Chapter 47 — Vampire?
Faraan's POV:
Hopeless case...
A hard punch...
So, you did....miss----take...Super stupid..
Punch....
You will bear the consequence...
Couple of punches.....
So..
Mr. Faraan....
Punch..
It's your wedding night...
A hard punch .....
It was punching bag in my gym, bearing my acrimonious punches there.
Literally, suffering through a traumatized resentment, I Faraan was heavily horrid out there.
Noor bibi...won't forgive you to ruin the moments....
A series of punches.....
'I'm sorry Faraan. Please!'
I recalled and rehashed her excuse....
Ughh.....
A last massive punch of mine and punching bag swung around and verily hit in my heaving torso. Hugging it tightly I was gaining my stamina back....
Noor, my wife...tested me to the end of my nerves....
Trrrrn.... Trrrrn...
Phone rang inside the pant pocket. I was unrolling the hand wrap, revealing my hard fists gone Violet. I clenched my both fists and unclenched for few times to regain its colour....
The scar was visible in my palm, made me fresh in mind the incident of that night, all my brutality, Noor bore alone in that apartment...just due to mishmash of the reports at the hospital....
Ohh.....I never noticed in my intoxication, but yes, the faded marks were there. Her milky soft back, was witnessing my rampage...
Noor. I sighed.
Phone again rang.
'Leave me alone....it's my wedding night....yes ruined.... but who knows'
I murmured in vexation..along with grabbed my phone out....
.......... calling.....
"This time? Ohh God! Another mindless!"
My brows gone knitted.
"Yes." I swiped to green.
"Heyyyy! Guess who!"
A squeaky voice hit my hearing.
"Come on Suhana! I have an up-to-date phone with caller ID."
"Ohh! My baby Faan! How are you?"
'Baby faan? Ughh'
"Fine. What about you?"
"I'm at the JFK airport...just gonna take the flight for Dubai. I will spend few days there, then I will be there - at yours."
"What? What will be you doing here?" I nearly shouted. "What's the meaning by me doing there. I'm on my vacations. I'm so excited to visit you - won't you welcome me?" She pouted must in last.
'Girls of nowadays. They can leave taking breath but can't leave their pouty tantrums.'
"OK. I will send my driver." I showed some manners by softening my voice.
"See you sooonn." She spoke jovially.
I ended the call.
Stroking phone on my forehead I was allocating the events of today. My wedding. Noor's legal arrival to my house. Her childishly denial, my outburst mood....and icing on the cake - Suhana's most unwanted arrival...
I stood up, headed towards my room, now feeling so tired..
Hopefully, she must be slept....
I thought. Yeah, I thought right but she wasn't sleeping in our room. Bed was empty and creaseless. Although It should be badly wrinkled tonight.
Another nail in my head, but I didn't care, I barged in the room where she was literally looking like a faintly sleeping beauty.
As I pick her slightly warm figure with a bit touch of dampness in her hair....my heart was inflating again her desire in me.... Her murmur of breath was so innocent like her unconscious face....
As I entered in my room, I recalled her stubborn behavior and denial to me....
'How dare she ....to leave the room?'
I have a high self-esteem, egoistically spoiled, ridiculously rude.
As I laid her on bed, she wriggled in slumber...
Click.....
As I locked the door again...
Turned....and saw...
Fairy face was looking into my direction, bit swollen lids peaked my desire to peck on. Innocent eyes loaded with undone slumber, tantalizing figure clad in simple light orange dress, asking me to quit sanity......
Her drowse laden luminous lanterns (eyes) were gone wide first. Slowly narrowing on me with an awakening qualm inside.
Wincing top to toe, she was bestowing me the title of a Vampire, who's going to satiate his thirst after a long time....
"Wh-What do you want?"
Her lips finally parted, examining me on the whole, she was sounding like an innocent, flustered waitress..
"Hmmm....."
This question proliferated a smirk to all of my face, I took two steps more close to her, looking into her Agate Yemeni like shiny Brown Irises.....filling the mystery in my voice I replied.
"I want pure blood!"
My voice caused the gestures of her, change in a manner. First she frowned, then her eyes gone wide in amaze.
"Kia samjhi?"
(What do you think)
I smiled at her aghast and asked by coming more close. It was pretty cold night and I saw she stirred right then.
"Edward!"
Her lips formed an unheard word, staring in my eyes....
Locking my gaze with her...I was sensing her calibration all over me....a little beam of harassment inside the pure eyes.
"Tum shroo say aisee ho."
(You are like this since beginning?)
I inquired of her with my arms crossed on my chest.
She turned in her place with amount of uneasiness in her every stance.
Silence.....
She was numbly silent....
"Lagta hai abhi tak neend mai hai....pagal!"
(it seems stupid is still in slumber)
I mumbled loudly with a loud sigh....and stepped ahead.
She started looking at her lap but snapped up while listening me this time more close "So...Noor... Who asked you to leave this room?"
I spoke just near to the bed...filling sternness in my voice...although her innocent form was cracking in my fabricated shell.....Ahhh....
'No Faraan...it's your turn now.'
I thought in mind by pampering myself.
"Hmsss..."
She gasped and like return to innocence, she stated nothing but draped her dupatta around herself, as she wasn't aware of her disturbed state earlier because of sudden invasion of mine.
"Maybe..Mrs...I... have... dared..to...ask... something?"
I crushed every word before delivering.
"Woh....." At last she spoke...unsewn her lips. "Ap he nay to kaha tha uss room mai chali jao!"
(Actually you have asked me to go from here)
Yes she replied that...with twisting her fingers...Masoom or moron, it was hard to tell. I felt a slight helplessness to differentiate.
"Mai to or bhi buhat kuch kehta hoo. Do you follow all?" I looked down at her bright hair parting. She looked above for a second then started fumbling with her fingers.
I turned and sat carelessly in armchair, again focusing on her.
"Just tell me one thing." I started normally. "Since when you will behave like a baby?" After a pause, I asked sarcastically.
"Baby?" She creased her bright forehead.
"Yes, baby, infant, toddler! Whatever you name it." I gritted.
She blinked only in reply.
Ughh....
"Did your Mom and my MIL elaborated you something about your married life ahead?"
I bored my eyes this time on her and she lowered her head at once by saying this meekly. "Yes."
"What? I want to know?" I soften my tone to some extent. (forcefully)
"Mom told me....."
She started to speak, definitely with the help of my softness and may be my distance from her...(ughh)
"Mom told me that---"
She continued....
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Noor's POV:
"Thanks yaAllah!"
Beast wasn't a vampire or Dracula or any blood sucking creature....
Till now...he is human...
But, he behaved so arrogantly, carried me again in his room....
He himself told me to live in that room but.....don't know why.... he was asking me then that why did I left his room?....
Ohh...I was so sleepy at that time, my half woken, half slept mind, failing to understand his sarcasm laced conversation....
"Did my MIL elaborate you something about marriage life?" He was asking, seated in chair now.
"Yes." I replied.
"What's that? I want to know." He asked tenderly.
Ohh....beast My heart inflated with a sudden smooth feelings.
I was memorizing the last night.
[Mom came in my room hugged me tightly, pecked on my forehead. As she prayed for me with watery eyes that made me burst into tears then. My loving mother's advises....listening while clutching on her, I was feeling all of her motherly warmth in me.]
"She told me...."
I paused...but his continuous gaze, let me continued again, within no time.
"Mom told me...He is your everything, always respect him and never let him down ever....
Always listen attentively to what your husband says. Give importance to what he says and do as he says. In this manner, you will soon win his......his...
"Further?" His deep voice demanded me more to say.
"Protect his home and wealth; let no one enter the house without his permission and do not waste his money by indulging in exhibition."
"Hmmm....Aur?"
He was listening keenly.
"Never disobey him and always keep his secrets. Revealing his secrets would destroy his trust in you."
"Hmmm...good....more!"
"Mom said, within the limits of decency, tend your beauty carefully so that whenever he will look at you, he will be pleased."
"Good!" That must've pleased him.
"She said to prepare food for him as he likes. Ummmm....a wife can be..... reached to the.... Hubby's heart......through his stomach."
Ohh...that last line was so difficult to state in front of him but I spoke my heart out finally, as he was eager to know, what I have been advised from my mom.
"That's really cool. Anything else?"
"Yes." I.
"Say it." He.
"Mom told me that, while resting, keep it quiet and peaceful atmosphere for Faraan, as mostly men don't like disturbance during sleep."
"Right."
I saw beneath my lashes, a pinch of smile was deliberately sprinkled all over his features.
"Noor!" He called me then with softer, but an alarm was started ringing in my mind. "I'm impressed, what my MIL advised...but there's something lacking there in advises."
I saw him, he was standing up. After turning off the lights, he came to my side while picking out his phone. Unintentionally, I swayed away.
He was now sitting on bed, took off his watch with a little glancing on it. He put phone and watch on side table.
"Noor, I'm so tired. I think you should sleep too. If you can sleep in bed then, no problem from my side but if my MIL advised you that never sleep with Faraan, then it's OK. You can join the couch."
He was serious or what but spoke nonchalantly.
Ohh no.....my mom didn't suggest this kind of thing....
He lied down, over the pillow, he folded his arm rested his head over his hand and forearm while his other arm was resting on his chest, his eyes busy in me for few seconds.... but then he spoke in cold voice.
"But you are not going to leave the room...is it clear?"
"Yes."
I nodded, while replying to him but perplexed with his again sudden cold tone. After listening my reply, he turned his side against me.
"Beast what have you done to me, I'm not able to understand all this..."
In the lamp lights, I was staring to his broad back, his mountainous shoulders...and remembered one last advice of my mom which I intentionally hid from him.
What...was...that?
A film of thoughts was running on the screen of my mind...may be few minutes passed.
Beast turned, saw me in same position. His reddened eyes, with care floating inside. He then got up on his elbow. "Noor, still awake? Lay down." With this, he hold my arm and in orderly manner laid me down on bed ....as I been laid, a soft and warm duvet was draped over me.
"Befiker raho...I have steel nerves!" He spoke in his thick sleepy voice, and I bit lip at this. He was looking handsome in that rough disturbed state...a sudden shame took over me...his voice....his careful touch...his eyes....my heart tremulously beating inside.
"Tum sari zindgi shermati rehna."
(Keep shying all the time)
He sensed my shyness, spoke tiredly and laid down again....
Ohh..... beast it's my big problem, I wish you could understand....
His heavy breath while sleeping - I was feeling lullabies for me.
He was in slumber and totally uncovered.
Looking at him.....my heart state changed....I was feeling for him...
Ohh beast... You are so....
I silently got up. Grabbed the hem of duvet and slowly spread over his huge body....
As curling in my place under the duvet, just recalled my mom's last advice....
My mom said, "Sweet flowers will not blossom in your life as long as you do not suppress your wish for his pleasure...."
His pleasure.....
I hid wholly inside the duvet...flushed at once...
Counting my heartbeats, soon I taken over by sleep...
*--------------*
"Good morning Sir!"
Zareena greeted her newlywed Sir. She was bit excited. Hoping for a fresh new Faraan - a smiling groom...
"Thank you!" Faraan replied as he grabbed all the papers from paper rack...and took seat just in front of the big LED screen, in the lounge.
'Sir...coffee..."
Zareena came after a minute and presented him, his coffee as a starter of the day...
"Hmmm." He nodded then spoke while eyes scrolling on paper. "Zareena!"
"Yes Sir!" She replied obediently.
"Suhana is coming. Make her room ready and I don't know how long she is going to stay."
"OK Sir." Zareena nodded then after a little pause.
"
Sir is Ma'am awake?" She asked for the new bride at home.
"No idea. But I need her to be present at the breakfast table!"
"Better." Zareena headed towards the staircase and Faraan picked remote of the LED TV.
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"Ma'am is this right?"
"Umm... Isn't it too heavy for the morning?"
Noor replied. She was sitting on the couch at foot side of the bed, fresh bath placed a glow on her face....pink lips were quivering again and again as the weather was cold according to her sensitivity and brittleness. A natural rouge was flushed over her cheeks. Brown glassy orbs were started twinkling at the start of the day.
Zareena was choosing an attire for her just to fit for the first day of a bride....
"Ma'am this one?"
"That's beautiful!" Noor replied in amaze..
"OK ma'am get ready, Sir is waiting for you."
Zareena showed her a compact, make up box -fully equipped with makeup accessories.
"Thank you zareena."
Noor finally got up, picked the dress and headed towards attached dressing room, which Zareena showed her a bit earlier.
Ohh....
Her heart raced up at once. She saw there was a vast array of neatly hanged shirts of Faraan. His ties..shoes... socks...belts...sun shades. Nearly every belonging was neatly put in their respective place.
His specific masculine scent was engulfing her in there....as she took off her dress...an eminent feeling bloomed inside her. Hurriedly, she put on the dress and walked out of his spell binding scented area.
After brushing her hair, she just took a glance through the kit.....
Hmmm...
She nodded in negative, as rejecting the idea of applying anything.... and put only Kajal in her intoxicated eyes....
The swelling on her lips was in the healing process...
She applied softly a vintage pink soft shade of lipstick, while looking in the mirror.....
Carefully placed slippery dupatta on shoulders and head - she was out of the room.
With moisten palms she was descending the stairs.
"MashaAllah! Ma'am, you are looking so pretty."
Zareena moved ahead and grabbed her hand.
There was no one in the name of her in laws....she sudden started missing her Mother in Law....
If she was alive, she would be happy to see me here...at last I'm bride of her alone son. She thought.
"Sir! Ma'am is here."
Zareena's voice drawn her out of her thoughts, she was ushering her to place, where the Groom was seated waiting for his Bride....
She sensed around, he was in lounge, Zareena left her there, in front of him...
Two incandescent eyes, making her cheeks lit up...
Noor saw he was standing up, all the papers were in his hand, now gone aside by him, albeit ...T.V was on with a minimal volume...
Silence.....
"Assalam-o-Alaikum!"
She greeted him by slowly lifting her gaze towards him but couldn't endure the X-rays of his eyes..
"Wa'alaikum'assalam!"
He replied with a nod...
"Are you OK? How was your sleep?"
Noor saw and felt his concern. His overshadowed figure was clad in ivory Cotton Kurta trousers. His upwardly folded sleeves, making him bit casual..
"Yes..."
She replied dulcetly, and her silken veil slipped down...her honey brown locks, with tiny curls at the tips, were loosen at her back.
Her Heena painted hand sudden grabbed in a wide and warm hand of Faraan at once, as she tried to cover her head again...
"Mom nay kaha tha shohar say parda kero?"
(Did your mom asked you to cover yourself in front of husband)
Faraan's travelling gaze... His question.....in the question there was a sarcasm....She was sensing every bit of it.
"OK...let me tell you one thing."
He waited for her reply but she was quiet...innocence took hold in every feature of her...looking at her, in those eyes, only he can tell, the state of his wounded heart...
While she was looking at him like totally ignorant of her own devastating existence.
"Believe me, buhat sukoon say soya mai bhi."
He just leaned a bit and spoke in nirvanic tone..
"Sir! Table is ready."
Zareena's voice from back, made him straightened up. "OK...we are just coming."
As Zareena left, he gripped the Noor's hand and said in weird tone.
"Noor begum...I'm so hungry...will you serve me like a wife?"
He paused a bit..bored his eyes in her...while she was partially dumbfounded, looking back in his eyes...
"I mean on the table?"
He added smilingly this time...
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Faraan's POV
"Noor I'm coming to pick you ....just come out..."
I called her as I dropped her at my in laws in the noon.
"Actually...I wanted to ask you one thing..."
She was asking me hesitantly...
"What...?"
"Can I stay at mom's tonight?"
She is cruelly mad...weird woman "No....never...just come out"
I hanged the phone....
"Stupid...ab apnay susraal mai dil lagao na...shohar ko dekho"
I sudden enraged at her nonsensical demand..
She came out with her mom and my Saala .., I nicely excused as they insisted me to come inside...and just opened the door for her.
She sat inside after bidding farewell to both of them, holding a bag in her lap.
I sped the car jerkily, silence was not maintained, when I asked...
"Noor, what's this is bag for?"
"My books, as I have exams ahead"
"Hmm...OK..."
"What's your aim of life?....Just asking.."
I asked while looking at her purple dress....(she was enemy of my nerves)
"To become a lecturer or professor"
Don't know why, I urged a laugh but I contained myself to smile...
"Hmm....but I thought" I dramatically paused.
"What?"
She was curious....
"OK, I thought you want to becomes best daughter and best sister in the world"
"Yes...it's another aim too"
She was replying simply.
"Ohh....I see, what about to become best wife now?"
Unintentionally my tone got harsh a bit.
"Yes InshaAllah... I will try my best..."
She spoke with lowered head, twisting her fingers...she was shy while replying....(Ahhh)
"OK... Ice cream khao gi?"
I asked, while looking at her hand where she was screwing the diamond ring in her ring finger...
"Bolo...Mrs..."
She lift her head to reply me..
But...
She squealed at once, with her hand on my arm...
"Faraan!!!...."
"Look out!!!...."