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Inara tried hard to open her eyes. Only a few minutes were left in completing the topic she was studying. She was preparing for her first specialization exam. She was sitting at the study desk in the darkness, only a table lamp at the desk was providing her the much needed light.
The lights in the room were turned on. She looked back to get a glimpse of Zulaid whose one hand was at the switch board and with the other he was rubbing his eyes.
"Why haven't you slept Inara!!" His voice was heavy under the effect of sleep.
He came closer to her and pressed her shoulders.
"I was studying" She told him.
"It's midnight Nara! How many times I have asked you to not stress yourself. Your sleep schedule is messed up. It's not good for you for God sakes!!" He asked her worriedly.
"I was just about to get up now" She smiled lightly at him.
"It's not justifiable! You are playing with your health" He was angry and worried.
"I am not" She rose up from the chair and patted his chest.
"You are pregnant. Have mercy on yourself!" He minded her childish acts.
"I take care of myself. You don't need to be worried" She asked him walking to her side of the bed.
"That I can see" He muttered under his breath. He was controlling his anger because he didn't want to snap at her in this condition but she was doing everything to get hurt.
He silently turned off the lights and joined her in the bed.
"Exam won't run anywhere Inara! Your health should be your top priority. Don't play with it. I am worried for you and the baby. I won't be able to bear it if something happens to you two!" He told his fear in the darkness.
She turned her face to him and took hold of his hand.
"Believe me Zoi! I take care of myself. Please don't get worried. Lately you are worrying too much" Her heart melted at his words.
"Because I can see you are stressed" He rested his hand on hers and turned his face to her.
"Trust me I am not. I am satisfied and happy!" She caressed his long fingers.
"Then you have stressed me Inara! I don't remember the last time when I was this much tensed" He muttered.
"Please can you stop it now. I am saying I am fine" She got irritated.
"Okay no need to get hyper" He rested his hand on her waist and patted it lightly.
"You annoy me" She said.
"You get annoyed with everything these days" He complained.
"Shut up!"
"Okay" He mumbled, pressing his lips to her forehead.
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Zulaid changed into scrubs and walked into the labor room where Inara was lying at the bed. She was in pain. It was visible on her face but she was trying to bear it.
His heart ached at the sight.
He had seen numerous births in his medical college days. He had seen how difficult it was to push life into this world. He had seen women dying in the labor room. Unfortunately, Pakistan's maternal death is very high.
It wasn't a lie to say that he was extremely scared at the moment. The long forgotten visuals of the dying woman were reappearing in his mind and it wasn't helping him.
He tried to smile at Inara.
"It's going to be over soon. You are doing good" He patted her forehead and took her hand carefully which had an IV line.
She clenched her teeth as a wave of pain shook her lower body and didn't say a word to him, just wrapped her fingers around his.
"You are strong" He mumbled to her leaning at her side.
"Relax Zulaid! Everything is going fine" His friend, the gynecologist smiled at him.
"It's just mind blowing to see your loved one at the place where you have seen the worst of cases" He walked near the doctor and mumbled to him.
"I can relate to you but you don't need to get worried. Her case is fine" The doctor assured him.
He caressed Inara's leg and kept standing at her foot side with the doctor.
"She is doing good and...yes, I can see the baby's head" The doctor said to them.
He looked at her, her eyes were closed, pain and tiredness visible on her face. Her contractions were intensifying.
He just stayed by her side, holding her hand in the difficult time.
"There he is" A little shriek heard by everyone in the room and the doctor smiled at him, pulling the baby out.
Inara pressed her hands on her forehead, muttering Alhamdulillah under her breath. She was exhausted but relieved at the moment.
Zulaid silently patted her head with his eyes fixed at the baby, the doctor was handing it to the nurse.
Zulaid had instantly fallen in love with the little boy. His eyes filled with tears and utmost happiness.
"Congratulations to both of you!" The doctor took his attention.
"Thank you" Zulaid couldn't even speak because of the emotional state he was in.
After the baby was checked by the pediatrician, Zulaid took him in his arms eagerly. The baby was wrapped in a white little cloth, he was all pink and still crying.
Zulaid smiled looking at his little bundle of happiness.
He leaned at the right ear of the baby and started reciting Azaan. After he completed, he kissed the baby's head.
"Hello Love!" He kept kissing him lovingly and walked to Inara who was waiting for him to give her the baby.
She instantly opened her hands in the air. He placed the baby on her chest and witnessed the most beautiful moment of his life.
Inara silently started crying in happiness and the baby boy stopped crying feeling the warmth of his mother.
"He is so beautiful" She muttered to him.
"Yeah, so beautiful" He caressed the back of the little boy who was now peaceful.
"I am so happy" He muttered with teary eyes.
"You are crying" She chuckled.
"So do you" He smiled.
Outside in the corridor of the labor room, their family beamed in happiness when he took the baby to them.
"Inara is perfectly fine and so is this little guy!" He handed the baby to Hamad, who was the most eager one to hold him.
"Oh my God! We finally have a baby" Hamad kissed the boy lovingly.
"He is so cute" Hamad kept adoring the baby.
"Mashallah bolo" Saman slapped his head and took the baby from him.
Everyone gathered around the little one who started crying again at the overwhelming warmth.
"Give him to me" Zulaid eagerly took him in his arms to passify him.
Later in the private room, Inara was lying at the hospital bed with the baby beside her. She was playing with his little hands.
Zulaid was sitting beside the bed on a stool, his gaze was fixed at his little beautiful family. His heart was filled with love for these two people, his dear wife and his precious baby.
"We still haven't agreed on a name yet" Inara took his attention.
He nodded his head.
"It's your right to name him. I won't object to any name you would choose. There is no need for agreement. Just name him!" He asked her lovingly.
"Ohh..but who was the one who argued before" She smirked.
"That was just a father and now a husband is saying this because he is traumatized by the events of labor" He smiled.
Inara started laughing at his words. He was indeed more scared than her. She was rather composed.
"I can't believe you are a surgeon" She teased him.
"So what, I am a surgeon just for my patients. For my family I am just an ordinary man who gets scared at the thought of something bad happening to his family" He poured his heart out.
"You are silly" She said the words he often used for her.
"So are you sweetheart!" He laughed lightly.
"So what will you name him?" He asked interestedly.
"Zuhyr bin Zulaid" She told him excitedly.
"Beautiful" He nodded happily at her.
"Thank you so much for him" He kissed her fingers softly.
"You're welcome" She smiled proudly.
"Where is my gift?" She asked him.
"You are so impatient. It's at home darling! I will give it you when we will go to our room" He told her.
"When I will be discharged?" She asked tiredly.
"By the evening" He said.
"I want to sleep" She mumbled.
"Okay but please feed him first" He asked softly.
"Don't dictate me. I know what to do" She minded his words badly.
"I am sorry if I sounded like a dictator to you. I am just saying it's been two hours since the last feed so you should feed him or he will cry in your sleep" He explained without getting mad at her tone.
"Okay" She said getting up on the bed.
"Sorry" She murmured to him as he settled on the bed in front of her as she started feeding the baby.
"Why?" He asked.
"I snapped at you"
"I don't mind. I know you love snapping at me" He teased her with a smile but in his heart only he knew how much he had changed for her.
When did he ever think that someone would snap at him and he won't get angry at that person. Women go through different rough phases of life. They pour their emotions in the form of anger sometimes. Those who understand this and compromise with it are truly gentlemen.
And Zulaid was a true gentleman to his Nara.
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I loved the baby name. Isn't it nice?
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