Next day it was almost 11:30 am when Afaf woke up...she was sleeping late due to sedative medicines that were prescribed by Dr. Mallick for better & undisturbed sleep.
She took a bath, changed into a simple Kurta salwar & went down to see why there was so much noise coming from ground floor.
She went downstairs to see Backyard was being cleaned by Abdul & qasim ( helpers ).
She entered kitchen & saw qurat running towards Daadijaan's room with a tray full of packets containing weird powders.
She called " Qurat suno... Yeh kya ho raha hai yahan? "
Instead of Qurat... Sahir replied to Afaf " Woh Afaf di... Do din mein Zayn bhai ka nikkah hai"
Zayn entered the kitchen area & stood listening to their conversation.
Afaf nodded nonchalantly as she was busy eating Nutella from jar then suddenly snapped her neck towards zayn & questioned " Oh hello...tumhara Nikkah toh mujhse hai na?"
Zayn stifled his smile hearing her question & nodded at her.
Sahir & qurat chuckled at afaf's expression.
Afaf eyes brimmed with tears while the spoon was still in her mouth.
Zayn panicked seeing her cry...his mind clouded with so many thoughts.
"Shayad isse abhi Nikkah nahi karna...Tayabbu ko ek baar poochlena chahiye tha Afaf se...jaldbaazi lag rahi hogi isse "
he went closer to her, stood in front of her & asked " Kya hua hai Afaf?"
Afaf replied in between hiccups "Maine apni Nikkah ka joda select hi nahi kiya "
Zayn placed his forehead on her shoulder & sighed in relief. " Tumne toh ek pal ke liye meri jaan hi nikaaldi"
Qurat & sahir started coughing which made Zayn step away immediately.
Qurat spoke humorously " Abhi Nikkah hua nahi hai...social distancing maintain karein please "
Afaf blushed & threw a tissue ball on qurat... Hearing her remark.
Zayn cleared his throat & said " Woh daadijaan ne hum dono ko bulaaya tha...sab wahin hai "
Afaf nodded & closed the Nutella jar lid & followed Zayn & Sahir while Qurat kept tickling her sides & teasing her saying " Ohho kya blush kar rahi ho uff...meri laal gulaab...do din baad kya hoga tumhara "
Afaf glared at her & placed her index finger on her lips (A/N aise 🤫) indicating to be quiet because she was speaking loud enough for Zayn to hear.
They went to Living room to see everyone were seated on sofas & discussing or more like disagreeing to everything the other person was saying.
Meanwhile daadijaan scolding "bas yehi bewakoof aulaad paida honi thi mujhe... Meri baat suno manhooson"
That quietened everyone.
Zayn & Afaf went & sat either side of daadijaan & asked " Kya hua hai daadijaan...kyun itna gussa ho rahi hain aap? "
Daadijaan replied " Mai keh rahi hoon ke Nikkah aur baraat dono mein banquet Hall mein karte hai... Ghar mein itne log sambhal nahi paayenge "
Zayn nodded & said " Haan daadijaan baat toh sahi keh rahi hai aap...sab kya bol rahe hai? "
Daadijaan said " Keh rahe hai Nikkah yahan karenge... Fir agle din shaam ko baraat banquet Hall mein...do do jagah kaise sambhlega sab..."
Fahaad spoke " Mai bhi yehi keh raha hoon daadijaan...aap Abbu aur Daadajaan ko samjhayen"
Daadijaan nodded & said " Tu ruk...Mai dekhti hoon inko... Bohut udh rahe hain "
Zayn & Afaf turned to daadijaan & whispered in her ears " Daadijaan rukhsati saath ho rahi hai? "
A chuckle escaped daadijaan's mouth.
She turned to Zayn & asked " Kyun Tu nahi chahta ke rukhsati saath ho? "
Afaf ears perked hearing daadijaan question Zayn.
Zayn whined " Chahta hoon na daadijaan...mera matlab Agar Afaf chahti ho toh...agar usse time chahiye toh hum kuch time baad karenge rukhsati "
Daadijaan turned to Afaf & asked "Tu abhi rukhsati chahti hai? "
Afaf blushed & nodded in reply then whispered to her "daadijaan... Aap itni zor se kyun baat kar rahi ho...dheere bolen please...sab sun rahe hain "
A smile formed on Zayn's lips hearing she too wanted rukhsati.
After scolding Faheem...daadijaan made them agree that Nikkah & baraat will be in banquet Hall.
Now Afaf, Zayn, Sahir, Eshaal ,Qurat,Fahaad along with faheem - Abida, khalid - tasleema, zaheer- shazia,Abrar - azra were on their way to Shop for wedding clothes & jewellery.
Daadajaan,Daadijaan told to bring them a pair of white kurtas for daadajaan & any sober color suit for daadijaan.
They entered a complete Family clothing showroom owned by a friend of Zaheer.
Everyone went to respective sections are started searching for good wedding clothes.
The salesperson started showing wedding collection to ladies while men tried few ethic kurtas & sherwaanis except Zayn as it was it wedding collection section.
They came from men's section to see not a single outfit was selected... All the ladies were saying either the clothes were too much or too light.
The salesperson looked really frustated at this point.
Zuberi men chuckled at his expression when Azra said "bhaisaab aap toh sab puraane collection bata rahe ho... Kuch aur batao "
He replied " Madam aplog ek baar saara store check karlein... Kuch pasand aaye toh mai woh collection bata dunga "
They nodded & started searching.
Boys were standing beside the separation wall of wedding collection when Tasleema called them & asked them to help them.
They nodded thinking "what's the big deal "
⌚ After 1 hour
Zayn spoke " Mummy ek dress tak select nahi kiya aapne...aaplogon ko akhir chahiye kya? "
All the ladies told their requirements one by one.
He, Fahaad, Sahir & Saif searched few racks & saw 4 beautiful suits same design bit different colors almost matching what the ladies listed.
They asked the salesperson to show the dresses... To everyone's astonishment Ladies liked the suits & decided to buy them.
Zuberi men clapped the backs of their sons on finally doing the impossible.
Zayn muttered to himself " ab meri Dulhan ko bhi thori tawajjo Dein "
He remembered how she was worried about her Nikkah ka Joda.
Afaf sat in corner with Qurat & eshaal munching Masala sweet corn that Qurat bought after nagging Fahaad.
Fahaad bought it to keep her quiet.
Fahaad heard him & spoke " Tumne apni sherwani select ki hai Zayn? "
Faheem & Khalid heard Fahaad.
Zayn shook his head in No.
Faheem & Khalid said " Achaa... Jao kuch pasand karlo fir trial bhi kar lena "
He went with fahaad ,sahir ,saif towards the sherwaanis that were hanging & started seeing them one by one.
He took one out of hanger & put in front of him & stood in mirror.
The Sherwaani looked Simple & classy...it has golden work embroidered on the neck & buttons were golden.
He looked in mirror & his eyes fell on a beautiful Lehenga hanging behind.
His sherwaani matched the golden work on the Lehenga.
He thought " Afaf achi lagegi iss jodey mein "
He wanted to tell her but stopped himself because girls usually are really particular about their Nikkah ka joda...so he kept quiet.
Meanwhile Abida & tasleema asked Afaf " What kind of joda she wanted "
To which she replied " Pata nahi... Mujhe kuch pasand hi nahi aa raha "
Qurat said " Ek kaam karo saari bridal collection ek baar dekhlo fir kuch decide karna "
Afaf nodded & went to see Bridal collection with Qurat & eshaal.
After seeing few outfits Afaf's eyes stuck on a beautiful lehenga.
She took it for trial & few other outfits with it.
She wore the lehenga & came out of trial room.
Zayn who was trying his sherwani while fahaad was helping him by buttoning his sherwani.
He turned on the sound of door click.
(A/N in bridal collections section..Bride's & groom's trails rooms are either beside one another or opposite...jahan tak mujhe pata hai okay...i don't know about other places but kuch clothing showrooms aise hi hote hai )
He turned to his side to see Afaf standing in beautiful Red lehenga.
(A/N imagine without makeup & jewellery 🤡)
He stood still staring at her without blinking...(A/N aise 👁️👄👁️)
She looked magnificent...The velvety red lehenga complimented her well.
Afaf looked up to see Zayn staring at her form while fahaad was buttoning the top button of his sherwaani little roughly.
Afaf said a little loudly " Bhaijaan "
That broke Zayn's trance... A cough escaped his lips due to the extreme tight fit of the top button of his sherwaani.
Qurat elbowed fahaad knowing what he did.
Fahaad immediately loosened the buttons & whispered to Zayn " Apni ankhein aur Haath Nikkah tak apne pass hi rahe toh behtar hoga..."
Qurat glared at fahaad warning him not to scare Zayn who looked like he just saw a "safed saree ultey payr wali bhoot"
Fahaad scolded her saying " Dusron ki baaton mein mat bolo Ayn "
Which infuriated Qurat...her eyes brimmed with tears...She pushed him aside angrily & went to search for her outfits.
Fahaad smacked his forehead & went behind her fuming form marching towards clothing racks.
Qurat started pushing all the hangers one by one...fahaad held her hand to stop but she took her hand from his hold & went to other side.
Fahaad saw a silver outfit embroidered with glittery sequins...something that Qurat would surely wear because it was different & qurat didn't like to wear outfits similar to others... She always asked for solitary designs so it matched no one.
He took it from rack & went to her.
Before he could speak Qurat said " Mujhse baat mat karein "
Fahaad held her hands & spoke " Acha baba sorry...Galati hogayi nahi daraonga kisi ko aur nahi daantunga tumhe "
Qurat lips wobbled as she spoke " Sabke saamne daanta aapne..."
she could handle anyone saying anything to her except Fahaad.
Fahaad sighed & placed his palm on her cheek & wiped the tear which escaped her eye.
Muttering sorry once again...he stood silently not knowing what he could do to make her smile.
Qurat noticed a dress on his forearm.
She asked " Yeh kiske liye hai? "
Fahaad replied " Iss showroom mein ek khoobsurat si billi jis par mera dil aagaya hai... Yeh joda lekar usse propose karne jaa raha hoon... Kya lagta hai haan kahegi? "
Qurat giggled in reply which gained a sigh of relief from fahaad.
She took the dress from his hold & went to try it.
Fahaad leaned at the sidewall of trial room & waited for her to come out & show her outfit.
After few minutes...he heard qurat calling him.
Peeking into trial room he saw her wearing the outfit...it looked perfect except it was sleeveless...he thought "oh that's why she didn't come out "
He said "bohut khoobsurat "
Qurat cheekily asked " Mai ya joda? "
Fahaad replied " Abhi bataata hoon " & entered trial room.
Sahir & eshaal who were chilling on chairs saw fahaad sneaking into trial room.
He shouted loud enough for fahaad to hear
" Bhaijaan taubah taubah...chote tayyabbu ke dost ne complaint kardeni hai "
Eshaal lightly slapped his arm to not tease them.
Sahir said " Aur yeh log mujhe chichora kehte hai... Dekho toh sahin... Huh... Mai kitna masoom hoon "
Eshaal raised her eyebrows & replied " Achaw!!! Bilkul sahin bulaate hain sab...bichari qurat ko kaise dara diya tha zafirabaad mein apni harkaton se "
Sahir pouted & said " Ab banda apni biwi se thori mohabbat -"
Eshaal slapped her hand on his mouth to stop him from his complain session as she saw Zayn & Afaf ,Fahaad & Qurat approaching towards them.
Afaf said happily " baraat ka joda select karliye maine aur Nikkah ka joda customize karwa liya... Simple mein kuch nahi tha isiliye "
Eshaal nodded & said "maine bhi leliye do jodey... Finally hum ghar jaa sakte hai "
She didn't like long hours of shopping.
Qurat said " Mere bhi done hogaye...bas thori altering karwani hai that's it "
Everyone nodded & went to elders to show their outfits.
After billings & other alterations stuff everyone were back in zuberi mansion & dashed to their respective rooms to rest after a tiresome shopping session.
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