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3½ Years Later
Ihsan's POV

I was dripping with sweat from head to toe, my body trembling with a stabbing pain. "I can't do this" I panted, fresh tears streaming down my face, warming the trails of previous tears that had dried on my puffy cheeks

My husband's hand no he's not gonna be husband after this, grasped mine, his eyes locked on mine, filled with encouragement and worry

Kaman dagaske (as if) if not for the pain I was in I'd have hissed

"You're doing great, wife" He whispered gently

"Just one more push don't give up kinji" He added wiping some of the sweat on my forehead

"Tun dazo (since) you've been saying that one more one more na gaji (I'm tired)" I said through gritted teeth

"Haba–"

"Ban gane haba ba (I don't understand haba) haba mene (haba what)" I snapped cutting him off

"Zaka gane(you'd understand) haba when I'm done" I glared at him with my teary eyes

"Ihsan push" The doctor said

"As you can see I'm dancing Shaku-Shaku not pushing" I snapped at the stupid doctor and surprisingly she just shook her head with a smile

Is this a joke to her

I glared at, my so called beloved as he mouths the words "I'm sorry" to the doctor, why is he apologising

The pain making my tone sharper. "You're enjoying this, aren't you? Watching me suffer like this. Two boys down, and now this little princess is taking her sweet time. You're probably thinking, 'Ah, three for the price of one!'"

"No" That's what he said but I saw a gleam of amusement in his eyes "You're doing great, wife" he whispered

I glared at him, panting. "Great? You think this is great? You're not the one pushing out three tiny humans"

He smiled in return and I'd be lying if I said even in this condition my heart didn't skip a beat"Just one more push, kinji. Our little princess is almost here"

"You're  going to pay for this...in diaper changes and bathing and you're gonna be our ATM" I smiled a bit

"Bakomai, I'm going to buy that Audi that you've been dying to have" He grinned

"Really!" I asked mirroring his expression and he nodded

I smiled, despite the pain. "I love you, but I'm still blaming you for this triplet blessing not chaos cause they are gonna be the coolness of our eyes in shaa Allah" and he muttered in shaa Allah and placed a kiss on my sweaty forehead. Yuck

I took a deep breath, feeling the pain intensify, and bore down. My body strained, my muscles screaming in protest. The doctor's voice grew louder, more insistent, "Push! Push! Now! I can see the head"

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, the doctor exclaimed, "She's here! Your little princess is here!" and my little girl's cry filled the room

My beloved's face lit up with joy, and he kissed me again, this time on the lips. "Alhamdulilah, Maa shaa Allah barakallah. Allah yayi miki albarka. We did it"

I smiled, feeling a mix of relief, exhaustion, and euphoria. "Amin. But which kain we? Abeg shift" i chuckled a bit

The nurse placed our little princess in my arms, and I gazed at her in wonder. She was perfect – tiny, delicate, and beautiful.Fair just like her brothers

Abba sat beside me, his eyes shining with tears. He gently took our little princess from me and held her close. With a tender smile, he recited the Adhan in her right ear and the Iqama in her left. Then, he chewed a small piece of date, just like he did for the boys, and gently rubbed it against her gums.

"Nimra" He whispered softy, "Allahuma barik" He added

"She kinda looks like Maami, oh I can't wait to see the look on her face" He grinned

I smiled feeling exhaustion wash over me and darkness overcome,me, Allah sarik Maami. May Allah swt reward you with jannah

A week later
Naming ceremony

"Ah ahn I can't believe this stupid girl is the mother of three" Amal said shoving my shoulder

"Guy stop it my babies can her you" I glared at her

"Abeg stop forming for us" Hanan said making me laugh

"My steeze is at stake y'all, I need to be the cool mummy" I said gently keeping baby nimra

"Nah you won't be cool ihsan you'd be the crazy mummy let's be honest" Sadiya said rubbing her baby bump

"Yenyenyen" I replied mockingly

"See the person that just finished talking about steeze" Hanan shook her while trying to pick up my baby boy

"Malama what is you doing? No try that again why would you carry my baby" I playfully glared at her

"Kambalai nice one, I'm I not the one that made this happen–"

"insert cough cough you didn't" Amal said with a sly smile and sadiya threw a pillow at her

"if not for me you wouldn't have met my drop dead gorgeous cousin" Hanan said wiggling her brows

"Drop dead gorgeous my ass" Sadiya muttered and it was amal's turn to throw a pillow at her

"Mind your language when the babies are here" Amal glared at sadiya

"ikon Allah, wonders shall never end so its Amal that is telling someone to mind their language" Hanan said in awe

"Wow" escaped my lips

"Ehen na I'm their godmother" Amal shrugged

"Says who" The three of us chorused mouth agape

"Says dada" She shrugged again

"ikon Allah" I muttered "ni da yara na (me and my children) but I didn't know" I shook my head

"my dearest sissy your hubby is back and it's time to announce their names" Sabrina said coming in, a big smile took over my face

"Ya sabrinaaaaaa" I hugged her

"Naaam" She hugged me back

"Abeg leave her alone as if you guys haven't seen each other for months, you just saw each other 6hrs ago" Sadiya hissed annoyed

"Pregnant woman calm down" Sabrina said making me and amal laugh

"Lets go, Amal pick baby 1, Hanan baby 2 and Sadiya I know if I don't include you you'd cut my head off so pick baby 3" I said handing nimra to her

We decided to keep their names a secret till today so for the past week we've been referring to them by their serial number lol, we're crazy I know

Together we went downstairs where everyone was seated, I sat close to daada and waved at my husband while he shook his head

"Baby na where are your babies" Daada asked amused and I nodded my head in their direction

"Come on stand up from this place my friend" The ever caring Maami said with her famous glares

I sighed before going to sit next to my hubby and the babies

"Alhamdulilah, I know all of you guys are curious so let's start" I chuckled a bit

"Baby 1 is Najeeb" Abba said picking him up and a chorus of Maa shaa Allah resonated round the room

"Baby 2 is Naeem" I said picking him up and the same action occurred

We handed the boys to Maami and daada

Before I picked up my little princess

"And this little princess of ours" Abba and I chorused looking at each other before looking back at the cute thing in my arms

"Is nimra" We chorused and the Maa shaa Allah was louder than the rest

Maami had a sad smile on her face, you see Maami always wanted to give birth again so that she could name her daughter nimra, while Naeem was named after one of Abba's deceased brother, Najeeb after Amal's deceased father

"I love you" Amal said after I handed nimra to her daddy

I hugged Amal "I love you more amalili naa" her tears was warm on skin

She broke out of the hug, "I shouldn't be crying, this is a joyous occasion, I'm sorry ihsan"

"It's okay bae, I know you miss him, I also do" I wiped her tears, she nodded and excused her self, Hanan went with her

"Maman nimra!!" Khadija shouted gaining mine and other people's attention

"Maman kausar" I replied with a smile

"Usman, how are you? Ya managing khadija" I asked collecting the 2 year old from her mummy, she can walk but she loves being carried

"I'm fine, managing khadija ana nan anayi wallahi" He shook his head and khadija smacked his bicep

"Babaaa" Kausar wailed reaching out to be held by her dad

"Violence doesn't suit you khadija" Sadiya said with a plate of rice in her hand

"keh where is your husband" khadija asked

"Oho, probably somewhere underground" Sadiya shrugged

"who asked you to marry a soldier" Usman teased

"My heart" Sadiya replied

"Allah sarki I just dey pity khalil" Khadija said with a smirk

"Why will pity you my khalil abeg pity your husband" Sadiya hissed before sitting down to devour her rice

"Wife come with me" He whispered softly and I nodded

"Excuse us please" We chorused before walking away

"Y'all better remember you just gave birth" Ramla said with a smirk

"Ramla ama keh banza ce" I laughed, over the past 3 years we've gotten closer, she has really changed and she's jamal's wife

Her dream came true. She didn't do the chasing surprisingly, she even told him that she doesn't love him anymore but in the end he made her change her mind

Sadiya was heartbroken, then she decided to tell her mom to arrange a marriage for her, that's how she got married to khalil. He's a great guy not gonna lie

Hanan is engaged to a guy called Hamza, he's from Egypt, they met through his cousin Zina whom is her coursemate's sister in law, I think oho dai something like that, shaa I've met the Zina and we got along well I'm surprised that she isn't here yet

While Amal, that girl needs a serious beating wallahi, she is still single, she puts the sin in being single. She dropped out of med school and started modelling, I don't blame her though cause she's making a shit load of money, she's 23 and a billionaire. Her mom changed after she became a billionaire, it still broke her heart that she had to be a billionaire before her mom has her time

"Wife" My beloved's voice reminded me of where I was, we were standing in front of a door, to a room I guess, I never paid attention to the other rooms in my own house

"Hayaati" I answered turning to face him

"I've a surprise for you" He whispered softy

"What is it" I whispered back

He opened the door to the room, it was a play room, with 100 different toys, a crib for the three, the ceiling had glow in the dark stars, the room was painted white with a big inscription of N³ which made me chuckle

Where the cribs was kept there was also an inscription, Sleeping beauty and her loyal bodyguards, a pink crib was kept at the middle of the two blue cribs

There are lighting aesthetics in the shape of clouds and flowers. All in all it looked cute

"Hayaati this is beautiful" I whispered in awe

"Not as beautiful as you wife" He replied hugging me

"Thank you, so much for not giving up, for being a fighter and giving birth to our little angels. Allahuma barik" He kissed my forehead

"I love you so much and I will forever and ever" He added looking at me, his eyes filled with love and pride

"I love you too, and I'm grateful to you for waiting and never giving up, you never lost hope and Alhamdulilah it took three years but we've finally got three beautiful babies" I said tears welling up in my eyes as I remembered the countless times the test showed negative

"What is it that you like saying?" He asked feigning forgetfulness

"Sabr, it's just Duniya" I replied

"Exactly" He smiled

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