Aliyah's pov:

"Oh my god Aliyah. How are you? Are you okay?" Noor asks her millions of questions while hugging me.  

"You should let her breathe," Aariz said after coming behind her.

Nafisa and Karya followed right after and jumped on me. "Aloo! Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Karya said while looking at me.

"Areh no I'm fine. It's okay." I say trying to convince everyone. 

"Where is that Fahad? I will kill him." Nafisa said with an annoyed expression.

"Oh you definitely don't have to worry about that." I say remembering how Ahaan almost killed him. I didn't want him to. No one needed to waste so much energy on Fahad. He is not worth it. Besides, there is no way I would've wanted Ahaan to go to jail because of that bastard.

Aryan came up to us. "His trial is next week. Bhabi, can you give your witness statement?" 

I nodded but didn't really pay much attention to his words as I looked at Karya. She looked hurt. 

Aryan whispered something to Aariz and they both left, leaving us four together. 

I debate about asking Karya what happened when Nafisa spoke up. "Back to serious chats. Oi desi girl! How did you figure out you like Aariz jiju?" Thankfully, they won't pressure me anymore.

"Wow! Our straightforward daydreamer huh?" Noor teased her.

"Straightforward? You know how much denial she went through to get here? I had to tell her everyday that she liked him!" Karya scoffed. Her expressions now back to normal.

"Areh no. I don't like him! I'm asking for a friend." Nafisa said while hiding a little behind me.

"Areh iss ladki ko to mai!" Karya looks around for a weapon as Nafisa completely hides behind me. (This girl, I will!)

"Areh areh! Kon hai wo ladka?" Noor asked confused as she tried to stop Karya as well. (Who is that guy?)

"Azaan Raihan," Karya said while smirking at Nafisa.

"Shhh!" Nafisa screamed at Karya.

"Ohh. Accha, you don't need any more clarification. We all know you like him." Noor said teasingly.

The atmosphere slowly returning to normal. Which sends a relief through me. As I didn't want them to get worried about me.

"No!" Nafisa debated.

"Areh come on. Let me talk to him." Noor pulled her away to the boys and Nafisa struggled to stay here.

As they left I saw Karya looking at Aryan with almost teary eyes.

"Spill," I whispered to her. Though now I probably shouldn't have said it as she does not look like she is in a place to talk.

She took out a pen from her pocket and gave it to me as I looked at her confused. 

The pen obviously symbolises something, but I have no idea what it is.

"He-" Karya started to speak but she was in the verge of breaking down. 

"Karu? Look at me, it's fine. Don't worry." I don't why I was comforting her but I needed to before I knew the the reason anyway.

"Aryan, he gave this back. He... he hates me," she whispered with tears in her eyes. 

"What?" I ask even more confused. The last thing I would believe is that Aryan hates Karya. From what I've seen, he loves her a lot.

"In high school he... he took this pen and said he'll give it back to me when he hates me and... and he gave it back to me," Karya said and then quickly wiped her tears away as Nafisa and Noor approached us. 

"This girl scared me!" Nafisa said after coming behind me.

"Aloo! You need to do justice! You know how scared I was when she pulled me towards the guys? In the end, she just took me to the bathroom!" She said while Noor was laughing at her.

"You're laughing huh? Wait I will kill you!" saying this she started chasing Noor while holding her purse as a weapon.

"She is going to fall." Karya comments when she notices how clumsily Nafisa was running.

"She is definitely going to fall." I say while holding back a smirk when I notice Azaan walking towards them without noticing the chaos.

"Ohhhh! Noor is definitely running in circles on purpose." Karya says when she notices him. Her expressions slowly going back to normal. 

And then Baam! 

Nafisa fell over Azaan as they both fell to the ground.

"I'm pretty sure this is the second time this happened," Karya says.

"Oh wow. They are definitely the falling couple then." Noor said while coming to us after completing her mission.

"Look at them just completely frozen. Not aware that six of us are staring at them." Aariz commented.

"Areh bhai don't disturb them. They are having fun na? Let's watch the show peacefully without disturbing." Aryan commented. "Should we grab popcorn?"

As soon as he said that Karya rushed over to Nafisa to help her up.

She is definitely really hurt because of Aryan. And why would he give her the pen back anyway? Is he stupid? I need to have a word with him.

"Kya bhai? Do bhabi mil gyi already, teesri bhi itne jaldi mil jayegi wo mujhe kisine kyu nhi bataya?" (What bhai? Got two Bhabis already. Why did no one tell me I'll get a third one this fast?) Aryan started teasing Azaan after he got up.

"Mai Batatihu tujhe chal mere saath." (I'll tell you. Come with me.) he grabs Aryan and leaves.

Aryan's pov:

Azaan bhai left me in my room after threatening me to shut my mouth- which I obviously will not do. There was a knock on my door right after.

I open it to see Aliyah bhabi standing there. "Bhabi aap yaha?" I ask confused. (Bhabi, you're here?)

"Kuch baat karni thi tumse." (Needed to talk to you.)

"What happened between you and Karya?" she asked as soon as I closed the door.

I froze on the spot not knowing what to say. How does she know?

"Nothing happened." I tried to say nonchalantly.

"Stop that tough guy act. I know you like her." she said while folding her arms.

"I do, yes. But she doesn't like me. She made it clear. And I stopped bothering her so she could be happy."

"So you basically gave her a sign to show you hate her even when you don't?" she facepalmed herself.

"Yeah. She can live happily now that I won't bother her."

"Why are men so stupid? Aryan gosh why the hell did you think she hates you? Did she tell you that?" she asks while glaring at me.

"She did."

"I will seriously kill you before any of your brothers do!" she said and held a hair stick at me.

"Areh bhabi! Maine kya kiya?" (What did I do?)

"Oh God! You wanted her to stay happy na? That's why you gave her the pen back didn't you? And right now she is everything but happy you stupid!"

I stare at her in confusion. "What do you mean? She clearly-"

"Yeah, gotcha. She said she hates you. Whatever. She does like you! I don't know for how long, but she is miserable right now. And she is just hiding it under a smile."

"But I hurt her. What if she gets hurt again because of me?" I ask unsure.

"Oh god. Seriously, you're so stupid for a Lawyer. Keep all your 'what-ifs' to yourself! She is hurt right now because of you. So you better make it right. I don't care if you're my devar, if my Karu gets hurt, I'll seriously kill you, got it?" she said while pointing her hair stick at me again.

She left the room leaving me to my thoughts. 

Karya likes me?

She is hurt because I gave her the pen back?

How is it even possible? 

Nafisa's pov:

"Hamare daydreamer kitne lucky haina guys? Kitne saare fictional moments experience kar rha hai tu!" Noor said while swinging me. (Isn't out daydreamer so lucky? You're experiencing so many fictional moments!)

"Nhi chahiye mujhe luck. Tum rakhlo." (I don't want luck. You keep it.) I said while glaring at her.

 Right now I have an infinite amount of embarrassing moments with Azaan Raihan! Like at this point, my brain is so used to getting embarrassed that it's not even that embarrassing anymore! 

"Where is Aliyah?" I ask to change the point. Me, Noor and Karya are in the living room of the Raihan mansion with Aliyah not in sight.

"She went to the bathroom. There she is." Karu pointed at her as she was walking towards us.

"What did I miss?" Aliyah said after sitting beside me.

"We were just talking about our new falling couple!" Noor said with a grin. Falling couple? Now what the hell is that?

"We named you and Azaan the falling couple," Aliyah informed me as she probably spotted my confused face.

"What? Why?" I ask in disbelief. What kind of name is that?

"Because you keep falling over him. And he fell for you." Karya said while teasing.

"Yeah, and you're not falling for that Lawyer Raihan huh?" I say to tease her back. To which she goes silent.

"Areh Nafu! Don't change the point. Now, tell us, how will you win him over?" Aliyah said right after.

"Huh? Me?" I ask with wide eyes.

"Oi why would she win him over? He has to win over our daydreamer. And no shortcuts just because he is our brother-in-law, okay?" Noor said to Aliyah. 

"Yeah that's right." Aliyah said in a considerate voice.

"Kya yarr! I don't give any of you permission to plan my future already!" I debate.

"So what? we don't need permission." Noor said unbothered.

"Aliyah! Oh you all are here. We wanted to talk to you." The elders of the Raihan family came to the living room. This is the first time I've seen them all together after Noor's wedding and Aliyah's Nikkah.

"Where are the guys?" Mr Raihan asked while looking around. 

"They're all in their room. I'll go with Aliyah and call them." Noor said and pulled Aliyah away and went upstairs.

A few minutes later, all the four brothers arrived along with Noor and Aliyah.

The elders ordered them all to sit and started talking about how amazing Aliyah and Noor is.

Ahaan's pov:

For some reason, my parents are praising Aliyah and Noor a little too much. They've been going on for seventeen minutes. At this point, their whole conversation is a blur to me.

"...and we were thinking we could get Ahaan and Aliyah engaged now." Their last sentence caught my attention.

"Didn't you say you'd wait three to four months?" Not complaining, just asking.

"Yes but we discussed and I think it has been enough time. So we're planning you engagement next week." Mum said unbothered.

Honestly, I am not surprised. They have some kind of obsession with dropping bombshells on everyone so I got used to it.

"Aliyah, are you okay with it?" Mum asked her in a gentle and understanding voice.

"Uh? Yeah I'm fine with it."

"Perfect, then we can have the rest of the functions in the following week as well." Dad said.

"Can't we have it a few weeks later?" I ask. As much as I'm delighted to be engaged to Aliyah, she needs to breathe. She has been through a lot during these few weeks.

"Aliyah said it's fine. What's your problem?" Mum asks annoyed. 

'My problem is that Aliyah is not fine. Which none of you seem to understand.' I forced myself to not shout this out.

"Ahaan I'm really fine." Aliyah reassured me. 

"It's settled then. Let's start discussing the preparations." The elders start discussing about the decor and the location as I go near Aliyah.

"Are you sure?" I ask her again.

"Yes! Gosh birdie stop worrying about me." she said bringing back her playful voice.

"You are seriously a nightmare. Stop calling me that!" I say while trying to hold back a smile.

"Then stop calling me Nightmare." she said while giving me a playful glare.

"Nope. No matter what happens, you'll always be my Nightmare. And be honest, you enjoy it don't you." I say while smirking.

"Yeah? You're saying that to hide the fact that you enjoy getting called birdie." I did but she didn't need to know that. Right now at least. But I couldn't really argue with her anymore

"Lost the argument so easily Mr Raihan?" she said with a smirk. 

"Anything for you Mrs Raihan." I said while smirking back which made her blush. Which she tried to hide by punching my arm. "What happened Mrs Raihan? Speechless already? I didn't even do anything." I say to tease her even more.

"Ahaan!" she whisper-shouted and gestured towards the elders who were right in front of us planning the engagement.

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