THIEF

After washing her hands, Meera came to dining hall where dadu, dadi and Nidhi were already sitting there. Radha asked Meera to also sit! Vijay and Arjun had also come back from office! Everyone came and sat around the dining table. The hall was filled with the aroma of food! Meera's eyes were towards the door, everyone had arrived but the one she was waiting for was nowhere to be seen. Radha also came and sat with everyone, she saw that everything was there but not intact. She said to Arjun, "Ajju, where is this Akshat? Just call him!"

"Maa, I talked to him and he told me that he is at a friend's party, he will return after having food!", Arjun said.

" this boy, no one knows what he will do! All of you get started!", Radha said and started serving food in everyone's plates. Arjun was sitting right in front of Meera and from time to time he would look at Meera but Meera was lost somewhere else. She could not meet Akshat again! Everyone started eating!

Radha took out kheer in a bowl and offered it to Meera and said, "I have made this especially for you! Eat it and see how it is."

Meera tasted a spoonful of kheer, the kheer was very tasty. Meera expressed happiness and said, "The kheer is very good aunty, thank you!" "Meera Mama cooks a lot of tasty food along with Kheer, if you will stay here, after eating the food prepared by her, you will become her fan.!”, Nidhi said!

“I will eat and will also learn to cook!”, said Meera.

"Don't you know how to cook?", this time the question was from Arjun, which he said in a hurry. When everyone started looking at him, he hesitated.

He said, "I mean, girls are fond of cooking, isn't it?"

Seeing Arjun's condition, Meera smiled and said, "No, I don't know how to cook! There was never any need to learn. Mother used to cook at home and in hostel, I used to get it in the hostel mess. I only know how to make tea." "

"How did you manage to eat hostel food? I myself have stayed in Delhi hostel for 2 years, it is really very bad!", Arjun said with a face.

"It's not that bad, just sometimes there is too much water in the dal and you have to find where the potato is in the potato curry!", Meera said and everyone started laughing, she herself couldn't stop herself from smiling!

Arjun was looking at Meera smiling very lovingly. Nidhi, who was sitting next to him, elbowed Arjun and he felt shy and started looking away. Vijay looked at Meera and said, "Kiddo, if you have any need in the college, please let us know, everything is yours here! If you study well and stand on your feet, we will be very happy!" "Thank you uncle! I will definitely work hard and become successful!", said Meera.

"Beta (child), you will definitely become one, and you will make your mother proud!", Grandfather said.

Everyone had their meal amidst light conversation and then dadu dadi went out for a walk together. Arjun got up and went upstairs to his room. Vijay sat in the hall and started watching the news while Ratha started cleaning the kitchen. Nidhi came to the balcony with Meera and both of them went to the garden in front, where dadu and dadi were strolling

Both grandparents were walking holding each other's hands. Their conversation could not be heard clearly but sometimes both of them smile.

“Meera, can I ask you something?” Nidhi said turning to Meera.

"Hmm, ask!", Meera said, folding both her hands together.

“Have you ever loved anyone?”, asked Nidhi

"No!", Meera replied simply.

“It will happen someday,” said Nidhi.

"Maybe!", said Meera.

"Maybe what, friend? You are so beautiful that anyone can fall in love with you!”, said Nidhi.

"By the way, why are you asking all this today?", Meera said looking into Nidhi's eyes.

"Just like that, tell me what is love in your eyes?", Nidhi again asked the question.

"hmm love", thinking Meera looked here and there and her eyes stopped at the grandparents in front of her and she said pointing with her finger, "They!"

“You mean dadu dadi?” Nidhi said in a state of confusion.

"Hmm, at the last stage of their life, both of them are together and happy! This is love, to always be with each other! They must have seen happiness, sorrow, laughter, tears, everything together, they must have faced hundreds of problems, yet They would have never left each other, they would have always been happy in their lives and the reason for that happiness is visible on their faces today!”, Meera said while explaining to Nidhi.

"Wow! You think so deeply, man!", Nidhi was impressed.

"I do not think deeply but practically! Just like you said after seeing your grandparents!", Meera said.

Nidhi smiled and said, "Whatever you think, you are always right when you say, make me your disciple!" I swear, i really need such Guru's knowledge very much!" Meera started laughing at Nidhi's words, then Nidhi got lost in her laughter for a moment and said, "Meera, you look so good when you laugh, always remain like this. !”

"This smile is because of you Nidhi, the number of times I can thank you for this will be too few!", Meera said. Both of them stood there and started talking, in between Meera's eyes moved towards the main gate. "What are you looking at the gate again and again? Is anyone coming?", Nidhi said teasingly.

"Whatever you say! It is very cold here, I am going inside", said Meera, avoiding her gaze as if she had been caught stealing. Asking dadu and dadi to come inside, Nidhi also came inside. Meera and Nidhi came to their room. As soon as Nidhi came and got into the blanket, Meera said, "Isn't it just 10 o'clock, don't you have to study?"

Hey Meera, who studies in such cold? Nidhi said while hiding under the blanket.

"I do it, and you will also do it along with me!", saying this, Meera removed the blanket from Nidhi in one stroke. Nidhi sat up and said, "What, please let me Meera sleep, I will study from tomorrow!"

"haven't you listen, "what can you do tomorrow do it today and what you can do today do it now" ! Now quietly open the book and read the chapters!", Meera handed the book in her hand and started reading, sitting on the chair with her own book in front of her.

All the windows and doors of the room were closed and the heater was also on, so there was less feeling of cold. Nidhi started reading the book reluctantly! Meera was engrossed in her book, she did not even notice that Nidhi sitting in front of her had already fallen asleep with the book. After an hour, when Meera turned her attention to Nidhi, she saw that Nidhi was asleep.

She kept her book aside and got up and came near Nidhi. She slowly took out the book from her hands and placed a nearby pillow under her head. Meera placed the book on the table and then picked up the blanket and covered Nidhi. Meera came back and sat on the chair, busy reading her book. After some time, sleep started knocking on Meera's eyes. When she started yawning, she closed the book and placed it on the table. She looked at the clock and it was 12 o'clock at night. Meera remembered that Nidhi had given her Vineet's book which was on the table downstairs.

"the book might be downstairs, I will bring it and keep it in the bag. I will return it to Vineet in the college tomorrow morning!", Meera said in her mind and went downstairs. Meera came downstairs, everyone was asleep, she slowly picked up the book kept on the table and as she was about to leave, she saw a shadow near the window which was trying to climb up with support.

Meera tried to look carefully but could not see because too much darkness. "Maybe he is a thief, otherwise he would not have gone up with the help of such a wall, I will have to do something", Meera said in her mind and started climbing the stairs quietly. When Meera came upstairs, she saw that shadow coming up from the balcony of the hall. "If I turn on the light, he will run away! Let's catch him in the dark!", Meera said in her mind like a spy and slowly walked towards the hall, although she had forgotten that this was the hall.

It was Akshat's and it was absolutely forbidden for the family members to go there. The light from the bulb installed on the floor below was reaching there! Meera very carefully stepped slowly towards the balcony. As soon as the shadow crossed the balcony and came inside the hall, Meera held his straight hand firmly in her hand and turned it and placed it on his back and said, "What have you come to steal, here?" , you consider yourself a very clever thief, but it is not so easy to escape from my sight!

"Thief?, what the hell?", said the boy caught in Meera's clutches.

“What is the matter with the thieves of Indore being so educated, wow they are talking in English!”, Meera said tauntingly.

The boy tried to free his hand but Meera held it so tightly that she folded it from above and put it on his back, even if the poor fellow wanted to he can't do anything

"Who are you? And what nonsense are you saying?", the boy said angrily.

"Leave it about me , tell me what have you come here to steal?", Meera also said adamantly.

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