"Silence." His voice shook Mah e Roo's eardrums. She closed her eyes in fear.
"Open your eyes and look at me." Hasaan ordered her in a serious tone. Mah e Roo opened her eyes and blinked innocently looking at him.
"Will you be my friend?" He asked softly. Mah e Roo was surprised. Was not he angry at her
"No." Mah e Roo replied arrogantly.
"I am saying it for your sake." Mah e Roo's wrists were still in his hands and she was sitting very close to him carefree.
"For my sake?" She asked curiously. He released her wrists.
"Yes, if you become my friend, I will do whatever you say." Hasaan looked into Mah e Roo's beautiful eyes. She thought for a while and Then shook her head in denial. Her only friend was Sufyan who did everything she said.
"I will not be your friend. You are bad and called me psycho. Saifi never called me like this." Mah e Roo said.
"Is Saifi your best friend?" He asked.
"Yeah. He obeys me. He listens to my reprimand quietly and appease me whenever I am angry. I don't need you." She was talking about Sufyan in a soft tone and addressing Hasaan harshly. Hassan was enduring such an accent of Mah e Roo just for his mama.
"If you do not befriend me, I will send a ghost to you." He warned her.
"Oh, please. Give these threats to someone else. I'm not afraid of anyone. Safi is with me. He will kill your ghost." She tried to free her wrists.
"What should I do now? How can I tame her? She is not ready to believe me in any way." He thought wearily. Now it was useless to argue with her further and the chances of being insulted were very high so he felt safe to leave right now.
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Sufyan's phone rang when he was returning home from the restaurant. He took out the phone and looked at the screen. It was Ali's call. He he put the phone to his ear.
"Hello." Sufyan said.
"Hello dude, there is a bike race here. Please don't say no to me and come quickly." Ali said in a pleading tone. Sufyan had an accident yesterday. His elbow was still hurting but he did not care.
"Is it a bet?" Sufyan asked.
"This time there is no bet but a reward, Honda 125." Ali told him happily.
"Really?" Sufyan said in surprise. If it were a bet, he wouldn't accept.
"Yes, come quickly now. I have made a deal with the other party. All I know is that you will not lose the game. So the bike will be yours." He smiled at Ali's conviction. Ten minutes later he reached the place where the race had to be started.
"He's Rahim, your competitor. He claims he can never lose to anyone and whoever loses him, he will be rewarded with his bike." Ali introduced him to Rahim who was about twenty five years old boy. Rahim Smiled and extended his hand towards Sufyan. They shook hands with each other.
"You look eighteen years old. Boys up to twenty seven have not been able to win against me till now. how will you?" Rahim's tone was arrogant. Sufyan did not answer . He just looked at him quietly.
"Same to him. He is unbeatable too." Ali replied.
"Ohh then I will enjoy a great contest. Let's see." Rahim gave him the bike key pointing at the motorbike.
"That's your bike. We have to race on a busy road. It can be life threatening. You still can step back if you want," Rahim told him. But Sufyan agreed for race and moved towards his bike. They had to race for three kilometers. Rahim was accompanied by several of his fellows. Some of them were waiting at the end point.
They both sat on the bikes, put on helmets and started the bikes. When a man blew the whistle, they moved the bikes forward at full speed. They remained at the same distance for the first minute. Then a car came in front of Sufyan. He quickly Overtook it , but Rahim took advantage of the situation and went a little ahead from Sufyan. The next car was also towards Sufyan. Before he could reach the vehicle, he had turned the bike already as a result he easily passed the vehicle. A bike came in front of Rahim. He quickly turned his bike slightly to the right and overtook that bike. Now Sufyan had gone beyond him. Then for half a minute they kept moving forward without any hindrance but Sufyan did not allow Rahim to come equal with him. They had to face a big vehicle. Both set their positions in time. Sufyan passed by the left side of the vehicle while Rahim passed by the right side. Their connection was broken for a while. When they met after the vehicle had passed, Sufyan was before him. Rahim wanted to make a jump and get beyond Sufyan. But it was too risky.
After a while, there were two vehicles in front of them. The distance between them was sufficient that They could both pass by them easily but after that a bus was coming. So they both choose the area around the bus. Rahim passed easily but Sufyan had to stop because of a child who came in front of him from the footpath suddenly. He braked the bike with a jerk, lifted the rear tire into the air and turned around on the front tire. Now he turned to the right of the road. The child survived, but his time was wasted. He put the back tire on the footpath, picked up the front tire, turned around behind the child, and forwarded the bike. Rahim was five steps ahead of him. He speeded up the bike and tilted his head down slightly. Yet the distance was reduced to only two steps. He did not give up. Despite having pain in his elbow, he was racing his motorbike dangerously. He did not want to lose this race at any cost. He was so obsessed with winning that he didn't even care about his life. After some thought, he turned his bike towards the footpath. The footpath was a little higher than the road, so he took advantage of it and jumped in the air. When the tires touched the footpath he was equal to Rahim. Rahim looked at him in amazement and Sufyan went even further, taking the advantage of his amazement. The end point was a minute later. Rahim tried hard to go ahead of him in that one minute but Sufyan did not even allow him to come equal to him. And reached the end point before him.
He took off his Helmet after stopping his bike and took a deep breath. Everyone was clapping for him. He did not even smile to show his happiness of winning. He came down from the bike with calm expressions on his face. Actually he was happy but he did not express his feelings like others.
Rahim also got off the bike after reaching the end point.
"Good job. I'm impressed. This bike is yours from today." Rahim said, patting him on the shoulder . Sufyan, who was going to give the key back to him, stopped.
"And these are its papers." A boy gave him motorbike papers. Sufyan was also impressed by Rahim's honesty. He did not get angry , said nothing to him in frustration, applauded and politely handed over the bike to him.
"Thank you." Sufyan said.
"By the way, how old are you?" Rahim asked, gazing at him . He was looking over 19.
"eighteen years." He said softly , sat back on his bike and put on his helmet. Rahim opened his mouth in surprise while everyone was also looking at Sufyan's strange behavior with amazement. He did not shout his victory nor show off. He was so calm and cool.
He came to the starting point where Ali was waiting for him. He smiled to see him on the bike as if he already knew he would win.
"Wow. I was sure you would make it" He had just stopped the bike when Ali hugged him.
" Let me get off the bike," Sufyan said.
"Get off quickly. I have to take a ride on it." Ali moved back and ordered . Sufyan got down, giving him the bike key. Ali sat on the bike, smiled happily and started the bike. A little smile appeared on his lips when Ali moved forward. He did not smile before others but did it alone.
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" Did you get any information About Mah e roo?" she asked impatiently as Hasaan sat before her.
"yes I got enough information about maah e Roo's life. I paid a maid who is new in Shah Palace. But she has heard a lot from the old maids. Shah family told everyone that her mother died." Hasaan said in a serious tone, stopped for a moment and looked at her carefully. She took a deep breath and gestured him to continue.