Chapter 26

Next day itself , asad went with tanveer and two cops at the address zoya had left for him and luckily they found him there, he was just about to escape but on time cops had arrested him, helping asad.

"choro mujhe, yaha kyu le aaye ho tum?" he asked angrily throwing his body on cops to let him be free. A shap sound of slap echoed in his room soon after he asked again, " maine kya kiya hai?"

Farhaan looked at tanveer who was ready to hit him , once again.

"Tanveer!!" he screamed in anger , barking almost on her face and with that another round of slap echoes in police station. And this time when farhaan turns to see who had slapped him so hard, his face drains color, "bhaijaan!" he whispers in hurt in anger together.

"mat kehna mujhe bhaijaan, apni galeez zubaan se" asad warns him holding his color to hit one more punch straight on his jaw.

"bhai ke sath koi aisa nahi karta" he completes shaking farhaan with his collar.

Farhaan suddenly feels lost of courage to face asad and hence he simply stares on floor with blood tricking down on his chin from lips, and cheeks turning wet because of tears.

Asad glances at his torn lips and using his palm he wipes his blood, "kitna?" he points at him; "kitna pyar kiya hum sabne tujhe. Kyu kiya aise? Kyu? Itni nafrat humse? Itni ki meri behen ki zindagi barbaad karne chala tu. Tu to aisa nahi tha farhaan? Kya ho gaya hai tujhe?" asad cries himself remembering his college days where farhaan , he and ayaan used to have so much good time together fooling around.

"ap nahi jante bhaijaan?" farhaan asks sceptical , he has this weird broken smile which he is hiding with his mask confidence.asad looks back at him with hurt as he nods his head in no with tears.

"maine qabeel or hunhaar hu, shayad ap, apke ayaan or haider se bhi zyada. Per ap logo ke wajah se kisine mujhe dekha he nai. Shehnaaz mujhe pasand thi bhaijaan, unse sirf isliye mujhe dosti rakhi ke wo haider se dosti bada sake. Meri kya khata thi bhaijaan, sirf itna ke main ap sab ka dost hu. Itni se baat ke liye ap sab ne meri puri zindagi barbaad kardi, mujhe ye ehsas dilaya ke main kitna chota hu," he brushes his nose , sobbing hard with hiccups. Asad quietly listens to him , the fact that he has misunderstood them and taken this wrong path, made him guilty in his own eyes.

"larkiya ap marti thi ap sabke khatir, or main... meri ek lauti pasand bhi daga de gai,. Sirf ap sab ke mauzoodgi se." he cried remembering shehnaaz his first crush and classmate who liked haider more than him.

"to tum kehna chahte ho ke agar hum tumhari zindagi mein na hote to sab kuch sambhal jata?" asad eyes spoke hurt , he was responsible for farhaan's destruction , may be unintentionally. But the fact is he was with ayaan and haider.

"haan! Sab theek hota. Main bhi kamyaab hota. Mere paas bhi naam hota sohrat hoti. Per sab kuch ap sab ke hisse aa gayi.. or main struggle krta reh gaya. Til til marte hue." he cried falling on his knee, the cops too left him down letting him cry.

Waiting for almost an hour, asad finally walked to farhaan smiling at him with love and purity, "farhaan, tumne humari saza khud ko , or un tamam larkiyo ko di. Sirf isliye ke tum humse badla le sako. Per dekho aj akele bas tum ho. Mere liye tum or ayaan ek he the, pagal shaitaan , masoom. Or ab lagta hai, mera wo farhaan rasta bhatak gaya hai, mera ek kaam karoge tum?" asad took crying form of farhaan in his arm and let him cry for a while before he spoke ; "mera wo farhaan la do wapas, la sakoge tum" he says softly and immediately farhaan parts away from asad looking straight in his eyes in disbelief and guilt.

"ap gussa nahi hai, maine itna bura kiya ap ke sat hap mujhe maaf kr rahe hai" he asks confirming what he heard is right.

"nahi, maaf nahi kar raha hu. Bas ek mauka dena chahta hu tumhe, ayaan ke liye, haider ke liye, or dua ke liye" he says wiping the next stream of flowing blood with his hand cuffs. Farhaan stares at asad with tense brows trying to recollect something, that's when tanveer enters with little dua in her hand, "farhaan, dua" he points at the baby who is waving hand happily at asad and farhaan; " tumhari beti" he completes getting up and walking to tanveer, he smiles at tanveer blinking at tannu who is nodding practically crying her heart out , he then smiles at dua, pecking her on her cheeks he takes her in his arm, walking back to farhaan with her.

He leans back on floor, all the while tanveer and farhaan are staring at each other with tears. Asad takes the baby and gives it in farhaan's arm, with a little groan he hold her confortably; "she is your daughter farhaan, your responsibility." He says smiling again, piching dua's chin playfully , and she giggles in farhaan's arm.

Farhaan sits back on floor watching her laugh and giggle softly in his arm, just when she stops laughing he does the same what asad did, and she again starts to playfully laugh and smile at him.

"baby, he is your abu. You abu" he repeats softly letting the baby grasp what he said, "abu!' dua said touching farhaan with her little hands she smiles again; "abu!" she repeats again with a soft giggle.

The call for him by the little princess in his arm made farhaan's heart melt at her voice. "yes I am your abu, abu" he says holding her hand and looking at her with lots of love pain and hurt.

"abu!" she repeats playing with his buttons of his shirt. Farhaan cries softly pulling her to him, he starts pecking her all over her face , she twitches her nose with every kiss which makes her look more adorable.

"farhaan. Dua and tanveer needs you. Wapas aajao, pehle wale farhaan banker, sari buri yade mita do, sari shikwe gile chorkar. Tumhara ghar, tumhara apna ghar intezaar kr raha hai tumhari" he says eying tanveer to come to him she happily obliges him and sits right next to farhaan. He exhales in between hiccups , as the soft touch of her support strengthens him on his shoulder, "I am sorry" he says squeezing his eye shut and letting tears fall through them.

"sorry" he repeats looking at asad and tanveer together and lastly to dua...

"bhaijaan ap wapas aa rahe hai?" ayaan asked mouthing o'

"haan, mera kaam khatam hua" asad says with sad eyes , he squeezes phone tightly over his ear to gain balance.

"per bhaijaan ap kaise ja sakte hai? Wo bhi ab jab ap ko mera sath dena hai" ayaan pouts walking behind asad with his cell phone over his ear.

"ayaan!" asad calls his name in shock , he is surprise to see ayaan at airport just where ayaan is in departure line, he is in arrival.

"bhaijaan, humera nikah kar rahi hai." Came a third voice just next to ayaan and asad turns his head with a smile and quickly he open his arm to hug him.

"haider?!!"