In the most posh area of karachi there stood a very big bunglow, a huge beautiful spanish style house overlooking the beach. It had three portions each having four rooms to be precise though many people did not live inside.
However beautiful the house was from outside, the lives of the residents was not as beautiful.
They struggled everyday like any other human.

It was called the AFANDI HOUSE.!

Mr and mrs afandi who were in their late 70's had three children.
Eldest son rashid who had two children named rafiq and laiba and they were living a good healthy life apart from some financial issues here and there because they had seemed to sell off lots of their inherited property but rafiq doing a job now and still living under the wings of their parents everything seemed fine.

Then they had a daughter gul who had along with her husband passed away many many years ago leaving their young daughter zunash to mr and mrs afandi. Well zunash had grown up to be a very beautiful and a civilised young lady.

And then their youngest son kamal who was a divorced man with a son named ariz. Mr kamal after his divorce with aliya rahim was mostly found out of city. He had started many buisnuises with the money he had inherited and was now making doubles. He would only fill the accounts of his son but never cared for him and hence ariz turned out to be a rebilious one. Now Ariz was the biggest trouble maker of the house. He was a total spoilt brat. Never listening to anyone.

Mr and mrs afandi were always and always very concerned about mr kamal and ariz kamal. But despite trying to put sense into both of them, none of them listened but atleast ariz stayed at afandi house and that was a relief for mrs afandi or dado as rafiq, laiba and ariz called her or nano as zunash called her.

Zunash was a very caring, beautiful and a very responsible young girl , she was a practicing doctor in a very reputed hospital of the city and was now turning 27 and hence her wedding was to take place next week with rafiq rashid who himself had scored a job very recently in an NGO firm. Rafiq was the eldest grandchild of the afandi house, hence very reserved and silent.
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"Zuni beta sab sambhaal liya na tumne? Ab bus Rafiq kay sath designer tak chali jao or kapray uthalo, ab wakt hi kitna reh gaya hai?" Mrs afandi called zunash who was busy packing some of her stuff which was to be moved into rafiqs portion after wedding.

"Haan nano sahi yaad dilayaa per rafiq kay pas time hi kahan hota hai, usdin bhi laiba sath gai thee mere or aj to driver laiba ko leke gaya hua hai. Akeli uber per chali jaun?"
Massaging her temples zunash said. She had taken off from her hospital for a month but the work load was too much on her. Despite having servants she had to run all errands. On top of that rafiq was never available to join her. He always excused.
She understood he was busy or more seemingly just posed busy to avoid her. It was an arranged marriage but she was silent due to nano but rafiqs attitude was now worrying her.

"Ariz ko jaaker uthalo, sara din soya rehta hai. Raat bhar ghar se bahar tha. Usko bolo college nahi gaya to tumhe le jaye ."

"Nano kiya main usko tang karungi, pata to hai uske moods ka, kahin kharab hua waheen chor kar ajayega wo. Ooper se uski neend poori na hui ho. Tauba hai meri."
Clearing up the remaining mess zunash held her ears at going to market with ariz.

"Sau kaam tum din main uske karti ho, bachpan se aj tak tuition to usne rakhi nahi kiunke tum parhati rahi ho ussay humesha, itna nahi karsakta wo. Jao bula k lao."
Mrs affendi said rather sternly and sighing zuni left for his portion.

"Razia ariz utha ya nahi?" Getting inside the kamal portion zunash asked the maid.

"Baji ariz sahab abhi abhi guitar leke bahar nikle hain, kuch khaya bhi nahi kay jaldi jana hai."
Before razia could say anything further zunash rushed outside to find him already reversing his range rover from the porch.

"Ariz yar ruko." She yelled waving at him and seeing her he stopped the car.

"What? Subah subah kiya afat aa pari hai afandi house kay makeeno per?"
He asked her as she had in an instant opened the door of the passenger seat and sat in.

"Mene designer tak jana hai, please ariz lete chalo." She asked nearly pleading seeing him staring at her intently.

"Mera jamming session hai, ap utren. Main nahi duty de sakta " as expected he had declined and worst hovering over her opened the door of her side indicating her to leave.

"Nano ka hukam hai ariz or main sach keh rahi hoo main ainda koi lecture tumhe nahi samjhaungi medical ka. Jo tum roz roz college chor kar jamming karne jatay ho na or topics main samjhatee hoo, aisa nahi chalega."
Closing the  door and staying rooted to her spot She said rather offended at his attitude though everyone knew he was always this way.

"Argh! Fine! Madam black mailer chalen!" Sitting straight up he got the car out of the porch.

"Thats better!" Folding her arms she said smiling and he chuckled putting on his sun glasses. She was the only human on this planet that he many atimes listened to.

"Wese ye kaam apke honay walay shohar urf rafiq sahab ka nahi tha? Unhe le jateen na?"
Zunash sighed hearing him. She knew this was coming.

"Busy the." She replied with a one word answer recalling how yesterday she went to him regarding some work and he legit denied her rudely.

"Main tum jeso ki tarah farigh nahi hoon zunash madam or na apka nokar. Ainda tang na karna mujhe."
And zunash was stunned at his behaviour. Yes he was very reserved and a strict conservative kind of guy but this behaviour was unacceptable. She had walked away from there though her mami and laiba had tried apologising.

"Wese mujhe samajh nahi arahi ap uss langoor se shadi kar kiun rahi hain. Piyar mohabat to nazar ata nahi ap dono main or mujhse poochen to you can get someone way better than that jerk head." Her thoughts were brought back by ariz's words.

"Apni ye fazool baten band karo or ye apni english galiyan na tum khatam kardo ariz."
Smiling at his remarks she said and he glared at her sighing.

"Yaheen rukoon ya jaun?" Upon reaching the destination ariz asked.

"Ajao, promise ziada der nahi lagaygi."

"Hope so." Sighing he also got down from the car and followed her inside the designer boutique.

"Zunash pehen kay dekhlo, fittings ka idea hojayega." The lady designer said and  Sighing zunash agreed and went to change in the fitting room while getting bored ariz started playing fortnite on his mobile. He was a pro at it.

"Wow zunash you are slaying it." Hearing the designer's voice ariz looked up and his eyes stilled on her figure resulting in him losing the game.

"Fuck shit!" Banging his hand on the chair he said out loudly while everyone around looked at him astonished. zunash held her head in her hands. This is why she avoided going out with him. He had to embarass her everywhere.

"Ariz, behave." Muttering under her breath she said to him.

"Yeah, yeah, I will be waiting in the car, come soon." Holding onto some of her dress packages that were already packed for them to take home, he left the boutique.

"Sorry guys, he is just like this " feeling embarassed she apologised to everyone.

"We understand, the youngsters these days." The designer smiled.
Changing and getting her dresses packed she headed out to the car.

"Ariz kuch to jagah dekhlia karo tum." She said sternly.

"Bus apne ana bhi mere sath tha or problem bhi mujhse hai. Main aisa hi hoo. Nahi hota control." Making faces and not feeling an ounce bit ashamed he said and drove the car away.

"Golgappay khilado ariz. Bohat dino se nahi khaye." Seeing a pani puri cart she said and he had to stop.

"Doctor ye sab khatay achi nahi lagti wese." Ordering a plate for them both he said sarcastically.

"Tum bhi medical kay student ho, tum bhi na khao phir."

"Meri baat aur hai. Apna aik swag hai or ap jese log nahi samajh sakte." Taking the plates from the vendor he passed it on to her and started eating himself too.
These kind of adventures of eating from roadside stalls he always did with her only.

"Parhai ka haal sunao, kuch serious hojao larke."

"Chal rahi hai or achi chal rahi hai, fikr na karen, aj tak drop out nahi hua to agay bhi nahi hota." Paying off the bill he wiped his hands with wet wipes and passed some to her also.

"Chalo ye to acha hai. " she said looking out of the window.
Well there was no doubt that ariz was an exceptionally intelligent boy. Despite being involved in so many anticuricullar activities he still always passed his exams with great distinction. He was in the third year of medical college.
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"Zuni apne bags lelo yar, mene jana hai." Dropping her home he had carried the dress packages of hers till mrs affandi's portion

"Na dadi ko salam na dua, or ye zuni kia hota hai? Zunash nahi to zuni api bolo. Bari hai tumse." Coming out of her room dadi scolded him as usual and he raked his fingers in his slightly grown hair.

"Salam dado aur ye baji, api material lagti nahi hai na. Nahi bol sakta me. Bus zuni theek hai." Coming forward he placed his head in front of dado so she could pat it and lookingbat zuni he said and she smiled at his nuisance.

"Baal katwao, itne lambe karke ghoom rahe ho ooper se terhe merhe kaatwaye." Pulling on his hair dadi said and zunash chuckled.

"Dadi ye fashion hai, please khenche nahi. " saying this he backed away and went near zuni.

"Bataun dadi ko shadi per gala khaarab karne keliye doctor sahiba golgapay khaa kay ayee hain." Whispering he said and her smile died down.

"Nahi, ye ghazab mat karna." She pleaded.

"Aj maaf kia, chalen me gaya." Saluting with two fingers he turned to leave when she held his arm and a shiver ran over his body at her touch. Instantly he pulled his hand away.

"Kia hai doctor sahiba?" He questioned  in a frustrated tone.

"Biryani banai hai khaa kay jao. Subah se nashta bhi nahi kia tumne sirf golgapay khaye." She said normally as she would always do but he felt his heart churn at her care.

"Haan laaden, per jaldi aur khuda kare achi ho, mera rukna kaam aye." He said sitting on the dining table and she rushed to the kitchen to warm up food for him.
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It was late at night in a very crowded club in the outskirts of karachi city. A farmhouse had been converted into this place for youngsters. Loud music was playing. Girls and boys dancing to the beats of music. Sheesha, cigar, cigarettes were seen in nearly everyones hand. These were the spoilt rich kids.

In a group of boys sat ariz smoking cigarette . His friends were gathered around him.

"Yar aj tu aya nahi jamming per, subah se ghaib hai? Chakar kiya hai?" Dawud asked and ariz sighed remembering the reason of him staying back.

"Busy tha zuni ko leke jana tha designer tak."

"Uska honay wala shohar rafiq kahan tha?" Haris asked. They knew about his family, he shared quite few things with them all.

"That fucker was apparently busy. He has got a gem in hand and that asshole cant cherish her. Yar koi jorr banta nahi undono ka. Tum sabne zuni ko dekha nahi na, dekhlo zara usko or phir rafiq ko. Dado ko pata nahi kia soojhi thee? " getting angry at rafiqs name ariz said and lighted up another cigarette.

"Ab dekhne ka shok hai bht." Haris had said smirking and that triggered ariz.

"Bakwas band karo. No one utters a word for her. I respect her alot." He said seriously dimming their laughter.

"Phir to koi khas hi hogee jiski ariz kamal respect karte hai." Dawud had said.

"Haan khas hai. Bohat khas." Murmuring he disposed off the cigarette and left from there.

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Everything seemed tensed In the lounge of rashid afandi's portion.

"Tumhe kal zuni se badtameezi nahi karni chahiye thee. Tumhare dada ko shikayat lagadi na usne to sab khatam hojayega." Mrs rashid said angrily to her son.

"To hojaye na. Ami ap samajh kiun nahi raheen main zuni se shadi nahi karna chahta. Me miral ko pasand karta ho." Rafiq had said with equal anger.

"Samajhdar bano. Zuni aik kamao larki hai, zameen jaidad bhi nam hai uske. Shadi karlo filhal. Ye dada dadi tumhare kab tak zinda rahenge. Unke foran bad karlena miral se bhi shadi. Main tumhe kamyab dekhna chahti hoo. Nokrio k peeche khuwar hotay nahi. Wo chota sa ariz paise urata phirta hai or tum khwar horahe hotay ho." She had shared her evil plan.

"To ami ap or abu sab na bechte na. Akhrajat kam karlete to me bhi ariz jese ayashiyan karta." Not listening further rafiq left the house slamming doors and mrs rashid held her head in her hands.

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Guysss.... first chapter is up!!!

Before reading this check out the "context" chapter for the description of the story...

So this far how did you like zuni and ariz????

Any views on ariz????

Lets see what happens in the future for them...

Anyways..
The cast..

Ariz kamal: danyal zafar.
Zunash shah: mahira khan..

How do you likw the cast... ariz is 5 years younger to her❤❤❤

A slightly different story line... but yes again love after nikkah because a miced plate is all about these kind of stories...

Any good suggestions are welcome.

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