

Ibtihaj said wiping his face.

" You could have told me earlier. I should go and chat with her!!"

Tooba said punching Ibtihaj's bruised hand and ran out leaving him whinning.

"Ya Allah!! After all these years bhabhi still not changed. Same abusive as before!!!"

Ibtihaj shoke his head unbelievably.

"Exactly!! Sometimes I think that instead of 2 I have 3 children to take care off!!"

Rehab suppressed a laugh.

"Means she still abuse you the same way??"

Ibtihaj raised brow grinning at him.

Rehab rolled his eyes.

"I got my answer!!

Ibtihaj smiled.

"Shut up!!"

Rehab glared at him while he laughed.

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Anfal was placing refreshments in tray when Tooba came beside her.

" Why are you here? You should be their in room resting. You mist be tired na?"

Anfal said with concern.

"No I am all okay!! You have such a nice name you know?"

Tooba smiled patting her cheek.

Anfal smiled back thanking her.

"Let's continue our chat with boys."

Tooba said and they both took trays to the room.

"So how many times Ibtihaj kissed you??"

Tooba said out of blue and Anfal and Ibtihaj both choked on their meals.

This was least they expected.

"Tooba jan..."

Rehab elbowed Tooba.

"Oops sorry!!"

Tooba scratched back of her neck.

Ibtihaj was used onto of Tooba's idiotic and blunt behaviour while for Anfal it was all new.

They kept on talking and laughing.

Later boys started discussing about bussiness while girls got busy in chatting about fashion and random stuff.

"Yar Rehab look how beautifully she smiles!!"

Tooba said drifting attention of Rehab towards them.

Automatically ibtihaj's gaze landed on her who looking down smiling.

After so many days he saw her smiling genuinely and it melted his heart.

He averted his gaze feeling strange things his heart was doibg to him.

" Come on Ibtihaj!! You can stare at her independently. She is all yours!!"

Tooba said winking at Ibtihaj who just rolled his eyes while Anfal looked at Tooba dumstruck .

Later Anfal got to know that Tooba and Rehab have 2 children Rafey and Samahir. Rafey was 15 years older while Samahir was 12 years older.

Tooba showed their pictures to Anfal who literally squealed.

"Woah!! Rafey's eyes are just like Rehab bhai. Brown honey!! Yar he is so cute. Why you didn't bring him? And I am guessing that Samahir is just like Tooba Bhabhi naughty and fun loving."

Anfal smiled zooming their pictures.

" You are so right. Everyone say that Rafey is third Rehab!!

Tooba rolled her eyes.

"Third Rehab? Who is the second Rehab ?"

Anfal's asked confused.

"None other than your one and only boring husband!!"

Tooba said ruffling Ibtihaj's hair who glared at her.

Anfal mouthed oh.

" You know what Anfal? You were also right about Samahir!! She is just like Tooba. Gosh!! This girl doesn't sit on same place for more than 5 minutes and keep on putting whole house upside down."

Rehab said smiling and Anfal burst into laughter looking at Tooba who glaring at Rehab.

"But she shares her secrets with Rehab more than me!!"

Tooba pouted.

" Someone is jealous here? Can you sleep something burning Anfal?"

Rehab said dramatically.

"Shut up!!"

Tooba punched Rehab's arm and they all burst into laughter.

Anfal was saying Ma Sha Allah again and a gain in her head looking at the bond this couple used to share.

"I wish that Rehab remains same!!"

She whispered to her smiling.

Day passed with them laughing and beating each other. Mostly Tooba beating Ibtihaj and Rehab.

Arsh and Burhan were happy to no extent seeing her abusing Ibtihaj while Shaaz was contented seeming him smiling after so many days.

Atmosphere in Usmani villa was so calming today...

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Anfal gave Ibtihaj his breakfast which he room without showing tantrums.

She went towards launch and found Arsh.

"Arsh! What happened? What did doctor say??"

"He was saying that it is a good idea if we started his physiotherapy soon. He will send physiotherapist by 12 in afternoon."

Arsh said.

"Thanks Allah !!"

Anfal sighed.

"But all you have to do is to make that stubborn bull agree for physiotherapy cause I know he won't give in easily even when he knows that it's beneficial for him bit as long as you a 're doing this then believe me he will think necessary and his obligation to create drama!!"

Arsh said rolling his eyes.

"I know that's why I asked doctor to come in Rehab bhai' s presence. He can easily male him agree."

"Woah!! You a 're getting smarter living under my influence!!"

Arsh patted his shoulder.

"O really?"

Anfal punched his arm.

"Ayee!! What was that for?"

Arsh whined.

"Just like that!! Well it's fun punching someone!!"

She again planted a punch on his other shoulder.

"What the hell Bhabhi? If you want this much to punch someone then go and have WEE withyour gym freak husband!!"

Arsh rolled his eyes rubbing his shoulder.

"Gym freak..."

Anfal's smile faded and a whisoer left her mouth.

Arsh saw utter sadness in her eyes and hugged her.

" Dont worry!! He will be alright soon In Sha Allah!!"

"In Sha Allah!!"

Anfal sighed.

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"Get up!!"

Anfal said to Ibtihaj who was typing something on his phone.

" Why?"

He raised brow at her.

"We are going somewhere!!!"

"I don't want to go anywhere with

you!!"

Anfal remained quite and forcefully brought him to wheel chair.

"What's your problem Han? You think that I have became weak? No!! It's your hallucination!! I am still strong to push you back where you belong. Stay in your limits...."

He kept on blabbering angrily while Anfal ignored his heart breaking comments and kept on dragging his wheel chair until they reached garden.

" Why he is here??"

Ibtihaj asked Shaaz looking a t the doctor.

"He is here for your physiotherapy!!"

Burhan said coming towards them.

"I don't want any physiotherapy!! Ask him to go back a nd take me to my room!!"

Ibtihaj yelled.

When no one moved from thrir places he started dragging his wheel chair himself.

Anfal exchanged a teary glance with Shaaz AND Burhan.

"Ibtihaj!! Why are you behaving like this? Come on I will help you!!"

Rehab said and when after Ibtihaj's refusal he made him do exercises forcefully.

After exercise session Anfal dragged Ibtihaj's wheel chair to his room.

"Got what you wanted? I am telling you stop using my family against me."

He yelled at her who kept quite.

Anfal looked at him and started wiping sweat from his forehead by her duppata.

"Stay away!!!"

He held her wrist and yanked her away making her stumble back.

Just then Tooba entered in room.

She was taken aback after what she saw.

Anfal went out of room excusing herself smiling.

" Why are you doing all this?"

Tooba asked sitting beside Ibtihaj on bed.

"What?"

Ibtihaj asked with sour throat.

" You know well about what I am talking!!"

"No I don't!!"

"I am talking about your behaviour with Anfal. Why are you being so stubborn even when you know that all she wants is your health?"

"You don't know her Bhabhi. She is nothing but a drama queen!!"

He rolled his eyes.

"No she is not acting!! I saw concern and care in her eyes for you!!"

"It's all fake!!"

"Why are you being this negative? The Ibtihaj I used to know was not this much irritating and negative. You have changed but no you have changed only in her case."

"I don't know what you are talking about!"

"I am talking about Anfal!!"

"What's about her?"

"You don't want her to let in even when she is trying. Why don't you give her a chance?"

"Even why are we discussing her Bhabhi? She is no one."

Ibtihaj said annoyingly.

" Ibtihaj she is no one! Right!! She is your wife!! Your better half. I know very well that you know all about these Islamic things more than me then why are you showing your back to her? Everyone deserves a chance!!"

"Did she says nything to you? I didn't killed her that you are accusing me this much!!"

"She didn't say anything even when i asked her. I myself saw bruises on her wrist and neck.. "

Tooba whispered last part slowly.

Ibtihaj's eyes widened when he realised what she was talking a bout and all the moments of that nigjt flashed in front of his eyes.

Tooba didn't days nything further and went out of room.

"I hate you!! I just hate you Anfal Murtaza!!! Just because of you bhabhi behaved like this with me! You are nothing more than a villain in my story.!"

Ibtihaj threw glass of juice on floor in anger.

Anfal who was about to enter in his room with his lunch got startled when vase hit directly her feet.

"Aahh!!!"

A whimper left her mouth when blood started ozing from her fingers.

Ibtihaj looked at her from corner of eyes.

She marched towards his bed and put tray on bed quietly and went out.

"DAMMIT!!!"

He slammed his fist on headboard.

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