Asaal

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🦋Asaal🦋
Today is Saturday and it's just, me, Nurain, Faruk, Sultan, Ruqaya And Salmaa that are at home, our flight is in 2 hours time and we are all packing, well the house is quiet cause everyone is doing their own thing but I'm still bored, hmmm let me just stroll around this area, I've done that since when I came here, I changed from my shorts to my sky blue sweat pants and I just put on a grey sweat shirt, carried my phone and AirPods and put on my black cap and left the room, when I was going downstairs I saw Faruk in the living room with one girl, probably his girlfriend
"Where are you going" He asked
"I'm just going for a stroll around this area" i said
"Oh, umm and this is Yasmine, she's my friend" He said
"Oh, hello" i said
"Hi" she said
"Yasmine this is my brothers wife" he said
"Well I'll be back before it's time" I said
I walked to the door and left the house, as soon as i opened the gate, I saw a group of men standing infront of the opposite house, na, there's no way I'm going out, I'll just stroll round the house, it's big enough, I closed the gate and I started walking round the house, hmm the environment is quite nice I walked round the house like 4 times and it's already, 2:50 our flight is around 4 and I know how Salmaa is, I went back inside the house and took another shower and I changed into a white straight jeans and a brown top, I tied a white scarf on my head and I put on my adidas slides and called Amina to take my box to the car.
"You might need a sweater or inner wear, private jets are usually cold" I heard Nurain say at my door while I was arranging my hand bag
I just kept quiet and continued arranging my hand bag, when I was done I entered my wardrobe and took out my Hoodie and left my room, I locked the door and I went down stairs.
"Okay so we are dividing ourselves" Salmaa said
"Why?" Faruk asked
"Can you shut up and listen?" Salmaa said
"So in the First Range Rover, Nurain, Ruqaya and I, will be there, then in the second one, Faruk, Sultan and Asaal, Good?" She asked
"Sure I'm okay with that" Sultan said
"Same here" i said
"Our car is going to be lit, How can I stay in a car with three boring people, God forbid" Faruk said
"Boring like Vanilla!" Sultan and Faruk said then they both bursted into laughter and high fived each other
"Where going to be late! And you're laughing?! Su auntie Khadi za su bi mu fa!(Auntie Khadi and the rest are going to follow us!)" Salmaa shouted
Then they both stopped laughing and we finally entered the car, I sat down at the back seat with sultan as usual and we were just vibing in the car. When we finally arrived at the airport, we came down from the car and there were already people waiting for us to carry our boxes, we walked to the front of the airport and I saw, Auntie Khadi and 2 young looking girls standing.
"Ina wuni Auntie Khadi" All of us said
"Ya kuke?(how are you guys) you guys are all set ko?" She asked
"Yes we are" Salmaa said
"Ina Asaal?(where is Asaal?)" She asked
"Gani nan(I'm here)" I said
Then I went a little bit forward and she hugged me I hugged her back then she kissed my forehead, this woman is obsessed with me, when I say obsessed I mean obsessed
"You guys, Asaal is staying with me, let's go" she said
I smiled, then she held my arm and we all walked in to the airport, we were directed to the vip section and from there we entered the private jet, I sat down close to Auntie Khadi while Nurain was be behind us
"So Asaal, now that you're married into our family, tell me how does it feel?" She asked
"It feels um, Great! I'm comfortable with everyone except Usman, he's just weird" i said
"Usman isn't meant to be living in that house I told your mother in-law to marry him off, but she was saying something that it's his mothers job not her job" She said
"Wait Usman isn't her child?" I asked
"Yes you never knew? Let me tell you your husband's real siblings, Salmaa is the First born, followed by Nurain, Faruk then Ihsaan, Sultan and Ruqaya are his steps but they live with you guys cause their mom died" Auntie Khadi explained
"Oh, and Usman?" I asked
"So Usman and Na'eem are siblings, their mom lives in the US and they have other siblings, so your father in-law said he wants atleast 2 kids from her with him and she sent the 2 of them, your house is the Family's head quarters, followed by the house in kano" Auntie Khadi said
"And umma is okay with all of this?" I asked
"Yes, she loves children and she loves large families so she's always open" Auntie Khadi said
"Oh what about your daughters, Ummi and Juwairiyyah, where are they" I asked
"Oh there are already in Lagos" She said
"Ooh" I said
Then I then I felt some one pushing my chair or should I say someone was making me feel uncomfortable
"Nurain, Could you stop moving, our chairs are like kind of together and you're making me feel super uncomfortable, thank you" i said
"I'm trying to adjust, don't make a fuss about it" He said
"Aren't you sitting with your brother? What's so uncomfortable there?" I asked
Then I removed my seat belt and stood up and saw him sitting close to one of the girls Auntie Khadi came with, I looked at her and she looked at me and then she put her hand on Nurains hand
"You bitch..." i muttered to myself "Remove your hand" i said calmly
"But why? I mean he's very attractive" She asked
"Are you crazy? Is she crazy" I asked She and Nurain
"I'm not crazy" she said
"Then stand up and go elsewhere" i said
"No" she said
"I don't understand no" I said cause I was confused
"Go and sit with Your Husband or someone else, he's mine" She said
I didn't even think, before I knew it I stretched my hand to beat this girl, I slapped her and dragged her hair
"Asaal, calm down! Let go of her!" Salmaa tried getting me off her
"No let me go, I'll put this Ashawo in her place" i said, then I slapped her again, she dragged my scarf of and she let my hair show to everyone
"Are you stupid?! Why would you drag my scarf of?! Can't you see my brother in-laws are here?!" I said, quickly snatching my scarf from her and I put it on my head
"Asaal it's okay! If you just want to seat with me you would have made it clear, I would have told Jamila to stand up go elsewhere, you didn't have to go physical!" Nurain shouted
"Oh so I'm now the villainess?! She was literally holding your hand and as your wife I have every right to beat her if I see her doing something wrong with my husband and you were just sitting down allowing her to touch you!" I shouted
"It's not like we are in love, right?! So why are you even being so protective?!" Nurain shouted
I was so shocked, Nurain said those words to me? Tears were prickling in my eyes and no I'm not going to cry, he can marry Jamila for all he cares, I don't like him, I hate him!
"Oh yeah that's true, this is just a compromise and the marriage is Arranged I have no right to interrupt your discussion with anyone else" i said in a tone lower than the previous one
"Yes it's all a compromise, apologize to Jamila!" Nurain shouted
"Don't shout at me! I don't know when all this started but don't shout at me, I regret ever marrying you" I said to his face
I turned around and Salmaa held me, she took me to were she and Ruqaya were sitting, I was still in shock so I didn't utter a word
"Bro whatever you did wasn't cool at all" I heard Faruk said
"What? I've been keeping up with this shitty attitude of hers and now she wants to continue?" I heard Nurain say
"Nurain Ahmad Dansari, you have no right to talk about my attitude! You can talk about anything else but not my Attitude, okay?! If you don't like my attitude then fine I'll just simply go to your parents and tell them this isn't working out so that I can actually live a free life" i said loud enough so that he could hear me
Then everyone was quiet and I started crying on Salmaa's shoulder
***(Flashback to when I was 16)
"What's your problem?! You and that mother of yours have the exact attitude and I hate it!" My dad shouted in my face
"Ai it's Yola behaviour, I mean her mother was Rude and badly behaved her self so she definitely has it" My step mother said
"Don't say anything about my mother, and don't talk about her attitude!" I shouted at both of them
"Are you talking back?!" My dad shouted
Then my mom entered the room
"What's going on why is it only my daughter here?" She asked
"Shut up! Look at the nonsense attitude you gave her" He shouted
"Don't shout at her" i said
Then he walked over to her and dragged her hair
"Let go of her!" I shouted
"Your mother will pay for your nasty attitude" he said then he pushed her to the wall and she hit her head
"Mama!" I screamed I ran over to her and her head was bleeding
"I hate you! I hate you!" I shouted
"Call your brother" mama whispered
"Ya Usman! Ya Huzayafa! Come! It's an emergency!" I shouted
Then my 2 brother's quickly rushed in
They looked at mama and then looked baba
"Look old man, I don't care if you're my father but don't you ever touch my mother, Allah if not I'll kill you" Ya Huzayfa said as he held his collar
"We have to take her to the hospital" Ya Usman said
They carried her and I was beside Ya Huzayfa as we left the room.
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"Asaal wake up, we're in Lagos already" I heard Salmaa say
I rose my head up and I went to Auntie Khadis seat to get my handbag, I tried to avoid looking at Nurain and Jamila but then I saw the both of them sleeping and her head was on his shoulder, Ashawo classic anyways why do I care, but there was this piercing pain in my chest, maybe it's heart burn, we all came down from the plane and we entered the cars that came for us and we went to the hotel that everyone was, we saw everyone at the reception waiting for us
"Welcome! You guys should freshen up and meet us at the beach we are waiting for you guys okay?" Umma said in a very warm tone
"And also yes, two people will have to share a room, the rooms aren't enough" Mama added
"Nurain and Asaal" everyone said in union
"Then that's final, Oya let's all go upstairs" Salmaa said
"Room?" I asked
"Oh here's your key" Mama said handing the Key over to me
"Thank you" I said
Then I carried my hand luggage from the trolley guy and I entered the elevator with Nurain and Jamila, why am I stuck with these two, Maybe I should apologize after all I'm not in love with Nurain
"Jamila, I'm sorry for attacking you on the plane, I wasn't thinking straight, I was thinking of something else" I said
"It's okay, you know people can be mentally unstable" she said
Calm down Asaal, ai I know I'm not mentally stable so I won't even bark at her
"Yeah and you know people aren't meant to be also doing Ashawo work, but that's just to bad for you" i said
Just then the lift door opened and we were on our floor, i smiled and I left and then I looked for the room, when I finally found it, room 124 i opened the door and then I went inside Nurain was behind me so he closed the door, I put my box by the side of the bed then I went to the Bathroom to calm down.

Nurain.
Talk to me Asaal, even if it's 'Nurain' you'll utter, talk to me, I'm misrable, Asaal came out of the bathroom to get her shower stuff and undies and went back into the toilet 30 minutes ago and now she's out, look and her silky black hair, it's wet, long, curly, Lord I wish I could touch it, her birth mark on the left side of her back at the upper part, She went to her bigger box that they brought in 3 minutes ago and she brought out what she was wearing this evening, it was a coral pink dress that had tropical designs all over it, then she took out a nice white head band, she moisturised her skin and already she wore her undies in the toilet, she took another towel and put it on her head and then she dropped the towel wrapped on her body on the bed and she wore her gown, Damn this girl has body, hmm, she sat down on the dressing table and opened the drawers and she already found a hair dryer, she plugged it into the switch and started drying the hair, I also entered the toilet and took a shower, God, who sent me to say all those nasty things to her and all this is Auntie Khadis fault, did she really have to test whether Asaal liked me or not? I made the girl cry in plane, that's something I feel so wrong about, when I was done in the shower I came out of the Toilet and Asaal had already gone, seems like she's going with Salmaa, I put on my Boxers, moisturised my skin with Asaals cetaphil, and I put on my brown cargo shorts and a green tropical shirt I put on my adidas slides and locked thee door and I went out, I entered the Elevator and went down to the Lobby and I saw Asaal and Salmaa waiting for me
"The rest left, so we decided to wait for you" Salmaa said
We left the hotel and entered the car, Salmaa was infront cause she knew where we were going and I was at the back with my wife Asaal. She just kept quiet and she was using her phone, she suddenly stopped and looked up, then she looked at me
"You used my Shower gel, why?" She asked
"Cause um, I didn't bring soap along" i said
"If this is your way to make me talk to you after all the nasty things you said to me, yeah, this isn't going to work, you can rot alone with Jamila" she said
"But you just spoke to me, and are you still thinking about the plane matter? It has passed, and stop bringing Jamila into this matter" i said, fuck up, I don fuck up
"Salmaa Dan Allah, Mai sa kika sa ni a cikin Motan da shi(Salmaa for the sake of God why did you put me in the same car as him)?" She said
"Am I-
"Oh My God Shut up, you irritate me, you can stay with Jamila this night, I don't care, after all she's social and I'm not, I mean that's what your aunties want right?" She said
"Who's telling you all this Asaal? I love that you're not social" Salmaa said
"No, I noticed it at the wedding, that's why I was outside with my Ex, cause he understands me more! You have never taken your time to understand me! That's why you think I'm a snub or a mentally unstable girl, but Kabir took his time to understand me! I actually pray he's in Lagos, so that I'll actually have a therapy session with him! Maybe you should learn somethings from kabir" Asaal said, I could see the tears threatening to break out but she just looked up
Then the car finally arrived at our destination she quickly came down and she went to were everyone was, Asaal, I'm trying my very best to understand you, but you're not letting me in, I really think I should take advice from kabir, I also went to were all of our family members were and I greeted some. We'll let me just say, we Had Fun in this party.

Kabir💀
"Hello Kabir" Asaal said
"Hi, how are you? no crying today?" I asked
"We'll I cried earlier but that's fine" she said
"Do you want to walk round?" I asked
"Sure" She said
We left where everyone was then we were walking on the beach sand
"So why did you cry?" I asked
"Okay so, as you know, I hate it when people bring up my attitude and Nurain brought it up in the plane infront of like his siblings" She said
"But what started it?" I asked
"So apparently my auntie In-law, Auntie Khadi came with 2 girls on our flight, one of them was sitting with Nurain, so I stood up and I saw her holding his hand and she provoked me so I slapped her, Nurain defended her and I defended myself and then he brought up my attitude" I explained
"Oh so you were jealous?" I asked
"No! Ew never! I was trying my best to not look like a rubbish wife infront of Auntie Khadi" she said
"You were jealous" i said
"No I wa—
"You were, if not why did you attack the girl you would just have talked to Nurain" I said
"Asaal i know what I'm saying, you like him already" I said again
"No I don't" she said
Then we heard two people laughing behind us, we turned around and saw Nurain and a girl
"Can we walk further" she said
"If you say so but this is Jealousy" I said
"Kabir enough of this" she said
"And try being mature and talk to him, this isn't boyfriend and girlfriend relationship, you guys are married" I said
"Sure I'll try" she said
Then we left that area and continued talking about random stuff.