SHUMAYLL

The rush to the hospital and Iqra being put into emergency ward was all a blur to me. The only thing i remembered was the fact that everyone was here with me and trying to calm me down but i was still pacing

"Shumayll, she will be fine!" said Iqraam, walking beside me

Just before i could reply to him, we heard Ruqayyah bhabhi's voice, pain laced

Immediately Iqraam ran towards her and everyone crowded her

Fatima aunty helped her and asked all males except Iqraam to leave, ordered Ibrahim uncle to get a doctor and soon everyone was in a hurry

I ran a hand through my hair

How could i have forgotten that their babies were due together?

Wallahi

Time was going slower, if possible and it was becoming unbearable

The walls, according to my parents, were soundproof so i could not even hear my wife in pain

All i did was recite all the supplications i remembered and prayed to Allah to let Iqra be fine

I halt to my tracks when i saw Iqraam pacing beside me

I sighed and pulled his tees so he stopped

"She'll be fine" i said and he shook his head

"She had miscarriage once and i really don't want anything happening to her again" said Iqraam. He sounded vulnerable and i was not used to seeing this side of Iqraam

"Its alright man, lets just pray they are-" before i could complete, both our mothers voices cut us off

"IQRAAM, SHUMAYLL!" they called us and as per instinct, we both ran towards them

The doctor stood infront of the room, smiling slightly

Heres the thing- when doctors smile, is it a good thing or a bad?

Iqraam and I exchanged glances before we asked the doctor about our wives

"Congratulations! Its a boy-" said the doctor and we stared at her

what?

"Both boys for Edris and Ibrahim" she explained and we turned to each other and grinned before we were tackled in one huge hug

"The good thing is that both, Mrs. Ibrahim and Mrs. Edris are not in danger nor are their kids but-" the doctor said and my heart skipped a beat as i turned to the doctor

that 'BUT' is never a good one

"-We need to keep both the kids for examination- like a day"she said and we nodded

"Please fill in the formalities- but before that, the fathers are allowed to meet the baby, just be sure to wash your hand and sanitise it before going to the mother and baby" she said and we nodded

Bhabhi and Iqra's room were separate so Iqraam went into the right one and i went into the left

Slowly opening the door, I stepped inside and the sight infront of me made my eyes water

My wife, looking beautiful as ever was holding my son, smiling down at him

Thats picture perfect

I walked to them but before i could speak, Iqra hushed me with her fingers

I leaned down and kissed her forehead and then took hold of my son

I stood there, admiring him as Iqra got off and held onto me for support as we stared at our newly born happiness

He was asleep, but his lashes were mine, lips were Iqra's and his facial structure was total different

Unique

I held him up, kissed his forehead and then said the adhaan in his right ear, Iqamah in his left

What i did not have was dates to feed him

Before i could tell Iqra about it, she smiled and handed me one piece of it

I chewed it, took out the juice and rubbed it into his little mouth

"Alhamdulillah" Iqra and I whispered together and then looked at each other before chuckling lowly

"You look scary Iqra! Your hair is a mess and your face looks pale- total bhootni!" i teased her and she shrugged

"You still love me" she winked back and i chuckled turning back to my baby

wander how Iqraam's son looks like

"Oh um.. Ruqayyah bhabhi also gave birth to a baby boy, with you" i told Iqra and she stared at me before squealing out loud, scaring my baby boy causing him to wake up

His lips twisted in a frown before he made a face and began crying softly

It was very unlike other babies, it was soft but after a while, he stopped without me even trying to stop him

He slowly fluttered his eyes open and i stared at his brown greyish eyes

Masha Allah!

"He has our mixed genes, I see" muttered Iqra, poking his cheeks

he was chubby

I pulled my baby away from her but she giggled and pulled me back to her as she poked his cheeks and caused my little angel to laugh lowly

"He is just born, Iqra! Cut him some lose!"

we turned to see ammi and abba standing there, beaming at us

Sohayll ran up to us and hugged Iqra who was now sitting on the bed

Ammi took him from my hands and abba smiled at him

"He looks like Sohayll when he was born" said Abba and i nodded

he does

I turned to see Sohayll whispering something to Iqra who then smiled slightly and hugged him tight

I set beside him and poked him

"What is it?" i asked him gently and he smiled at me

"Nothing!" he replied and i sighed

"What is it?" i asked him again and Iqra nodded at him to tell me

"I was...... asking masi.. if you would forget me... because of the new baby" he said looking down and i stared at him

where did that come from?

"Of course not, dummy!" i said, knocking my fist on his head slightly and he looked up smiling brightly

"Masi said i get to play with him!!!" he exclaimed and i nodded

"Of course! He would be growing up with you!" i said and he nodded excitedly

I remembered i had to see the doctor

"I will be back" i told them before walking out of the room

Just as i entered the doctors cabin, Iqraam did too

"Hows he?" i asked him, his face was glowing with happiness and i grinned at him

"He has greyish brown eyes, if that helps" he said and i stared at him

Before i could tell him about my son, the doctor interrupted us

"Hello, Mr. Edris and Mr. Ibrahim" she said, taking a seat and gesturing us to sit

she talked to us about taking care of the baby and also asked us to get a nanny if its too much. Also told us some other things about building a family but we already knew that because our mothers gave us that lecture every month of our wives pregnancy

Soon we filled in the formalities and then she told us that the ladies were shifted to another room, as our mothers requested, their rooms were one

We walked out and grinned at each other

We definitely knew how our fatherhood would go

Yup

We walked into room 908 and saw that the whole Ibrahim and Edris family were gathered and talking and laughing over the joy of have two babies in the same family at the same time

it was as if they were twins

When they saw Iqraam and me, they all turned to us and grinned

creepppyyyy

"Its time for the best friends to FINALLY meet their sons" said Fatima aunty and everyone nodded

I turned to Iqraam and he chuckled

I walked to Iqra who was holding Iqraam's baby

"My third nephew!!!" she grinned, looking up to me

That was not what caught me by surprise, it was the fact that he looked almost exactly like my son

I turned to Iqraam and he stared at me wide eyed

"Is it like a best friend thing or is it because you and Iqra share the same gene?" i questioned and he stared at me before we both grinned at each other

"TWINNING!" we called out, the nurses told us to keep quite and we laughed

I hugged Iqraam and he did the same

"I guess we have twins now- what will their names be?" asked mama and everyone grinned

when Iqra and bhabhi were pregnant, everyone found 4 girl names and 4 boy names- in case

they all agreed to the four

since we have boys, its going to be either of the 4 names

yes, my family is well prepared

"Its either- Suhaim Saifullah Ibrahim/Edris, Sufyan Saifullah Ibrahim/Edris, Zakaryah Saifullah Ibrahim/Edris or/and Zaidan Saifullah Ibrahim/Edris" said Nafaasat who had made it here on time

"Yes so which will it be?" asked Waarith

They were to be engaged this month end btw

"I like Zaidan!!" squealed Zahi and Zaik nodded

Sohayll stood beside them and nodded too

"Zaidan?" asked Iqraam and everyone thought for a moment before nodding away

"Zaidan Saifullah Ibrahim!" I said and they nodded

"hmmmmmmm........... SUHAIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" called out Shumar from the crowd and everyone turned to him

"What? I like that name!" he replied and everyone chuckled

"Suhaim........ I like it" grinned Iqraam

"Suhaim Saifullah Edris" he said and everyone nodded

So its official

we have two babies in the Edrahim family, who look like twins. Their names are Zaidan and Suhaim and i have a gut feeling they would be troublemakers in their teen years

"Let us all say Dua before we leave for home" said abba and everyone nodded

Alhamdulillah

for everything

I cannot be more happier with all that i have

Indeed Allah is the most gracious and beneficent