Chapter 32: Chapter 32
"Yeah it's eleven hours journey we have to do something to pass the time," Maaz said Rabiya nodded
Connecting earphone to her mobile, Rabiya played a movie. Sitting with the difference of almost two palms Both were enjoying the movie.
"They both are busy with each other" Neha said to Shikha while gesturing towards Maaz and Rabiya whose gaze was fixed on their favourite action movie. The both girls chuckled and Rabiya and Maaz looked at them
"so... You tell me what should we do to pass the time?" Maaz asked to Neha while pausing the movie
"Truth and dare..., we can play truth and dare," Shikha said suddenly and Rabiya and Neha both nodded with joy.
"Let's start with Sameer," Shikha said happily
"Ohh. Hello, I'm not interested in your girly games" Sameer said and Maaz nodded
"Same here big bro..., three of them will make us mad in these remaining hours," Maaz said while shaking his head and Sameer nodded while laughing
'Mr. Khadoos, go to hell. You don't know how to enjoy life' Rabiya said to herself and rolled her eyes
"How Booking" Shikha said to both of them
"How you tolerate him Rabiya," Neha asked to Rabiya while gesturing towards Maaz
"She... She is not tolerating me, but I'm tolerating her." Maaz said dramatically and Rabiya looked at her with wide-eyes
"Haawww... What I have done, Mr Maaz Waqaar?? I am tolerating you and your behaviour." Rabiya said while slapping his arm showing her fake anger
"Didn't you throw pillow on my face?" Maaz asked while glaring at her with furrowed brows
"That was just a cushion, not a stone, which could bust your head. And what about that when you put my favourite dress in the Bathtub'' Rabiya said while huffing and glaring at him
"I'll never forgive you for that" She added while pointing towards her
"Who is asking for your forgiveness?" Maaz said confidently while raising his eyebrow, he held her finger which was pointing towards him and put it down
"Shameless man, don't you have any guilt for what you have done with my dress," Rabiya asked with goggled eyes, angrily
Both were arguing like kids, Shikha, Neha and Sameer were glancing at them with dropped Jaws without blinking their eyes
"You should be shameful about what you had said about Abdullah Bhai in the morning," Maaz said to Rabiya in a scolding way and Rabiya looked at him with furrowed brows and narrowed eyes. She got confused
"Abdullah bhai. I... I didn't...!! When did I say....?? I never said anything about him." Rabiya stammered in confusion, her rage was converted into surprise and shook
"Ohh really!!???" Maaz asked while narrowing his eyes on her. she hadn't expected the question and that caught her on the wrong foot.
'Had I said anything wrong about Abdullah bahi? I think I never but..... ' Rabiya asked to herself but she didn't get any answer
'Rabiya Maybe you run off at the mouth without thinking, as usual' Her heart said and she nervously looked at Maaz
"I didn't say..., you tell me what did I said?" she pretended as confident one but she wasn't, Maaz controlled himself to smile at her nervousness.
wrapping his arms on his chest he glared at Rabiya
"Hadn't you said that My elder brother is Khumbhakaran?" He said in an undertone, everyone burst into a loud guffaw
Rabiya took a relief breath, and a smile crept on her face, but she slapped Maaz's arm and he started rubbing the same.
"Maaaazzzz...., you are....." Rabiya was answerless this time, she was just glaring at Maaz, but with a smiley face
"Winner of this argument" Maaz said and rolled his eyes as a winner.
"Guys... You both are very cute" Shikha said and Sameer nodded with a smile.
"let's take a happy wali selfie" Saying that Shikha again captured a pic.
"I hadn't known that Maaz can be this must quick witter, he always showed his angry and serious side in office," Neeha said in amazement
'He is Mr Khadoos he doesn't smile easily' Rabiya just smile.
"You both will miss these days of your life, after a few years marriage is only about suniye... grocery shopping par Jana hai and suno... khane mein kya hai," Sameer said humorously and Shikha and Neha burst into laughter
Maaz and Rabiya just looked at each other with dropped smiles, as they don't know anything about their future
'Who knows what will happen?' Maaz said to himself and let a cold sigh out
'I'm sure our relationship will not be Boring like all others, I'll always fight with My Mr Khadoos this..' Rabiya looked at Maaz and a smile crept on her face
"Let's start truth and dare" Shikha's voice dragged both of them from their thoughts
MAAZ'S POV:
"Let's start truth and dare," Shikha said and I again smacked my head.
"You girls are mad," I said and started watching a movie.
"Maaz doesn't behave like a grey-headed, come on... play with us. It'll be fun." Rabiya asked but I shook my head after clenching my nose. But this girl..., how stubborn she is.
"Maaz you are playing with us that's final.." She ordered me and snatched the mobile from my hand.
"Follow your wife's order" Sameer tease me while turning towards us.
"Let's start with Maaz," Neeha said and unwillingly I nodded after a long sigh
"truth or dare?"
" Dare" That was a difficult choice but I choose
"That's good.., so...." Shikha said while giggling and Neha whispered something in her ear.
'What the dare they are going to give?' my mind asked but I was ready for anything, after all, I love to accept challenges
"Okay. Maaz we are not going to give you a difficult task" Neha said as she was giving me the biggest favour of my life
"Kiss Rabiya...." Neha said and my heart forget to beat for a moment
I looked at Rabiya who was also looking at me with the same shocked expression.
"Which type of wicked, bashless and lewd dare is this?" I asked to Neha controlling myself to yell at her.
"What is shameless and wicked in this, you are her husband and she is your wife," Neha replied as that wasn't any big deal. But that was a very big thing for both of us.
"I'm not paying this stupid game" saying I drew out my mobile from my pocket and started playing some games just to ignore them but my mind was not on rest
'Kissing Rabiya... No way I couldn't even imagine it, that's true she is my wi... wife, but it does mean that....' I said to my soul but my sight went to Rabiya who was sitting with bowed head, she was also looking embarrassed.
"Come on Rabiya, we start playing," Shikha said and Rabiya nodded I glared at her very angrily.
Shikha and Neha both noticed me glaring at her, but I didn't pay attention to them
"You don't have to play such cheap games," I said in a whisper to Rabiya while grinding my teeth and fisting my hands tightly.
"Okay," She said in whispered after blinking her eyes
"I am not playing, I'm feeling sleepy," Rabiya said to both of them sheepishly, but I was feeling still angry.
'How could someone even be asked to do that?' I turned my face to the other side and started watching a movie on my mobile.
I felt a soft touch on my hand, which was hers, She held my hand firmly. 'What happened to this girl?' I looked at Rabiya and she tried to say something but didn't as she noticed me in rage, but the brave girl...
"Maaz please don't spoil your mood," she said in a small voice and cover my hand with her other hand, her eyes were reflecting her innocence, I just nodded
"I also want to watch a movie," She said happily with full sprang of joy and shifted towards me but maintaining the distance between us. Still holding my hand and hers
"Which movie are you watching?"
"The Game" I replied and she took one earplug, eventually I forgot my rage because of her childish acts
'Rabiya you are truly unpredictable, I was thinking that you would argue with me just to play this stupid game but you didn't, when I wanted to make you nervous you made me feel confused and nervous by your act...
You are unbelievably erratic' I said to her in my own thoughts while looking at her hand which was holding mine
When She witnessed my gaze fixed on our hands, she slowly left mine, embarrassment was clearly visible on her face, she turned red when I looked at her...
Unwillingly a grin made its way to my lips.
"Maaz it's chill." After a couple of hours, Rabiya said, when we were watching a movie, that was almost one o'clock of midnight and the weather was very cold
"Hmm..., wait for a minute" Mumbling this I picked the bag from behind and drew out the summer blanket (which I packed as I had the idea of weather) and wrapped it around her
"Don't you feeling cold?" she asked in muted tones and I shook my head
She smiled and covered me with the same
I was amazed I was feeling chill but how does she understand that?' my soul asked and I just smile, again focusing on the movie.
I felt something nosedive on my shoulder, it was her head, but she suddenly came out of drowse and maintain her balance, she again started to give her eyes to the movie which was playing on my mobile screen.
After some time She again nods off placing her head to the back support but eventually, her head slipped on my shoulder with a jolt again, and She again lifted her head to maintain her balance. But this time. I held her head to my shoulder
"It's okay," I said to her and rested her head on my shoulder, she slept and I continued my movie.
After some time I felt a spasm in my shoulder, but Rabiya was sleeping peacefully, I didn't want to disturb her slumber so slowly crept my hand under her head I rested that on my chest after shifting myself towards her. She hardly opened her eyes in a sleeping state but
"Soo Jao (sleep)" Whispering in her ear I gently patted her cheek and she slept again like a little kid. She nuzzled in my chest and wrapped her arm around my midriff in deep slumber. A smile made its way to my lips. I Slowly wrapped both of us with a blanket and closed my eyes to sleep but sleep was not consuming me.
I looked here and there only Sameer and I was awake three of girls were sleeping... Then my gaze fall on Rabiya who was sleeping peacefully resting her head on my chest. I turned my face to the other side and started watching outside the window of the car.
'Where I'm going?' I asked myself not about the destination of our few hours journey but about the journey of my life.
'I'm just travelling through my life. Without any destination..' A cold sigh left my mouth
'Rabiya is my destiny but Rimsha is my destination' I said to myself but my soul questioned me
'IS Rimsha my destination or WAS Rimsha my destination?'
'I don't know?? But I only know a thing, I'm living a fake life, Without my Rimsha, without her, I'm feeling alone.
If our wedding wouldn't be fixed maybe I didn't felt that much pain and heartbreak but....' My dream was distracted by the Rabiya's short snort.
My gaze went to her face which was shining like a moon even in dim light.
Her one hand was peeping out of the blanket, I looked at her hand and my heart skipped a beat.
Holding her hand in mine I stared scanning her hand and while-gold diamond ring which she was wearing.
She was wearing the same ring which I bought for Rimsha, Ammi had to gift that ring to Rimisha at reception but she gifted Rabiya the same...
'Sorry Rabiya, but I bought this for Rimsha, not for you.' Saying that in my heart I slipped out the ring from her fragile finger and kept it in my pocket.
I felt bad for her but I was feeling broken too.
'You cry out whenever I hurt you, but no one asked me how I fells' I said to Rabiya in my thoughts
'But I promise, I'll never give you any problem from my side... At least one should be happy among the three of us' I said to her while placing her hand back on her thigh. I was busy in remembering my past and didn't sleep for the whole night
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