A/N : Assalamu alaikum my dear readers. Some find it difficult to understand what is Ridha's past and present life, so I have mentioned as "Ridha's past starts:" as well as differentiated her past in Italics, please do comment me your views in sha a Allah, Enjoy reading :-)

17th Nov, 2018

"Where is the chocolate that I found yesterday in your bag?", Mohammed curiously asked her daughter.

"Five star chocolate, that big one", her father elaborated it's feature though Ridha knew it already.

"Why are you investigating my bag like a child, Abu?", Ridha winked at her dad. It is the same chocolate that Ahmed gave her on their day. Due to her hectic work, it has been in her bag for three nights and two days. It is the third night when his dad found her bag empty and had his disappointed face.

Before her dad returns from his office, she shared that chocolate to Nisa and Sana. She doesn't know that her dad is keenly looking into her bag for the chocolate everyday.

She begun to laugh by seeing his atrocities and commanded his only father saying, "Abbu! You should not investigate my bag anymore" by taking her bag away inorder to tease her dearest dad.

"And your daughter has to search chocolates in your bag once you return home, not your daughter's father", Ridha turned and literally laughed at his Father's child act. But she felt guilty on sharing the chocolate only to her mom and sister.

The next morning, she has been to her workplace asusualy and took a seat near her friend worriedly. Zulfi also looked worriedly and both knew the reason for their sadness because they both failed on the previous assessment that held an hour ago and her trainer took their scores and criticized them literally for scoring below five out of ten.

It was more than a month that they are undergoing some basic training to get into the real-time project. Her training is to learn about new technology. It was an dummy online test to check about the fresher's skills set. Ridha scored 4.89 and zulfi scored excatly 4. The actual reason is some error in the editor window and they couldn't able to answer their coding section.

When they complained about the server issue, her trainer didn't matter it seriously and keep on criticized them. They both knew the reason for his criticism because he doesn't like the fact that they are only one pair who directly recruited from the same college and they are highlighted with their identity so-called as "Hijabis" in their entire team of 41.

Later, this two friends finished their lunch and made ablution in the restroom and moved to the Salah Area. They maintained silence till they reach the prayer room and performed Salah. Once they completed their salah, Ridha voiced out,
"See Zulfi, that man actually doesn't know who we are. And we don't want to worry for him. His words won't even trouble our career life instead it will bring blossoms one day in sha a Allah. And I have one idea to show our talent to this world. What do you say?"

"Don't make fun of us, And see how our scores were touching the floor", zulfi said desperately.

"Come on zulfi, this is not our actual mistake and you know most of them cheated their test with the help of Google. He knows but he always criticize us. Leave him, We have done our project on our own, why can't we create a software using this technology", Ridha gave her some positivity.

"Yeah, but can we able to do that???", Zulfi asked in confusion.

"Yeah, we can and if it comes out well, we have our own skill set, and you know the fact that 'scores are mere numbers'. We can prove our actual talent in sha a Allah, zulfi"

Zulfi put an assuring smile on her face and they folded the prayer mat and left the room after keeping it on the shelves. When they entered the training room, the trainer again criticized them by asking,
"Welcome!!Welcome!! Do you both have some special lunch timings?"

Ridha couldn't withstand her patience and said in loud voice,
"Sir, we used to pray after finishing our meal, we are from Prayer now"

Zulfi and Ridha made her way to her place and he asked furthermore question,
"Then will you pray everyday??"

"Ofcourse Sir!!!", She matched his tone.

He remained silent and continued his class. Zulfi secretly put a half smile at her friend to nose cut him. Usually Ridha will respect her seniors but when they treat her worsely without any valid reason, she'll take the policy "Tit for Tat" in her life.

When the class goes on very seriously in a pin drop silent mode, her trainer got struck in solving a particular set of code. His system generated error for his code and everyone couldn't find the solution to remove that error. The whole class went on thinking for about ten minutes. He is really good in teaching as he has plentiful knowledge as well as experience in that technology. But 'err is humane' gets proved in his case.

Whenever Ridha keenly watch his presentation without coding in her laptop, he'll scold her to practice side by side. But she knows that she could not do two or more jobs at a time. So she won't listen his words and do what she is capable of.

"Sir, I think you should replace "count-on" with the word "count-off" ", she raised her voice to help him solve the error in his code.

"Whaa---atttt?", Her trainer throw his superior attitude.

She repeated it with a loud voice so that he should regret to reply her next time. Then when he took her words into consideration, the error got removed and the output got executed.

Her friends are appreciating her for solving the code after several try. As usual her trainer doesn't accept her talent and convinced the audience by saying, "It's just a silly mistake, I think you are good in math so that you could solve it easily"

Ridha literally hide her laugh because it's just a logical thinking and it doesn't need a mathematical minded people to solve. Anyhow she didn't care whether if he appreciates her or not. But she is happy to express her inner talent to the outside world and she thought that her Rabbu gave a chance to prove him over his criticism towards Ridha and Zulfi that happened this morning.

During her return to home, she went to take her scooty from the parking lot. She happened to remember about his dad's crazy attitude towards searching her bag for chocolate that time. So she went on to the near by shop and asked for 'five-star' chocolate. Then she took her scooty after getting her Abu's favourite chocolate.

An hour passed after she returned to her home, she happened to see his bhaijaan's text,
"I'm planning to go to my native in this weekend. If you are free, it will be good to accompany your sister and your little kutti paiyya"

Ridha told her about her bhaijaan's call to her mom and got approval to go to Sharmi's house. She thought that she will have a great time to take care of his family's little and favourite child Ashfaq.

"Insha a Allah, sure bhaijaan", she replied him by assuring her visit. She went to ask her sister Sana whether she can spare this weekend at sharmi's home.

When her mind popped up of five star by watching Mohamed entering his room from work. Suddenly she entered his room and told,
"Abu! I have bought for you one thing that you asked me yesterday"

"Dates", Mohamed replied.

"Abuuu!!!", She nodded her head hastily.

"Fiveee-starrrrr", he said with eee smile on his face.

"Yeahhhh", she gave him by taking the chocolate from her bag and extended to him.

Mohamed ate the whole chocolate like a child when Nisa entered with little jealousy look,
"What's going on between father and daughter?"

"I don't know, I think he is having his chocolate all alone without sharing with you, ma. You better ask your husband", Ridha throwed some of her tantrums to her parents and got escaped from their room. It's usual for both the sisters to atleast enjoy their parents silly fights because they never see them putting real big fight for a single reason. The children always say 'Alhamdhulillah' for having such a sweet parents inside their heart.

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Ridha's past starts:

'It's going to be one year for my one side love. I don't know what makes her not fall for my love. I couldn't think about anything except her nowadays. Day by Day, my negative thoughts saying that 'she is not for you, you have to move on'
But I couldn't be without her,
What will she be doing now, in her annual holidays?'
Why didn't she get her special class like me for her X board exam?
If she has such class, I can atleast stay relaxed by seeing her,
Without seeing her for this two weeks, my heart is contented with her thoughts'

Ahmed got depressed with his thoughts by leaning himself on the corridor in this early morning class. He got his special class after three weeks holidays for his XII board exam. Since his first day class got delayed due to his teacher's absence, he immersed in his trail of thoughts for Ridha.

Last week he was happy about the news that Sadhia's brother Irfan told him. He is junior to Ahmed as well as Ridha. He talks to both of them very nicely and he knows about Ahmed's love on her. That day, Irfan told Ahmed about his love,
"I have brought you one good news about your love, bhaiyya"

"What ?", Ahmed asked him excitedly.

"Ridha sister shifted her house to JJ Nagar this evening. Now I saw her with her family and a truck driver with some men are dispatching their luggages to the new house. She is helping her father to take some small stuffs from the ground floor to first floor.

"Wha-----aaatttttt?", Ahmed got excited to the peak and he couldn't believe that she shifted to the same area as Ahmed resides in. He eagerly asked about the place where her new house is.

When Irfan told that she is two streets away from their school, he hastened to see her in his area JJ Nagar. It's like he asked himself that 'OMA!!!, She came closer in distance, but when will she comes closer to my heart?' Later he thanked to his Rabbu for some magic happening between them.

He went near the place where Irfan guided him. He found a dark green with white colored three storey building having a small balcony in every floor. But he ended up his search by seeing her father paying the truck driver and the truck passed by him in seconds. It's like her street is in the first left wing from the main road and his friend Abdul's house situated in the first right wing from the main road, that means, Abdul's street is straight opposite to the Ridha's street.

He left her place after looking into her new house balcony. He decided to find her some other time as he got plenty of chances to see her by thinking his friend's house nearby. That day his heart felt more happy and it tells some indication for their togetherness in their future.

"What are you doing here, Mam is calling you so that she can start her first day class?", her another class girl Dhilshath called him from his worried state.

"Can you do me a favour, Dhilshath?", Ahmed asked his class mate.

"Yeah, but after class gets over", she replied and went on her place to sit where her teacher started the session.

Ahmed is the only one in his class who don't show interest for the start of their new academic syllabus. He just acted as if he is listening but his mind longed for Ridha.

When the time for morning break happened, Dhilshath came to his desk and asked Ahmed,

"What help do you need from me?"

"Nothing more, I call Ridha's dad's number and give you, you just tell him that you are her friend and ask for Ridha to speak, later on give to me when Ridha come in the line, okay?", Ahmed asked Dhilshath because he just want to know about her.

"Okay, dial her number and give me", said the brave girl. Ahmed responded with a comforting smile on his face.

He took his mobile and dialed her dad's number and gave it to Dhilshath. She took to her ears and waited for someone to pickup and a male voice spoke out,
"Hello"
She guessed that it will probably be Ridha's dad and she signaled him by gesture saying her dad is in line. Ahmed signalled her in the same way to proceed her talk.

"Is Ridha there, uncle? I am her friend Dhilshath", she replied him.

"Yeah, but she is sleeping. Wait I'll wake her" and a minute silence happened. Probably he might travel to her room to wake her. Meanwhile Dhilshath put her palm on the speaker and teased him by saying,
"See!!! She is sleeping since it is 11 in the morning and I think you'll propably get your lunch alone if you marry her in future, Do you still need her?"

"Yeah", Ahmed nodded his head childishly and listened to Dhilshath when someone responded her from the other side of the phone call.

"Wa alaikum salam Ridha, I am Dhilshath, your senior", Dhilshath said her when she heard Ridha said her salam with a low sleepy tone.

"Dhilshath???" , she paused to think and continued "Yeah, sister. Tell me, What happened sister? How did you got my Dad's number?", her voice spoke out loudly and Dhilshath could picturise Ridha's eyes enlarging in shock by hearing her tone.

" I don't know how he get your number, but he wanted to talk with you, it seems, let me give him", she gave to Ahmed and moved to take her break.

"He??????but whoooooo???", Ridha asked still experiencing shock in her heart that is reflecting on her face.

"Assalamu alaikum Ridha. 'He is' no one but your Ahmed, I just wanted to know how you are, thatsy I called you", Ahmed said a way too romantically and kind but he didn't get any sort of reply from the other end.

"Hello, Ridha, Are you there????", Ahmed worried but still the call duration is adding it's seconds on his mobile screen.

"How did you got my number? How dare you to call my dad's number? What will happen if my dad came to know that his portraying friend is not a girl and it's a boy", Ridha said with a low voice and Ahmed could hear a sound of water pouring on the empty bucket from the tap.

"Are you inside bathroom?", Ahmed asked and her mind went like, 'How could he respond to the background sound, but not to the speaker who is yelling at him for his increasing fearless behaviour day by day?'

"Please don't call my dad's number, else I ll get into trouble", she said by cutting the call.

'Thank Allah!, my dad went by giving the phone to me and went to his room, else how I'll be reacted when Ahmed called me through phone this early morning', Ridha came out of her bathroom and went to keep her dad's phone near his bed.

It's the first time she is experiencing a boy talking to her in mobile. In her family, Nisa and Mohamed alone had their basic model phones because 2G phones is the most popular and used by all over that times and 3G mobiles were emerging slightly. She just talked to Sadhia only through her mom's or dad's phone most of the times for asking about their homeworks and Assignment stuffs.

She couldn't come from the shock that Ahmed gave phone call to his Dad's number and her mind popped with a question how he get her dad number. After stressing her brain with more thinking over the same question, she found an answer and 'it was Shabana the one who look into my ID card that day and that's what the reason she asked who's mobile number is this by indicating at my dad's number, I should not believe anyone anymore so foolishly'. Ridha got frustrated when she came to know the people who is supporting and leaning on Ahmed's side alone.

Even her friend Sadhia is telling good things about Ahmed nowadays and Ridha ended up without talking to her close friend when she start to speak about Ahmed. Later she'll convince and assure Ridha not to talk about Ahmed anymore instead make their friendship the better way.

She planned to go for Summer Islamic classes that she usually go for ten days in her every Annual holidays. It's her routine habit from her fourth standard because she got inspired of the three pious sisters who is organising this class every year and it is simply called as "GIO"(Girls Islamic Organisation).

The class strength of the summer class will be around fifteen teen girls and some ten kids. Initially, when Ridha was kid, one sister named Bismi Maryam, will be coming to her old area from JJ Nagar to pick her up to that class along with some other children in that area. She likes Ridha because she used to be regular to that class from her young age. Like Bismi, the other two sisters Ayisha and Farah will get some extra children's from their area. The class will be mostly in Ayisha or Bismi sister house or in a tent near one masjid that is too far away from JJ Nagar. Once the students reach more than 30, they'll prefer taking class in tent.

From her Vll Grade, Ridha alone will go to Bismi house for the Summer class. She'll take some children from her old area with her. Mostly she walked alone because many mothers refuse to send their kids since it's too distant to walk from her area to JJ Nagar.

When Bismi came to her new house to inform about the dates for the summer class yesterday, she was happy and it's easy for her now to go to that class since Ridha's family shifted their house to JJ nagar. Nisa only planned to shift their house near Ridha's school. Since Sana has completed her V Grade, Nisa wanted both the sisters to be in same school. The whole family is happy with the new house except Ridha. Because she heard Afeera saying that Ahmed house is just opposite to Afeera's house. She felt like, 'I was made to come closer to Ahmed wantedly for some reason though I refused myself to meet him further'

That afternoon, she got ready to attend the first day of summer class. And Bismi also informed that they are arranging this year class in the tent house near that masjid and she told to pick up the two girls with her on her way to class. So Ridha went near the apartment that is on the other side of the main road. She just know that they are living inside the apartment since she remembered the elder one of the two saying it was their residence.

When she entered the Apartment, the security asked for whom Ridha is searching and she said the name of the two girls. The security couldn't identify and she told her that they were malayali Muslims. Then he pointed out an apartment by saying, "there is one 'Malayali family' ". Then he showed the way and Ridha passed by the little kids who is playing with full energy in that noon time.

Ridha saw a man who is sitting on a wooden chair in the lawn reading newspaper. Ridha confused her mind and she couldn't recall him that whether he is the father of the two girls or not. Then she went near him and asked after saying Salam,
"Is this Khadeeja and Maryam's house?"

He just listened to her words and went inside without replying for her question. And there comes the younger girl Maryam, "Assalamu alaikum sis, come in"

Ridha felt uneasy to walk into the house so she called them to come soon for the class after replying for her salam. She waited there for some five minutes by thinking about her best friend Hamza. He is the last eldest brother of his two little sisters. She has three elder brothers and two elder sisters and he is the sixth child of eight children in his family.

Ridha like big family but Hamza used to comment on the difficult and some funny situations that happen between his three brothers and four sisters. Masha Allah, it will be so cute to see them fighting for snacks, wearing other one's clothes and so one. Once Hamza said about his siblings, he gets shocked and worried to see the empty plate that filled with more than twenty hot samosas an hour before that day. Ridha literally laughed the whole time by seeing Hamza's worried facial expression for losing his share of samosas. He is good friend of Ridha from VI Grade.

"Shall we leave for class, Ridha???", the elder one Khadeeja asked Ridha. Ridha got disturbed by the thought and said,
"Where is your brother? Is he lying inside his room?", Ridha asked about her friend.

"No, he went somewhere, I don't know", Khadeeja said and the three made their way to their first day class.

The first day class has gone with meeting the old ones and welcoming new people. Bismi sister started teaching first five names of Allah with the features of each name. Masha Allah, it's splendid to see how Allah define himself in his 99 names.

She started with the first name,

" Ar-Rahman that means 'entirely merciful'. This shows that Allah shows mercy to the whole mankind despite of seeing whether he is Muslim or non Muslim. It defines His mercy towards the entire humanity and his other creations. It is only applicable for this world. But His second name "Ar-Raheem" means "especially merciful".
It shows the mercy of Allah after the day of resurrection only to Muslims who wholeheartedly accepted that 'Allah is one'. They are specially treated in Heaven by Allah and it implies his name as "especially merciful to the believers" in the real life after death."

Everyone get involved to the three sisters talk about the Almighty, prophethood and Fiqh(understanding of Islam). Ridha's love gets increased on her Rabbu and her habib Mohamed(SAW). She gets mesmerized about her religion, Islam. But she felt bad when other's thought of her religion is so strict and it imposes rules on people. Some couldn't understand the purity of Islam. She always get one quote in her mind that says,

'Islam is perfect but
All Muslims are not perfect'

The whole community should not be blamed for the one whose identity is alone a Muslim. She wants every other people in the world to accept this fact and spread peace among one another despite of creating violence and chaos as like for Syrians. Heart melting thing is when a mankind kills the fellow mankind for the sake accepting Islam. His rights gets snatched in the same country where he is born. And so, some becomes refugees and some becomes shaheed(Highest position given in Jannah).

Ridha gets deeper into the thought when her knowledge on Islam is getting increased. Later she prayed to Allah for the Muslims who are suffering all over the world. The class gets over by the time and everyone left the place. Khadeeja and Maryam waited for some seconds outside the tent for Ridha. When she came outside, she happened to meet with her friend Hamza who is letting his left foot out of the masjid nearby.

Ridha just said Salam to him and his sisters teased him by showing some naughty signs and Ridha laughed by seeing them having fun. Hamza replied to her salam and made his steps faster to walk infront of them.

Ridha's Past ends....
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"Why are you making me wait for the past one and half hour? At first I waited for you in the bypass from 4:30 pm and nowhere till 6 pm. If you don't interest to come, you can tell me directly, so that I won't take this company car and come for you long this way??? You always prioritise your things, Right???", Ahmed yelled in his phone call to Ridha.

"Just hold on a second Ah'med, I apologize for making you wait but Ashfaq cried a lot when I leave from his home, even he didn't listen to Sharmi's words, How can I leave my Ashfaq there crying?", Ridha tried to convince him.

"Then you could have atleast text me and inform about the delay", Ahmed defended in his anger tone.

"You know that there is no enough signal in Sharmi's house since it's too rural, How could you think that I can able to search for the signal to text you instead of convincing him that whole time?", Ridha started her arguing.

"This is not the first time, you always make me wait whenever we meet, and this time you made me wait more than an hour, I know very well that you didn't consider me the whole time when you are with your loved ones. You were being larthagic in considering me, Isn't it???", Ahmed added fuel to the fire by his harsh words.

"What are you speaking? Are you feeling jealous on the two year old kid? It's okay, I'm sorry, you can get back to your home. I didn't ask you to come here, you itself wanted me to drop at home since I get late. But anyway, thanks for your concern, I'll go by public transport and call my dad to pick me up when I reach my area, You can leave now, Sorry again to make you wait", Ridha give up her thoughts.

She is being actively readying when Ahmed informed that he'll drop her home from Sharmi's house. Ridha alone came to her sister's home in her weekend to accompany her sister in her husband's absence. Her bhaijaan will return Chennai by next day morning. So Ridha plan to leave Sharmi's house by the evening.

When she told Ahmed about returning home, Ahmed told her to wait on the main road so that he'll drop Ridha on his way to his home. Usually, Ahmed won't have work on Sunday. But he happened to take care of Abu Dhabi client the whole day since he was given his company car to accompany his client the whole day. His work ended when Ridha informed about leaving her home from her sister's place. So he told her that he'll pick up on his way to home.

Both gets excited on seeing each other and the other main reason is they'll have some quite long car journey for about an hour. Ridha experienced his driving only one time during his P.G and that day journey happened only for some few minutes. But this evening, they got a chance to go by bypass, long way in peaceful atmosphere.

"This shows how you are being interested in coming with me, okay you go safe, let me know once you reach home, bye", Ahmed said in a deseparated tone and ended the call. His mind went to think about the reason for why Ridha got delayed. His thoughts argued himself about his mischief words to her. He worried and now he looked into his phone for her call. He felt guilty to call her back and say sorry for his angry attitude.

On the other side, Ridha didn't get a local bus to atleast reach the main road. She gets a slight fear on standing alone on the bus stop and there is no facility for other transports in that area. So she is left with only one choice. She expected Ahmed to call her that time since it's been more than fifteen minutes. But her heart resisted because she felt bad for him that she had made him to wait for hours.

Her phone rang, and there comes his number on her phone screen.
"Assalamu alaikum", Ridha started.
"Wa alaikum salam, then you kept your finger ready to press the answer button once my call comes on your way, Right???", Ahmed said with teasing tone.

"I'm sorry, it was my mistake Ah'med", Ridha apologized from her heart.

"No, I'm only sorry for not controlling my anger on you, When I'm here, how can I send you all alone when the dark covers the sky?", Ahmed defended again for their love.

"Oh really, then you are still waiting for me???", Ridha asked curiously.

"Yes, my dear idiot, come soon", Ahmed called her so rightfully.

"Hey, bus came, I 'll get down at the main road after some ten minutes, can you able to wait now??", Ridha requested him and he accepted her request.

When she get down on the bus stop, a merun colored Innova car approached Ridha. She couldn't find the person who is sitting in the driver seat due to light flashing on her eyes from the car. She found happiness on seeing him stoping the car besides her. He returned the smile as well as her salam when she did that way.

She entered and an awkward feeling started to fill all through her veins and nerves. This is the first time that she is going to have long travel for an hour with Ahmed when complete darkness surrounded the atmosphere. It's really embarrassing moment when she made into the passenger seat and took her seat. She turned towards him after closing the door and met with his intense gaze still on her from the time she entered into the car.

"Why didn't you turn on the light?", Ridha asked because it's completely different experience that she felt for the first time to be with him in this dark.

"Why Ridha? Do you need me to switch on the light? Because I like this way when I go for a long ride.", Ahmed added to his question.

"I feel uncomfortable with you now, it's giving some sort of new feeling that I couldn't experience before in any car ride", Ridha expelled her thoughts to him.

"It's because, you are experiencing my driving for the first time in this dark and you look so bright and shiny in this dark", Ahmed said in a lower voice. After some few seconds, he again turned to her side and muttered in her ears, "You're looking Gorgeous in this dark blue scarf, Ridhu"

Her blush made her cheeks and nose go pink when her adorable one commented. Ahmed used to tease her most of the times though he admire her from inside of his heart. But this time, he let it out to her and he turned to face the road due to her discomfort.

Ridha couldn't sit relaxed in her seat and adjust her position once in a while. Ahmed noticed her for some seconds and finally asked her,
"Are you okay, Ridha? Sit comfortably, Feel the nature by leaning at the back and it will do great"

"Yeah, I'm fine, you concentrate on the road", Ridha said and again their gaze met with each other. Their hearts exchanged some words when their mouth restricted to speak up. They passed multiple emotions that time. To break their inconvenient moment, Ridha put her palm on the top of his hand that is holding the gear. He saw her questioningly,

"Can you teach me how to drive car??? How can you able to concentrate three things at a time while driving?", Ridha asked Ahmed excitedly. It's her small dream that she wanted to be true when she attained the age of 18. But unfortunately, she couldn't make it because her dad restricted for her to learn car driving and get license at that age. Now she thought that this is the right time to learn and she wished that her first teacher should be the first teacher who taught her scooty during her high school. So she asked Ahmed.

"How Ridha???, How can you get me what I think? Actually I'm planning to teach you some basics of car driving because we are getting chance to get car as well as meet each other rarely. So I thought to utilize this moment. But you itself asked me. Okay just listen me now, let me teach you some basics... ", Ahmed replied with a surprised heart and happy face.

Ahmed let her hand hold the gear and let him hold her hand to get in his control and he changed from 4th gear to 1st gear. He started with ABC i.e Accelerator, Brake and Clutch and explained it and told about the six gears and Ridha told that she is already planning to get license through driving school, so she'll completely learn how to drive car from ABC to XYZ. Ahmed laughed at her humourous talk and felt happiness by looking into her curiousity.

"Oh Ridha, I forgot to show you my gift that my client gifted me today", Ahmed said by taking one cover from the drawers and handed to her.

"Open it and see", Ahmed said to her and she opened it and there was two perfumes of pleasant odours. Ridha just took the bottle and smell the aroma and kept inside the cover.

"Don't you like it, Ridha, he bought it from Abu Dhabi and he gifted it for me though I met him today alone in the morning, And he asked about my workplace and everything. He encouraged me for my good work and added that he'll help to me to get into a good position in Abu Dhabi in sha a Allah", Ahmed said with wide smile.

"Let him forget you once he leave this India, I ll pray to Allah for that , in sha a Allah", Ridha said annoyingly.

"What??? But Why???", Ahmed raised his eyebrows at her.

"What-what???", Ridha also did twice raising her eyebrows.

"Don't you like me when I level up myself higher and higher in sha a Allah?", Ahmed said desperately.

"It's not like that, I just want you to be there always in a reaching distance, I don't want me to add even more sorrows to my heart when you stay across several seas from me", Ridha put on her face down sadly.

"I love you, Ridhu", Ahmed cheered her.

"Don't bewitch me, my man", She winked at him not to make him sad for her.

Both remained silent for some minutes, experiencing the chill air from the east coast beach. They enjoyed the moment having their loved ones staying besides with each other. Later Ridha came with the sudden words,
"Ah'med, I'm fearing for one thing now", Ridha started.

"Why are you fearing that you'll get late to home? We are nearing dear", Ahmed said.

"Not for that, it's a fear of losing you in my life, because I just wished many things to happen after marriage. But we are getting bonded strongly nowadays. Do you notice that I m not restricting in any things to keep our love halal. Because I came to the point that we can't stay away from eachother anymore. We both need us each other and need to know about eachother everyday. Do you know I dreamt many things to happen after marriage? But some wishes are getting true now itself, I m feeling bad because what if our Rabbu gets angry on us?, What if our Rabbu punish us by separating us from eachother, I m getting fear of losing you, Ah'med", Ridha lessened her heavy heart to him.

"What sort of wishes do you thought to happen after marriage?", Ahmed asked her.

"I thought of this moment to happen, to travel for a long car ride during night time, it's happening now itself, Ah'med", Ridha kept her worried face.

"There is lot to enjoy in our life in sha a Allah, other than this, Ridhu, And why are you feeling that we can't sacrifice things for our Rabbu till marriage, let us try Ridha, in sha Allah", Ahmed said.

Ridha got surprised to see Ahmed talk this way, he usually won't support when Ridha tell him to have some distance in their love for the sake of Allah. It doesn't mean that he didn't had fear for future. He too had fears in Allah's punsihment but he feared of losing her love more if they maintained distance.

Now it's not like the past but it got the reverse effect of life. Ridha is saying 'No' and Ahmed is accepting to follow what Ridha wished to happen from their starting of their love.

"No, Ah'med we can't stay even a single day without knowing eachother. It's really hard and you itself know very well, we don't want our words to fly in the air like every time, you just make dua for our togetherness in sha a Allah", Ridha convinced him.

"I m okay with it, And I take this seriously and only thing is you wanted to make this happen, because when we try together as a whole in our relationship, we can gain the blessings of Almighty in sha a Allah", Ahmed said.

Ridha gets really shocked at his utterance and she felt like he is repeating her words that she put it out some years back at him. Ridha doesn't knows what to answer but she knows very well that they can't make it because she already came to the conclusion a year back that they can't be without knowing eachother even for a single day. But She doesn't want Ahmed to stop his pure thoughts towards sacrificing their love for her Rabbu's sake.

"I ll try my best, and I think you are going to make me live a hard time from now on, but it's okay Ah'med, let it happen the way it has to happen", Ridha said and he parked aside her area's bus stop.

"Fee amanullah, go safe", She said but her heart longed to go with him to his home as his rightful wife.

"Fee amanullah, you too go safe", Ahmed said by controlling his emotions and hide it inside his heart.

She knows very well that he just wanted to make a try to have a halal relationship between them because of her words. He always regrets that he entered into the Ridha's life of purity and destroying it with his relationship.

But Ridha thinks that she has to enter the real world with Ahmed that comes after death. She accepted him as her life partner for both the worlds and she has been living with him in her dreams every night. She always gets fear for the one thought, i.e we have to stay forever under our Rabbu's blessings so that we can win in both the worlds in sha a Allah...