Nirvair sighed as he got back from work.

It was a tiring day for him,there was a lot he had to do and he was exhausted now and just wanted to eat and sleep.

"Jaldi se ready ho,Inaya ne dinner pr bulaya h tum dono ko"Bela said and Nirvair sighed.

Well he didn't want to go anywhere but then it was rare that he got to meet Inaya and the Khan's so he couldn't deny it too.

Anyways the food at the Khan's was always the best.

"Iknoor kaha h?"Nirvair asked because she should also know about it then.

"Woh already kamre mein hi h,usko bata diya h meine,ready ho rahi h,tu bhi ready hoja ja"Bela said and Nirvair nodded and left.

"Biwi ke baare mein bade sawal kiye jaa rahe h aaj kal"Abeer said.

"Bhabhi ke aane ke baad se Bhai kuch badale badale nhi lag rahe?"Shivansh asked.

"Mujhe toh difference nhi dikha?"Aashi said confused as to what difference they were talking about.

"Kyuki tu ladki h na!dekh us din kese Bhai chup ho gaye the Bhabhi ke kehne pr,aur aaj,aaj dekh kese aate hi bhabhi kaha h yeh puch rahe the!wrna bhai ko kaha kisi se kuch padi hoti h"Shivansh said and Abeer agreed with him.

"Ab toh sudhrega hi,biwi jo aa gayi h"Neil chachu said making them all laugh.

Nirvair on the other side entered his bedroom and found his wife sitting on the dressing table getting ready.She was wearing a simple Anarkali.

Her long hip length hair were open and Nirvair stared at them.

She turned when she saw him enter the room but didn't say anything.

Nirvair too didn't say anything and went to the wardrobe to take his clothes and have a bath first and then get ready.

Till the time he had a bath and came out after changing into a simple tshirt and blue denim his wife was still getting ready.He went towards the dressing table and quickly combed his shoulder length hair into aan bun,sprayed his perfume and he was ready.

Iknoor on the other hand was still doing her hair.

The man disadvantage of having long hair is that it takes a lot of time for her to style them.Everyday as she goes to the hospital she puts them in an elegant bun which is easy to make and it doesn't even bothers her for the entire day,but now she was invited for a dinner and she can't go like this without styling her hair.

She didn't even knew who's place the dinner was at the first place.Her mother in law had just informed her that they had to go to the Khan's place for dinner who apparently were their neighbours.

Iknoor hadn't got any chance to meet them.

"Are you done?"Nirvair asked as even after waiting for 5 mins she wasn't done.

"Does it seem like I am done?"Iknoor asked in return making him sigh and he didn't commented any further.

"Wese yeh Khan's kon h?"She couldn't help but ask,if she has to survive a whole dinner with them she must atleast be aware about how they were.

"Don't worry isbaar koi controversy nhi honewali h, it's just a dinner"Nirvair said.

"Ha,jesa tumhari Nani ke ghar pr tha"Iknoor taunted and Nirvair tried to control his laugh.

"Khan's hamare neighbours h,yeh hamare ghar ke right side pr jo ghar h woh unka hi h,we are family friends,toh isliye aunty ne dinner pr bulaya h hame, don't worry they are really sweet and simple people,you will like it there"Nirvair said and Iknoor just nodded hearing that hoping no other drama happens now.

Nirvair waited.

Waited.

Waited.

And waited.

He was bored of waiting now but didn't wanted to hear another sarcastic reply from her so didn't ask her to hurry up as well.

All he could do was stare at her as she got ready,her hair,so long and thick were taking a lot of time to be made.

"Tum roz jese apne baalon ko banati ho wese hi bana do na,yahi paas mein toh jaana h"Nirvair said but didn't receive any response for it.

When 30 mins had passed Iknoor turned and he sighed in relief.

She was a lil disappointed as he didn't even stared at her for a second.But then she was stupid to expect any form of reaction from him.

He didn't wanted to marry her!

Why would he stare at her?

Or for that matter even give her a look?

She took a small purse and keeping her phone in it she got ready.

"Chalo"Nirvair said busy typing something on his phone as he left the room making her sigh.

She followed him.

Both made their way downstairs and left for the Khan's after bidding by to their family.

They obviously didn't take a car because Khan Mansion was just 10 steps away from their place.

"Yeh h Khan Mansion"Nirvair said as they reached there and Iknoor stared at the big mansion,almost as big as her in law's mansion.

Khan's

Written in golden at the entrance.

They walked inside and were greeted with the smiling face of the Khan's.

Except for one man everyone was smiling at them.

"Namastey Aunty, Namastey uncle"Nirvair and Iknoor both greeted them all.

The Khan's too greeted them.

"Mashallah biwi toh bht khoobsurat h tumhari Nirvair"Fatima i,e Ahaad's mother said looking at Iknoor who gave her a small smile in return.

"Yeh Inaya h,meri bachapan ki dost aur choti behen,yeh uska husband h Ahaad,yeh Ahaad ki mumma,yeh Emir,yeh Emir ki mumma aur Emir ke papa"Nirvair said introducing the Khan's to his wife who smiled at everyone.

She knew Emir because he worked at Sanjeevani too.

Though she had never had any conversation with him ever but she knew him because they had often seen each other at the cafeteria and other places.

"Aur mein dost nhi hu aapka?"Emir asked as he narrowed his eyes at Nirvair.

"Tu mera nhi,Hriday ka dost h"Nirvair said just irritating him.

"Emir tere hi hospital mein h na yeh bhi?"Fatima asked and Emir nodded.

"Ji badi ammi,pr hospital mera nhi h"Emir said and Fatima nodded at that, offcourse the hospital was Mahir's she knew that.

"Tum konsi doctor ho beta?"Shibra i,e Emir's mother asked Iknoor.

"Ji aunty mein gynaecologist hu"Iknoor said.

The Khan's chatted a lil with them before they all settled on the dining table.Inaya and Shibra served them the delicious delicacies they had prepared.

They had asked Bela if Iknoor was vegetarian or non vegetarian and had prepared the food accordingly.

"Mind blowing,as always"Nirvair said as he had a a bite of the chicken biryani.

Iknoor too agreed with him, everything was so delicious,the chicken biryani,kebabs,kadhai chicken,rumali roti, chicken lollipop,mix veg,dal, was all too good.

"Sab meri Innu ne banaya h,acha toh hoga hi"Emir said praising his sister as always.

Inaya shrugged it away.

Fatima and Shibra kept advising the newly married couple about the importance of marriage in a nice way so that they both could implement it in their relationship.

Iknoor sighed at the irony,they all were giving her marital advice when her own husband didn't wanted this marriage.

"Dono ko milkr nibhana hota h yeh rishta,ek akele se nhi hoga yeh,dono barabari se hissa lete h ismein,aur dono ki barabar ki zimmedari bhi hoti h"Fatima said and Iknoor liked at Nirvair who just nodded not giving away any reaction to that.

Equal companionship?

But her husband didn't want this companionship!

Equal responsibility?

He wasn't ready to take her responsibility!

Equal involvement?

He didn't wanted to get involved in all this!

"Kya badi ammi,kuch aur topic nikalo na!mein bore ho gaya yeh sab sunte sunte"Emir said because he was the only single person in the room.

They had the dinner and then Inaya served them all her famous cheesecake which they all devoured in seconds.

"I don't have a sweet tooth but still this cheesecake is fab!"Nirvair said and Inaya smiled at it.

"Yeh bht tasty h"Iknoor too complimented her making Inaya smile.

"Toh tum kya krti ho?"Iknoor asked as she was curious to know what she did,she seemed young to be married after all.

"Mein filhal baking course kr rahi hu"Inaya said.

"Oh"Iknoor said.

"Tujhe course waghera krne ki zarurat bhi kya h?tu wese hi itna tasty khana banati h"Nirvair said.

"Meine bhi wahi kaha tha,pr thik h ab isse seekhna h toh seekhne do"Fatima said because her daughter in law was anyways gifted in the kitchen department.

"Tu na ek cafe khol diyo!hum tujh se hi cakes aur sweets banwayenge phir"Nirvair said and Inaya chuckled hearing that.

"Phir toh mein kabhi loss mein nhi jaungi"Inaya said because the Sehgal family was heavy on celebrations.

Everyone chuckled at that.

Some random conversations started then and Iknoor was just a listener because she didn't know what she was supposed to say,anyway it was fun being with them,they were really kind people that she has observed.

"Chalo issi bahane tum yaha aaye toh,wrna Eid ka chand bane rehte ho jab dekho tab"Shibra said looking at Nirvair who had visited them after a long time even though they were neighbours.

"Ab shadi jo ho gayi h inki Ammi,ab toh ekdam shant ho gaye h Nirvair bhai"Emir said teasing Nirvair who gave him a confused look.

"Matlab?"Fatima asked.

"Matlab yeh Badi Ammi,ki Nirvair bhai ab chup ho jaate h kisi ke kehne pr,wrna pehele kaha yeh chup hote the bhala!"Emir said and Iknoor tried not to make her cheeks flushed while Nirvair rolled his eyes hearing that.

"Kis cheez ka lalch diya tha tune Abeer ko yeh puchne se pehle?"Nirvair asked.

"Meine toh aise hi puch diya tha kya haal chaal,usne sab bata diya"Emir said laughing.

"Abeer ko samjhana padega ki ghar ki baatein baharwalon ko na bataya kare"Nirvair said teasing Emir who gasped hearing that.

"Mein baharwala?"Emir gasped and Nirvair nodded his head making everyone chuckle at the dramatic pair.

"Kya baat h Nirvair shadi hote hi badal gaye?"Fatima too teased him making him laugh.

"Mein badla ya nhi pata nhi,pr aapka beta zarur badal gaya h aunty"Nirvair said smirking at Inaya who was confused as to what he would say now.

"Ahaad kabhi nhi badal sakta"Fatima said sure that her son could never change.

"Arre,aapko pata nhi?meri shadi mein mere kapde se zyada toh Inaya ke kapdo ki charcha ho rahi thi"Nirvair said.

"Haa Inaya kitni pyaari lag rahi thi hrr function mein,meine photo dekhi thi"Shibra said gushing at her niece.

"Haa aur hrr kisi ko bata rahi thi ki mere husband ne select kiya h kapde"Nirvair teased her making her ho red.

"Aisa toh kuch nhi hua tha,aap jhooth bol rahe h Nirvair bhai"Inaya said immediately because her khalu(Masi's husband was also sitting there).

"Chal jhoothi,meine khud suna tha,sabki kehti phir rahi thi,ji aunty yeh toh mere husband lekr aaye the"Nirvair said teasing her making everyone laugh at her expense.

"Ahaad bhaijaan ladkiyon ke kapde choose kr rahe the!"Emir said not expecting that from his older brother.

"Beta shadi ho jaati h na phir shohar sab krne lagta h"Shibra said.

Well except her husband everyone's husband might do everything.Iknoor thought.

She could see how freely he was talking to everyone here.

This was the Nirvair she had seen in her school days.

This was the Nirvair she had wanted to get married with.

This was the Nirvair she had developed a crush on.

Alas that Nirvair didn't wanted her!

He didn't want this marriage!

"Aap na Nirvair bhai ki baaton mein kabhi aayega mat!woh na kuch bhi bolte h kisi ko bhi phasane ke liye,bht mazakiya kisam ke h woh"Inaya said and Iknoor gave a small smile hearing that.

Well it was true.

Nirvair was a fun spirited person.Or atleast with the rest of the people he was except her.

"Bas thoda sa pareshan krte h sabko,wrna bht paak dil ke h yeh"Inaya said when she heard Emir teasing Nirvair about something.

Iknoor agreed with it.

Nirvair had a heart of gold.

Or atleast the Nirvair she remembers had.

She doesn't know why he acts differently with her only!

What had she done?

Why can't he accept her?

This marriage?

They could have been normal couple then,

With a normal martial relationship between them.

Alas her destiny had other plans.

Inaya talked a lot with Iknoor then bringing her out of her gloomy thoughts.

She was a sweet and innocent girl,Iknoor had noted.

Her husband was so sweet to everyone here,free and fun while talking to them.

They talked till late and when it was getting more late they decided to leave for the night.

Iknoor and Nirvair walked out of their house and started walking towards Sehgal House.

"Dekha,kaha tha na waha sab bht acche h"Nirvair said with a smile on his face and Iknoor nodded at that.

"Are you fine?"Nirvair asked sensing her gloomy state.

"Shouldn't matter to you"Iknoor couldn't help but say.

"Why do you have to be so rude to me every single time I am kind to you?"Nirvair couldn't help but ask as he stopped walking.

"How can I be kind to the person who married me without his will?"Iknoor said as she too stopped and looked at him in the eye.

"Iknoor.....why do you always bring it up,we just had a normal conversation a few moments ago!"Nirvair said.

"That doesn't changed the dynamics of our relationship Nirvair!"Iknoor said as she started walking and he followed her.

"Look I know,I made a mistake and I am truly apologetic for it....but I never wanted to hurt you Iknoor...

"And you did just that Nirvair"Iknoor said and he sighed.

"See,you being guilty isn't going to change anything,so let's just be happy infront of our families,I hope tum unhe nhi batana chahoge ki hamare beech kuch nhi h"Iknoor said and Nirvair didn't say anything to that.

Both didn't spoke anything

after that.

Once they reached the house they found the family sitting together.

"Toh kesa raha?"Mahir asked.

"Usual,acha tha"Nirvair said pretending as if he didn't just had a depressing talk with his wife on the way back.

Iknoor too forced a smile acting as if everything was fine.