Afsana-E-Qureshi

You are gone Beta !!!

As Ruhi sept Zain moved out of her room and Haniya stayed back in case if Ruhi woke up she might get scared finding no one beside her

Zain was shocked and angry at their actions, but more importantly  he was scared that something might have happened to them. He would have never forgiven himself for being irresponsible. He would have lash out on them at that moment but seeing them scared his all anger flew away and worry took over him . It pained him to see Ruhi in tears .He loved all his cousins, but Ruhi, being the sensitive one, always caught his attention well not only to him but the whole cousin squad.

Then he moved to the Hall and sat on sofa holding his head . Soon Amina , Haider and Rehaa too came and sat beside him

"Kya hua Zain?", Haider asked in concern

"Kuch nahi bhaiya, agar aaj kuch hojata to main kabhi apne aapko maaf nahi kar pata", Zain said looking at him with stress clearly visible on his face.

"Mai bhi", Amina & Rehaa said together

"Mujhe pata hai, par kuch hua to nahi na , So Calm down", Haider calmly said because he knows what they were feeling as he himself was feeling the same

"Hmm", the other three hummed in agreement

"Aur, ayu so gaya?",Zain asked Amina

"Haan, bahut ro raha tha", Amina replied sadly.

"Faiz ney data hi aisa tha, koi bhi hota ro deta", Zain exclaimed.

"Ruhi so gayi?", Rehaa asked, concerned.

"Haan! Woh bhi bahut ro rahi thi. Haniya hai uske paas. Don't worry" , Zain replied and Rehaa nodded

"Faiz?", Haider asked, looking at Rehaa.

"Bahut gusse mein tha bhaiya, uska gussa kam hi nahi ho raha tha", Rehaa informed

"Toh so gaya woh?", Haider asked.

"Nahi! Mujhe kaha ap jao, mai so jauga. Toh mai agaya", Rehaa said.

"Aisa kaisa aagayi usey akele chhod kar, Rehaaaaa?", Zain asked in disbelief. And his tone was something Rehaa felt he is accusing her for leaving her little brother all alone.

"Zain, main khud se chhod kar nahi aaya usey. Woh gusse mein tha!! Usey akele rehna tha, isliye aaya main", Rehaa snapped at him

"Toh rukna chahiye tha na uske paas, chhota bacha hai woh", Zain said in concern but it came out a bit harsh.

"Tum na... ",Rehaa was going to say something but got cut off by Haider.

"Bas karo tum dono", Haider said, annoyed.

"Haan, kyun lad rahe ho? Itna sab hua hai, woh kaafi nahi hai? Jo ab aise lad rahe ho?", Amina asked, annoyed

"Sorry", Rehaa& Zain both mumbled

"And for your kind information Faizan is not 5 or 10 to handle him as a small baby, he is 14 now! Abhi woh gusse mein tha. He knew he needed to be alone to cope with his anger, so he asked Rehaa to leave and she left as she knows what's better for her brother", Haider said, looking at Zain, and he nodded understanding and mumbled a "sorry"...

Then they sat in silence and suddenly Amina's phone rang, which grabbed their attention.

"Kon hai, Baji?" Rehaa asked.

"Baba hai," Amina said with a horrified face.

"Unko kaise pata laga ?" Zain asked.

"Aisa nahi ho sakta! Kyunki hum mein se kisi ne nahi bataya aur maids bhi aaj jaldi chale gaye the. And no chance we have secret cameras in our house!" Haider exclaimed.