The table was set 🍽️
Warm food steamed gently, filling the room with comfort.
Mochi carefully placed the plate in front of Laddu.
Fresh.
Hot.
Clearly made with effort.
Laddu sat down.
Arms crossed ❌
Eyes looking anywhere except at Mochi.
Ceiling fan.
Wall clock.
Crack in the wall.
Existential dread.
He picked up the spoon and started eating.
Silently.
Aggressively.
Mochi stared at him.
Mochi:
"Laddu."
No response.
Just chewing.
Mochi:
"Laaaadduuuu…"
Still nothing.
Finally, he looked up.
Annoyed.
Tired.
Dangerously confident.
Laddu:
"What?"
Mochi blinked.
Mochi:
"How's the food?"
Laddu paused mid-chew.
Looked her straight in the eyes.
Took a deep breath.
And with full, suicidal confidence said:
Laddu:
"Terrible."
💀
💀
💀
The universe stopped.
Cousin gasped 😱
Maya slapped her forehead 🤦♀️
Candy dropped her spoon 🍴
Father whispered, "Rest in peace."
Even the ceiling fan slowed down like, I don't want to be involved.
Mochi stared.
Her smile faded.
Slowly.
Like a villain switching to power-saving mode 😐🔋
Mochi (dangerously soft):
"Laddu…"
"…what did you just say?"
Laddu leaned back, spoon down, acting like he paid rent here.
Laddu:
"You heard me."
"Terrible."
Maya whispered urgently to Mother:
Maya:
"He's suicidal."
Mother held her head.
Mother:
"This boy is an idiot."
"Mochi… use your moves."
Mochi turned slowly.
Mochi:
"My… moves?"
Mother sighed like a veteran coach.
Mother:
"Yes."
"Cute mode."
"He can resist anger."
"He can resist threats."
"But he cannot resist cuteness."
Mochi blinked.
Processing.
Then nodded.
She turned back to Laddu.
And transformed.
Eyes big 👀
Head tilt activated
Voice softened like melted chocolate 🍫
Mochi (extra cute):
"Ladduuu…"
Laddu froze mid-chew.
His soul glitched.
Laddu:
"…Yes?"
She leaned closer, gentle smile blooming 🌸
Mochi:
"How's the food?"
Laddu's entire personality collapsed.
Attitude died.
Ego evaporated.
Bravery deleted.
Laddu (instant surrender):
"Very good."
The room exhaled.
Cousin (whisper):
"She tamed him."
Maya:
"Girlfriend supremacy."
Mother sipped her tea proudly ☕
Mother:
"See?"
"Cute mode always works."
Laddu looked up at Mochi, defeated but glowing.
Laddu:
"Actually…"
"…it's the best food I've eaten all year."
Mochi sat beside him shyly.
Mochi:
"Then eat more."
He nodded like a disciplined student 📚
Laddu:
"Yes, ma'am."
He ate quietly.
Fully tamed.
Fully in love.
Fully doomed.
Komal Panic Mode Activated 📱😰
Dinner ended.
Laddu leaned back, patting his stomach.
Satisfied.
Afraid.
Mochi was still watching him with the
"I can report you to Komal anytime" face 😇⚠️
Laddu raised both hands like a hostage negotiator.
Laddu:
"Mochi… please don't tell Komal."
Mochi tilted her head.
Mochi:
"Why?"
Laddu (dramatic):
"Because she has destroyed twelve relationships."
💥
Cousin:
"Twelve?!"
Maya:
"She broke TWELVE couples?!"
Laddu nodded rapidly, traumatized.
Laddu:
"Yes."
"Twelve."
"I have proof."
Mochi:
"Show me."
Laddu (panicking):
"No!"
"If I show you, she'll appear behind me like a ghost and slap me with a sandal!"
He leaned forward desperately.
Laddu:
"She once told a girl to test her boyfriend by dropping a FRIDGE on him!"
Maya coughed.
Cousin burst laughing.
Candy (whisper):
"Komal is villain."
Laddu:
"If you want relationship advice…"
"…talk to your beautiful, calm mother."
Mother froze.
Mother:
"Me? Cute?"
"He's buttering someone."
Laddu:
"Yes mother!"
"You don't suggest violence!"
"You don't destroy couples!"
"You don't throw fridges!"
Mochi raised an eyebrow.
Mochi:
"So you want peace?"
Laddu nodded like a war survivor.
Laddu:
"Yes."
"Peace."
"Stability."
"No fridges."
"No collar grabbing."
"No ex names."
Mochi smiled despite herself.
Mochi:
"…And with me you think you can have that?"
Laddu gently held her hand.
Laddu (honest):
"With you…"
"I think I have a chance."
Mochi's cheeks warmed instantly 💗
Cousin:
"He's good."
Maya:
"Level 10 flirt disguised as sincerity."
Mochi smirked.
Mochi:
"That depends on your behavior."
Laddu collapsed dramatically.
Laddu:
"I am finished."
The Tall Flower Clause 🌸⚖️
Laddu suddenly sat up, serious.
Laddu:
"Mochi… listen carefully."
Mochi:
"What?"
Laddu:
"If you talk to Komal about us…"
"I will never call you tall flower again."
Silence.
Mochi blinked.
Once.
Mochi:
"You wouldn't."
Laddu (dead serious):
"I would."
"No compliments."
"No flirting."
"I will become a wall."
He demonstrated:
🧱
"Hello Mochi. Weather nice."
Cousin:
"He became Windows XP."
Maya:
"He downgraded."
Mochi leaned forward slowly.
Eyes soft.
Voice low.
Dangerously possessive.
Mochi:
"You wouldn't dare stop calling me tall flower."
Laddu broke instantly.
Laddu:
"You're right I won't PLEASE don't call Komal!"
The room exploded in laughter 🤣
Mochi smirked triumphantly.
Mochi:
"Good."
"Because I like it."
Laddu swallowed.
Laddu:
"…Then don't talk to Komal."
Mochi leaned closer.
Their faces inches apart.
Mochi:
"Then behave."
Laddu melted.
Laddu:
"Yes, tall flower."
Mochi blushed deeply 🌸
Maya:
"My heart can't handle this."
Cousin:
"I feel single."
Candy:
"They're married."
And Mochi looked at Laddu—
Soft.
Shy.
Happy.
Her heart whispering:
Mine. 💗