Who stalked you?

After a week...

Although Asad didn't confronted Firdaus as he was afraid of dejection and he thought that this time he won't be able to control his frustration if it happens again. So, he decided that he would be less mean towards her. As a reason of that he would eat or have any dishes or recipes cooked by her. He would stay a little longer in the hall so she would think that he is not at hate of her presence.

Firdaus on the other hand didn't showed any signs or acknowledgement of Asad minor changes. She was fed up of these misunderstandings and rather tried to stay as much as a way as she could. Whenever Asad would stay longer or if she is asked to pass something to him, she would make excuses. She would never try to make herself known in his presence. If she was laughing and he was to enter then she would stop laughing. If she was talking then she would go all silent. If she was asked to do things that were related to him, she would pass it on to Sumaiya or Elnaz. Her behavior was noticed not only by Asad but also Elnaz.

Following evening After iftar...

Elnaz was sitting on the sofa talking to her classmates whereas Firdaus was going through her Instagram.

"Appi yaar! I am bored!" Elnaz whined as she ended the call.

"So, what do you want me to do Elli-belli?" Firdaus peeped at her and again focused on the screen.

"You know all my friends are going to shopping, or at their relatives house, or iftar party etc. and look here whenever I am free, I sit here either to talk or hear my friends plans..." Elnaz complained.

"Elnaz you know that Ramzan is a month where we worship with all out heart. We pray with everything and I am happy we are using it as much as we can and you know Ramzan is not all about shopping, parties, etc. We will go at the right time for shopping after we both individually read the whole Quran. Okay Elli-belli?" She explained, as Elnaz nodded.

"I understand Appi and I know too, it's just tha... ohh ...how about we play half an hour a game and then read some verses of Quran and then sleep??" Elnaz suggested brightly clasping both her hands and sitting upward straight and looking at her with some hope.

"Hmmm...?" Firdaus acted as if thinking to make her little irritated, to which Elnaz snatched the pillow Firdaus was holding and bumped it up on her head.

"We are doing that."

*****

Firdaus was waiting for Elnaz in her bedroom sitting on her bed. Ya Allah where is this girl? She thought as it was past five minutes that she was gone. Just as Firdaus was about to get up and go looking for her she entered the room smiling happily.

"Where were yo-" Firdaus stopped talking as she saw the person behind Elnaz.

"What Appi?" She smiled mischievously.

"Huh?" Firdaus looked at her dumbstruck.

"Asad Bhai too will join us FYI!" Elnaz jumped on the bed while Asad stood there glaring at his sister. Seriously, sisters can remember every due favor on their part he thought. Elnaz had dragged him all the way here telling that he has a favor pending on her part, which obviously he doesn't remember. And he shrugged it off thinking that he is way busy to remember her tiny favors.

"So, what do we play?" Elnaz spoke breaking the thick silence in the room. She looked frantically at the two of them. Firdaus shrugged and Asad made a face of oblivion.

"Hmmmm......so we play...." she trailed off thinking of something suitable, tapping her fore finger on her chin.

"Yes. We play truth and dare." She shrieked pulling Asad on the bed to which he warily complied with.

"Okay." Firdaus softly whispered.

"But only three of us?" Asad asked in a face

Of disinterest.

"That's enough Bhai, anyways it will last only for a while." She answered as she bought a small table and bottle as they three sat at the edges 0f the table facing them.

"So, Let's start." Elnaz spined the bottle at which the head of the bottle face her and bottom towards Firdaus. "Truth or dare Elnaz?" Firdaus chirped to which she replied by selecting Truth.

Firdaus raised one of her eye brows at her and thought about the question.

"Okay... so tell me about your current crush?" She asked, smirking slightly.

"Ohh... ummm...It's Christiano Ronaldo... he plays football all so fantastically and is humble as much as I have seen on TV and papers." She answered laughing a little.

"Okay then." With that she spun the bottle again. This time the heads where at Asad and bottom at Elnaz.

"So, Bhai? Ready? Truth or dare?" She asked as if planning something naughty. He looked at her warily nodding and going for truth.

"So how many children you want Bhai?" She questioned.

"What question is that?" Asad asked irritated narrowing his eyes at her to which she laughed loudly.

"Come on Bhai, at least I should know how many children are going to call me phuppu?" She stretched it beyond and he glared at her shooting daggers all while. They all waited for a minute when he huffed and finally gave in saying "As much as my wife wants." He replied gazing anywhere but them. His neck and ears were all red and you could say that he was blushing. Elnaz awed at him to which he threw a cushion at her face.

This time he spun the bottle only to have the bottom side pointing at Firdaus and head side at Elnaz. Rubbing her hands together she prepared her next question. "So Appi? Truth or dare." She asked." Truth" Firdaus replied cautiously. "Tell me your deepest secrets. No forcing though I can change it if you are not comfortable."

Firdaus thought for a while contemplating if she could say. "I have been stalked." She muttered gazing at the bottle. For the moment she thought who would know what she is talking about.

"What?" Elnaz whisper-yelled her eyes popping out of her sockets. Asad sat there as if he didn't hear it but in fact it was that he was trying to comprehend it. Stalked? Firdaus? Who? And again, the bottle was spun again and too much to her dismay the bottom faced Firdaus and heads towards Asad. He smiled at himself it was a good opportunity. And he was thinking out of many things what he should ask her?

"What habit makes you feel bad about yourself?" He asked half daring her for truth and half embracing to hear her answer." That I can't speak truth at times." She answered him looking at him straight. He wanted to ask her what truth but he can't as a result he kept quiet staring at her thinking all the while.

When the bottle was spun again and it came same as before just the bottom faced Asad and head towards Firdaus.

"Truth or dare?" She questioned.

"Truth." He replied looking at her.

"The thing you want to change about yourself?" She asked.

"That I care too much some times." He answered her to which she nodded sadly.

The game continued to a point where again Firdaus was to do or answer her part and Asad to question. She chose Truth like most of time but it turned her in to stone at his next question.

"Who stalked you?"

*****