Chapter 37: Chapter 37
THIRD PERSON'S POV:
'I don't know what happened to Maaz after that.... he is avoiding me. I have to talk to him' Rabiya said to herself when she witnessed Maaz's cold behavior with her.
It's been 12 days after that night but Maaz was still feeling guilty. He was laying down on the bed facing opposite to Rabiya
"Maaz" Rabiya summoned him while putting her hand on his shoulder
"Hmm" He tilted his head a little
"My college section is going to start from day after tomorrow" Rabiya informed him
"I know, do you need anything?" Maaz asked
"Yeah I need many things, but first I want an answer" Rabiya said slowly but seriously
"What answer?" Maaz asked while turning his side, now he was laying facing Rabiya
"Why are you avoiding me?" She asked and Maaz looked her with amazement
"No, I'm not avoiding you, why would I avoid you?" Maaz said and again going to turn his side but Rabiya Held his arm
"Maaz, I'm noticing, you are avoiding me after... After that..." Rabiya didn't complete her sentence as she knew Maaz would understand
Maaz again looked at her with surprise expressions
'Yeah it's true I'm avoiding you because it's difficult for me to maintain distance with you, so it's better to avoid you' Maaz said to himself without looking into her eyes
"I'm sorry for that, you were not comfortable...." Maaz was saying something but He was stopped by the act of Rabiya.
Creeping towards him and she held his hand.
"No need to be sorry, that's alright" she said while lowering her gaze, shyly with a smile.
Maaz, who was trying to control his feelings, couldn't control himself after listening the same and embraced Rabiya in his arms.
"I can't live away from you, I tried many times but it's impossible to control myself" Maaz whispered near her hair while closing his eyes.
Rabiya just closed her eyes, and few tears escaped from the corner of her eyes, She felt happiness in her heart after listening 'I can't live away from you.'
"Are you crying?" He asked when he felt wetness of her tears on his arm. She just shook her head with a smile.
Maaz peck her forehead and covered her with blanket
"Now sleep, go for shopping tomorrow with any of your friend and buy everything you want, okay!!"
"Will you not take me for shopping with you?" Rabiya asked like a little girl with a pout
'Yaar... Why she is looking so cute?' he asked to himself and smiled, she was looking really sweet.
"Shopping...., I don't like to go on shopping" Maaz said and Rabiya nodded but half heartedly
"No problem I'll manage" She said in muted tone.
"Thank you" Maaz whispered with a smile and Rabiya nodded
Both lay down maintaining some distance between them and soon consumed by the slumber.
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Maaz was sitting on the bed watching T.V after breakfast, that was Sunday so he was free.
"Maaz I'm going for shopping " Rabiya said happily while picking up her phone and purse. Maaz as usually passed his credit card to her and she accepted with smile.
"Enjoy yourself, whom with are you going?" Maaz said but he asked the last part when Rabiya took a step towards door
"Driver will drop me to mall and after the shopping I'll call him to pick me up" Rabiya informed and Maaz again focus on TV again after nodding and Rabiya went out of the bedroom.
Meanwhile Maaz's mobile phone started ringing and he witnessed that was Rimsha
"Maaz where are you?" Rimsha asked when He received her call.
"I'm home" He replied shortly giving his eyes to the TV
"We all are going to watch movie, let's go, it'll be fun." Rimsha said with great enthusiasm but Maaz was feeling tired
"I don't want to go anywhere, I just want to take rest, after many days I'm free" Maaz put his point in front of Rimsha
"Maaz please Come, It's been two week since we met, I want to meet you" She requested but Maaz was not ready to go
"I also want to meet you, We will meet tomorrow after my office" Maaz said and Rimsha was agreed
"Okay, but in the same restaurant, and we'll took our dinner together." Rimsha said happily.
"Fine, take care bye". MAaz said and hangup the call. On the other hand
"Chhote where is driver?" Rabiya asked to servant while looking here and there to found driver.
"He is on leave for today and tomorrow" He informed Rabiya and she smacked her head
"What happened, haven't you go yet?" Maaz asked to Rabiya when she again entered room.
"Driver is on leave" Rabiya said in patulent way while throwing her purse on sofa.
"Ohhoo" Maaz said while looking at her
"Wait.." Maaz said to her after thinking for almost five minutes
"What will you do?" Rabiya asked happily as she think he would take her for shopping
"Raahimm..."
"Raahimm... '' Maaz yelled to summon him
"Yeah bhai..." He yelled from his room which was next to their room
"Come here.." Maaz again yelled and After a while Raahim entered in room
The door was already opened so he didn't bother to knock and throw himself on sofa of Maaz's bedroom
"Hmm, you summoned me" without averting his eyes from his mobile Raahim asked to Maaz.
"Kya kar raha hai, mobile se bahar nikal, idhar dekh aur meri baat sun" Maaz said in ordering way, that was his style to talk to his younger brother, full in dominance
(What are you doing, come out if your mobile, look at me and listen carefully.)
"Main kaanon se sunta hun, sun rha hun, aap bolo" Raahim said with satire without averting his gaze from his mobile.
(I use to listen with my ears, I'm listing,you say)
"Apni bhabhi ko shopping par le ja.." This time Raahim looked at Maaz but with shock expression
(Take your bhabhi for shopping)
"Why are you bothering him?" Rabiya asked to Maaz while looking him with widen eyes
"App ki biwi hai khud le kar jao, meri biwi ko kya aap lekar jaoge shopping par?" Raahim said in satirising way while looking at Maaz and shrugging his shoulders, Rabiya smiled in his answer
(She is your wife, take her with yourself, will you take my wife with you for shopping?)
"Teri biwi kahan se Aa gai bhaiii....?" Maaz asked with amazement while glaring him.
(From where your wife came in between, my bro??)
"Haan to..!! Abhi nahi aaye hai to kya hua? kabhi to ayegi.." Raahim said in self-assured way while wrapping his arms over his chest
(Soo What happened if it has not yet come? Someday she will come.)
"He will be Tie to his wife's apron strings" Maaz said to Rabiya while smacking his head, and Rabiya chuckled on the conversation of both brothers
"So what is wrong in that? I'm ready" Raahim said with confidence while raising his eyebrows
"Fine be slave, servant, Porter, driver, and everyone for your wife but for now take your Bhabhi with you, I don't want to go.." Maaz requested his younger brother while stretching his body, Rabiya looked at him with widen eyes with disappointment
"Apni biwi ko khud lekar jaiye" Raahim said after jurking his head and moved out of the room.
(Take your wife with yourself.)
"Chalo ji biwi" Maaz said while taking a gasp, and shaking his head with close eyes in disappointment, Rabiya smiled on his word biwi
(Lets go wife)
"Maaz if you don't want to go then it's alright" Maaz listen her voice and he smiled.
"I'm coming in just five minutes" Maaz said while getting up from the bed, and went to change his clothes.
"Where you both are going?" Waqaar asked to Rabiya and Maaz when he witnessed both of them coming downstairs fully ready to go somewhere
"Baba, her collage is going to start from tomorrow so I'm taking her for shopping" Maaz informed his father while gesturing towards Rabiya. Waqaar smiled on both of them.
"That's good, why are you wasting your time here? Go fast." Asma who was sitting with Waqaar said to both of them with happiness and both marched from there with a beautiful smile on their faces
"Asma, Maaz is changed, he is taking care of Rabiya" Waqaar said happily to his wife and she nodded with a smile
"Rabiya also take his care, she herself do all of his work, even She use to select the pair of clothes for him." Asma informed Waqaar and he was surprised
"Is she really that much responsible?" Waqaar asked in amazement, because that wasn't easy to believe that A childish and careless girl could did all those things for her husband
Asma nodded with a smile.
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"Maaz how is this??" Rabiya asked while showing him a suit, and Maaz shook his head after clenching his nose.
"I'm confused!!!" She said while making a down face.
"Why are you Confused?" Maaz asked while pointing towards a suit.
"Before marriage I use to wear jeans and kurti, but after that I'm wearing suits just like typical women. Now I don't know which type of suits should I buy for the college." Rabiya said in patulent way while making her brows furrowed
"Rabiyaaaa... Who said to you that you have to wear only suits, wear jeans if you like it. Me and my family are not orthodox." Maaz said Rabiya while crossing his arms on his chest and glaring him.
'Mr. Khadoos you are dragging me towards you by each passing day, you are beating my heart differently. I never felt anything like this which I use to feel for you. I love you. I love you from dept of my heart'
"Rabiya.. Where are you lost?" Rabiya came out of her thoughts by Maaz's words
"No.. Nothing" She said with a smile looking at Maaz.
'Silly girl' He said playfully in his thoughts and shook his head with a smile.
Both spent almost two hours in shopping, Rabiya bought everything which Maaz's chosen for her. That was the first time after their trip to Bangalore, when they were doing shopping together. Rabiya shopped many things for Maaz and he just accepted everything with a nod and smile.
"Maaz I'm feeling hungry" Rabiya said to him and he nodded
''I'm also hungry, lets go to the food court for lunch" Maaz said to her
"Pizza or something else?" Maaz asked while raising his brow, when they both passed from the front of Pizza Hut.
"No... Not pizza something different, I had pizza yesterday, and I don't like pizza that much that I can have it everyday" Rabiya informed Maaz and he smile as he also didn't like pizza that much.
"Our choices are very much similar" Maaz said to Rabiya, she smiled and held Maaz's arm.
Maaz's one hand was occupied with shopping bags and other was in the hold of Rabiya, Both were walking holding arms in arms, talking to each other with chuckles, they entered the food court, but for a second Maaz was froze.
"What happened Maaz?" Rabiya asked when she witnessed Maaz not walking
"Nothing, let's go" Masking a smile he said to Rabiya and they both moved towards table.
"Maaz" A manly voice dragged the attention of Rabiya, Maaz already knew whose voice was that. Maaz and Rabiya was still holding arms in arms.
"How are you? Are you busy these days? Long time no see" Maaz asked with a smile, he was Arhaan who was Maaz's best friend sometimes ago, but after the marriage incident He didn't wanted to talk to Maaz in the same friendly manner as he think Maaz was culprit, Maaz would refuse to marry Rabiya but he didn't. Arhaan always treat Kinza and Rimsha as his younger sisters. So he was feeling bad for Rimsha.
"It seems you are too much busy in these days" Arhaan said in a satiring tone while inspecting Rabiya from head to toe
Rabiya didn't like his gaze running over her, she took a step back to hide herself behind Maaz.
"Mind your tongue" Maaz whispered while glaring Arhaan and grinding his teeth
"I have alr.."
"Arhaan bhai please.." Kinza who was also sitting there with other friends stopped Arhaan to say anything in reply.
Saad was also there, but Rimsha wasn't as she went back to her home after movie, but all others decides to roam around.
"How are you Maaz?" Saad took a step ahead and shake hand with him.
"I'm fine" Maaz replied shortly
"Beauty!!" Arhaan said in mummer with a gasp, he was still scanning Rabiya from head to toe
"Beauty makes everything forget" He mumbled while rolling his eyes, with a taunting smirk on his face, Maaz and Saad both looked at him angrily. Rabiya felt embarrassed with his words and his gaze
Maaz scoot towards Arhaan and grasped his Jaws in his fist with rage "Don't you to dare to say a single word with your dirty tongue about her..." Maaz said while glaring him.
"Maaz, leave him, please Maaz" Rabiya said with tear filled eyes while holding his other hand in which he was holding ample amount of shopping bags.
Arhaan placed a punch on Maaz's jaw Before Maaz could do anything more Saad and Kinza separate both of them.
"Maaz lets go from here, please." Rabiya pulled him and he moved out from the food court after glaring Arhaan, as he was doing so.
Everyone sitting around was witnessing the dramatic scene with amazment.
"Non of you will tell anything about this to Rimsha" Saad said to his friend group
"And why so, she should know about this.." Kinza and Arhaan said with rage
"Try to understand, she just came back to her normal life, please don't push her again to sorrowfulness" Saad said to Both
"Guys Saad is right, we shouldn't tell anything to Rimsha." Nataliya said to everyone and they nodded
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Maaz was silent while driving towards the home, he was showing cripsom red color on his face with rage, Rabiya wants to say something but she didn't dare to said a single word. They reached home. Without saying anything Maaz moved towards the room.
"Maaz are you fine" Rabiya asked to him when they entered their bedroom. He just nodded
"Maaz why you did that?" Rabiya asked with teary eyes while touching his jaw which was showing a blue mark due to the punch
"Rabiya you are my wife, my dignity I can't tolerate if anyone see you like that or say anything unpleasant to you." He yelled with rage and tears which were floating in her eyes, flow down
"Maaz, you... You are.." Rabiya couldn't complete her sentence and hugged him
"Don't cry" Maaz said while caressing her head
Rabiya separate herself from him and went to kitchen to take food for him.
"Maaz" Rabiya offer him food but he shook his head
"Maaz please.." Rabiya give a bite in his mouth and he accept that.
"Rabiya I'm not hungry" Maaz stopped her by showing his hand when she was going to give another bite in his mouth and went to the balcony.
Rabiya was still sitting on the sofa where he was with her just a while ago.
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