Crashing Reality

"What do you mean by that" asked Haider but he was cut-off

"Take blessings from the elders" instructed the priest and both nodded, Haider held out his hand to help Tehreem get up, she did not want a scene, so she held his hand and stood up.

They went to Saaz, Haider's dad and took his blessing. Saaz was immensely happy seeing his son's marriage, after they took his blessing.

"Congratulation both of you, Tehreem welcome to our crazy family" said Saaz with a smile, Tehreem smiled back at him so did Haider.

"Thank you," said both

They went Towards Hina and took her blessing, Hina was a strong lady who does not show emotions often, but This time was an exception, both stood up after taking her blessings and Hina pulled them for a hug with a teary eye.

"Always be Happy" said Hina

After they consoled Hina, they took blessings from Taroon, Tehreem's dad. He was teary eyed seeing his baby daughter looking like doll being a bride. Taroon gave his blessing to the couple.

"Take care of my Tehreem, she is my precious doll" said Taroon with a breaking voice.

"I'll do everything to make Tehreem Happy, I'll go to any lengths for her happiness" said Haider, Taroon smiled at him. Tehreem looked at Haider in complete awe, she wondered how good of a liar he is.

They went to Nusrat and took her Blessings; she just had stopped her tears to look sane. She gave her blessings. Tehreem looked at her parents with a teary eye and Haider went towards her to support her, she felt better by the gesture, but she knew it was an act, but it was not, He was actually feeling bad.

"Reem" said Areeka in a broken voice, Ashar was holding Areeka for support. Areeka hugged Tehreem and started crying in her shoulders, Tehreem decided to stay calm and hug her back tight. Areeka felt helpless and guilty.

"Welcome to the sea of regrets and guilt" whispered Tehreem in Areeka's ear, Tehreem was telling the truth, she knew that forgiveness was extremely far away from where she was.

"Don't you dare hurt my sister, I'll hunt you down" said Areeka and she meant it. Haider understood it in the sense she told it in, others thought it was a joke. He nodded with a smile.

"Welcome to the Family brother, take good care of my sister" said Ashar and hugged Haider welcoming him to the Mehta family.

"I will" said Haider, He looked at Areeka for a second and saw her staring to him like she is going to end him.

They took a step forward. Sarah hugged Tehreem suddenly making her loose Balance, Tehreem was going to fall but Haider held her supporting her.

"Sorry, I was just excited," said Sarah

"It's fine," said Tehreem. Sarah took out a bracelet from her bag and put it in Tehreem's hand

"Congratulations and Welcome to the Family," said Sarah

Tehreem changed into her second outfit for the remaining rituals, after the rituals everybody left her in the bedroom. She was supposed to wait for Haider, and she had a lot of plans for the night making it unforgettable

Haider entered the Room and saw Tehreem scrolling in her phone and not giving him any attention. He cleared his throat catching her attention, she gave him a taunt smile. He opened his cupboard and took a box, He sat next to her as it was a ritual

"Your Gift" said Haider a put forward the box, Tehreem opened the box to unveil a beautiful watch. She liked it a lot.

"You have made plenty of bad decision in life, but You've made a good decision of buying this for me, this is so beautiful" said Tehreem smiling

"You Can take the bed today, I'll sleep in the sofa today and Take rest, you'd be exhausted so Any questions?" asked Haider and Tehreem rolled her eyes

"I do have one and That's an important one" said Tehreem and he knew this was going to be twisted

"Ask" said Haider

"Why are you doing this? What do you get by doing all this" asked Tehreem and he averted his eyes from her

"What do you mean by that?" asked Haider

"What did I do to you" asked Tehreem and he was speechless, He was in a fix, and she knew that very well

"Did I Punch you; I might've threatened you and all, but I didn't do anything more than that even though I'm capable of doing more than, I never hurt you like the way you are doing to me; I don't understand why you are doing this" asked Tehreem

Haider was speechless, she knew how to ask the right questions at the right time.

"You are the most important person to Areeka, If I hurt you, she'll be I pain but I never did that even, I created misunderstanding's trying to hurt her and she felt the pain like I did" said Haider, Tehreem tried her best to make sense of what he said

It was like he was trying to collect all his thoughts, but it was not sensible. Tehreem knew what she had to do. He was not facing her, so she turned him towards her and looked into his eyes.

"You gave me pain so Areeka would feel pain, I wasn't the one who hurt you, it was her so I should be out of the picture and tell me one thing, she gave you pain by breaking up and that's it, what else did she do to you" asked Tehreem and he was silent, he was getting frustrated

"She broke off a relationship with you and that's it, she didn't do anything other than that, what do you expect her to do when she can't hold on to you, that's it and you'd do the same if you are fed up with her too" said Tehreem and he was feeling angry

"She never considered my feelings, she threw me off like a tissue and she ran away like a coward instead of facing my feelings, she called you to shield her" said Haider clutching Tehreem's hand hard

"That hurts you know" said Tehreem, He did not leave her and held her with the same power, she acted very calm

"She analysed the whole situation before breaking it off with you, she was more considerate than you and she knew what she was doing and why she was doing very well but that's not your case, you know what-" said Tehreem and She paused when he gripped harder.

"Hold how tight you want and hurt me how much you want but the truth doesn't change by your acts" said Tehreem looking straight into his eyes with confidence. She knew that she was in the right in this fight, and she was sure of showing that

"You're an inconsiderate person who doesn't even use his brains for once and thinks with his spur of emotions, you don't consider the facts but your selfishness only, she did hurt you but there wasn't any other option, but you-you had an option but-" said Tehreem &paused

"Areeka considered facts and broke up, she is a coward who ran away instead of staying there a bit, but you are worst, you only saw your pain which reciprocated into anger and all you saw is red, she did nothing to you other than breaking up that's it," said Tehreem

He left his grip over her, and she stumbled a few steps back, he knew very well that what she was saying is the truth. The realization started hitting him at the wedding when he saw her, he was starting a new chapter on the name of heartbreak.

"You used me to hurt Areeka over nothing, she also felt hurt over the breakup Maybe less than you but that's it, but you only saw red with your broken heart, you were hell-bent on ruining everything on any cost, tell me how it panned out to be" asked Tehreem

"I know that you used me for revenge, and you have issues with me due to Areeka, but what about both of our family, they don't know the politics, and have you ever thought how this would end since you've involved everyone in this" asked Tehreem shaking Haider.

Haider was frustrated by the truth; he did not have any idea on what to do. He never thought on how it would end, he only concentrated on hurting Areeka and that was it, he never thought about the consequences. He knew she was right about him being Selfish. He felt frustrated and threw the Flower vase near him.

"What the hell," said Tehreem

"Is the truth Bitter" asked Tehreem in a confident voice.

"Get out" said Haider gritting his teeth, he threw the stuff on the table in Frustration. Tehreem shrieked a bit and took deep breaths; she knew he was hot headed and in a bad space, but she was not going to let him get away.

"It wouldn't be great seeing the newlywed Bride out of the room after fighting with you, stop being Selfish and think about what would your family think" said Tehreem and her truth bombs were frustrating him.

"Then I'll go," said Haider. He went out of the room and slammed the door. Tehreem smirked seeing this....

Authors note
Happy Valentine's day to all of you
In the lovey doveyness of Valentine's day, it's essential to show case toxicness , the shade of most love stories 🤡