5th, September, 2017.

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, The first batch (of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like the full moon, and the batch next to them will be (glittering) like the most brilliant star in the sky. Their hearts will be as if the heart of a single man, for they will have neither enmity nor jealousy amongst themselves; everyone will have two wives from the houris, (who will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that) the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through the bones and the flesh.

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CHAPTER 17 -
New Side Of Ryan.

"Shall we?" He asked, after pulling her out of his embrace. She just nodded her head in response.

Both of them walked out of the room; thier hands intertwined in each other's. After informing, Aasiya's parents, they both walked out.

Zaryaan opened the passenger seat door, for his wife. Aasiya mumbled a 'jazak allah' with a small smile. After making sure of her safety, of fastening her seat belt. Zaryaan moved to drivers side door and slide in with ease.

Zaryaan very smoothly pulled the car out of the Siddiqi's drive way. Soon the car speed off in busy streets of the city, both of them didn't utter a word for some time. Just enjoying the comfortable silence, which engulfed them. Zaryaan concentrated on the road, occasionally taking a brief glance towards Aasiya, who was enjoying the chilly cold air, under her niqaab.

After some moments passed by, non of them spoke a word. Zaryaan finally decided to speak.

"Where do you want to go? I mean, to say, do you have any place in your mind." Zaryaan shifted the gear with his left head, with a quick glance towards her, along with small smile playing on his lips.

She shifted her gaze in his direction, when she heard him. Zaryaan didn't understand her expression due to her face covered with niqaab, she smiled then answered.

"I don't know." She answered, with frown; but he can't see.
"It's been a month, since I last visit any place other than my room and our garden." Aasiya sighed.

Seriously, its been two months, Aasiya relished some fresh air. After Aasiya and Zaryaan's proposal confirmed, her mother didn't allow her to hangout with her friends anywhere, other than their place.

So whenever, Aasiya, her friends or cousins made a plan. They would all just gather at siddiqui's place and enjoy their girly time. Aasiya kind of frustrated with all these, but atleast her mother had the courtesy to allow her friends to hangout in their place.

"So anywhere, that is a peaceful with some hustle bustle." She started with frown, but at end, her excitement was clear in her voice.

"Like park." She stated.

"As in park?" Zaryaan questioned, both at the same time. Aasiya nodded her head. Both chuckled at their timing.

"Its just seven in the evening, so I think its okay. Right?" Aasiya asked. Zaryaan answered in affirmative.

After that both drive in comfortable silence, with small talks about their day. He parked, his car at random park.

They both made thier way, towards a small ice cream parlour, near the park.

"So, which flavour you like to have?" Zaryaan enquired.

"Choco brownie with dry fruits topped." Aasiya replied, in cheerful tone, her eyes were twinkling with excitement.

Zaryaan nodded and went to counter and ordered thier ice creams. He ordered a plain vanilla sundae for himself.

He came back after some time with ice cream in both hands. He gave one to Aasiya and both make thier way inside the park.

They walk inside the park and sat on a bench with a lake veiw. Some kids were playing, at some distance from them. Some were came for thier routine walking, some just sat on the benches and enjoying thier time.

Zaryaan turned towards Aasiya, she was still in her niqaab. He moved his gaze to his surroundings, there were not many people, but still there are some guys roaming around.

She was eating her ice cream uncomfortably, lifting her niqaab with one hand and holding ice cream with another. But, nonetheless she was enjoying her little freedom from her home. Even though, she had to compromise her way of enjoying the ice cream.

"Come let's, move to some other place." Zaryaan spoke, getting up and forwarding his hand for her.

She gave him a quizzical look, but he can't see her.

"What's wrong in here?" She asked, with confused tone.

"You are not comfortable with niqaab and ice cream." He reasoned out.

"Am good. That not a problem, am accoustomised to it." She shook her head. "I have been practising it for more than five years now. Am used to it." She spoke. He still looks unconvinced.

"Don't worry, just enjoy the view." She assured him, motioning him to sit. He settled in his previous place.

Zaryaan finished his ice cream and moved his gaze towards her. She too finished and now her gaze was fixed on the lake and the stars, that are reflecting in water.

He first saw her, some what like this. She was enjoying the nature and its calmness. He smiled at the memory of three years back.

"You like gazing at water." He stated, while looking at her. She shifted her gaze towards him. But he can't read her expression. After confirming, there's no one he lifted her niqaab.

She was smiling at him. "Mmhmm." She hummed, again shifting her eyes in the lakes direction.

"Why?" He spoke, further.

"Just like that." She shrugged her shoulders., still smile on her lips.

"How do you know?" She asked, after some time. He gave a questioning look.
"That I like spending my time at gazing water."

"Observation skills." He cocked his left eyebrow upwards. "The way your eyes, sparkle at the site of the lake. Its obvious, you like it. More like love it. Right?" He stated, with a grin.

"More like love it. Yeah." A small laughed left her lips, he broke into huge grin.

"So., what are your hobbies." Aasiya asked, Zaryaan after sometime.

"I usually spend my time at office, after that I'll just have small chat with my family and friends. That's all." Zaryaan finished, shrugging his shoulders looking at the beautiful view in front of his eyes.

His beautiful wife.

"I heard that you are basket ball champion in your university." She asked further, while watching him.

What?! She had her own sources, to known about her husband.

"How do you know?" He asked, in amused face and voice held so much happiness.

"I ---- I asked Yus about your likes and dislikes." She replied, with shy smile.

Zaryaan watched her with surprise and shocked face, he never thought that she would, be interested in his hobbies. Even she asked it from his sister.

His heart filled with joy at her words, and her shyness driving him like crazy. If they were in private, he would hug her tightly to his chest and kiss her senseless.
Then his mind struck, with a thought. 'Allah!! We didn't even had our first---- kiss.' That thought along make his heart flutter like hormonal teenage boy.

Zaryaan and Aasiya lost in their own thoughts. Enjoying the lake veiw, with twinkling starts, cool breeze kiss their skin. Almost half of the park was empty, it was secluded and everyone leaving for their houses.

They both were smiling, when a toddler of two or three year of age, crawled in thier direction and poked Aasiya's abaya.

She lifted him up, and placed him in her lap.

"Aww., so cute." She pinched his cheeks.

"Where's you Ammi and Abbu dear." Aasiya queried, in her baby language. To which, he just stuck out his tongue.

"See, he is so naughty boy. Huh., baby." Aasiya spoke to Zaryaan, while cuddling him, while smothering him with kisses.

Zaryaan's heart missed a beat, suddenly an unknown, emotion started to fill in his heart. A warmth spread his whole being, watching her with a baby. He can already imagine thier baby.

'Hold on, Ryan. You have been married for just three day.' His sub conscious mind chided, with mischief.

Zaryaan ruffled his hair, and take him in his arms. He immediately place his head on Zaryaan's shoulder, with droopy eyes.

"He must be tired. Look, he's already sleeping." Aasiya spoke, caressing his hair and cheeks.

"I think he lost from his parents, we need to find them."

"His parents must be worried, we should search for them." Zaryaan spoke, Aasiya nodded.

They both walked forward, where some more light illuminating, still sleepy toddler in his arms.

They asked for some people, who are in kids playground, about the baby's family. But they didn't found anything.

They informed them that, they'll be at main entrance gate. If some one came for the baby.

They both sat on a bench near the entrance, in hope of that the toddler's family would come out in his search.

In meanwhile, naughty toddler was sleeping soundly with his thumb finger in his mouth. He looks so cute, while sleeping.

He squirmed in his sleep, Zaryaan rock him back and forth. To bring him back to sleep.

After some time, a young man came running towards main gate, in hurry. With a scared look. When his eyes landed, on the sleeping toddler, he ran towards them and hugged the toddler tightly to his chest.

Zaryaan and Aasiya heart felt at relief, that the baby found its family. When Aasiya's eyes landed on the young man, her eyes widened and huge smile broke on her face.

"Rehan?" Aasiya asked him in disbelief.

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Zaryaan was staring at them with confused face. Rehan faced at the niqaabi women with same confused look.

"Arrey, its Aasiya. Remember?" Aasiya spoke, making him to remember her.

Soon Rehan's face lit up, his feature turn into a smile.

"Hey, Siya. Is that you? Wow, its been so long." Rehan grinned ear to ear.

Zaryaan was watching them, intently trying to comprehense, the situation.

"Yeah, right." Aasiya nodded in affirmative.

"And who's this little boy." She inquired, patting his back, who was sleeping soundly on Rehan's shoulder.

"He is my brother's son, Danish." He said, while smiling at her. She returned it under her niqaab.
"I was answering my call, left him in play ground. When I turned to look, he was nowhere. I was just a second away from having heart attack." Rehan replied.

"If bhai found out, I lost his son. He would slice my head." He joked, with a fake horrified look. She laughed at his words.

"Yeah, he is one naughty boy. Soo, cute ma sha Allah." Aasiya said, patting Danish's back.

"He is." Rehan nodded.

Zaryaan just stand thier, listening to thier exchange. Both just forget that they have another person beside him.

He felt a slight hurt, he felt left out. That his Aasiya, speaking to that young man without care in this world. But he swayed that thought as soon it cross his mind.

"Hey, Rehan. Meet my husband." Aasiya introduced Zaryaan.
"Uh., Zar--Zaryaan Khan." She spoke, shyly. Zaryaan's heart lept from its place, the way his name rolled out from her tongue.

"This is Rehan, my junior in university." She turned to Zaryaan and gave a small smile.

Zaryaan and Rehan both shook thier hands and greeted each other in Islamic way.

"Sorry, I didn't able to attend you wedding." He started. "Because, your wife didn't invite me." He make a fake hurt face and placed his free hand on his heart.

Aasiya felt embarrassed for being so irresponsible.

"Hey, but Ammi invited your family. Even aunty came for wedding. Its you who was out of town." Aasiya quickly, covered up her embarrassment.

Now, its Rehan's turn to turn red. But he just shrugged it off.

"Yeah, and you have a good memory. Shoot, I envy you for that." Rehan said, with fake serious look. He smoothly tried to change the topic.

"Don't you try to change the topic Mr." Aasiya snapped, with angry glare.

Aasiya gave an impassive look, towards Rehan. Zaryaan snake his possessive arm around her waist, making his presence. She shivered at sudden stunt.

"Seriously, Siya Di. It was really important and I have to be present there, so..." Rehan trailed off, seriously apologising for not attending her wedding.

Zaryaan loosen his arm a bit around her waist, when he heard he calling her Di, but still held her close to him.

He himself surprised, from where did that possessiveness came from, but surely he was jealous.

"Am really sorry." Rehan shown his best puppy dog eyes. With a sweet smile.

"Its okay." She spoke, with her eye blink, to assure him he was forgiven.

"But, next time pakka, I'll attend your wedding. Just make sure to inform me before hand." Rehan winked. To which Zaryaan groaned, inwardly.

'Wink., seriously did he just wink at my wife. In front of me.' He growled inwardly.

"Yeah, right." Aasiya rolled her eyes. "Like, we are going to marry just for you to attend it." She turned her gaze to her husband. Who had a frown on his face.

Rehan just laughed and brushed her words, with wave of his hand.

When Aasiya turned towards him, he gave a small smile in her direction.

"I think, its late. We should head back home." Zaryaan interjected, thier conversation. But he can't help anymore.

"Yeah, Dani was also tired." Rehan spoke, gazing at sleeping Danish.
"It was nice meeting you Zaryaan jiju, I can call you that right?" Rehan asked, with a genuine smile. Zaryaan gave a single nod, which cause Aasiya eyes twinkle in his way.

"See you Di." Rehan and Zaryaan share a manly hug, one sided.

"Allah Hafiz. Jiju take good care of Siya Di. Don't hurt her." Rehan whispered, in Zaryaan's ear. Zaryaan just patted his shoulder in assurance with a nod.

Rehan with one last glance and smile, left with sleeping Danish.
Zaryaan was still smiling, at his foolish act, of being jealous and possessive.

"What are you smiling at." Aasiya asked after a while.

"Nothing." Zaryaan shook his head and kissed her forehead. Aasiya stared at him with confusion written all over her face.

"Come let's go. Everyone must be waiting for us, on dining table." Zaryaan dragged her towards thier car.

After settling in car, she spoke. "But am not hungry." She made a face.

"But, you have to eat, Mrs. Khan." Zaryaan poked her nose, with a grin. Started his car.

"You are so mean Mr. Khan." She retorted.

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