"Baba, aapki chai aur akhbaar Mez pe rakh diya hai." Bondita said loudly, so that Binoy, who was in the garden could hear it and ran to get the aarti ki thaali ready for Kaka. She was sitting in the temple, putting carefully all the things in the plate neatly, just as Kaka preferred it to be. "Jaldi karo Bahu, chalo jao ab. Sunvayi ka samay ho raha na?" Kaka came in the temple and said. "Haan Kaka bas ye do minute mein ho jaayega phir jaati hoon." Bondita said still trying to fix the thali perfectly. "Woh rehne do. Roz toh tum hi karti ho. Ek din main khud kar lunga toh aasmaan nahi gir padega. Jao jaldi. Aur naashta kiya tumnein?" Kaka asked. "Woh, main, main woh.." Bondita was trying to find words. "Nahi kiya. Shaabash!" Kaka Taunted. "Bihari!" Kaka shouted. A frantic Bihari came, running. "Ji Maalik." He said, panting, to get his breath. "Bahu ko naashta do. Aur humara bhi naashta lagao Mez pe. Hum aarti karke aate hain. Aur ye tumhari zimmedari hai ki Bahu acche se poshtik naashta karke hi kachehri ke liye nikle." He warned Bihari. "Ji Maalik. Aaiye Bahu ji." He said and went to get her some breakfast. Aniruddh was standing in the corner of the living hall noticing everything. There was a small smile on his face, and maybe a little tears in his eyes too. "Kya dekh rahe hain aap Pati Babu?" Bondita asked, as she quickly finished her breakfast. "Waqt ki jaadugari." Aniruddh replied with a chuckle. "Matlab?" Bondita asked, while gulping down the whole glass of milk in one go. She hated the taste of milk. "Inn das saalon mein Tumnein mere iss adhoore parivaar ko poora kar diya. Thank you." He said, as he moved towards her and wiped the milk moustache from her upper lips. She could see his moist eyes. "Ye mera bhi toh parivaar hai na." She said softly. Aniruddh nodded his head and wished her luck for her case. Love changes everything and everyone.
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I wrote this ages ago. š³