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Farjaad comes back to his room after he did that threat of going to his Sasural if his wife, mom and sister dont listen to him and let him be in peace for some moment, which apparently didn’t work, all of them ended up suggesting him in real that he actually leaves the house and go to Pasha house and live there to do some bonding with them. Like for real?
Farjaad huffs and sits on the chair, he is still partially dressed up in that suit and in pajamas.
Farjaad mutters under his breath “ Unbelievable! Pehle Umeed...Ab Maa Bhi Umeed Ke Saat Milke Ese Harkatien Karne Lag Gya! Haad Hogayi! Matlab Meri Baton Ka Koi Value Nahi Hai?”
Farjaad stares at the wall clock, it shows its past his bed time, well since Umeed came to his life...his bed time has never been same since then and he is not complaining. But he is seriously not liking how even Umeed has started spending less time with him! Most of time now she is with mom or Mimi!
It has been 4 days now, he realised he really didnt get any good sleep since then...first Umeed went to Pasha house spent her night there, next she comes but she slept in his mom room, yesterday he has to wait so much for her to come to his room but ended up pulling her away from her little fun time with his mom. And now she is again back with his mom playing some games and making noise in house....
Not only its affecting his peace in house but also his mental health cause he seriously doesn’t get enough time from her now....
Farjaad holds his forehead as he feels dull pain suddenly , he is having migrane again but well he needs to finish his work before going to bed...he gets up, changes his clothes in dressing room and comes back, sits and starts working on his laptop.
Within few minutes he feels uncomfortable again, rubs his forehead, the headache seems like mild probably will just go away with having a coffee, thinks Farjaad as he calls out “ Anthony!”
In the living room, where everyone still playing Ludo hears Farjaad’s call, Anthony was just about to get up when Umeed signals him to sit back “ rehne do tum betho, mein dekhti hoo...unko kya chaiye”
Saying so Umeed gets up but before leaving she says stomping her feet “ Ek min koi mera side se chal nahi chalyega...mein abhi ayi, Mimi nazar rakho sab pe”
Mimi laughs as she leaves from there.
Umeed enters the room in her regular jumping style as she spots Farjaad sitting with laptop on the chair while holding his forehead “Kya hua? Kuch Chaiye Kya Apko?”
Farjaad raises his head as he meets her eyes, he suddenly felt annoyed and this headache wasn’t helping him either.
“ Mene Anthony Ko Bulaya Tha, Tumhe Nahi” says Farjaad with blank expression.
Umeed frowns “ Arey Toh Bataye Na...Kya Chaiye Apko?”
Farjaad in low no emotion voice says strictly “ Umeed! Mene Anthony Ko Bulaya Hai...Tumhe Uth Ke Ane Ki Zarurat Nahi Thi”
Umeed rolls eyes slightly “ Farjaad! Kya hogya apko? Mein agayi hu na...bataye mujhe!”
Farjaad gives Umeed a look as he gets up from his seat, he was in no mood to talk with her and walks out of room leaving Umeed shocked.
“ Anthony...Ek Cup Coffee Keliye Kitne Awazein Lagane Parega?” says Farjaad in loud voice which made Anthony immediately coming to the room.
“ woh bhabhi...” Anthony starts saying as he stares at him confused.
Farjaad stares at him sharply which made Anthony shut his mouth immediately as he says quickly “ Acha mein abhi laya”
Umeed watches this wierd scenario from inside as she mutters under her breath “ ye konsa nakhre hai bhai? Allah ji itne chote se baat pe itna gussa karne ka kya matlab hai? Anthony ki jagah mein agayi toh ye konsa gunnah hogya?”
She watches Farjaad coming back to the room but totally ignoring her presence which made Umeed more pissed.
“ Farjaad, Ye sab kya tha?” asks Umeed as she puts her hands on both side of her waist, stomping her foot.
Farjaad doesn’t reply rather picks his laptop again and goes back to working.
“ aap mujhe ignore kar rahe?” Asks Umeed frowning not understanding his behaviour as he doesn’t respond.
“ acha! Thik hai...kare mujhe ignore! Aaj mein Mom ke kamre mein soungi...app yeha akele hi sona aur sarte rahiyega” says Umeed in annoyed tone as she leaves the room....while Farjaad looks at her back as she leaves.
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Sun rays pierces through the curtain gaps as it falls on Umeed face. She squeezes her eyes slightly as she pulls the pillow on her face and mumbles in sleep “ Farjaad! Parde ko thik karde...moo pe arahi hai roshni” her voice was very low as she talks to herself.
She again repeats after sometime when she realises he didn’t get up and pulled the curtains “ Farjaad! Kardena please” in her groggy voice.
Suddenly it hits her as she open her eyes wide, gets up and sits on bed at once looks at her other side and realises she was in Niggho room, Niggho who was still in deep sleep. Umeed face palms herself and mutters “ Ye allah! Kese bhul jaati hu mein!”
She then turns around and looks at the alarm clock on side table and gasps “ Allah miya! 10 baj rahe! Mein itne der tak kese sou gayi...Farjaad toh chala bhi chuka hoga ab mujhse mile bina!”
Umeed quickly jumps out of bed while being careful about not to wake Niggho up.
She then tip toes and goes out of the room as she speaks to herself “ Kal raat kuch jada hi mastiya hogayi thi....wakt ka pata hi nahi chala! Itne raat tak mastiya kiye humne! Aur woh Farjaad mujhe Nakhre dikha raha tha...aj toh woh waki mujhse mile bina hi chale gya! Ane de ghar unhe aaj....class lungi mein”
Just as she was rushing on her way, she heard Anthony calling her “ Umeed bhabi! Farjaad bhai aaj office nahi jayenge?”
Umeed turns around and finds Anthony standing with handkerchief in hand as she looks at him confused “ Huh? Farjaad office nahi gya abhi tak?”
Anthony replies confused “ Nahi....woh aaj mujhe naste ka bhi nahi pucha na mene unhe jaate dekha”
Umeed stares at Anthony more confused as she says absent minded “ Acha mein dekhti hu”
Saying this, she hurriedly walks towards their room.
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Umeed was quite sure Farjaad had already went to office and Anthony must have mistaken something. He must have sneaked out early morning probably still upset over last night noise thing.
“ Farjaad ka bhi na alag hi drame hai! Insaan sukoon ka bhi saans na le unke waja se....robot banjaye bas sab...bas khel hi toh..” she stopped her self talking as she entered the room and stopped on her tracks suddenly.
Farjaad was still lying on bed pulling the duvet close to his chest.
“ ye abhi bhi sou rahe?” mutters Umeed confused as she walks towards him and stares at his handsome face.
Why does he looks pale....wonders Umeed..Did he not sleep well?!
“ Farjaad uthe! Apko office nahi jana? 10 baj gya” says Umeed in her chirpy voice.
There was no reply, he seemed in very deep sleep, Umeed felt hesitant to wake him up but then she had no energy to get scolded by him later and be blamed for not being able to reach office on time.
“ Farjaad Uthe!” says Umeed in bit loud voice so that he is able to hear it.
Farjaad moves slightly as he mumbles “Umeed” in low deep voice.
Umeed felt bit concerned as normally he would open his eyes wide hearing the time but he seems bit lazy to wake up. Umeed sat besides him on bed as she frowns and touches his cheek softly.
As in response Farjaad says in unclear voice “ Umeed...Na Karo..”
He squeezes his eyes as he groans slightly “ Umeed”
Umeed gasps as she puts her back of palm on his forehead “ Farjaad...apko toh...bukhar hua hai!”
Farjaad whines slightly in sleep as he pulls the duvet on his face trying to cover “ Umeed time kya hua hai?”
Umeed worriedly “ Apko time ki pari hai? Apko bukhar hua hai...apko raat se bukhar hai? Davayi li apne?”
“ Kuch nahi hua hai mujhe...bas migrane ka dard hai! I am fine!” says Farjaad as he rubs his forehead and tries to open his eyes and get up at same time.
Umeed was now sitting besides him on bed as she tries to push him back to his laying position “ Farjaad...apko uthne ki jarurat nahi hai! Ek din office nahi jayenge toh kuch nahi hoga! Apko bukhar hai Farjaad...mein thermometer leke ati hu”
Farjaad eyes were open wide now but still he was struggling to keep it open as his migraine pain was really crushing his head as holds Umeed’s hand who was about to leave “ Umeed mein thik hu..”as he gets up and sits on bed says weakly “ aaj ek important meeting bhi hai”
He was about to get up and stand when suddenly his eyes felt like blacking out as he felt dizzy and was about to fall when Umeed quickly held his shoulder and left arm to stable him as he sat on bed with thud along with Umeed besides him.
Umeed was really anxious at this point seeing him like this as Farjaad groaned in pain holding his forehead.
“ Farjaad! Kya kar rahe aap? Aap aram kare! Apki tabiyat bilkul thik nahi lag raha...mein doctor ko call karti hu! Aap let jaye please” says Umeed in shaky voice.
Farjaad who seemed zoned out at the moment couldn’t notice the concern and trembling voice of her as he says “ Umeed...mujhe bas pain killer la do...ye sirf migrane ke waja se horahe! Doctor ko bulane ke jarurat nahi hai”
“ Dekhe aap kuch maat bole ab...aap araam kare pehle! Agar aap itne dard mein the raat bhar...apko mujhe bulana chaiye tha na” says Umeed in worried voice.
“ Tumhe kaha aaj kal meri fikar rehti hai” mutters Farjaad under his breath as he laid down on the bed.
“ Apne kuch kaha?” asks Umeed as she couldn’t understand what he said under his breath as she tugs duvet over his body.
“ Nahi...bas...mujhe pain killers aur ek cup coffee la dena please” sighs Farjaad.
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Umeed could feel the daggers on her face, Farjaad was pissed...but Umeed decided to ignore him for now and arrange their room properly.
“ Farjaad! Agar tabiyat itna kharab hi tha toh Anthony ko bula liya hota” says Nighat as she stared at Farjaad in awe.
“ Maa doctor ko bulane ki kya jarurat thi?” Farjaad says with absolute blank expression “ Apko toh pata hai mujhe migrane ke issues hai”
“ Baby mein kya karti batao? Umeed itna ghabrayi hui thi mujhe laga kuch serious issue hua hai tumhare saat” says Nighat.
“ Mom, aap inke baton ko dhyan maat dey! Pata hai doctor ne kya bola...over working aur stress ki waja se unke tabiyat kharab hogaye hai! Bukar bhi hua hai unhe...” says Umeed in astonishment.
“ Oho ho madam! Apko baari fikar horahi hai meri” says Farjaad sarcastically.
“ Mom dekhe...mein yeha pareshan hu aur Farjaad mujhe Taane de rahe hai” says Umeed in shock and irritation.
Farjaad rolls his eyes as he huffs while Nighat nods her head watching Farjaad throwing a fit“ Acha bhai tum log apna ladayi khud continue karo...mein ab chalti hu yeha se” looks at Farjaad “ aur tumhare fikar toh i think mujhe karne ki zarurat nahi hai...umeed toh hai hi yeha pe” says Nigghat with sly smile.
Saying so Nighat leaves the room...
Farjaad takes a deep breath as he closes his eyes trying to calm his mind down as he still feels a mild pain in middle of his forehead but definitely better than before just when he hears Umeed voice “ App...ke liye nashte mein kya lau?” which sounds broken.
Farjaad immediately opened his eyes as he looked at her directly, Umeed was avoiding his gaze at her as she was looking down and was doing that thing with her finger.
Farjaad felt something was off with her as he realised she has been ignoring looking at him directly for a while since the doctor left “ Kher abhi nashta karne ka wakt toh hai nahi...ghari dekha hai 11 bajke 15 hai” Farjaad tries to peek to look into her eyes from his bed which she kept looking at the floor instead of him “ seedha lunch karunga”
“ Ese thodi hota hai...apko pain killers bhi lena hai aur fever ki davayi bhi! Woh aap khali pet mein toh nahi le sakte...ab bole apko kya khana hai?” says Umeed still not looking at him as she walked around room, her voice was cracking and Farjaad knew she was controlling her tears as he could hear a low sniff.
“ Umeed! Kya hua hai tumhe?” this was no joke, he cant just see her sad or in tears “ meri taraf dekh ke baat karo” says Farjaad all serious.
“Kuch nahi hua hai...aap ke liya soup lau?” says Umeed as she looks at him for a second still not looking into his eyes but he could see her big bambi eyes were shining in tears which were threatening to leak out anytime but she was controlling them.
All his pain flew away else where, he cant tolerate Umeed being upset and if he is the reason for it, he should be punished “Umeed! Idhar aao yeha betho...tum ro rahi ho?” as he pats the empty side of bed beside him.
Umeed eyes widen as she realised he caught on to her “ Nahi Toh! Mein na...mein banake lati hu kuch...” she says nervously and was about to leave the room.
“ Mujhe bas tum chaiye...mere paas...” blurts out Farjaad “mujhe kuch nahi khana...yeha mere paas ake betho”
Umeed halts as she slowly turns around and looks at him “ agar tum kaal raat wali baat pe naraz ho mujh se toh I am sorry...mera sarr dard kar raha tha isliye mein thoda sa naraz thi tumse” says Farjaad with all love in his eyes as he did realise he kinda behaved with her rudely unintentionally and she was probably still hurt about it.
“ Sorry toh mujhe aap se kehna chaiye” sobs Umeed shocking Farjaad to core as she suddenly started crying unexpectedly.
“ Umeed...” Farjaad quickly pulled out his duvet as he gets up from his bed to go to Umeed and felt dizzy all over again which made Umeed immediately run towards him.
“ Kya kar rahe aap? Apko doctor ne rest karne ko bola hai” sniffs Umeed.
Umeed makes Farjaad sit on bed as she holds his biceps...Farjaad holds Umeed hand as she stares at him back “ Umeed mein thik hu...rona band karo” says Farjaad in whisper like tone.
“ Bas kare! Already bohot pareshan hu mein...meri wajah se hua hai na ye sab...mujhe raat ko ese shor karke khelna nahi chaiye tha mimi aur maa ke saat! Aap mere waja se sou bhi nahi paye...apko pata hai mein kitna darr gayi thi apke halat dekh ke” Umeed blinks her eyes as all the tears startes pouring over her cheeks.
“ Umeed Umeed...Meri Jaan! Kya hogya hai? Tumhari waja se kab ye sab hone lagi? Dekho mein thik hu” he was definitely liking this attention of his wife for him but this was definitely not true...he didn’t become sick because of her, that is entirely different thing that he actually missed her since 4 days as she was busy with her other family members but this is wrong “ Aur ye toh tumhari ghar hai... isme tum jab chahe jese bhi chaho kuch bhi kar sakti ho” Farjaad squeezes her hand as he pulls out his right arm from her hold and puts it around her shoulder as he pulls her closer to him “ aur rahi baat meri sone ki...woh baat to sach hai! Mujhe tumhari bagher neend nahi ati” as he emphasised a bit on the last words with chance of his voice to deep which suddenly made a rush of redness on Umeed cheeks.
“ Apko iss halat mein flirting sujh raha hai?” frowns Umeed as she tried to fake anger.
Farjaad delicately started rubbing off her tears from her cheeks as he grinned “ Halat chahe jese bhi ho...khoobsurat biwi agar samne ho toh banda apne andar ke feelings ko control kese kare” as he swiftly booped on her small nose making her blush as she looked away from his intense gaze.
“ Hogya apka? Ab mujhe jane dey...apne kuch nahi khaya abhi tak” as Umeed tried to get away from his grip around her shoulder but instead it got tighten more as he pulled her more closer, her small petite body bumped against his hard chest.
“ Hmmm...bookh toh lagi hai mujhe wase...chaar din se” as his eyes travelled over her parted plum perfectly shaped lips and then again looked into her eyes with the desire which only Umeed can understand.
Umeed swiftly swatted her hand over his biceps of his other side as she said flushed “ Farjaaaaad! Basss kare” and pushed him aside slightly and got out of his grip as she stood up quickly making him laugh at her antics.
“ Apko aram karna chaiye abhi....ye bimar hoke romance ka bhoot nahi chaar gya app pe achanak? Mein jaa rahi hu...apke liye kuch laane” says Umeed in huff.
“ Kya kare! Ese attention bhi toh bohot rarely hi milta hai mujhe tumse! Socha thoda sa enjoy karlu” winks Farjaad which made Umeed roll her eyes.
“ Sharam kare Farjaad! Ek number ke dheet insaan hai aap” giggles Umeed as she was about to leave when Farjaad holds her hand again making her stop and turn around...
“ Sharam? Usko bhi saat lana tha” says Farjaad smirking.