Mochi held the phone tightly 📱✊.
Mochi:
"No more. Enough.
This diary dies TODAY." ❌📖
But Candy…
Sweet 🍭
Tiny 🐣
Unstoppable 💥 Candy…
Tapped the screen again 👆📱.
Candy:
"Another page unlocked!" ✨
Mochi:
"CANDYYYYY—!!!" 😱🔥
Too late.
The page opened.
A new title glowed on the screen:
📖 ENTRY: "Mochi Thinks She Is Smart…"
Maya instantly grabbed popcorn 🍿.
Cousin wrapped herself in a blanket like it was a drama serial 🛋️.
Mother leaned forward 👀.
Mother (whispering):
"This will be… interesting."
Father gripped the armchair like a seatbelt 🚗💺.
Candy began reading.
Loud.
Clear.
Innocent.
📖 ENTRY — MOCHI THINKS SHE IS SMART…
Candy (reading):
"'Mochi think she is smart.'"
❄️
The room froze.
Mochi's eyebrow twitched ⚡.
Mochi:
"…Excuse me?" 😐
Candy continued happily.
Candy:
"'But if she is principal…
I am whole school.'"
💥💀💥
Maya:
"HE JUST CALLED HIMSELF THE WHOLE SCHOOL—" 🤣
Cousin:
"I'M DONE— THIS MAN—" 😭
Father nodded proudly 👏.
Father:
"He's not wrong.
He's a different category of foolishness."
Mother wiped tears of laughter 😂.
Mother:
"Principal versus entire school…
His brain deserves a research paper."
Mochi seriously considered throwing the phone out the window 🪟📱.
But Candy wasn't finished.
Candy:
"'She can get location of shoes, toy, teddy, perfume.'"
Maya:
"He's listing evidence like a police report."
Cousin:
"He KNOWS he's guilty."
Candy scrolled ⬇️.
Candy:
"'But I hide another pack of love letter under her bed.'"
💥💥💥💥💥
Mochi:
"UNDER MY BED?!
IN MY ROOM?!
ARE YOU INSANE?!" 😱🔥
Father:
"Boy has no shame."
Mother:
"He hides letters like rats hide food."
Maya laughed so hard she slid off the sofa 🤣⬇️.
Cousin:
"He WANTS to die."
Candy read the next line, completely calm.
Candy:
"'Idiot Mochi.'"
🧊
Absolute silence.
Mochi blinked.
Slowly.
Dangerously.
Mochi:
"…He wrote WHAT?" 😐💀
Candy repeated cheerfully:
Candy:
"'Idiot Mochi.'"
Cousin hid behind Maya 🫣.
Maya hid behind Mother 🫥.
Father whispered a prayer 🙏.
Mother:
"He is SO dead when he wakes up."
But Candy, unstoppable, continued.
Candy:
"'And under the washing machine…
there is one loose tile…
where I hide the jewelry I receive from ex.'"
Mochi grabbed the sofa 🛋️💥.
Mochi:
"EX… JEWELRY?!" 😨
Cousin:
"HOW MANY GIFTS DID HE GET?!"
Maya:
"He's a scrambled egg of stupidity!"
Candy read on:
Candy:
"'Gold chain…
silver earring…
total price 120k.'"
Mother gasped 😱.
Mother:
"120K?!
He could buy a SCOOTER!"
Father shook his head.
Father:
"And instead he hid it under a washing machine."
Cousin:
"Classic Laddu logic."
Mochi felt reality bending 🌀.
Candy wasn't done.
Candy:
"'I don't want to throw them because they have scent of past.'"
💀💀💀
Maya:
"SCENT OF PAST?!
WHAT IS HE, A POET?!"
Cousin:
"Shakespeare of bad decisions."
Mother:
"I don't know whether to slap him or hug him."
Father:
"Slap."
Candy reached the last line.
Candy:
"'Idiot… stupid… brainless…
and tall hot sexy Mochi.'"
🔥🔥🔥
Mochi's face exploded red 🍅💥.
Cousin fainted theatrically 😵.
Maya HOWLED 😂.
Mother clapped 👏👏.
Mother:
"He insulted her AND complimented her in one sentence!"
Father:
"Perfect balance. Yin and Yang."
Mochi covered her face 😭.
Mochi:
"I will kill him…
revive him…
then kill him again…"
Candy leaned toward sleeping Laddu 😴.
Candy (soft):
"…you are in danger."
Candy's finger hovered over another glowing entry ✨.
Mochi whispered urgently:
Mochi:
"…Candy. Don't." ❌
Candy:
"Why? He writes funny things."
Mother's voice softened.
Mother:
"Not always.
Some memories are heavy."
But Candy tapped anyway.
📱
The screen opened.
The room went silent.
No laughter.
No teasing.
Candy's voice changed.
📖 ENTRY — THE DAY I LEFT HOME
Candy (reading softly):
"'Today I remember the day…
my mother was crying
and my father's eyes were wet
when I left for Canada.'"
The laughter vanished.
Maya went still.
Cousin lowered her popcorn 🍿⬇️.
Father straightened.
Mother's eyes filled.
Candy continued gently.
Candy:
"'I was leaving behind my friends…
my family…
my cow…
my soil…
my village…
everything that made me… me.'"
The room felt heavy.
Mochi's hand moved on its own 🤍.
She placed it on Laddu's back.
Candy read on.
Candy:
"'I promised I would work hard.
Really hard.
Hardest in the company.'"
Maya (quiet):
"He really does…"
Candy continued.
Candy:
"'But even after giving everything,
I was bullied by seniors.
Every day.
Everywhere.'"
Cousin's smile faded.
Mother frowned.
Mother:
"Poor boy…"
Father clenched his jaw.
Father:
"That's how it is.
Good people get targeted."
Candy's voice trembled slightly.
Candy:
"'But then…
one day…
he insulted my mother.'"
Mochi's fingers tightened.
Candy paused.
Then read slowly:
Candy:
"'I had enough.'"
The air felt thick.
Candy:
"'I beat him to pulp.
Broke his teeth.
Broke his nose.
I told him…
I will destroy anyone
who comes in my way again.'"
Silence.
Not funny silence.
Real silence.
Mother looked at Laddu with pain 🥀.
Mother:
"This boy carries too much…"
Father nodded.
Father:
"He's soft outside
because he burned inside."
Maya sighed.
Maya:
"He hides pain behind jokes."
Cousin whispered:
Cousin:
"No wonder he clings to Mochi…
She's his safe place."
Candy hugged Laddu gently 🤍.
Candy:
"…you didn't tell us you were hurting…"
Mochi stared at the screen.
Her anger.
Her jealousy.
Her embarrassment.
All melted.
She brushed his hair softly 💞.
Mochi (whisper):
"…You idiot.
You were fighting alone."
He snuggled closer even in sleep 😴.
Mochi:
"You could have told me."
Father exhaled deeply.
Father:
"He's a fool…
but he's our fool."
Mother nodded.
Mother:
"A good heart scars first."
Maya looked at Mochi.
Maya:
"Now you know why he loves so hard."
Cousin added softly:
Cousin:
"And why he fears losing people."
Candy hugged Mochi 🤍.
Candy:
"Mochi… take care of him."
Mochi nodded.
Her voice calm.
Firm.
Full.
Mochi:
"I will." 💗