Chapter 49: Chapter 49

All her life, she had never imagined what being a mother felt like until she was one. She thought it wasn't as joyful as mothers made it seem, but she guessed she had underestimated the feeling. It was far from being joyful, and she guessed whatever words she would write it as, could only be an understatement. It had been hours since she gave birth to Little baby, Manal and Ummu are already on their plane to Qatar, Maama had to wait for Daada and Abbu to conclude their work after two days and they would be there too.

She had never seen Sadeeq as happy as he was. She laughed at him whenever he tried taking the baby, because it was clearly he couldn't. It seemed to her that he was even afraid of the baby, he still couldn't believe it was his child. He's finally a little Baba. When she held the baby, she could swear she felt herself being lifted up by the clouds and she flew in the sky. It was a feeling worth experiencing. All those pains were worth for.

The doctors had been on her neck, doing all those kinds of tests and what not. They couldn't believe her when she said she was fine, only that she was truly tired and needed some sleep before it was time for her exams. She had slept and already woke up, staring at how Sadeeq had his eyes fixed on the sleeping baby.

"Sadeeq!" She called with a coarse voice, her voice was still not back from the shoutings and crying.

He turned and walked to the bed. Sitting beside her, he held her hand in his and kissed her forehead. "I didn't know you're awake already. Thank you so much Ihsan, you gave birth to an angel. Little baby is so cute that I can't take my eyes off him." His eyes began getting misty, because he couldn't have the right words to use to thank her for giving birth to his child.

"Little Baba is emotional, I'll tell little baby that the day he was born his Baba cried because of how overwhelmed he is." She chuckled softly and hugged Sadeeq, letting her water works began, she had been holding it in for too long. She was finally blessed, with a whole living creature as her own. How could she thank Allah?

He slowly broke their hug and went over to the crib, carefully he stashed Little Baby in his hands and walked over to her, smiling while tears were dripping on his face. He sat very close to her and she lifted up her free hand, the one that wasn't attached with an IV fluid and held the baby while it's still in Sadeeq's hands. It felt like the first time she was holding him, and she felt as her heart swayed with love.

"I love him, Sadeeq, I love you so much Sadeeq. Thank you." She broke into more tears. She still couldn't believe this. Like herself and Sadeeq are the parents of this little boy.

After all the sentiments, a nurse walked in with her breakfast and Sadeeq offered to feed her. She was the nurse he thundered at yesterday, she didn't bulged. She gave him the tray and walked out. With the baby sleeping peacefully beside her on the bed, Sadeeq fed her.

After she was helped by the nurses to take her bathe, she begged to wear one of the clothes Sadeeq brought from home for her, that the hospital wears are irritating her and they agreed after so much plea. She asked for her phone and Sadeeq pulled it out of his pocket, he went back home after he prayed his subh salah in the hospital's mosque and brought all he couldn't think of yesterday night.

He helped her put Little Baby on her bosom and she snapped some funny weird pictures, Sadeeq also joined. They were happy, truly ecstatic. She sent them to her friends back home, but the first one she sent to was Qamar and Marwa. Before she could even get a hold of the congratulatory messages she was getting, a video call came in, it was Reena, her Bestfriend.

She picked the call and the girl literally ranted off her ears with screams. She kept ranting about how she can't miss a chance of setting her eyes on Little baby, all Ihsan could do was laugh. Calls kept coming through, and she kept answering until she couldn't anymore. It was thirty minutes left for her exams, she turned at Sadeeq and made a puppy face.

"Sadeeq, my exams. Let's tell the officials of the hospital and leave with a nurse to the school. I really can't miss this exams please." She pleaded, because she knew it would be hard for Sadeeq to let her go to school today.

"Don't worry they'll be here in any minute, I've reported to the school already. They'll bring your question paper and the answer sheet here, you've read for the course right?" He asked, cupping her face in his hands, Little baby still sleeping beside her.

"Yes I have. Thank you so much, Sadeeq. You're truly the best husband on earth. I love you." He pinched her cheeks and pecked her forehead.

She looked at him directly in his eyes and smiled, a flood of memories rushing back to her. "My teeth were brushed while I was taking a shower, can I kiss you?" She asked, and Sadeeq laughed before he merged their lips together.

After about twenty minutes, a nurse walked in with two people walking behind her. Sadeeq was asked to go out that she was about to write her exams. He begged to leave together with Little baby but they couldn't let him take him. Lifting up her head, Ihsan saw it was no one but Dr. Aashif holding some files which she assumed the question paper was in, and a security officer. It was now that it occurred to her, he taught them this course she was about to write an exam on.

Fighting all the awkwardness, she greeted him and the security guard before he handed her the papers and found a sofa in the room and sat down. The security guard stood by her head as she wrote her exams. Before she was done, Little baby began squirming on the bed, but as the rules go, she wasn't allowed to take him. Dr. Aashif had to walk over to the bed and he took him in his hands, smiling widely as Little baby opened his eyes widely at him.

He kept rocking him around the room until she was done, and she handed the security guard the papers. Dr. Aashif asked him to take the papers to his office that he will be back later. Sadeeq walked in immediately after the guard walked out of the room. They exchanged pleasantries with Dr. Aashif and he thanked him for saving his wife from failing.

Dr. Aashif congratulated him and Ihsan on their baby and they thanked him profoundly and invited for the wedding ceremony before he walked out of the room. Shortly after, a call from Ummu came, and he rushed to the airport and on their drive back to the hospital, he couldn't keep his mouth shut about how Little baby was so cute that he could make them swoon upon their first sight on him.

Manal ran to Ihsan and hugged her tightly, ranting congratulations and screams about how happy she was. Ummu directly went to Little baby and waited until Manal was done with Ihsan. She handed Manal Little baby, her face full of smiles and gratitude. She hugged Ihsan tightly and kept praising her.

"Sadeeq, come over here." She called him from where he was busy snapping Manal together with little baby.

He went over to where Ummu was, and she squeezed both their ears, they yelped at the same time. "What did I told you about giving birth this year?!"

"Ummu!!! You love the little boy fah, what again?" They cried at the same time, and all Manal could do was laughed.

"I was only kidding, but you should've waited until next year for godsake, Sadeequ!" She released their ears and hugged Ihsan again, they all laughed at the same time. They called Maama on video call and she got her eyes filled with the face of Little baby. His pictures too were sent to Daada and Abbu, which made them eager to come and see their Little Baby for themselves.

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It was the naming ceremony day. Little baby was named Ibrahim, Daada's name but they called him Yumn, which means Happiness. He brought an unmeasurable happiness in their lives. Ihsan was dressed in an Ankara that sewn in Kano, because Maama said that those tailors in Lagos could never catch that Arewa aura in a dress, hence she took the ankara to kano.

She looked peng, Manal did her makeup and a photographer was called. Daada couldn't stop smiling, even though he insisted that they called Yumn Ibrahim but they said they could not. But all the elders called him Ibrahim because they felt that Yumn sounded so much like Arabs name, and they weren't Arabs.

Reena flew from US to Qatar, and Ihsan was amidst Qamar and Marwa when Manal ran into the room and held her hands, she apologized to them and walked out of the apartment together. A taxi was parking in front of the apartment and the lady that walked out of it made Ihsan screamed to her voice.

"Reenaaaaa!!!!!!" She had never imagined she would come. Even though she had missed her. The last time she saw her was the day she got married. And today was the naming ceremony of her child, what a world.

"I missed you sooo much, Ihsan! How have you been? Where's my child?!" Reena screamed back and they hugged each other.

Reena's stomach was filled to the brim with lots of foods and junks in general. Ihsan had been smiling all day long. Marwa and Qamar had teased her nonstop. And when Reena came, she brought back the memories of what happened on her wedding day. Ihsan could only smile, because she saw how time had changed their hearts. She had a change of heart.

They were laughing non stop in the room, Manal would walk in casually and take Yumn out of the room, and shortly after she will bring him back him. They heard a faint salam and they all looked up and answered back. It was Noor. The last time they saw each other was when she was in the hospital.

Ihsan smiled awkwardly at her and stood up, they hugged each other before Noor sat down on the bed and Manal gave her Yumn. She hugged him closely and whispered some Du'as in his ears. "He's so cute, Masha Allah. I pray he benefits Islam, Ihsan." They all chorused Ameen before Manal went out and came back with a tray filled with food for Noor.

Reena from where she sat beside Ihsan nudged her and signaled her that was she the one she told her about? 'Brown haired ogle?' She mouthed. And Ihsan laughed before she nodded her head as a yes. They exchanged phone numbers with Noor before she gave her a gift and walked out, something about her having to catch a flight to Bahrain today.

She was called by Sadeeq on her phone that she had to meet someone, she draped a veil over her head and went out, and there he stood together with Dr. Aashif as they converse like friends could. Dr. Aashif congratulated her once again and gave her his gift. He said His Highness requested they all go back home, hence his rush not to miss his flight back to Bahrain. Ihsan and Sadeeq smiled to themselves, they knew what this summon might lead to. No Love In Bahrain might lead to Love In Bahrain.