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The night was long for him, the morning for even better with a view of her brown locks spread on her pillow and her back facing his awoken eyes.
On the other side of the bed she laid wrapped in quilt within his reach but yet so far. He sat with his back against the headboard staring at the wall ahead of him feeling things he couldn't point out. He didn't have any business being nice to her, he didn't marry her to take care of her but here he was doing exactly what he didn't plan on doing.
Was it human instinct?
Or was it something else he couldn't describe?
Her scent lingered in his senses like the residue of last night's storm. The small gift he gave her sat on her side table after being touched just once. She had detached herself from him just when she had fallen into unconsciousness, she never returned back to his side of the bed. Maybe she just felt secure knowing he was there only or maybe the rational side of her forced her away from him.
He heard shuffling beside him and looked to the side to see her stretching in the covers much like a cat.
"Morning" he said making her snap her gaze in his direction. Her arms froze mid stretch and her face flushed.
"Good morning" she muttered sitting up haphazardly.
"How did you sleep last night?" He asked making her avoid his gaze.
"I hope I didn't bother you much last night" she whispered turning her back to him and placing her feet down on the cold floor.
"You didn't" he said watching her get up and straightened her wrinkled cloths.
"Good. I guess" she said making her way to her bathroom.
"I'll ask Sabra to prepare our breakfast" he said getting up to leave.
"Uh.. don't bother please. Aapi and Faris bhai are taking me out for the day. Thank you but I'll have breakfast with them." She said blankly not glancing at his frozen figure.
"Ohh I didn't know you had plans" he said staring at her intently.
"I thought aapi already told you. After all you both are quite close" she said glancing at him before shutting the bathroom door behind her.
She pressed her back against the door feeling her heart take up a faster pace beating than normal. She shook the feelings away from her self and did her morning routine. She washed her hands and gave herself a long look. Plain and average. Skinny and tall unlike Safa who was plum and average heightened.
She clutched the counter feeling her heart crack once again. She closed her eyes tightly feeling herself being pushed at the back of the crowd who's center of attention had always been Safa.
"No on wants Wafa"
"Leave this all behind Wafa. Listen to me and leave this world Wafa. Come with me dear I'll show you everything you can't see here"
