8

I don't want much

Just your time, your love and you

Everything freezed when mustafa saw her hoor sitting on the bed wincing while adjusting her bandages which made a temporary home on her head and right wrist.

Rehan was helping her with  drinking water and one could say that he was doing every help in fury.

Eira's sleeves had some blood stains, she removed her jewelry too..

"Who told you to help him?" Rehan asked standing in front of bed with folded hands over his chest.

"Bhai he asked-" Eira started but shut herself when a glare came her way from rehan.

"Remember, you are here only to attend the dawat not for organising dawat" Rehan said keeping his voice in check.

"Bhai,i just wanted to help him."  Eira tried to convince her bhai.

"Ehh, now who needs help to walk eira? " Rehan crocked  his brows

"Fine!  wait till my man comes" Eira huffed  shocking both the men.

"Wait your man? Huh" Rehan asked in disbelief.

"Exactly" Eira said proudly

"He didn't even warned you-" Eira cut off rehans words.

"I am not a kid to get instructions " Rehan rolled his eyes at that.

"Hoor!!" Mustafa grabbed thier attention.

"Ji, I am okay really" Eira said cautiously. Ready to get another lecture.

"Who said you to help them, when I clearly said not to speak a word to anyone." Mustafa said taking his seat next to his hoor at the corner of the bed.

"No you that only for that girl." Eira correct him.

"Eira, how are bache and....... What's all this?" Amma entered with a shocked face seeing her daughter on bed with bandages and all followed her in.

"Let me say, this stupid of our wanna help a cousin of our and in this process she locked herself in store room which lead her to be on bed for a month" Rehan said in a loud and audible voice to taunt eira.

"Month!! It's weeks bhai weeks." Eira glared at her brother

"No-"

"SHUT the argument and let's leave for home now, ammi please." Mustafa lost his temper and yelled but calmed his voice and asked her mother then walked out of the room in range.

"Aunty ji, no need to do anything stay for a night, it's eira's birthday starting at twelve. hope you understand," saying this rehan too walked out to look for the person who is creater of this mess.

"Eira, are you nyctophobic dear?"  Ammi asked while sitting at his son's previous place her daughter-in-law who nodded.

"I am soory eira i should have been with you" Abdul sat on his knees and said with a guilty voice.

"How can you be-" Eira asked with knitted brows all confused.

"Sorry i- I will leave." Abdul walked out of the room after facing the embarrassment. And everyone chuckle at his frustrated face.

"Dear shall we go now tomorrow?" Ammi asked with polite smile caressing eira's head

"Can it be tomorrow?" Aira asked with hope in her eyes

"Tomorrow it is bache rest now." Abbu said with smile than they were about to walk out of the room.

"Umm........ Can we have a word with our daughter if you don't mind." Amma asked politely.

"Why would we, you can and........" Ammi paused for minute, making Amma curious for any complain or taunt.

"You bought up a diamond behen ji"Both gave each other a polite smile before ammi leaves the mother-daughter duo alone.

"Amma!! Faster I need your hug for the oxygen." Eira said eagerly forwarding her hands and moving her finger asking her amma to give her  the comfort.

Amma giggled and walked toward her dear daughter to feel herself which was lost when she couldn't even rukhsat her properly.

"Is it paining? "Amma asked with teary vision.

"It's just a scratch for me you know" the both giggled with tears filled in eyes.

"Are you happy? "Amma asked caressing eira's hairs with loads of love and affection.

"Happy? I am on cloud nine after having such family as my in- laws."  Amma frowned and asked further.

"Mustafa behave-"

"Amma relax they all are like a clouds  for me who keeps their water in them self and carry whole world."

"Clouds preserve  water  to shower it when the can't carry it eira."

Amma said in deafted voice.

"What happened Amma.?" Eira asked.

"Be happy bache but don't loose your love with someone who is nice to you eira." Amma warned not wanting a her daughter broken.

"What amma!?" Eira asked  irritated.

"Nothing you will understand by time. And..... Happy birthday amma ke bache Allah tujhe duniya ki saari  khushiyaan  tere kadmon rakh dein. Ameen" Amma said caressing eira hair and looking all over her face with smile.

"Ameen, but say this with a huge kiss  and hug amma."

"Pagal." Eira laughed when she gave her  a tight hug and kissed her forehead and cheeks.

"Now rest I will go and look for your father." Amma stood up.

"At least now look for me amma." Eira pouted.

Eira lied down and close her eyes.

After few minutes rehan jumped on the bed with a cake which was on her face in a blink of eye.

"Asghfiruallah bhai!!"

"Happy birthday panda!" Rehan shouted  and climbed down the bed and walked out with a victory smile.

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It was midnight moon and stars were witnessing many hearts, some broken  some happy, some  hearts which found themselves complete, some hearts filled with fear or some relaxed.

Mustafa was on terrace with a cigar in dilemma is he failed in feeling his hoor's problem? Is he failed to protect his gem? Is he failed to understand his own love? Has he failed as a husband?

"No! You are not failure in any of them mustafa. It's been only  two to three days it will take time. Take some steps and understand my daughter. " Baba said looking in Mustafa eyes.

"Do you really think I am good for your daughter?" Mustafa asked for confirmation.

"At least for a time being young man. She is your respect." Mustafa got the same answer which he heard on his nikkah

"I hope you will save your respect." Eira's father patted mustafa's shoulder and went down with a smile.

Again mustafa was left alone listening his mind.

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When all the boys were loading their bags ,ladies were having their doorstep talks but eira was standing with her mother with a smile on face and watching her janab talking to someone while loading the bags.

She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't even noticed her bhai coming towards her with an irritated face and said

"Eira stop it" Rehan said I stern voice

"Hmmm" Eira said still looking towards Mustafa who was now smiling.

"Eira he is such a duffer right? " Rehan asked with a smirk.

"Hmmm" Same reply

"Hmm!!" Rehan sarcastic voice bought her out.

"Hmm? What bhai" Eira asked with a frown.

"You are suppose to cut that cake of yours now come"  reahan dragged her inside and took out the cake from fridge, opened the box, bought a knife and passed it to eira.

Eira smiled and cut out a piece and bought it near rahan's mouth and he took a huge bite making eira giggle at his tactics.

"Will miss you bhai" Eira said out of nowhere in a low voice

"Hmmm take care and be careful." Rehan repeated his words.

"You too-" Eira was about to warn rehan

"Eira!!"Abdul yelled standing  few steps away from the kitchen door. Booth looked at abdul whose eyes we're fixed on cake.

Abdul  have a piece. Eira urged him and he took long strides and took a bite and  closed his eyes in bliss.

"Eira! Come we need to leave"Abdul said and both brother and sister looked at each other with a sad smile rehan nodded in assurance.

Abdul, eira and rehan walked towards the car and eira tightly hugged rehan with tears in eyes not liking the idea to go away from his savior.

Rehan looked around and saw every eyes we're on them.

"Eira....." Rehan tried to detach thier frames but his sister tighten the hold then he too kept his hands on her back.

"Bhai miss okay, it's an order!" Eira said after  detaching herself and taking a few steps towards the car.

Rehan nodded and waved at her car eira did the same after settling in car.in few minutes the car was out of the gates.

Mustafa shook his head when he noticed that his hoor has not fastened the belt and moved towards her seat and held the seatbelt than fastened it. Eira looked at him with disbelief.

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