Insiyaa stiffened in her baba's embrace...while her baba narrowed his eyes looking down at her, she let out a nervous laugh.
before letting go of him and hesitantly pulling her backpack off her shoulder,.... she put it on the tiled floor and inserted one of her hand in the backpack's open pocket, pulling out a tiny blackiest and furriest kitten with two pointy triangular ears and a pair of blue and green most vibrant eyes that, any one present in that hall had ever seen!
he meowed again and Gyan Singh let out a surprised gasp!.....
''kaali billi.....appsagun''
[ black cat.....bad luck ] he mumbled not sure if anybody heard that remark at all
"where did you get that thing!" Shawkat asked looking at the black kitty with horrified expression
"AND WHEN" Rahat asked looking absolutely clueless
"at Kheerganga....from a pet shop, when you guys were busy sight seeing.....and it's not a thing, It's a month old abandoned Persian cat" She answered softly kissing the kitten, rubbing it's coat softly
he let out another soft meow!
"but he'd die Insu....look at it! it's so tiny and looks sick, probably the result of mix breeding" Rahat softly said
"superstitions.....infact they stay much healthier and it's not sick, just small.....It'll get bigger as main coon usually do" Insiyaa argued
"Hmm....you know it how!" Shawkat asked
"I googled it"
"and how much did it cost.....i mean usually any purebred maincoon/persian would have cost above 30 thousand" Shawkat asked again
"You have amazing knowledge of cat for someone who hates cat" Sankalp snickered
"Stop exaggerating...i don't hate them, they are just difficult to..... deal with"
"I got it for...She clears her throat---- "less"
"Is that why you took money from the safe" Her father softly asked giving her a look and she gave a timid nod
"aur itne saare rang me se ek yehi rang pasand ayaa tujhe ?" Rahat asked
[ and out of all the colour cats comes in.....that's what you chose ]
"ek hi tha.....
[ this was the only one ]
HE.Is.Beautiful....you must blind if you see that, it was abandoned by it's owner" Insiyaa gave him an incredulous look and argued scowling at both her brothers
"so, she's going to stay with you, i presume ?" Amarendra Raichand asked again in gruff voice and a secret smile on his thick bread covered face
"ummm....y-yes"
"hmm"
"have you thought of any name for her ?" Sankalp asked looking at it amusedly.....
"MUEZZA.....and it's a HE" She said rubbing behind his ear with one of her finger.....closing his eyes, he let out a purr in satisfaction
"you like it Mu!'' She cooed
he meowwed in answer!
and every single person chuckled at their sweet communication...even Blaze! unknown to her!
she was so engrossed in admiring her newly acquired pet, talking to her father.....and about everything that she didn't even look at him for once after stepping in the palace.
as for Blaze, he didn't know what was wrong with him....at first he was annoyed because how curious she was and how she would scrutinize every single one of his word.....
and now it somewhat bothered him when she didn't look at him at all...thinking about he'd leave first thing in the morning....
there was a sudden emptiness, a deep deep longing is what he felt...looking at all of them!
After that they had dinner...Raanisa insisted that they stay that night, so Amarendra agreed.....they couldn't possibly make a journey again after a long ass road they covered already.
And, next day at the crack of dawn, Blaze left in the car Raanisa assigned for him to Bikaner Airport.....
obviously he didn't know that she would be up too for her morning Salah.....or the fact that, she would be hiding behind one of those large cement vents, watching him leaving.
suddenly she felt a stinging sensation again.....
and later that morning they left for Jodhpur...
And after a week, three sons left for London.....again!
Insiyaa let out a desperate shaky sigh....and her lips trembled and her heart flapped inside her ribcage like caged bird trying to get free.
"he didn't say a word, he didn't even look at me for once..." sniffing, She muttered under her breath....."fine!"
with a clenched jaw and blinked away rest of her tears.
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