“Oooh, Yeah, Sing it then.”
He said while handing me a cup of tea. Saad used to take tea a lot back in the days. Tea was his only obsession those days.
“I can’t sing”, I replied. He looked at me and smiled and suddenly he started laughing at me.
“Okay, who are you fooling?” He asked.
“I’m not fooling, I’m just telling you that I can’t sing.”
“Oh?” He looked me up and down.
I said, “Yeah”. “I don’t believe this”, he replied.
“Why not?”
“Do you even remember I’m your brother?”
“Of course I do!!”
“Great!”
We used to argue a lot. And every time we argued, one of us was definitely going to be mad at another. This was how we showed affection, love and care for each other. And the most funny thing about us having arguments and being mad at each other was that none of this lasted for more than a day. It would just take a smile to make everything go away.
Every night we would go out on the Bahawalpur road near Chaubarji and we would take tea and talk or usually sing. So that night he was singing our favorite song “Sau Baras guzre saans lye, Sau baras guzre din dhalay.” It was something like this. I know weird taste in music but.. we liked it.
I had a rough day and I couldn’t do anything to get along. It’s not that I wasn’t trying but that day wasn’t like usual.
“Look I know I’m ruining a good mood and time but I’m sorry. Today wasn’t kind to me. I lost a friend and I don’t wanna talk about it.” I said.
“I’m sorry.” He exhaled.
“I don’t wanna lose another.” I looked at him and said this and I couldn’t stop me from smiling and when I smiled, like I said, it all went away, just like that.
And then we both started smiling and I could hear whisper of his smile, his mouth was almost in the mug so there was a sound. And then we both started laughing.
Then he looked at me with pride in his eyes and replied, “you won’t ever lose me, no matter what!”
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He said while handing me a cup of tea. Saad used to take tea a lot back in the days. Tea was his only obsession those days.
“I can’t sing”, I replied. He looked at me and smiled and suddenly he started laughing at me.
“Okay, who are you fooling?” He asked.
“I’m not fooling, I’m just telling you that I can’t sing.”
“Oh?” He looked me up and down.
I said, “Yeah”. “I don’t believe this”, he replied.
“Why not?”
“Do you even remember I’m your brother?”
“Of course I do!!”
“Great!”
We used to argue a lot. And every time we argued, one of us was definitely going to be mad at another. This was how we showed affection, love and care for each other. And the most funny thing about us having arguments and being mad at each other was that none of this lasted for more than a day. It would just take a smile to make everything go away.
Every night we would go out on the Bahawalpur road near Chaubarji and we would take tea and talk or usually sing. So that night he was singing our favorite song “Sau Baras guzre saans lye, Sau baras guzre din dhalay.” It was something like this. I know weird taste in music but.. we liked it.
I had a rough day and I couldn’t do anything to get along. It’s not that I wasn’t trying but that day wasn’t like usual.
“Look I know I’m ruining a good mood and time but I’m sorry. Today wasn’t kind to me. I lost a friend and I don’t wanna talk about it.” I said.
“I’m sorry.” He exhaled.
“I don’t wanna lose another.” I looked at him and said this and I couldn’t stop me from smiling and when I smiled, like I said, it all went away, just like that.
And then we both started smiling and I could hear whisper of his smile, his mouth was almost in the mug so there was a sound. And then we both started laughing.
Then he looked at me with pride in his eyes and replied, “you won’t ever lose me, no matter what!”
#shortstory #writeup #review #Massab