The Catty Me

So, this is when I think I had come to spend some time at his place in the morning at 8 am. He was a bachelor then, (we were not married that time) and both his mother and sister were also not in the home for more than 2 years. The sister got married and went to stay in the U.S.A, and his mommy was spending time at her very own States (States of Punjab). Naturally then, he did not have a functional kitchen, just the one that could make tea and heat rotis. We both enjoyed the lovely tea that he prepared. He tried to make that day as special as he could, well it was a special day then. It was the first time I visited his place for a morning tea. After having tea, he took my leave and told me that he would be back in 2 hours, as he had an appointment with someone. I was alone in the entire house with nothing much exciting to do. I switched on the television, hoping to catch up with some latest Bollywood numbers. I was staying in a hostel those days, so lacked the privilege of holding a television remote in my hand and controlling the channels. That thrilling activityI must have done for another 15 minutes, after which I got bored. I then moved to doing some thing more interesting than that. I started roaming around the house. After checking out the usual stuff like the decorative pieces, and tiny tit-bits here and there, my eyes got focused to the unopened package of OREO sitting nicely on the dining table. I was thrilled to see that. As we had started dating just few weeks before that, so I was confident of forgetting all the courtesy and manners that I must have accumulated till then. I simply attacked on that package and started opening it. But even after 5 minutes, I was still opening it, yes it was that securely packed. May be it knew that it would be hijacked by me, so the packaging was securely sealed on it. I further struggled with it, and after snatching it from all over, I gave up. It was simply too much of an effort to have an Oreo.

I had woken up early on that Sunday, and I knew I would be up for the whole day, so I altered my attention to rather indulging in a good sleep till he returned. After sleeping for about an hour, I woke up, cause I was feeling hungry. I found out that he was back and was on the phone. He greeted me and was sounding excited to share the rest of the day with me. After he was done, I slyly asked him if he could open the box of Oreo for me, as I was pretty sure that he purposely must have got those for me only. Otherwise why else would he firstly buy such a big pack and place it on the table. He surely thought of gifting me that. He replied to that, but not with an affirmation. I was surprised to hear that from him, and that too so early in our relationship. I frowned automatically, and then he started to explain and apologize, both simultaneously. Immediately it struck me that it was not a gift for me, and was meant for somebody else. Considering the price of it then, (12 years back) and my economic state of a student, I felt really bad. I mentally started preparing my list of apology when he was putting out his. But I had no idea that his apology speech would have such a surprise element, to which there would be no need of my apology speech. He told me that he threw the entire box of 1 Kg of Oreo in the dustbin because he found it pilfered by a CAT!!!

I screamed in surprise : "A CAT"

"Yes, a CAT. One stray cat haunts my house and snatches most of the food stuff. She also breaks open the packaged products like biscuits, wafers in her trademark way, which is so typical of its species. The same cruel snatches I found on that biscuit pack, so I threw it away. I am so sorry, I bought the entire pack for you only as a gift, but I will get you another one today. OK. Love, I am really sorry"

After  hearing this I could not utter a single word. Till date I have not admitted the events of that day to him, but after moving into the house with him, I got the entire windows properly grilled, so as to render the entry of any external cats into the house. I am the only ruling CAT in the house to this day. LOL

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