"What happened to weather all of sudden?" Said Aabia looking out from the glass wall.

"I think we should postpone our shopping today." Zeeniya said looking at the storm going on.

"Zee Maa." Zeeniya turned to stairs where Shams was coming.

"Come have breakfast." Zeeniya said with a smile and he joined his parents on breakfast table.

"Is Jahan still sleeping?" Waqar Ahmad asked.

"No he's gone to office with Aarib." Zeeniya replied while taking the cup of tea.

"The weather is not good. How I'm going to shop?" Aabia said still looking out.

"Girl have patients." Robi said and all giggled while Aabia smiled too.

"Where are the twins?" Shams asked about Sameer and Shazam.

"Busy in playing games." Roshaane replied and all smiled.

"We'll start our shopping tomorrow. So be ready everyone." Zeeniya said and all ladies nodded while all men keep talking about themselves.

"Is Aarham..." Zeeniya's words stuck in her throat when she saw Aarham coming down from the stairs.

"Where is he going in this weather?" Hammad Ahmad asked and Zeeniya ran to him who was in rush.

"Where are you going Aarham? See the weather." Zeeniya said stopping to him.

"Mom its urgent. Don't stop me." He said while wearing his black blazer.

With a smile,he rushed out in the porch while she sighed because she could guess that where he was going.

"Crazy." She smiled and walked out.

"Drive carefully and make sure to bring my daughter in-law home." Zeeniya said looking at him who was getting in the car and he smilingly nodded.

He drove out and at the same time,it start raining. Zeeniya went in and keep praying for her son's happiness.

With beating heart,I took the call. His name flashing on the screen was making my heart to beat fast while my eyes filled up with tears.

"Hello." I said as I received the call.

"Mehak." My eyes closed down on his voice.

"Aarham." My lips trembled with tears rolling down on my cheeks.

"I'm coming." On his words,my eyes snapped open and he cut the call.

I looked at my mobile and then I remember the words, he said.

He's coming.

I repeated the words he said and smiled.

"He's coming. Aarham is coming." Happiness was overloaded and I ran to mirror to see myself.

"My Aarham is coming." I was laughing and at the same time crying as I didn't know how to feel,what to feel and how to express the happiness I was feeling.

I took a red frock out and changes into it after washing my face. Combing my hair,I tie them half in a clip and rest of them were hanging on my back like he liked. Applying a pink lipstick,I was smiling like an idiot but I think love makes us idiot. The feelings were so beautiful that I couldn't stop myself from smiling.

I keep waiting for him and soon the rain started. It was heavily raining and my heart was praying for him. After an hour,I heard an horn making my heart to jump in my chest as I knew who's car's horn was this.

"Aarham." Calling him,I ran out of the room and at the same time a knock on the door.

"How's there in this weather?" Before I could reach the door,Mahnoor went to the door while saying.

I keep looking at the door without blinking. And as the door opened,my world stop to just that one face which was visible to my eyes.

"Aarham bhai." Mahnoor yelled with happiness.

"Can I come in?" I heard him and I came to my senses as he was completely drenched.

"Oh sorry. Come in bhai." Stepping aside,she let him come in while I ran to take a towel for him.

"Assalam-o-alikum uncle." When I came back with towel, I heard him greeting Abu.

"Wasalm beta. You're fully drenched in rain. Wait let me call Mehak." Abu said and I took a step closer.

"Mehak bring the towel." I heard Abu and at the same time, Abu and Aarham turned to me.

His eyes met with mine and I felt my world stopped. My breaths and my heart stopped beating. I forgot to blink and so did he.

"Aapi towel." Mahi's voice made me lower my eyes and I tried to control my tears which were ready to come out.

I walked to him and without looking at him,I passed him towel which he held and I turned to go. Going to room,I closed the door and let my tears to come out. How badly I wanted to hug him. To say all I had in my heart.

"Aapi." A knock on the door,and I wiped my tears and opened the door.

"Bhai is sneezing. Green tea would be better for him." Mahi said and I nodded.

I went to kitchen and prepared green tea for him. Giving it to Mahnoor, I keep standing in the kitchen. The weather was getting worse as the heavy rain fall was scaring us. The thunders voice was also making me hump on my place in fear. The deep black clouds covered the whole sky and the darkness spread making the noon night.

"Mehak hurry cook something." Mom said and I nodded as the electricity was gone since the rain started and now this emergency light was also going to end as its charging was lowing down.

"Aarham changed his clothes?" I asked Ami and she nodded.

"I gave him your Abu's clothes. Both are talking. They'll be hungry. Hurry." Mom said while turning on the stove and I nodded while giving her all the cut vegetables and meat.

"Mahi make salad and is there any yogurt?" I asked and she nodded.

We all prepared lunch for the men and soon we served it as it was done.

"Go call them." I sent Mahi while I keep standing near the dinning table.

Both came and I looked at Aarham who was already looking at me. Giving him way, I moved back and he sat one of the chair. Abu and Ami also took seats. I sat with Mahi and we all started our lunch but my eyes were moving to his deace who was busy in having lunch and laughing with Abu.

"I love you." I whispered in my heart looking at him.

But he turned and looked at me like he heard what I said. My heart beat increased and I looked down hiding my eyes from him.

"Mehak." On his call,I looked up at him with beating heart.

"Can I have yogurt?" He asked and I nodded while passing him bowl of yogurt and he again start eating while talking to Abu.

"How I'm going to say this?" I asked myself and closed my eyes.

"Why didn't they came?" Worried Zeeniya roamed in the hall,waiting for Aarham and Mehak.

"I think bhai and bhabhi won't come as the weather is not good." Said Sameer looking at the lawn which was showing the scene of rainfall.

"Call him and tell him not to come. As its quite Kate and also the weather is not good to drive. Stay there tonight." Said Jahan and Aabia nodded while taking her mobile.

Mobile network was not working. She tried to call but signals were too weak to make a call. .

"Let me whatsapp him." She said while turning the WLAN connection on.

As she did,she received Aarham's msg.

"Bhai already Informed that he's not coming tonight." Aabia informed everyone as she read the msg which Aarham sent to her on the way to Mehak's home.

"That's good. It will be good for both of them to stay there tonight." Mrs Ahmad said and all nodded.

"Let's have dinner everyone." Zeeniya called and all walked to have the dinner.

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He was looking at her who was smiling while humming some song. Taking off his glasses,he smiled looking at her happy face.

"Zeeniya." Called Jahan and she turned after placing the Lotion's bottle on the dressing table.

"Why are you smiling?" He asked placing his book aside.

"I'm happy as my son realized his love for his Mehak." She said while going closer to Jahan.

"I'm happy too. Finally now Mehak will be back and our son too." Jahan said looking at Zeeniya's smiling face.

"Actually I was also thinking something else." Said Zeeniya and Jahan could see a naughty smile dancing on her lips.

"What?" Frowning, asked Jahan and she giggled.

"I'm thinking what will be both of them doing in this romantic weather? The lights might be off and their heart full of love for each other. And most of it they would be alone and close to each other after a week. I know Aarham would be just like you." Said Zeeniya and Jahan was smiling on her thoughts.

"And how I'm?" Jahan asked while wrapping his arms around her and she placed her hands on his chest while leaning closer to him.

"Desperately Romantic." Kissing his chin,she replied and he smiled more.

"But I'm excited that what my son would be doing. And how Mehak will be shying. She will look pretty while shying." Zeeniya said losing in her imagination when Jahan snapped his fingers in front of her.

"Don't think about them. Think about me. I'm still the same. Desperately romantic." Winking, he pulled her up to bed and kissed her forehead and she smiled while hugging him.

"I know and I love your this side." Zeeniya said and Jahan hugged her back.

"Love you." Kissing her head,he said and she closed her eyes to lost in the valley of sleep.

The weather was still the same. The rain was still going on like morning. And the the electric power was gone since the morning and all the emergency lights were dead. Even the mobile batteries were also going to dead.

"Mahi hurry. Lighten the candles." I said while taking the candles out of the drawer.

"I'm searching the matchbox." She replied and I placed all the four candles on the table and tried to search more.

"Where are the candles?" I asked to find more.

"That's all we have. There's no more candles in the house." Ami came and said.

"But Ami we need more Candles." I said and lighten two candles.

"Lighten them for now. We'll see what to do when they'll end." Ami said and I nodded.

Placing the candles on a plastic plate, we walked out of the kitchen and placed them on the table.

"Come let's have dinner." Ami said to Abu and Aarham while me and Mahi placed the dinner hurriedly.

Both came smiling on something and I smiled on their bounding. I was really liking the way Aarham was talking to Abu and giving him respect. Both sat down still busy with their business talk and we all ladies took our seats to have the dinner.

"I'm sure that the power supply will be off tonight." Said Mahi and I nodded.

"Son have this." I heard Abu serving Aarham's plate with more rice and kebab and I smiled the way Aarham was enjoying the food Abu was serving to him.

"Thank you uncle. You please eat." He said and my heart beat increased as my eyes fell on him.

In the dim light of candles, his eyes were shinning while that beautiful smile on his lips was taking my heart. His adorable face was making me crazy and the eager to held his face in my hands and to kiss his every feature was increasing inside my heart that I lowered my eyes immediately, scared of my own feelings.

"You okay Aapi?" Mahnoor asked and I just gave a nod while having my dinner.

"Ladies thank you so much. The dinner was tasty. Thank you aunty." Aarham said looking at Ami and his every act,his every way he talked to my parents, the respect, the love he was giving them was bringing him more closer to me. To my heart.

"Mehak beta we won't mind to have a cup of green tea." Abu said and I smiled and nodded.

"Sure Abu." I said and got with Mahi and cleaned the table.

Abu and Aarham gone to hall again while Ami followed them with candles. Me and Mahi went in kitchen. She started to wash the utensils and I lighten the candle while placing the pan on stove.

"You both are so boring." I turned to Mahi who said.

"Why?" I asked while putting the sugar and green tea with cardamom in the hot water.

"I thought bhai will come and you both will hug each other but no you both even didn't talk to each other since he came. All the day passed and you both didn't talk to each other. Aarham bhai should had hold your hand but he didn't call you. How bore couple you're." She said and I was just listening her rubbish.

"Does it necessary to show you how romantic we are!?" I said turning to the Stove again.

"So you're saying that you both are romantic? So tell me what you do when you get romantic!?" She asked turning to me excitedly.

"Shut up shameless girl. Wash them hurriedly. Candles are going down." I said while filling the cups with green tea.

I walked out with the tray in my hand and served Abu and Ami. Going to Aarham, I looked at him who looked up at me,locked his eyes with mine and held the cup from my hand. I felt my heart jumped on the way he looked at me. I was about to go from there but holding me from the shoulders,Mahi pushed me back on the Sofa near Aarham.

"You sit with bhai and here is your green tea." Mahi said and I held the cup.

I looked at the candles which were melting second by second and my heart was beating with beautiful rhythm of love. The feel of him being closed to me was tingling my heart and I was not understanding how to control my emotions as my eyes start filling up with tears. He was so closed to me that I wanted to hide in his arms.

"Oh." I looked up on Mahi's voice but couldn't see anything.

The candles were ended and darkness filled the house. We couldn't even see each other.

"Lighten the candles." I heard Abu.

"Abu there are no candles left." I heard Mahi.

"All torches and emergency light ended too and my damn mobile is dead too." Mahnoor said and I sighed on her anger.

"Calm down. Its okay." I said and we all keep seated silently for few minutes in the darkness.

"I think..." My words stuck in my throat and heart jumped as I felt his hand on mine.

"What happened aapi?" Mahnoor asked but I was not able to answer.

My hand on Sofa shivered under his. Slowly taking my fingers in his,he held my hand tightly in his and I felt butterflies fluttering in my stomach and sweet tingles start teasing me.

"Aapi?" I heard Mahi's voice again.

"Huh! Nothing. I was just saying that light is not going to come tonight." I said hurriedly tried to held my beating heart which was beating so loud with his touch that I knew how was feeling it.

"I missed you." I shivered as I felt his breath on my ear and then his lips brushed on my ear,kissing it and I shivered with his closeness.

"Aarham." My lips mumbled slowly taking his name while closing my eyes and let my tears out.

"Mehak." His breath was still falling on my ear with his whisper and I was hardly controlling myself from turning to him.

Thankfully there was all dark and no one could see us and Mahi's continuous blabbering was not letting anyone know that what was going on there. How our breaths,our hearts were calling each other.

"I think I should bring some candles from store." I heard Abu and Aarham moved back but didn't leave my hand neither I wanted him to leave.

"Its raining. How can you go out?" Ami said but I just keep feeling the tingle he gave me.

"Its all dark in the house. My store is at the end of the street. I just come." I heard Abu.

"Uncle wait." I heard Aarham.

"I'll come with you." He said.

"But its raining son. I can go by myself." Abu said but Aarham didn't listen him.

"I'm coming with you." He said firmly.

"I just get the matchbox." Ami said and walked toward kitchen and I knew she could walk in this house in dark too because this was the house,we live our all life.

My breath stuck again and eyes widened when I felt his breath again close to me,falling on my neck sending shivers to my spin.

"I can't wait now." Whispering slowly in my ear,he moved back and slowly kissed my hand and freed his hand from mine but I keep seated there silently,trying to calm my beating heart.

"Come." Ami's voice came and she use the matchstick to show Abu and Aarham way out of the house while I keep counting the beat my heart was skipping.

"Aapi where are you?" I heard Mahnoor's voice.

"You okay right??" She asked again and I came out of his fragrance.

"I'm..I'm fine." I answered but again my heart and my mind lost their selves in his thoughts who was mine only mine.

"You see the Strom dad? Going outside!." He said looking at the heavy rainfall from his room's window.

"I'm son. Its strange that we got the summer's first rain in Karachi so early. Usually Karachi don't have much rains." His father said while turning the magazine page.

"See Aarham's interview." His father said looking at the interview of Aarham in the magazine.

"I'm going to ruin him. I want to ruin him like this rain is destroying these trees and flowers. I'll take his flower,his Mehak away from him." He said looking directly at the trees which were trying best to defeat the every strong stroke of wind and rain.

"What? You started again. I've told you not to even think about it." His father stood up, angered.

"And I've told you that she has to be mine. I want her at any cost because that will be the first defeat Aarham will got from me." He said and turned to his father and looked at his concerned face.

"Don't worry dad. She's just a girl and you know I get what I want." He said going to his bed with a smile.

"He's not an ordinary girl but Mrs Aarham Ahmad. Don't you get it. Find someone for yourself who can match your obsession not that girl." His father said going out of the room and he laughed while laying back.

"Mehak is mine dad. Since I saw her,I want her. And I won't let Aarham to have my Mehak." He said and turned to other side.

"There's no one who can be obsessed like me. I'm the only one. And my obsession is my Mehak." He laughed with his words and pushed the cushion down from bed.

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Mehak with his mother and Mahnoor was waiting for Aarham and her father to return from the store with candles. After a while both entered the house fully drenched.

"I told you both not to go out." Mrs Waqar said and lighten one of the candle to see them.

"Bring towel." As Mrs Waqar saw Aarham and Mr Waqar fully wet,she said and Mahi brought towels for them.

"Come in." Said Mehak looking at Aarham and all walked in hall.

"Beta you okay?" Asked Mrs Waqar and Mr Waqar and Aarham looked at each other and then start laughing.

"It was fun uncle. We should do it again." Aarham said and Mr Waqar laughed more.

"But bhai this time you should change your partner. It will be more fun when you and Aapi drench in rain." Mahi whisper to Aarham and he smiled looking at her who was looking down.

"Here son. Go and change in the room and then rest. Its quite late." Mrs Waqar said giving him clothes to wear.

"Good night uncle." He said while drying his hair with towel.

"Good night son. Have rest." Mr Waqar said.

Nodding, he took steps with Mahnoor who lead him toward Mehak's room. His heart beat increased as he was going to meet his Mehak now. Finally now they would be alone. And his heart,eyes and soul was dying to see her to feel her and hold her closer. On other side,her heart was beating as hell as she knew now she had to go to him who would be waiting for her. She was getting nervous and eager too.