🌫️ FOUR DAYS LATER — LADDU ISN'T OKAY
Four days passed since Ember took him away.
She didn't lock him in.Didn't chase him.Didn't demand anything.
She just… let him choose.
And Laddu chose to leave.
But ever since that day,something inside him stopped working.
At the office, everything looked the same.Coworkers joked.Jin shouted.Deadlines attacked like wild animals.
But Laddu?
He wasn't Laddu anymore.
Jin noticed first.
"Why are you so quiet?" she snapped."Did the dog bite your brain this time?"
No reply.
Because Laddu was thinking of Mochi.
Her shaking hands.Her eyes glued to the floor.That one moment…
When she didn't speak.
He wasn't angry.
He was hurt.
He waited.He looked straight at her.And she looked away.
That silence cracked something deep inside his chest 💔
🌃 NIGHT — DRINKING WITH THE CHAIRMAN & BOB 🍶
Jin dragged him to the rooftop anyway.
The Chairman was already there.Bob stood beside him, holding bottles like sacred artifacts.
"Sit," the Chairman ordered."Drink."
Laddu sat like a defeated puppy 🐶
Bob poured the first glass.
"Tonight," Bob announced dramatically,"we drink the sadness away."
The Chairman smacked Bob's back.
"Speak for yourself!I drink because my daughter gives me stress!"
Bob leaned toward Laddu and whispered,"Chairman cries every night."
"I HEARD THAT!" the Chairman yelled.
They drank.
Laddu stayed quiet.
The Chairman watched him for a moment, then sighed.
"Boy…did love punch you?"
Silence.
Bob patted Laddu's shoulder gently.
💔 THE CHAIRMAN'S LOVE STORY
The Chairman took another sip, eyes drifting far away.
"When I was your age…there was a woman I loved."
His voice softened.
"I chased her like a fool.Letters. Flowers. Waiting in rain.Fought everyone for her."
Laddu slowly looked up.
"But she never chose me."
The Chairman laughed softly, painfully.
"I kept asking myself,'What did I do wrong?'"
He shook his head.
"I did nothing wrong.Love isn't math.You can't calculate who deserves who."
Laddu listened, chest tight.
"One day I asked her one last time,'Why not me?'"
The Chairman swallowed.
"She said,'Because the feeling isn't there.And forcing it would be wrong.'"
Laddu felt something twist inside him.
"I walked away crying like a dog," the Chairman said."But later… I understood."
He smiled faintly.
"She didn't break me.She saved me."
He wiped his eyes.
"Because the woman I married…your boss's mother…loved me so deeply it healed everything."
He looked straight at Laddu.
"Boy…don't silence your heart.And don't ignore the girlwhose heart speaks softly."
🍱 BOB'S LEGENDARY LOVE STORY (UNNECESSARY EDITION)
Bob suddenly raised his hand.
"My turn!"
"No one asked," the Chairman muttered.
"I loved a girl so much," Bob said proudly,"I wrote her name on my tiffin box!"
Laddu blinked.
"One day a bully stole my tiffin," Bob continued, emotional."Ate everything."
"…Okay?"
"Even the box."
Laddu frowned."How… eat box?"
Bob nodded seriously."He strong.He break it.Eat like chips."
The Chairman facepalmed.
"But love goes," Bob finished proudly,"food stays."
The Chairman shoved him sideways.
⚡ THE QUESTION THAT MATTERS
The Chairman turned back to Laddu.
"Do you love Ember?"
"No."
"Then why sad?"
Laddu whispered, voice cracking,"…She hugged me."
"Did you hug back?"
"No."
The Chairman nodded.
"Good. No guilt."
He leaned closer.
"Do you love Mochi?"
Laddu swallowed.
"I… don't know.But when she looked down…it hurt."
The Chairman tapped his chest.
"That," he said softly,"is love."
Laddu stood up suddenly.
"I need to go."
Bob and the Chairman saluted dramatically.
"Go, soldier," Bob said."Fight for your woman."
🚪 DRUNK LADDU AT MOCHI'S DOOR 🌧️
Mochi stand outside house .
then she see something walking toward her.
Laddu stood there.Drunk.Eyes red.Swaying.
"Mochiiii…"
She gasped."You're drunk!"
"I'm emotional!" 😭
She dragged him inside before the neighbors could see.
He looked at her, broken.
"…Why didn't you speak?"
Her chest tightened.
"I waited…I looked at you…and you looked down."
Tears filled her eyes.
"I was scared…"
He sniffed.
"I was scared too."
She wiped his cheek gently.
"I'm sorry…"
He laughed weakly.
"You better be…I'm crying like Bob now."
🌙 TWO BROKEN HEARTS, ONE ROOM 💞
They sat on the floor beside her bed, knees barely touching.
Silence.
Warm.Shaky.
Mochi whispered, finally brave.
"…I had an ex."
"EX?!" Laddu slurred, nearly falling over.
"He left me because…I was too tall."
Laddu's drunken eyes sharpened.
"He WHAT."
"He said no man would wanta girl who looks like a giant…"
Her voice broke.
"I learned to stay quiet…to not embarrass anyone."
Laddu clenched his fists.
"Where is he."
"…Japan."
"I will fly," Laddu muttered,"and shorten him."
She laughed through tears.
He took her hand gently.
"You're tall," he said."But you're soft.Gentle.Beautiful."
Her breath caught.
"Never stay quietfor someone who wants your silence."
She squeezed his fingers.
"…Can I speak now?"
He nodded.
"Yes. Speak."
"…Please don't leave again."
He smiled, tired but warm 💖
"I won't…unless you hit me."
"I won't hit you," she whispered.
Their foreheads touched.
They collapsed onto the bed, exhausted.
Laddu murmured half-asleep,"Titan… warm…"
Mochi wrapped her arms around him.
"Stay…"
🌅 THE NEXT MORNING — FAMILY DISCOVERY 😨😂
Downstairs, breakfast was quiet.
Candy suddenly slammed an empty bottle on the table.
"FOUND THIS IN SISTER'S ROOM!"
Everyone froze.
Candy added casually,"She's sleeping with her giant teddy."
Mother frowned.
"But the teddy is in laundry."
Silence.
Realization hit like lightning ⚡
Mother went upstairs.
Three minutes later, she returned smiling… and locked the door.
"If anyone wakes her," she said calmly,"no food for a month."
"…Is she okay?" Maya whispered.
Mother smiled knowingly.
"Oh yes.Perfectly safe."
Candy tilted her head.
"What about the teddy?"
Mother raised a finger.
"Shhh."
"That is not a teddy."
The house PANICKED.
"I'll make breakfast for two," Mother added sweetly.
Because upstairs—
Mochi was hugging something warm, breathing softly into his hair 💞
And that something…
was Laddu.