12| Cooking? Noo

Ya Abdul arrived when they were having their lunch, he said his shift for today has finished in the hospital til tomorrow 

He greeted their mother side hugging her to which Zahra mumble a 'mommy's boy' and they also greeted him

He went upstairs after that to freshen up and joined them later in the dinning area, he sat down took a glass of water which she filled and drank it all, she pout mumbling 'mutum ya ajiye abinshi amma sai an nuna mishi karfin hali'

"I heard that"

"I didn't say anything" she tried depending herself

"Did I say you said something" he ask and she shook her head in negative and continued to eat her food but her brother has another plan for her

Instead of serving himself, but no he have to turn on his elder brother's mode and ordered her to

"Hey sis, serve my food" ya Abdul said, the most irritating thing is that his attention is not on her but his phone

'mutum yana zamanshi atashi asaka shi aiki' she murmured but he heard her and said while smirking "so you are now insulting me because I ask you to serve me food"

"Astagfirullah, Big b when did i insult you, I did not even talk" she depend herself while pouting

"So now I have become a liar to you koh" he said

"Kunfara koh, ku kam da fadanku baya karewa" their mother chirped in

"Ay mom ya Abdul da ya Zahra kamar annabi da kafiri wataran in sun xauna" Aareef added

"Who asked you"

"Keep shut before I sound your face now"

The former is their brother Abdul and the latter is Zahra

"Baby girl did I heard you well or is my ears playing tricks on me, did you just say you will sound his face" aunty kwaise depended her last born, while he just smirk looking at his sister with the look that says 'she got my back don't mess with me'

She feels like strangling him right now, had it been their father didn't have traveled to Japan they wouldn't have teamed up on her

"So now you are all turning your back against me because my father isn't in town" she said sniggering

They all ignored her and continued munching on their food til Abdul broke the silence "Aunty" Ya Abdul called "Son" she replied

"I have to reward whoever cooked this scrumptious lunch today, it's so... I don't know how to say it"

"Guess what Yaya" his brother Aareef interfere

"What" he asked

"I cooked it" he said but upon receiving a hard glare from his sister he added

"I mean we cooked it, me and sis..." he received another glare and he faked a cough saying "I mean ya Zahra cooked it and i help in chopping the veggies"

They all burst into a fits of laughter after it died down Abdul asked in bewilderment "you mean to say Zahra cooked today"

"Why are you people making a mountain out of a molehill" Zahra said already annoyed by the fact that they were making it look like she have done something incredible

"Ke din ne sis i rarely saw you cooking, so it came as a shock to me, so you know how to cook delicious food like this, aunty as from today on let Zahra be the one cooking in this house"

"What! Me! Cooking, are you serious bro"

"Of course I am"

"Yeah, you will start cooking regularly in this house, I mean you are to start by tomorrow, breakfast precisely"

"What!" she yelled, already regretting cooking earlier

"Don't block our eardrums ok"

"Aunty, you mean I will have to wake up early tomorrow" she asked the question she dreaded its answer

"Yes"
"Yeah"

Their mom and brother answered in unison, while her younger brother is trying so hard to stifle his laughter

"I can't, like you mean wake up as early as 6 or 7am, you must be joking, right" she said in pure disbelief

"Do I look like someone who is joking, you just have to set up an alarm, as you can see Aareef is having school and Abdul's shift start in the morning" she said trying hard not to laugh because her daughter's face is worth laughing at

Abdul too is trying not to laugh, it looks like they are teasing her but she knows her mother more than anyone else, she don't joke with this kind of matter, Abdul has put her in a big shit

She turn and glared hard at him then turn to her mother and pout "Aunty, I can't wake up early you know that even with the alarm on" she tried to reason

"You can't wake up early as in when you get married do you want your husband to be the one preparing breakfast for himself before going to work while his wife is soundly asleep, weldone princess"

"Sai dake" Aareef saluted laughter hysterically

"She thinks she will be staying in this house after getting married I guess" he said

"I can't be the only one cooking huh, we will have to make arrangements, or he cooks breakfast and i cook dinner, I can't be the only one doing the chores I ain't his maid" she ramble, her face portraying nothing but the truth

They just kept looking at her in disbelief, mouth agape like she has grown two heads, she isn't normal her brother thought

"Are you ok" hajiya kwaise asked touching her daughter's forehead with her palms to make sure she is normal

"I am perfectly fine, did i say something wrong" they burst out laughing

She just stomp her foot like a child and sauntered to her room where she found her phone ringing and it is her one and only 'Dan Abuja aka Ahmad

"Assalama-alaikum" she greeted

"Wa'alaikimussalam" he answered

Then silent prevails

"Babe are you there"

"Yeah" They continued conversing with her asking about her now favorite person Fareeda

"I can see I am no more important to you now"

"Me nayi kuma yau, I never said anything wrong or do i" she asked pouting as if he was watching her

"Nope, but i can clearly see that you cared about Fareeda more than me" he said more like whined

"You are such a baby, or, are you jealous" she asked wiggling her eyebrows like he is watching

"Me! Jealous, that too of Fareeda, are you for real girl"

"Of course I am boy"

"Babe i was thinking about informing my elders to come to Maiduguri..." she cuts him off

"Is something wrong, what happen in Maiduguri, is everyone ok" she said trying to play dumb even though she grabs what he is about to say

"So now you are trying to play dumb, you know what I mean, nothing is wrong, let me be clear, I was thinking of sending my elders, ayi maganan gemu da gemu, for our engagement and the wedding arrangements" he said in a breath

"Breath bro, breath Ok, I will have to talk to aunty later, as you know daddy is not in town" she said

"Ok, I can't wait for you to be my halal" he said

"Halal keh, Just shut up" she replied blushing

"I can't wait for daddy's return, you will be mine forever inshallah" he said

"Inshallah"

"Look who is eager too" he teased

"Just shut up" she replied, and that's how their conversation drifted to how eager they are to be each others halal, even though they kept teasing each other

They spent almost 3hours talking about everything and nothing in particular

It's the adhan for asr prayer that makes them hang off

"Bye, my gang leader" he said hanging up

she went to the loo performed her ablution came out sprayed the praying mat

After praying, she recited some verses from the Qur'an after that she prayed for forgiveness for her relationship with Ahmad, for her family, friends, and finally her father

After that she tidied up her room, one thing about her is that she hates untidiness, the moment she enters her room and prayed then tidying the room follows after

She is lazy when she wants to be one, but when her hard working spirit comes she will gladly do the house chores without asking for a helping hand

She is overly the neat freak in the house, she puts on traditional incense (turaren wuta)

Tidied up the bed and then cuddled up cuddled under the duvet after turning on the AC to the highest level

After that she drifted off to la la land

Eid Mubarak😊
Just so you know, it is 2:59 rn