Chapter - 5

Meera was confused to see the drawing. She has draw the picture of a mom and daughter and she mentioned "I love you mom". At the bottom she has written "Happy father's day". Meera looked her speechlessly.

"Morning I asked Kamala ma who is a father. She said, a father is one who take care of kid, protect his kid in all situation, keeps his kid happy everyday, work for their happiness, buy all the things they love, who consoles when kid is crying, scolds while they are wrong, teach good qualities and love them unconditionally.

I thought for a moment and I got answer. You only did all these to me, so I'm very happy and draw this picture. I show to my mam and explained what kamala ma told. She gave me five start and everyone clapped for me. She also said I'm the best among all my friends" Krithi said with heart full of happiness hugging her drawing.

Meera's eyes welled up with tears. She hugged her close to her heart. Krithi kissed her cheeks. Meera felt her life was blessed by getting Krithi in it. They both had dinner and slept happily in each other's embrace.

Next day was Sunday, so they both slept for a long time. Kamala woke up Meera around 10 in the morning. "Good morning ma" she greeted with a smile. She smiled and asked her to freshen up and drink the coffee. Meera nodded and headed towards washroom. She tasked the coffee and woke up Krithi.

That afternoon Meera decided to prepare something special. She thought for sometime and finally decided to prepare Kheer. Since it was Sunday, Kamala prepared lunch and left home early. Meera prepared kheer and took Krithi for lunch. Krithi ate the food happily and her face turned bright seeing kheer. She ate kheer with amusement. Finally she licked her fingers closing her eyes which remembered Meera about the past days.

Flashback,

It was a cool almost summertime night. The Sky was clear, not a cloud to be found anywhere. It was a mixture of dark midnight blues and purple. All swirled together to make a beautiful contrasting lights and darks of the night sky.

The stars just decorated the sky. It almost looks as if someone took a handful of glitter and just threw it up to the sky. The stars were sparkling and gorgeous. The moon accented the night sky perfectly. It was three quarters full, bright and beautiful.

But Meera was not in the mood to admire the dark night sky that day. She just sat in the backyard and starred the night sky silently. Her face reflected her disappointment.

Suddenly she felt a cold arms around her waist. She jerked at first but next second she realised the person and sat there without turning back to look at his face. He teased her with his touch and pulled her more close towards him. "I'm not talking with anyone" she said firmly trying to come out of his hold.

"Ahaan, why so? What I did to make my wife angry?" He asked keeping his chin on her shoulder shortening the distance between them. She felt nervous when she felt his breath on her neck. She took a deep breath to overcome her nervousness and tried to free herself from him but his hold was very tight and she finally gave up.

"Sorry my dear wifie. Forgive your poor husband" he said in pleading tone. "I'm not" she said firmly. "Please!!!" He said kissing her earlobe which made her more weaker yet she didn't consoled and kept a sad face. "Baby look at me first" he said turning her towards him. She looked his face and all her anger vanished looking his face after a week.

His tired restless black eyes which lighten up just seeing her face, his breathtaking smile which stolen her heart, his messy hair which turned her crazy, his deep broad eyebrows which was her addiction, his unshaved beard made her stuck in her words. She starred him with no words left her mouth.

"If you are done admiring my face, I'll continue" he said controlling his laugh. She averted her gaze and tried to get up. He stopped her and made her sit on his lap. "I'm sorry dear. Please don't keep this sad face" he said looking at her face. "I missed you" she said placing her face on his chest, a tear drop escaped her eyes making his shirt wet. "Don't you think I missed you" he asked caressing her back.

"I know you too missed me but why didn't you come for lunch? I prepared all your favourites and waited for you but you disappointed me. You didn't care to call me too" she said sadly. "I know you will be disappointed but my situation was like that dear. I was compelled to have lunch with the clients and the work was also not completed by that time. I don't wanna hear your disappointed tone, so I didn't call you and decided to apologize seeing your cute face" he said with sweet pout.

Meera's anger already vanished and his cute expressions made her smile. He sighed in relief and hugged her tightly to show her how much he missed her all those days. She hugged him back and they both were in that position for long time not willing to come out from each other's embrace. Krishna's mobile brought them back to the world. He cursed it and attended the call, after few minutes he ended and looked at her face. She smiled looking his face.

"Meera I'm hungry" he said sadly. "Yes, it's already late. Give me half an hour, I'll prepare dinner" she said hurriedly and stood up. He caught her hand and smiled mischievously. She looked him like what. "Not only hungry for food but also for my sweet wife" he said with same smile. She understood what he meant and her face turned red hearing him. She blushed and left the place to hide her face. He smiled looking at her cuteness and followed her.

"You go, first freshen up. I'll prepare dinner" she said without looking his face. "Mrs.Meera Krishnan this is not fare. You're avoiding your innocent husband who missed you terribly for all these days" he said like a complaint. "Haan, you made me upset this afternoon nah, so you should take up the punishment too. Go and freshen up, eat your dinner and sleep in the guest room" she said controlling her laughter.

He looked her shockingly, suddenly he kept his face normal and replied okay. She looked him with disbelief but he left the place. She diverted her mind and started cooking. She prepared a light dinner and his favorite kheer and arranged the table for dinner with the foods she prepared. He came down changing his formals into a causal T-shirt and sweatpant. He trimmed his beard which made him more handsome.

"No Meera, today you're not going to forgive him" she thought and pretended to be normal. He already caught her starring him, he also noticed her facial expression changes and smiled thinking about her cuteness. He sat for dinner. She served him without looking his face.

He ate silently. Suddenly he coughed which made her anxious. She made him drink the water by patting his head. "Are you okay?" She asked sadly. "No, I can't eat anymore" he said. "But you didn't have properly. You'll not get sleep unless you eat well" she said sadly. "Okay then feed me" he said by opening his mouth.

She couldn't restrict and fed him with her hand. He ate happily, finally she gave kheer in a bowl. His face turned bright seeing the kheer. "My wife is so sweet that she knows what all are my favorite" he said and ate that with amusement. He licked his fingers once the bowl got empty.

"Meera can I get one more bowl" he asked with a pout. She smiled and served him more. "This is the sweetest thing in this whole world" he said by tasting it. Suddenly he stopped and looked at her face, she raised her eyebrows. "No, there is something which is more sweeter than this kheer" he said seriously.

"What?!" She asked with confusion. "Come near me, it is a secret" he said. She came closer, he pulled her which made her lost her control and to sit on his lap. "Very eager to know what is more sweeter right and this is the most sweetest thing which I ever tasted" he said slamming his lips on her. She was shocked at first and protested for few seconds but deep down her heart was carving for him and she too badly wanted his embrace. She stopped protesting and kissed him back with same passion.

That was a long passionate kiss which showed how much they missed each other. He left her lips after few minutes seeing her struggling for breath, placed his forehead on her and asked "should I sleep in guest room" by kissing her forehead. She nodded in negative which made his heart flutter and turned his face bright.

"Mommmy!!!!" Krithi's voice brought her back to the present. She looked at her face. "Mommy, kheer is so sweet and I want one more cup" she said with pout same like her dad. Meera smiled and gave her one more cup and kissed her cheeks.