WAITING FOR A MIRACLE

THE CHANGE

"I could not tell you if I loved you the first
momentI saw you, or if it was the second
or thrd or fourth. But I remember the
first moment I looked at you walking
toward me and realized that somehow
the rest of the world seemed to vanish
when I was with you, "

Back to the present day-

"Sir. Your visiting hour is over", The
nurse smiled and spoke calmly.

Faiz spoke, still looking at Ruksana's
face, "Thank you for taking care of
her...my wife..all these months", He faced
the nurse and made a straight smile as
he said.

"It's our duty sir", The nurse replied,
but something was bothering her, so she
continued to speak, "Sir.. I take it, you
love your wife so much. Every day or
month we see such cases and you know
what? The husband either moves on
easily or, they hardly care, they get
frustrated with all those treatments and
lose patience. They change with time and
their love also changes. I see your wife is
very lucky. May God bless you both. "

Faiz listened to her words silently and
smiled, then he took a deep breath before
speaking, "God made me lucky by
bringing her into my life, Im lucky
because of her love, I get the courage to
survive each day and talk of change..
well, I do need to change myself, not
because of her, but I need to change for
her.... "

With those words, he got up and made
his way outside. Unlike last time, he did
not cry much, he did not beg the doctors
to let her take him home with him, he
didn't shout at them for not listening to
him. Every day, after she was shifted to
ICU he came to visit her, but he could not
control himself on seeing her, last time
he came. Around 4 months ago, he
I got so angry that he almost created a
scene in front of ICU, and that was his
last visit. But today, as he saw her, he
didn't lose himself or behaved strangely
instead, he found something that was
lost, he found hope, he found faith, and
he found his love for Allah and Allah's
love and blessings.. He found them all
within himself.

He went home, did his abdest (wudhu)
and then performed Esha salah. His
empty room was proof that she was
nowhere near him. He dragged himself
from his void room and went
downstairs.

Everybody was waiting for him at the
dining table. They were aware of his
meeting and preparing themselves to
speak carefully.

"Assalamaleikum... everyone. "Faiz
greeted with a smile.

His family didn't expect this sudden
change in his attitude and was touched
by it when they replied in unison, "
Walekumaslaam.. Wa rehmatullahi..wa
barkatehu.."

"Chachu, I made this for Chachi," Faizan
said and went towards Faiz holding a
handmade card in both his hands.
Faiz took it from his hand, bent down
and embraced Faizan in a tight hug. "Im
sure your Chachi will love it,
Sweetheart, "Faiz whispered to him.

They had their dinner in silence, Sohail
and Farmaan bringing out work-related
topics, and Faiz commented and tried to
smile.Huda and Aamina also brought
out random topics, but no one questioned
about Ruksana and Faiz was thankful
for it.

Faiz sat on his bed all alone but with
Ruksana's thoughts and memories. He
opened the card and moved his fingers
over the words written with crayons and
surrounded by flowers and stars with
different shapes, "Get well soon, Chachi
Jaan.. I miss you, wishing with all his
heart for it to come true. He smiled at
Faizan's emphasis on the word "Soon'",
wondering what made him write so.

But what caught his attention next was
different pictures of Ruksana
Faizan. He watched and cherished every
picture, remembering memories
associated with them. Almost every
picture was clicked by him. There was
one picture where Ruksana kisses
Faizan, while he was crying, the other
picture had Faizan sitting on Ruksana's
lap and smiling, On seeing the third
picture, Faiz's lip curved into a broad
grin...

"Ok, so now let's take a selfie, come on
Faizu, "Ruksana called him with
excitement.

"Chachi Jaan..noo.I will click.your..photo," 5 years old Faizan said after snatching the phone from Ruksana's hand.

"If you love me, then kiss me, c'mon!",
Ruksana asked, placing a finger on her
cheek. Faizan put his hand on her
shoulder and kissed her, and when she
was about to click on the capture button,
Faiz, who was sitting beside them on the
bed and was working on his laptop
kept his laptop away and suddenly kissed
her and click.

"What are you doing, Faiz?" Ruksana
asked, rolling her eyes at him.

"hihihihi...hah ahahaha. ...hahahah
aha..look..at.you. "Faiz was laughing
hysterically. Just then, Faizan grabbed a
pillow and threw it with all his might,
aiming at Faiz's head. And he himselffell
down on the bed while throwing the
pillow at his chachu.

"Hahaha.hahaha..now look at yourself.
It was Ruksana's turn to enjoy. "Hi-fve
Faizan, "Ruksana pulled him and made
him sit on her lap.

"Yeah... Whatever, "Faiz said, making a
babyface. "Okay. Show me the pic. "
"Here, let me see first...ummm.hawWw.
it's blurred!!"Ruksana said, faking a
Cry.. Though the picture was blurred, it ignited his long lost feelings and emotions.
He kept the card on the couch and went
to freshen up, he laid down on his bed,
switched off the bed lamp and closed his
eyes after thanking Allah for those
moments.

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No kidding:
"Faizu, don't you love your Chachi?",
Ruksana asked, making a sad face.
On seeing her face, Faizan handed her
phone and smiled at her.

Jazakallah khair