~°°~Love that breaks you but still keeps you together, love that drives you away but still brings you closer ~°°~

2nd January, 2022. 7:45 am

"And by the looks of it, someone will choke very soon" Rumaisa said clearly referring to Tauhida. "You mean me Adda Ruma?" Rumaisa asked pointing at herself. "I didn't even call your name Tauhida" she laughed making Tauhida gasp while all the others laughed at her childishness.

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Tauhida had the best family with the best people. Her perfect funny family made her to forget the outside world often even though she had friends, she loved her family more than anyone else.

Why wouldn't she, when every single member of the family loved her unconditionally, they cherished her, they made her happy and they took good care of her.

Another set of people who give her half of that joy were none other than her very own squad of 5 people, Herself, Aisha Abubakar aka Humaira, Safiyya Asif Muhammad aka Sophy, Zainab Ishaq Mu'az aka Xeexee and lastly Asma'u Yusuf aka Husnerh.

It is said that there are different level of safety one feels within when with someone, she doesn't know of others though but she surely felt safe with any of those four.

She had other friends but she hardly related with them like she did with those four, they just clicked too well especially with Humaira.

After their little family breakfast, Abba left for work while the other family members headed to their rooms.

Alhaji Al-amin Borodo owned a production company which he produced light products but still earned quite an adverse amount of money, enough to carter for his family needs and also give them luxury. In other words, he earned a lot. He still managed the company as his only son showed no interest in business but rather, army life.

Imran wanted to go shopping because there were things he needed and also to shop for his next trip back to camp, he wanted to be prepared so as not to waste any time when the day he leaves arrive.

Tauhida and Rumaisa decided to follow their brother to shop. They decided to follow him because each of them had one thing or the other that they've wanted buying.

They got ready as Tauhida changed into a brown abaya, she rolled it's veil protectively around her hair. Rumaisa changed into a pink Atamfa sewed into an A-shaped gown and also flung a matching veil, while Imran wore a turtle neck black shirt pairing with a black tuxedo and matching trousers. They entered one car and zoomed off, Tauhida being at the passenger's seat.

They split up as everyone took a trolley for the shopping. Tauhida who cared less was shopping and chatting with her squad on the phone. The group they named "loud house" was busy as they were preparing for Sophy's wedding which was few months ahead of time, she was getting hitched as they claimed.

She shopped for few stuffs and finally stopped shopping in front of the last thing she needed but instead of picking it up, she gave her full focus on the phone ignoring the many eyes on her. She found it weird when people look at her in that manner, she actually found it rude for someone to stare at her. I could trip and fall she always thought.

Just then, someone decided he needed to spoil her mood as he approached her. Her breath almost hitched at his strong unpleasant perfume, it had a choking scent because of how strong and much it was.

"Hi baby, you're looking gorgeous" the man who arrived said. One could mistake him for her husband because of that particular sentence of his.

Tauhida looked up to see if he looked anything like her prince charming but he didn't so she locked her phone and placed it in her backpack then..... She started crying acting psycho.

The confused face on the poor guy was enough to tell you that he's got himself in trouble, he looked at her in complete surprise and dismay thinking what is she? The next minute, she started laughing hard which made him even more startled, he had never been as confused as he was at that day, he instantly regretted ever approaching the girl he found attractive. Her mood turned to crying again and that minute, he ran away to save his life.

"Any wise person will do as you just did" she voiced wiping her crocodile tears with a handkerchief which she brought out from her backpack. She smirked at the way he disappeared satisfied with her acting. Hats off to you Tauhida she thought laughing silently so as not to gain more attention.

Rumaisa who watched everything from afar moved closer and found Tauhida laughing wholeheartedly. "What is the meaning of that?, Can't you at least listen to him" she turned her head and looked at Rumaisa shaking her head vigorously.

"Naa Adda Ruma, Allah yasawake Mun (May Allah forbid), I don't listen to this type of guys" she said giggling underneath her throat.

"The poor guy was startled Allah, Tauhida if you don't give chances to people how can you find the right person for you?" Rumaisa asked making Tauhida to stop her giggles putting on a serious face. "If this is the type of guys I will give chances to then I prefer living alone forever. Have you heard what he called me kuwa?" Tauhida asked scoffing.

"Wai baby, Ni ce baby? (Am I baby). That is fine to say ma, but the fact that he did not say the salaam to me angered me wlh, maybe he saw Mary written on my forehead" she completed rolling her eye balls at the way he disappeared earlier and then hissed.

"Just take things easy! Grab the trolley, let's go" Rumaisa said because she knew her sister had a point, so she decided not to argue with her. And of course she knew better than to argue with Tauhida, she'll just throw a tantrum and make them look like a movie at the mall, everyone will stop to watch their little drama.

The two marched to the counter and started pricing the things they bought, and after a little while, Imran joined them. They payed for the stuffs and left the mall.

Tauhida made sure she narrated all that happened to Imran, he also found it funny because in his point of view, the guy should have braved up and not show that he was scared. "That was the least he could do" he had said.

They drove back to their house, with Tauhida opening each of their shopping pouches to see what they bought, Imran had to stop her from pouring everything out of their pouches.

For the rest of the day, all of them except Tauhida spent it in their rooms, excluding times when they had to eat food.

Tauhida went to her Islamic school, she was a graduate of tarteel and was currently partaking in tahfiz, she already did more than half which was 45 Hizb.

When she returned from her islamic school after magrib, she had her classes where she teaches elderly women who didn't know how to read and write in English, she puts efforts in seeing that is changed. This is because she believed that most illiterate women are the ones who suffer a lot in their houses, the maltreatment husbands give towards their wives is 80% because of illiteracy.

It all started when one of the maids at her house, Hafsa got maltreated because of her lack of education, it got to the extend that it turned physical.

Seeing that made Tauhida's heart break, she was just 16 then. She couldn't watch as others of her kind get maltreated for being illiterates while she had a way to help them, so she decided to start with Hafsa. She thought her how to read and write, she had quick understanding which made her to learn a lot at a short period of time.

Tauhida felt really happy and contented seeing that Hafsa got a better life all because of her, she was already 18 by then. She wondered, if other illiterate women get free education from her, how better the society would be. So, she started teaching women around their location.

Tauhida spent the rest of her time chatting with her friends, reading novels and exploring Instagram and YouTube. She liked doing that a lot, especially watching blogs. Tauhida had many sides, she herself could not count, She's very dynamic, depending on how life treated her. But nevertheless, she believed that only the sky is her limit, she ought to rise higher than the horizon.

~°°~Love that breaks you but still keeps you together, love that drives you away but still brings you closer~°°~

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Do you understand the connection between the first chapter and this particular one? That was why I needed to write this chapter in the first place.

I don't have much to say about this chapter but I'm already in love with Tauhida. The meaning of her name is "charisma"

I'm dedicating this chapter to giiiwa_halee fatiimah_tj and mss___huderh. Thank you for the votes.

Stay tuned and find out more about her here at "Tauhida". Please comment, vote and share my book to friends and family.

Lots of love Deedi--❤️