Ignored Innocent Heart novel Chapter 47

It was morning and hana was coming downstairs for breakfast before going to university. She was all ready in her black hijab and black abaya with her bag on her shoulders. Her mobile was in her hands. Just as she stepped down from the last steps, she looked to her right at the dining table, where she saw her brothers, Rayaan and Daniyal eating while her mother was in the kitchen making something. The atmosphere was very serious and tense so she decided to get out of there before anyone stops her.

But alas! She is not that lucky as her mother saw her when she was tiptoeing towards the main gate.

“Hana! Kidher? (Where?)” her mother asked with both of her eyebrows raised.

“University!” She replied back meekly as everyone had looked up and were now staring at her.

“Nashta karo pehlay! (Have some breakfast, first!)” Hiba ordered to her daughter and motioned towards the dining table with her hand.

“Okay!” She looked down at her joggers and said softly. She was going towards the other end of the table but was stopped by Rayaan.

“Idher aa kr betho! (Come and sit here!)” He ordered in his deep voice. Hana was surprised at this as he does not really talks to her much but she was even more surprised because after last night, she thought she would have to prove herself innocent before anyone believes her. But, their behavior was not hostile at all.

She made her way towards the seats that were closer to them but she had to either sit with daniyal or with Zamid. She was not comfortable with sitting with either of them but she had to sit so she took the seat beside Zamid. It was not surprising at all.

Zamid passed her the jar of jam and some slices of bread, silently. Hana hesitantly took them and started to spread the jam with slightly shaking hands. Rayaan decided to speak at that moment.

“Hana, listen! Last night, the doctors told us that the injection you were giving to dadi jaan was of Insulin and her sugar level was extremely high that’s why she fainted! She was in really critical condition but due to that injection, she was good for some more minutes that we needed to take her to hospital. She is fine now, Alhumdullillah, but will have to stay there for today! We can bring her back tomorrow, In Sha Allah!” he started after clearing his throat. At this information, she whispered “Alhumdullillah” under her breath. Zamid was ashamed of his accusation of last night so he looked down at his plate without saying anything.

“there are somethings that I want to ask you, though!” he begin. Hana just nodded and looked at him in the eyes.

“Why was dadi jaan’s sugar level so high? Do you know what happened? Like, if she ate something?” he asked with confusion. Due to his intense stare, she blushed a little and looked down at her food.

“Yes! She asked me to bring her something sweet! I told her not to eat but she scolded me and so I had to bring it for her! Within ten to fifteen minutes, she started to shake and lost consciousness! I hurriedly went to her drawer to pick her medicine and she fell sown from the bed. I was scared that she will bite her tongue so I put my one hand between her teeth. She bit my hand instead of her tongue so I filled the injection with insulin and injected it! But at that time, bhai came and he assumed that I was trying to harm Dado! But I was not! I promise!” She explained but then ended her statement with teary eyes and pleading looks on her face.

“I believe you so you do not have to beg or prove anything! I just want to tell you that you were amazing and you did the right thing! You can trust me with anything! Even if no one is standing beside you, I will always be there for you! Last night, Zayn told us about Hanan and that you love him! I just want to tell you, as a brother, that it is not right to be frank or to talk to males even if you love him! You should have told aunty and uncle first! It’s not like they would have denied you! And if this hanan is really a good person then he should have asked for your hand in marriage instead to talking to you secretly!” Rayaan explained to her and talked about hanan with seriousness! All his softness was gone when he started to talk about hanan and hana looked at him with shock clearly visible on her face! She looked at everyone and saw that only Zayn was as shocked as she was while the others were looking at her and waiting for her reply or justification of some sort!

Zayn started to chuckle and then started to laugh loudly. Everyone looked at him in question but he was still laughing. Hana started to giggle too so they were looking at them and waiting for them to get over it and finally explained what was going on! Hiba had also taken a seat beside Daniyal.

“What is wrong with both of you? Rayaan is right! You should not have hidden it from us and Zayn, I am very disappointed in you! You supported her in this! Even after knowing that it is wrong! You are the older one! You should have been responsible about all this! And now, you guys are laughing!” Hiba scolded both of them and then solely glared at her son who was still laughing.

“Mamma, esa kuch nhi hai! Ap sab ko koi ghalat fehmi hui hai! Hanan mera bhai hai! Lover shover nhi! He is my older brother, in fact! (Mamma, it’s nothing like that! You all have mistaken it! Hanan is my brother! Not a lover! He is my older brother, in fact!)” She smiled and told them. Everyone had the same expression and that was of astonishment.

“I thoug-” Rayaan begin but was cut off by hiba.

“Even I thought that you were talking about some you are interested in!” she said with relief seen in her posture!

“They way we heard it from Zayn, I actually thought Rayaan bhai is completely out of the picture now!” Daniyal finally said something with cheeky smile but he was actually happy that this Hanan person is none other than her brother and nothing else.

“What?” Hana asked with confusion!

“Nothing nothing! You should finish up and go to university! We will drop you on our way!” Zayn slapped the back of Dani’s head at which he groaned while clutching his head!

“Okayyy!” she dragged her answer with scrunched up forehead and went back to her food when no one looked at her in the eyes.

“Acha suno! (Okay listen!) The guard is on a leave as there was an emergency at his house and the driver is in the hospital with your Tayi’s and he will also not be able to pick you up as he has requested for a half leave! So, when you are free from your classes, call samman, she will pick you up from there as she is also going to be free at 4PM! No one will be home and we will be locking the doors but don’t worry, samman have the keys so you guys can stay alone for sometime till your brothers and cousins come from the office! They will be back by 8PM almost! They have an important meeting but I am sure it will be over by then! But please, keep the doors locked and stay together with Samman!” hiba instructed with stern and no nonsense tone. If it was on her, she would have never left her daughter alone especially when there is no protection for her but she had to as there was no other option!

“Okay Mamma! I’ll call appi when I am free! And we will order something! Okay na??” Hana replied nonchalantly but when she was talking about ordering food, she was very excited! Anyone can see this excitement by the large grin on her face.

“Okay! Samman will pay! Don’t worry about money!” Hiba smiled and nodded in affirmation.

After breakfast, she went with her brothers. They dropped her at her university and went away to their office.

Whole day was spent in office for the males as they had to finish everything today itself as unexpectedly, Ibrahim Mustafa Khan was coming back tonight and he decided to start the project as soon as possible so they got late with the arrangements!

Hana’s mother and both of her tayis were in the hospital with their mother-in-law while Zeeniya was staying at her parents’ home! Asfand and both of his brothers were out of the city for some meeting with another client.

By the time boys were done with arrangements it was past 1AM. It was very late and all four of them were dead tired. As they were getting out of the office and making their way towards parking-lot, Zayn was checking his phone! He saw a message from Samman that she can’t pick hana up as there was a bus accident and a lot of patients so Zarmeena and she won’t be free! Even if they get free, it will be very late so she told him to pick her up!

“Is it about your girl problem? I mean like, you know, that monthly thing!” he asked awkwardly while rubbing the back of his head. Hana looked in his eyes with shock in her tear filled eyes. Within a minute, her cheeks started to get red and she started to sob loudly. Zamid was shocked and he started to panic as he never had to sooth a crying person. But, one thing was clear to him, it was that Hana was definitely on her periods and she was crying due to embarrassment.

“Listen, stop crying, please! They will come back to check if you won’t stop! And I am sure you don’t want anyone else to know about it! And then again, it’s not a big deal! I won’t tell anyone! Promise! But you have to get up na! We have to get inside or else you will have to explain why you are sitting outside and not moving! Okay?” he hurriedly said and then tried to show her the reason so that she can get inside.

“There could be a stain on the floor! I won’t get up!” She explained while sniffing and then again started to cry loudly while wiping her snot on her abaya sleeve. Zamid cringed a little at the snot but then again tried to make her leave her spot.

“Listen, it is not safe here and we cannot stay here whole night! And about stain, I am here na! I will clean it up and no one will know about it!” he tried again but all in vain as she shouted a big ‘NO’

At this, he became angry and stood up from his place. He looked down at hana in frustration and irritation and then just simply picked her in his arms. She squealed loudly and then tightly grabbed his shoulders. Both of them looked at the floor and there was no stain there. At this, hana looked in her lap in embarrassment that she was scared without any reason and Zamid looked at her in the face with a raised eyebrow but said nothing. He picked her bag with the hand that was under her knees and walked inside. When they entered the living room, they saw the other three in there, looking at them in curiosity. When Zayn was going to come forward, hana hid her face in Zamid’s neck and this made him stop. Zamid started to go upstairs in her room. He took her to her bathroom and sat her on the commode that has its lid down.

“You get changed and cleaned while I bring you the hot water bottle! Stay in the room! I’ll bring food too!” he ordered and went away without waiting for a reply. He had already seen her face as it was red and tears were still not stopping.

When he reached the living room, he told everyone that it was nothing and asked them whether they had order food or not.

“Yeah! I have ordered it! Will be reaching in 20 minutes” Daniyal said and went away from there to change. Rayaan also went away from there as he also got an idea about hana’s situation!

“What is wrong with her? Did something happen? It’s nothing serious, right? And why did she not tell me then? And why tell you? Huh!” Zayn begin and started to get jealous that hana chose Zamid over him.

“Nothing happen and she is fine! It is just a girl problem! You won’t understand until you get married!” Zamid reassured his brother and then taunted.

“Is she on her periods?” Zayn asked with confusion and he dismissed the taunt within a beat!

“How do you know about periods?” Zamid asked with confusion as he thought his brother won’t know anything about it as he also got to know about it after getting married! Zeeniya threw a big fit at her time of month! That is why he knows how to deal with a situation like this.

“Oh, one of my girlfriends in America was on her monthly cycle once and she was a real pain in the ass at that time!” Zayn explained sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head. All three of the siblings have this weird habit of rubbing their heads when embarrassed.

Zamid glared at Zayn at the girlfriend part and Zayn instantly raised both of his hands in surrender and told him that it was all in the past.