Nuska's pov

We ate our lunch giggling about some jokes which happened in our life. We completed our food in no time and we carried the plates and dishes to the sink.

One by one Zaid washed it while I wiped and kept it away. We completed cleaning the kitchen and went to the living room to take rest.

"Zaid, I am going to sleep" I happily announced and was about to go upstairs when Zaid spoke stopping me, "Girl, are you insane?"

"What? NO" I frowned.

"Then don't sleep" He said and pulled me towards the sofa in the living room.

"But why?" I asked pouting.

What? I love sleeping!

"Com'on Nuska, we are on a trip and we have only one more day and then we will be going home"

"Yeah I know but why cant I sleep?" I asked and he rolled his eyes.

Com'on people, sleep is important right?
Oh wait!
Is he jealous that I can sleep well?

'Yeah he is', my inner voice mocked at me and I rolled my eyes.
whatever!

"Zaid, you didn't answer " I annoyed him.

I love to annoy him. *Winks*

"Nuska, why don't you go and sleep" He said getting up from the sofa.

"Why?" I asked.

Did he get angry?

"Why are you asking 'Why?'. you wanted to sleep right so go and sleep"

"Sorry Zaid. I was just annoying you"

"Leave me alone, Nuska" He said and walked out of the cottage.

Now what did I do?

I walked outside and intervened our hands but he didn't look at me.

"Zaid please, I will never sleep again. please don't be angry"

"Leave me alone"

"Please Zai, Don't be angry."

"I said leave me alone" He removed my hand and walked away.

It hurt me.

Tears dropped off my eyes.

"Zaid please" I walked towards him crying and pleading.

"Nuska, please go and sleep"

"No, I can't. I am going away" I wiped my tears angrily and talked towards the fenced gate.

"Nuska" He called but I ignored him.

"I am going, Bye" I huffed angrily.

"Who said I am going to stop you. you can go but before that please give me a kiss and leave" He winked.

How dare he say that?

I glared at him.

He walked towards me smirking but I turned to open the gate.

Yes, I am seriously going.

Really?, my inner voice mocked to which I groaned.

I was busy arguing with my inner voice when Zaid hugged me from behind.

"Can you leave me?" I said angrily trying to remove his hand from my waist but He pulled me closer and placed his chin on my shoulder.

"I need to go" I said trying to remove his hand again but failed.

"Yeah please go"

"Then leave me" I said and he left me.

what? how dare he?

"How dare you ask me to go away?"

"Well, it was your choice" He winked and walked towards the cottage.

urgh.. I hate him

'Really?'. my inner voice mocked.

'can you shut up', I screamed to myself.

"Zaid, how dare you walk away from me?" I shouted at him but he totally ignored me and went inside the cottage.

I was pissed off so I sat on the swing which was placed outside, cross-legged and hugged a cushion close to my chest.

I was fuming in anger for atleast more than 15 minutes when the great Zaid khan showed his presence.

He placed two mugs on the table and sat next to me and wrapped a blanket around us. I tried to stop him but it was all a waste of energy.

He pulled me closer to him and handed me a mug of hot chocolate. I refused it first but he forced me to drink it so took the mug from his hand.

I took a sip from it and it was amazing.

My husband is a good cook so I am lucky! *Winks*

I cuddled into him and l laid my head on his shoulder and he wrapped his hand around my shoulder.

"I am sorry" He said after few minutes.

"Why?"

"For everything what happened few minutes ago. I was not angry but I was annoyed. I wanted to spend our last day here properly but you were not cooperating so I got annoyed. Sorry for being rude at you"

"Are you sure you are my husband?" I asked.

"yes ofcourse. Why do you have a doubt in that?" He asked tensed.

"Husband and wives' dont say thank you and sorry" I said.

He replied with a 'Hmm' to which I frowned.

The rest of the evening went off with our talking.

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As we completed our Isha prayers, I went off to the balcony to have a talk with my parents while Zaid got busy talking to someone over the phone.

I had a small conversation with my family and ended the call and walked into the room.

As I walked into the room, I saw a beautiful box lying on the bed.

I walked towards the bed and opened the box and was surprised to see a beautiful white dress lying inside the box.

As I took the dress out of the box, I noticed a small folded paper inside. I took it and opened and saw it was a letter from Zaid.

It said,

To my beautiful wife,
Firstly, sends you some kisses. *winks*
Now stop blushing and wear that dress which your holding it in your hand and come down to the living room, I will be waiting for you.
                                                    XOXO
                               From your loving husband,
                                           Zaid Khan :)

I kept that letter away carefully in my bag and started getting ready.

I had a quick wash and wore that beautiful dress. I applied some light makeup and combed my hair and kept it open.

I pinned my dupatta to my shoulder and I was ready.

With a last glance of myself in the mirror, I took my phone and left the room excitedly.

I walked downstairs when I saw Zaid standing near the dining table, his back facing me. He was talking to someone over the phone.

I walked towards him and hugged him from behind and chuckled.

He removed my hands and turned around to face me and not to lie He was looking very attractive on his white shirt and green pants.

"You look gorgeous , MaShaAllah" He complimented and kissed my forehead.

"You don't look bad either" I winked and he chuckled.

"Lets go" He said intervening our hands and took me to a door besides the kitchen which was covered by curtain earlier.

Hmm.. I didn't know about this.
what if we are going to Narnia?

'Don't get your hopes high, mrs.zaid' my inner voice mocked and I knew this time its right.

He opened the door and walked outside and was surprised to see a pathway with trees on both sides.. It looked more like a forest. Though the pathway was fully lit with beautiful lamps, it looked scary.

Zaid held my hand protectively as we walked down the stairs.

"Where are we going?" I asked looking at him. He smiled and replied, "That's for me to know and for you to find out"

I rolled my eyes to which he laughed.

"Don't worry I am here with you" He said wrapping his hand around my shoulder.

We walked along the lit pathway,hand in hand, in silence.

We walked and walked and we came to another door and once we opened it, there was a set of steps to climb.

I rolled my eyes and mumbled, 'Ya Allah I hate walking!'

I have no idea where Zaid was talking me.

"Let's see who reaches the top first" I said and started running.

"That's unfair" He shouted and came running behind me.

It was very difficult to climb the steps with my long shalwar kameez but I still tried to climb fast, laughing out loud.

I know Zaid can run faster than me but he was purposely letting me win.

Thats very sweet of him.

I was busy climbing the steps faster without tripping on my dress when I heard a noise.

I stopped to listen to what it was, it was a roar of a lion.

Oh no! I am going to die today!

I looked around me when I saw Zaid laughing hard.

What the hell? Is he mad to laugh when we are going to die?

He walked towards me laughing and as he came closer to me the sound from the lion increased as well.

I think the lion is closer to us.
Aren't we supposed to run?

"Idiot can you stop laughing" I scolded him when he took his phone out of the pocket and showed me.

Idiot! He was playing with me by playing the sound of the roar of lion in his phone.

"I hate you Zaid" I pouted.

"But I love you" He gave a peck on my lips and took hold of my hand before I could run again.

We climbed the rest of the steps and we moved further into the so-called forest.

As we reached the last step, I noticed another door.

Ya Allah! Please I can't climb another set of steps.

We walked towards the door and as  Zaid opened the door, I got the shock of my life.

There was a beach behind the door.

OMG! I can't believe this.
Ahh.. I love this!

Never in my life had I thought that there will be a beach behind this cottage.

I looked at Zaid and saw him already looking at me.

"You never told me about this" I said.

"You never asked me about it" He smirked while I rolled my eyes.

"Shall we continue walking?" He asked and I nodded.

We walked towards the beach which was lit in moonlight and I lost myself to the beauty of this place.

As we walked further, suddenly Zaid covered my eyes with his hands.

"Why?" I asked.

"There is a reason behind everything" He chuckled.

"Lol" I commented and he took me to only Allah knows where.

We walked further and then we stopped. He took off his hand from my eyes and I was shocked.

There were pictures hanged up horizontally and When I read what was written on the first picture I knew what the rest of the pictures had.

The first picture had both of our picture beautifully sketched and 'Our journey' was written below it.

I smiled as he held my hand tightly to prove that he will be with me for the rest of our life.

I moved to the next picture and I saw our first meeting in the mall beautifully sketched. I can never forget that day because if we haven't bumped onto each other that day we would not be standing here with the deepest love for each other.

I moved on to the next picture and I saw us in Imran's warehouse, obviously even this picture was beautifully sketched.

I wonder who would have sketched all these.

Making a self note to ask about this near Zaid, I Moved on to see the next picture. I moved on and on and each picture showed a part of our beautiful journey.

It was a very cute gesture of Zaid to recreate the memories.
I loved it with all my heart.

As I reached the last picture I was shocked again, It was a picture of us sitting on the swing few hours back. I don't know who did this within a very short time.

My heart was filled with lots of happiness. I was elated!

I hugged him and kissed his cheeks.

"Jazakallahu khair, love. I loved all the pictures in here. In fact, I loved all the memories we spent together"

"Wa antum fa jazakamullahu khairan" He replied kissing my forehead.

"This is not the end. I have some more surprises as well" He added and took hold of my hand.

As we walked further on the sand, he yet again closed my eyes with his hands.

We walked further and we stopped as we reached to where his next surprise was.
He removed his hands off my eyes and I was beyond surprised.

I don't know why but tears started pouring out of my eyes.

It was tears of joy.

There was beautiful writing in fire with the words, "Can I be yours,forever?" In the starting of the bridge.

It was an unexpected surprise!

(A/N: you can imagine something like this with the words 'Can I be yours, forever?')

I turned behind me to look at Zaid and saw him smiling at me with his hands folded across his chest.

I ran to him and hugged him tightly and said, "yes you can Mr.moody. You can be mine, All rights reserved only for me."

He hugged me back and caressed my hair and gave me a long kiss on my head.

"Yes sweetheart I am only yours"

"Zaid, I don't know whether I will get another chance to say this to you so let me tell you now, Jazakallahu khair for all the small things you had done to me till now. Everything you did had made me extremely happy and with each passing second I love you more and more. You are my life, my inspiration, my strength and my soulmate. You are my everything. I loved you, I love you and I will love you forever." I said cupping his face.

"I love you too my devil. Everything you do is a source of joy for me. I can never be sad when I am around you. Thanks for truly being there, sweetheart. You are my everything" He said and kissed my forehead.

"Now dinner time" We laughed at the way he said and walked to the end of the bridge where the dinner was placed.

As we reached there, Zaid pulled a chair for me and once I sat he took all the dishes from a table in the side and placed all the dishes filled with tasty food on the table.

The food looked mouthwatering!

He sat in front of me and served the food first to me and then to himself.

We started our dinner talking about our beautiful journey when I remembered to ask about the artist who drew the sketches.

"Zaid, who sketched those pictures?"

"Husband of the great Nuska Nisthar" He chuckled.

"What? Really? You did it?" I asked not believing it.

"Yup!" He smiled taking a sip from his glass full of Apple juice.

"MaShaAllah you are very talented" I smiled at him.

"Thanks love" He replied sending me flying kisses and I pretended to catch it and eat it.

We laughed at ourselves and continued our dinner talking about crazy stuffs.

We completed the dinner slowly taking our time and then walked towards another area where Zaid had spread a beautiful white blanket on the sand.

We sat on the blanket and then Zaid took out a bag which was under one of the pillow. He opened the bag and took out two boxes.

He kept the bag aside and opened both the boxes and I was surprised to see two beautiful watches in it.

It was a couple watch!

"You like it?" He asked and I nodded.

He removed the watch from the box and put it in my hand and smiled at me.

I smiled back and took his one and put it in his hand.

He kissed my forehead and afterwards we clicked some beautiful pictures as memories and lied down on the blanket.

It was cold outside so I cuddled him and he pulled me more closer to him.

We admired the beautiful moon staring back at us and I deeply fell in love with the moon.

"Zaid" I called him and when he turned our lips brushed slightly. He pressed his forehead against mine and our eyes met.
He looked into my eyes deeply as if he could see the rest of our life in my eyes.

"Can I?" He asked and I nodded and with that we sealed the moment with a kiss.

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Assalamu Alaikum/Hiiii

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Byeee
-Nuska Nisthar❤️