Love me, or leave me, but If you wan't keep me at my worst, honey you ain't getting my best!

~Anon

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Shumayll

I dropped Iqra at her work before heading to my office, grinning like an idiot

Some random song began playing in my car and i hummed to it

my phone rang and i answered it on bluetooth

"Shumayll Edris speaking" i said and Iqraam's voice rang through the head piece

"Why so happy?" he asked and i groaned

The bitter reality clashes in!

"Oh come on man! I can be happy over a damned song bro!" i replied and he began his hyena laughter

"Wallahi dude- so whats up?" he asked after sobering up (I waited for him to sober up!)

"Nothing, just had lunch with Fluffy-" i said and then bit my tongue in between my teeth- please don't yell-

Instead i got the most weird reaction ever-

he began his hyena laugh again

this time- it was in a long, very long series

"Oh come on!" I muttered and after several moments, he sobered up

"Did you two have lunch at a boxing ring with a refferee?" he asked me, playfulness in his voice

"Yes and i even punched her!" i said sarcastically to which he again laughed

"Gosh, whenever i need a good laughter, i should just call you!" he said and i groaned and then i grinned when a light bulb hit my head

"Oh really- now how is my lovely bhabhi?" i asked him, stopping at a red light at the crossing

"Shes good, why?" he asked me

"No, i was hoping to send her something sweet and bitter" i replied smirking and he did not seem to get the joke

"Why? she has food here!" he replied

I chuckled lowly

"You are dumb" i said and that is how, ladies and gentleman, we began our quarell of 'Yes you are" and "No i am not!"

three hours later, i headed home from work

I swear being a CEO was the hardest job ever

"Mom, dadddd" I called out as i entered the house and Sohayll came crawling to me

he was 2 and was walking, spoke alittle bit too much but he liked to crawl because he falls half the time

"As salaam!" said Bhabhi as she walked into the living room

"Where are mom and dad?" i asked her after replying to her salaam

"They went somewhere- not sure where- they said not to wait for them-" said Bhabhi and i nodded

"Bhai, Shumar?" i asked her and she chuckled

"They will be down in another 5 to 10 minutes- until then, why don't you freshen up-? oh and I have good news for you!" she said and i turned to her

"Which is?" I asked her and she smirked

"Which is,that Iqra will be moving out your room and into the guest room, its complete-" she said excitedly and i chuckled

"Great then, she will be leaving today, i would have my room back by tomorrow!!!" i said and she nodded

she ruffled my already messed up hair and walked away

i took my laptop bag and headed to my den, upstairs living room

I took a brief shower and then changed to shorts and tees

and then i remembered Iqra and changed back into sweats and tees-

I prayed Magrib and then lay onto the couch

"Shumayll, Sohayll, Shumar, Shaheer!!! Get down for dinner!" called out bhabhi and I groggily stood up from my place at the couch

I wore my flip flops and took my phone and then walked lazily downstairs for food

"As salaam people!" i muttered, ruffling Shumar's hair and Sohayll ducked under the table

"Smart guy!" i said smirking at him and he poked his tongue out at me

"Where is daadi mah?" asked Shumar looking around and i wandered the same too

"Shes having dinner out- with some friends" said bhabhi and Shaheer, Shumar and I snickered at once

"Whats wrong?" asked bhabhi placing the dish of mayo dip on the table

"Shes having dinner with her friends!" said Shumar, putting quotation marks on the word friends, and Shaheer bhai and I burst out laughing

"Oh come on, quit it! shes the old!" said bhabhi sternly and we immediately stopped laughing

"Huma DIDIIIII!!!!!!!" yelled Iqra from the kitchen in a very panicked voice

Before we could register what had happened, a loud thump was heard and we ran into the kitchen

"The hell happened!?!" i asked as i entered the kitchen only to see Iqra staring in horror at the poor oven

"What happened?" asked bhabhi and Iqra looked up at us before she started blabbering

All i understood was- 'iearfltbleup"

I stared at Iqra and then the oven, back at Iqra and then the oven before bursting into fits of laughter

I laughed so damned hard that my sides and stomach hurt!!

After a moment or so, I sobered up, but some fits did leave my mouth coz it was hilarious

"You can't be serious Iqra! This thing just blew up! Relax!" i said and she growled at me

"Iqra, its fine if you can't cook, honey! No need- we would have done it!" said Bhabhi and iqra groaned

This was when i saw tears in her eyes

the hell

"Oh come on, Iqra, its just an accident- relax!!" i said and Shaheer bhai stepped in between us

yo bro, i was talking to her?

"Iqra, relax girl, we will clean this up- its just an oven, we can get another one-" he said and Iqra nodded wiping her eyes and wrapping her arms around her body

a sudden need to just comfort her established deep within me and i was not so happy with it because i knew my limits damned well

She walked out with bhabhi and Shumar and Shaheer bhai and I began cleaning up the kitchen

it was not much of a mess but it still was

I unhooked the oven and threw it in the garbage before heading out to dinner

"That was good" muttered bhai as he placed the kitchen towel back on the racks

"uhuh" i muttered, briefly looking over to Iqra

"There is, ahem, something i need to ask you" he said suddenly, and i turned to him

"yeah?" i asked him

he leaned onto the kitchen counter and crossed his arms over his chest

"I know you are pissed off at me for coming in between you and her when the incident occurred-" he said and i raised an eyebrow

"No- not at all" i said, trying my best to keep the edge out of my voice

he chuckled

"Admit it that you like her-" he said and i stared at him

"Why would i do that?" i asked him and he raised his perfect eyebrows

"Because it shows, if you are not careful enough, you would blow your secret and then there will be problems between you and her" he told me and i sighed

"I don't- I don't like her" i muttered and then chuckled when i got the 'Yeah sure and I am the incredible Hulk' look

"How did you know?" i asked him

"It showed, during the time of Iqraam's wedding, the way you blushed certain moments, I thought it was Nabaahat but then I saw something, which made it obvious you liked her" he said, as if it was a matter that was discussed everyday in this house

"Wait- what something?" I asked him and he chuckled

Patting my back, he winked before heading outside, leaving me in confusion

"Shumayll are you done?" called out bhabhi and I yelled back a quick yes before walking outside

Taking a seat beside Sohayll, we resumed food

Pizza of course

Once the dinner was finished, we cleaned everything up and then headed to our various rooms

Iqra and I did not make any conversations at all

like none

nada

I prayed Isha before retiring to bed

I lay on the mattress and took out my phone

Hitting messaging, I unlocked the message app and then messaged her

"How did that damned thing blow up?" i wrote

there was no reply for a few moments before the message notification rang

"I don't know, i put in some fries to heat up and then it just.. blew" was her reply

I stared at it before bursting into laughter

"Heat up? Heating up things is for Micro, not oven! Oven is baking honey!" i wrote and hit send

she sent me 'awkward' emoji's

i sent her laughter emoji's

'Wht u doin?' she messaged

'Just prayed Isha, lyng on bed- u?' i replied

'Same- i am off to sleep, Allah Hafiz' she replied and i chuckled

'Night beautiful, (Heart's emoji's), Allah Hafiz" i replied before hitting send and flopping my phone on the other side of the mattress

I lay on my stomach and hugged the white pillow as if my life depended on it

with a certain hijabi in my head, i drifted off to sleep