Humsafar (short stories)

Atish e Ishq

Burhan locked the door behind him and walked towards the bed where nervous Heyam was sitting. He sat in front of her and lifted her veil with a blank face. Heyam looked at him with tear-filled eyes

"Burhan"
She whispered sobbing and hugged him tightly

Burhan made her sit straight on the bed again. He took her dupatta off her body making her look at him with wide horrified eyes. Burhan tilted her face to check her neck. He saw fingerprints on her neck. Heyam could see the rage in his eyes

"Where else did he touch?"
Burhan asked in an extremely dangerous voice

Heyam couldn't reply feeling scared. She never felt this scared in her whole life. His dark angry eyes weren't letting her breathe

"I am asking something damnit"
Burhan shouted holding her shoulder tightly and making her hiss

"Whole body"
She whispered looking down

"Show me"
Burhan ordered in the dominating voice

"Huh"
Heyam looked at him with widened eyes and started nodding in no

"Heyam"
Burhan called her name angrily

"No no never"
She wiped her tears and for away from him

Burhan took off her dupatta and due to deep blouse he could see the two finger prints on her chest. He felt his heart pounding from anger. His hands were fisted tightly. Before he could do anything Heyam spoke taking her dupatta from his hand

"You're making me uncomfortable Burhan"
Heyam looked at him with tears in her eyes

"Ahhhh"
Burhan screamed loudly fisting the bedsheet

Heyam screamed and sat as far from him as possible feeling scared. He was screaming like a mad person. He held her hand pulled her towards him making her gasp

"Who the hell was that bas....?"
Burhan asked with red anger filled eyes

Heyam gulped seeing him that much angry. She was shivering by now

"Tell me Heyam. Tell me I will kill him in the most brutal way I promise"
He yelled feeling helpless

"I I don't know"
She started crying

Her tears were affecting him more. He felt like killing himself and the whole world. He got up from the bed and started punching the wall wall badly making Heyam stop breathing

"Sardar"
Heyam ran towards him and held his arm trying to stop him but she couldn't

"I will kill every man of Buner he must be one of them only he will die. I will kill him. I will kill him Heyam. I will"
Burhan was screaming and punching the wall

"Sardar Saeen please your fingers are bleeding"
Heyam was sobbing by now

When he still didn't stop Heyam hugged him tightly rubbing his back and comforting him saying
"It's ok hmm. It's ok. Everything is fine"

"No Heyam nothing is fine that bas.... touched you. How could he Heyam? He touched you huh? You? Heyam Burhan Khan? My Heyam? How dare he? It's killing me. He's alive Heyam. He's breathing in my reign only and I don't even know who that man is. He covered himself completely so nobody could recognize him. Why am I so helpless? Why I didn't kill him by now? I being a Pathan a Khan couldn't kill the man who touched my woman. Am I so weak? I wanna kill that man with my bare hands or I will kill myself, you, our whole family, fuc.... whole world Heyam. I would destroy this valley"
He was screaming loudly but Heyam still didn't give up and continued rubbing his back

"You're not weak. Don't stress yourself, please. It will be fine I promise"
She continued rubbing his back with her heart beating fast

Burhan pulled away from the hug and sat on the sofa pouring liquor into the glass. He started drinking. When Heyam didn't see him stopping she went toward him and picked up the bottle in her hand. There was whiskey written on the bottle. Heyam couldn't believe what she was seeing. She left the bottle abruptly making it fall onto the table. She started stepping back looking at Burhan who was drinking like no tomorrow. Heyam felt like she would die anytime. She had never been close to a drunk person. She loathed this thing. Heyam started rubbing her hands on her lehenga. She ran towards the door and tried to open it but couldn't as the door was locked. She tried to open the latch but couldn't due to her shivering hands