Everyone were dressed in their attire, ready for the event to begin, and to find their respective partners, if possible.

In mist of chaos stood the epitome of peace, He looked around, searching for something, someone maybe. And yes, he found his mother, walking towards her in a stiff manner, he greeted her.

"Good evening"

"Good evening"

Her never dying smile, and her floral scent made everyone glance back at her,clad in her green saree, she looked ethereal.

He bowed his land-like brown eyes down to the floor, noticing someone else standing beside her.

"Hello"

The soft yet assertive voice, was something he'd never think of forgetting or so he thought.

"Hello"

He replied to her, not passing even a single glance on her. Something about it made her happy yet annoyed.

She passed a smile to Samira, Taha's mother and walked out, leaving the mother and son together.

As she was passing through the corridors, she was suddenly pulled by her wrist into a corner. A hand pressing on her mouth to stop her from screaming.

She was about fight, but stopped when she saw the one manhandling her, "Kayra" She muffed in an exasperated manner.

Kayra pointed to front direction with her eyes, She nodded in response.

Aina who was in hurry ran in the corridor, unaware of that, that her payal had fallen off her right leg.

Aina was suddenly pulled a bit too hard that she had now been pinned to the wall, due to the abrupt moment. Aina who slumped against the walls, And the man who was towering over her, now sat down to reach her level.

He passed her payal , it looked like he knew her, the only thing Kayra and Amira could see was the man's back.

Aina looked at the man perplexed, unsure and dumbfounded, He was holding one of the edge of the payal in his hand, "Is it yours? " He didn't notice their position, the way they were sitting currently.

Amira couldn't understand a thing she thought he was harassing her. She pushed Kayra away and ran towards Aina. In a swift moment, she had also hit the man on his knees and pulled Aina towards her.

Aina looked at Amira than at the man who was bemused by her actions, He turned to face her, "Amara!" Daniyal screamed, "Dhaniya! " Amira too screamed.

Aina was still shocked to the core, "Do you know each other" She asked after a pause.

"Oh, That's Daniyal, Aina" Amira introduced.

"You are Daniyal? " Aina couldn't believe it.

"Yes, And you are? " Daniyal questioned.

"I'm Aina Qureshi" Aina mumbled in her low voice, how could he remember her after all she was just one of his childhood classmate.

Daniyal nodded, "Oh, So you are the one who broke Sahil's nose! " He turned towards her in excitement.

She remembered what had happened at that time, it was actually Kayra who hit Sahil, the guy who had broken Zaira their other friend's heart, with a bat and handed the bat to Aina, as soon as she got a call from her father making everyone think that it was Aina who had done that.

Aina tried to explain, but no one believed her, not even Sahil who from then never crosses path with them.

Amira and Daniyal spoke for a bit to know who else from their family were there, Daniyal was Amira's maternal cousin.

Aina couldn't keep her eyes to herself, they kept moving from Daniyal to the floor then again to Daniyal. She was sure that she was not very obvious, "Miss, if you have fallen for this handsome, Sorry to say this but he's taken" Daniyal who noticed her, said without looking at her.

"Mister, vo kon hai, jo appko leliya? " Amira asked, folding her arms. She was imdeed curious to know who her bhabhi will be.

[Who is that, the one who is with you? ]

"Don't you remember, mere bachpan ka pyaar? " Daniyal spoke in exasperation.

[My childhood love]

"Bhai, tujhe uska naam tak yaad nahi tu kya bol raha hai? " Amira sighed.

[Bro, you don't even know her name]

"I remember how curly her hair were, and also she had a mole on her right temple" Daniyal rolled his eyes, not in a irritated manner but remembrance of the beauty.

"And you remember how she used to smile, oh my god" Aina was busy playing with her hair strand, looked at them bored of their talk.

Noticing this Amira said, "Do you even know her name? Did I ever see her? The answer is 'No', so how am I supposed to know how your pari looks like? " She grabbed Aina's arm and leaned towards her.

"Ok, You do not have to be so jealous of my pari's beauty" Daniyal exclaimed.

"Haa, haa, sadqa de de na, Nazar lag gayi to? " Amira teased. Aina nudged her from behind.

[Sadqa is giving money or other things for protection of ourselves]

"Ha yaar, Mai chalta hu" Daniyal gave a smile to Aina before leaving. Aina did not return it as she had no clue of what to do.

[Alright, I'm going]

"Why didn't you smile back? " Amira questioned despite knowing the answer.

"I thought of doing that, but he turned away before I could" Aina thought she had left quite a bad impression on Daniyal, she turned behind to steal a glance.

Daniyal felt oddly familiar with Aina almost as if they have met before, He noticed that she was walking away with Amira, and turned to look, their eyes met for a moment, she turned and walked away, whereas he stood still.

"Amira, Is he your cousin? " Aina asked.

"Yea, My mom's sister's son" Amira remember replied.

Kayra stood where she was, seeing everyone, she did not budge a bit. Sighing, she walked into the celebration hall.

As soon as she entered she was met with a warm atmosphere, her aunty, Amira's mother,was calling for her.

She walked towards them with a soft expression, "Aapne bolaya? " She hugged Kayra without any warning, making Kayra a bit surprised.

[You called? ]

"Ji, mere bachi ki yaad aa rahi thi, kitni baar bola hai ke hmare sath raho" Amira's mother was fake scolding her.

[Yes, I was missing my child]

"Aaj yahi rahungi, pakka" Kayra couldn't say no to her, she meant whole world to Kayra.

[Today, I'm going to stay here]

"Amira se mili ho? " Asiya kept looking for her daughter who was no where to be found.

[Did you see Amira?]

Kayra removed her hands from Asiya's waist, pulling away from hug she said "Ji, mujhse naraz hai vo" Asiya could never understand why Amira and Kayra were like this, never being away from each other, still fighting with each other.

[Yes, and she seems to be angry at me]

"Usse narazgi ke bajaay kuch nahi ata"
Asiya rolled her eyes.

[She doesn't know anything, other than getting upset]

"Mere itni tareef ho rahi hai yaha, Mashallah" Amira couldn't believe her mother.

[Wow, such a great praise you are giving me]

Yes, she does get upset over small things but not that much. Suddenly her phone vibrated with a pop sound, making her aware that someone has sent some notification.

She opened the phone to check, almost 10 photos of Alina were stalked in a collage, the ones she had to the ones she had never taken all were there.

She bid farewell to her family and hurried to meet Alina, what was happening? Who was this? And if he was someone she knew, he would also know that Alina no longer uses this phone.

Panic rushed to her face, as she grew paler with every second passing. Suddenly she was met with a board chest.

Not caring who it was, she ran out as if her life depended on it.

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Chapter Aesthetics:

Alina.

Aina.

Amira.

Kayra.

(Couldn't find an image more accurate than this)

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