Koh-e-Noor

//• solaah •//

For a second I shattered just by that look. I wanted to scream and yell and break everything that existed on the planet but I swept my entire mind away. I refused to process the meaning of that look in her eyes.

Uzair added, "Maine aisa kuch nahin kaha, lekin Hamza ki adaat se aap sab waaqif tou hain hi. Agar maine isse raat mein Zaira se milne pe thora ttauk diya tou iss mein kyaa bura kiya?"

"Uzair! Yeh tou baat bhi nahin thi. Yeh baat ko bilkul badal raha hai. Abbu, yeh iss ghar mein rehne laayak insaan nahin. Joh alfaaz iss ne iss ghar ki larki ke liye nikaale hain—

"Hamza puttar, aik do gaali nikaal bhi di hai tou ghalat nahin kiya mere bache ne. Usse joh mehsoos huaa uss ne kahaa. Iss umr ki ho jaae larki aur ab bhi apne hudood naa maaloom haun tou dekhne waale ka kyaa kusoor? Yeh tou tumhaare achhe ke liye hi keh raha hai. Agar woh dour nahin rehti tou tum samajhdar ho jaao beta. Yeh larki sahi nahin hai."

My heart churned and squeezed itself.

Papa started defending me and rebuking her for her words towards me, Janaab Waada-e-faramosh stopped them, still agonized by Uzair's cleverness.

"Yeh beghairat insaan chalaki se baat ko badal raha hai. Joh baat iss ne ki thi woh yeh ab khud bhi dohra nahin sakta."

"Iss se bura keh bhi kyaa sakta hai?" I asked. "Aur kuchh bachaa hai? Keh lein. Phuppo? Kapre, tameez, baat karne ka tareeqa, sab pe tou tanqeed kar chuki thi aap, aaj kirdaar kushi bhi kar di. Kuchh reh gayaa ho tou bataa dein."

I sniffed before the tears.

To hell with it, I can't bear this anymore.

I stomped my feet towards the kitchen and sat on the table to eat the leftover pancakes I found there.

Phuppo ka hi ghar hai yeh, un hi ko mubaarak. Ab jab tak woh yahaan hain, mujhe nahin rehna.

I wiped my tears and tried to ignore the situation but my lips wobbled and sobs burst out of my stuffed mouth.

Gulping the food down my throat, I took my plate upstairs to the room, not peeking at the living room at all.

I locked my room and instantly laughed at the hair I saw in the mirror.

Then ran a hand through it, and the massive soreness that awakened in my arm made me whimper at how exhausted I was.

Iss gussay mein neend kahaan aane waali hai ab?

I searched for my phone, for Aadee.

𓆩♡𓆪𓆩♡𓆪𓆩♡𓆪

I opened the door of my room and saw the family having breakfast. Kitne khush hain yeh mere baggeir?

"Hamza!" Taayi ammi yelled as she saw him going down the stairs and out towards the lounge.

He stopped and looked at her, I walked towards the stairs and his peripheral vision caught me but he ignored me after one glance.

I rolled my eyes.

"Nashta tou karte jaao, beta."

He looked towards Uzair, who was shamelessly busy eating a paratha, and shook his head.