Darling Dearest💕 پیارے عزیز

Chapter 4 - The One of Confusions

A/N SOOPER FILMY ALERT SORRY

یہ کیا ہوا کہاں کھو گئے ہم~

تیری اداؤں میں کھو گئے ہم~

Ye kya hua kahan kho gaye hum ~

Teri adaaon mein gum ho gaye hum ~

So that crazy girl from the market was Asim's sister. All of a sudden this actually was starting to look like movie of some sorts. And that feeling from yesterday was starting to come back. The one that made Aziz's stomach bubble from the inside. In the market, watching her word vomit, and in the time between yesterday and today, he'd developed what might have been a little crush.

Except guys didn't crush, right? So, it wasn't a crush, it was just a bit of a weird feeling. But whatever it was, after today it wasn't coming back. She was his best friend's sister, what would Asim think if he could read what was going on in Aziz's mind.

No. No, this needed to go. Anyways, he was a very controlled man. He kept himself away from what was haram and steered himself towards the right path. That was just him. He could easily stop that feeling. And stop it he would. Right? Right.

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What. The. Actual. Jahannam? Ainna looked at herself in the mirror once more and physically cringed. And she was in front of a guy who probably already thought she was a right nutcase from the day before, and now he had proof. Why hadn't she just disappeared off the face of the Earth when she'd had the chance. Regret was a small word for what she had now. It wasn't that she wanted to make an impression on him, heck, she didn't even know who he was. But going in front of anyone in the condition that she was in now was nothing short of mortifying. And he was apparently someone who she'll see quite a lot for the next few days, that was for certain. All the more embarrassing. Great, absolutely great.

Okay. Whatever. It had already happened; it couldn't be fixed right? What was the point stressing over something that small? Anxiety wasn't something that Ainna felt often but when she did it got a little too much. But it was okay, because he's just a random dude, and she'll show him she's actually normal, not a tramp. The first thing she needed to do, though, was stop overreacting. Which is what she did. After taking a shower, Ainna dried her hair and made sure she was looking somewhat decent. Wearing a white lawn suit with pink and green karhai, she brushed her hair to the side and put small jhumkis in her ears. Finishing her look off with a pair of white khussay and a simple chain anklet, Ainna felt content with how she looked. It was time to make a reappearance in front of her brother. It was go-time.

As she walked into the garden, basking in the evening sun, she felt eyes on her once again. Looking towards where they sat, her hazel eyes met his chocolate ones. Their gazes met and it was as if they had become entranced, trapped, as if they were being compelled. As if neither of them was able to look away. Weird. It felt weird. She wrinkled her nose at the thought. It was almost as if there were bubbles rising from somewhere deep within her, urging her to let them escape. Ya Rab! What was this bizarre feeling? It made her feel nauseous and giddy at the same time. Her world was spinning and yet she was still. Something coiled inside her, twisting and turning until she had had enough.

With that thought, they finally managed to break that which compelled them. Each looked away, avoiding the same eyes in which they were lost, as if they had been burned. And burned they were. It was as if there was something ablaze within them. As if something was suddenly different inside their person. Each burned in their own fire but was unaware of the other. Both were unaware of how this fire was soon to consume them.

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Often fire is thought of as negative. We assume it to be an evil of the world because of its all-consuming nature.

Par ye ishq ki aag bhi kya hi cheez hai.
Paas aye toh sekh deti hai, aur jab dur jaye toh jalaa daalti hai.
(But what a wonder the fire of love is. When it comes close it singes, and when it goes far it burns you down.)

We don't think of love as a fire, until it's too late and its flames have already circled us. Aziz didn't believe in love. Ainna didn't think it could happen to her. The two of them were both unbelieving of its powers on them. How right they were, is yet to be seen.

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Asim looked up to see Ainna approaching and called out to her.

"Finally, you've come out. Maine toh kaha kahin so na gayi ho phir se."
("[...] I was thinking maybe you've fallen asleep again")

"No bhai, I was having a shower - aap fikar na karein. How can I go to sleep when we have mehmaan over? You tell me, aap ke liye chai banaon?"
("[...] don't you worry. [...] guests [...] should I make you guys' tea?")

"Nai nai, forget the chai. Mum's making it with aunty. Sit here with us for a while. I haven't even introduced you guys properly. Ainna, this is Aziz, my jigar as you know. Aziz, meri behn Noor ul Ain - urf Ainna."
("No no, [...] my sister, Noor ul Ain - a.k.a Ainna")

"Nice to meet you Noor ul Ain urf Ainna," Aziz bantered, "Shayad aap ne pehchana na ho, lekin hum pehle bhi milay huay hain. That day in the market?"
("[...]You might not have recognised me, but we've met before")

"Oh yeah, I remember," Ainna flushed once again at the thought, "I thought maybe you'd forgotten about it. Sorry about that day by the way, I was in such a hurry!"

"No, no. No worries at all. It's perfectly understandable now that I know you've got a wedding coming up so close. It definitely happens."

The trio sat in the garden for a while the two men reminisced their younger days. Aziz was such a nice person, and here Ainna was overthinking the whole situation in her brain. She felt so bad about it.

Evening turned to night and the chai cups came and went. Soon dinner was prepared and laid out, for which they got called inside by the two older ladies.

A/N 2

V v v v v overdue, uni life took over. As i said before, sooooper dooper filmy update, pls don't come @ me for the fire stuff i was cringe laughing too😌

All my pyaar♥