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~4 years later~

It's been 4 years....four years since she last talked to zain...four years since she left her heart back home...four years since Daniyal was born.

She was sitting on a small dining table inside her little kitchen, her head in her hands trying her hardest to keep her sobs at bay. The room smelt lightly of a burnt egg that she had forgotten she kept at stove to boil.

Ain looked at a particular spot on the table but anyone could tell her mind was far, far away. Her vission blurred...it's 25th August again.

The day she left everything she knew behind.

She could hear small steps coming towards her, bringing her back from the abyss of her memories.

"Mumma" Daniyal softly spoke her name, sucking on his thumb.

"Jee mumma ki jaan?" Quickly composimg herself and wiping away the unshed tears in a single movement, she turned towards him. She, like always, was again taken aback at how much he looked like Zain.

He looked behind her as she realized that she forgot about the egg. Pushing the chair away in a haste, she picked the pan from the stove and put it in a sink, cursing herself under her breath.

Daniyal tugged at ger sleeve, she went back to the table picking him up and making him sit on her lap. Noor pushed away few strands of hair from his forehead. "Itni jaldi kyu uthe ap?"

"Awp nai thwi mele shaath. " He replied, his eyelids drooping a little.

Chuckling a little, Noor picked him up and went to their room again.

"Beta abhi bohot time ha, so jao. Ma apke saath he so rahi hoo."

Lying on the bed, she hugged daniyal closely to her chest who was already half asleep and sighed. It never got easier.

Fifteen minutes later when she was sure he was in deep slumber, she got up and went to the little balcony outside.

The slow wind outside carressed her face and hair, maybe telling her that it'll be okay. Everything always is.

Looking at the few cars that passed by the street at this time of the morning, she thought how quickly life passes by. One day, we're laughing with our loved ones, enjoying life to the fullest having no care in the world, until we arn't.

She wrapped her arms around her ribs as a few tears ran down her cheeks.

These four years seemed to have passed by in a blink yet it seemed like forever since she came here.

"Zain...Zain...Zain...i'm sorry.." Her voice broke as she continued muttering. She had an idea about what he was going through. Talking to her mother, she sometimes told her about him no matter how much she tried to avoid the topic.

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"Raat ko 1, 2 baje ghar ana ab os ka mamool ban gaya hai." nafisa countered sadly.

"Ammi mjhe-" Noor tried to avoid the topic but nafisa cut in again.

"Ghar ma kisi mare hwe insan ki tarah phirta rehta hai."

Noor felt her heart break again, if it even could anymore.

"Ma soch rahi thi shadi krwa doo. Theek ho jaye ga." A gasp left Ain's mouth unintentionally as her chest heaved with the deep breaths she started to take to calm herself.

"Noor, kya hwa bacchi..theek to ho na?" she asked worriedly.

"J-jee...theek hoo. " Taking a deep breath she said, " Ammi mjhe thora...k-kaam parh gaya ha. Phir baat karti hoo, Allah hafiz." Just like that, she cut the call.

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Her phone rang, bringing her back to now. Noor went inside the house to pick it uo before daniyal can wake up again and saw Ammi's caller i'd.

She pursed her lips, and thought about ignoring it but picked it up after it kept ringing.

"Assalam o alaikum, ammi." She greeted tiredly, not wanting her to talk about Shahzain again.

"Walaikum Assalam, Noor. Kaisi ha meri bacchi? Pchli baar bht jaldi ma chali gayi thi." nafisa sounded panicked.

Noor frowned worriedly. "Ammi sab kuch theek to ha na."

There was silence on the other side for a while, "Tmhe next flight oe Pakistan ana hoga, Noor," she threw a bomb at Noor.

They've been over this convo a thousand times and nafisa knew how much noor hated the idea.

" Ammi please apko pata ha-"

"Noor! Next flight pe ao! Ijaaz aur zahida [Kinza ke parents] ka accident ho gaya ha...condition bht critical hai!"

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She was finally here. She closed her eyes tightly, how will she explain to them about Daniyal for God's sake?! And hiw will she face Shahzain? All these 'hows' were swirling in her mind as she looked up towards the Sky.

Ya Allah, Ya Allah tu asani peda karne wala hai...meri madad farma...

She couldn't believe when Ammi told her about Ijaaz uncle and zahida aunty . Without asking further questions, she quickly booked the next flight to Pakistan.
She may not like kinza but her parents had a very good bond with her parents.

And now, she was standing right in front of her house. Her heart was running a marathon, there was a sick feeling at the pit of her stomach as she felt like her body was going numb. How will she be able to handle all this?

Tightening her fingers around Daniyals hand, she took a few steps forward and lightly tapped on the door a few times.

After knocking a few more times, the door opened revealing Abbu . Noor pushed Daniyal a little behind her.

His eyes moistened a little as she engulfed her daughter in a hug. After all the greetings, they went in. She looked around with sad eyes noticing that everything is just as she remembered ut.

"Noor!" Came her mother's shreak as she, too, hugged her.

Nafisa backed away a little, her eyes roaming noor's face.

"Alhamdulillah, sahi salamat ho."

She took a double take as her eyes landed on the little boy, scared and confused, peeking from behind Ain. Mehmood followed nafisa eyes as he too noticed daniyal for the first time.

"Beta....?" She could hear the fear in her mother's voice.

"Ammi...abba." She looked at both of their widened eyes and sighed, knowing it can't remain a secret anymore "Mjhe pata ha ap dono kya soch rahe hai...ham kya baad ma baat kar sakte hai is baare ma?"

His father hesitated but nodded his head none the less.

After maybe an hour, they all were sitting on the Sofa in the living room. All Noor really wanted was to get a wink of sleep, but she couldn't do that now after she came back after years. She wanted to talk to her parents.

"On ki halat kaisi ha ab?" Noor asked about kinza's parents, worry lacing her voice.

"Allah ke fazal se behtar ha ab." Her mother repied, her eyes moving back and forth between Noor and Daniyal.

"Ammi...Abbu.. Salam." Came a new, yet very familiar voice from the door.

Her heart skipped a beat, all she wanted now was to dissapear from here.

Raising her eyes a little bit, she peeked at him through her eyelashes. And if she already didn't want to go away anymore, Shahzain gave her another reason.

He had his arm tightly wrapped around kinza's shoulder, hugging her from the side. And if she wasn't seeing things, she saw her lips twirking up just a little bit and she fisted his shirt in her hands.

"A-AIN...?!" Shahzain whispered, slightly pinching his arm.

She looked at Zain, then at Kinza as understanding dawned on her. Not able to hold it in anymore, an ugly sob racked put of her chest.

Will she ever be the same again?

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