Evening settled into the house 🌆
Dinner time.
Oggy was already fed 🍼😴
Ben had finished his food 🐶✔️
Everyone sat around the dining table.
Father looked around, suspicious 🤨
"Where is the food?"
Mother replied calmly, without looking up ☕
"It's coming."
Right on cue—
🚪 The door opened.
Laddu walked in carrying bags. A lot of bags.
Boxes. Containers. Steam rising. Smell attacking the soul.
He dropped everything on the table dramatically 🔥
"Hot pot."
The table exploded into motion.
Plates pulled.
Bowls passed.
Steam everywhere ♨️
Everyone started eating immediately.
Drinks appeared 🥤
Glasses clinked 🍻
Laughter followed.
Candy paused mid-bite, eyes sharp 👀
"Okay… what's the special day?"
Laddu smiled, casual but proud 😌
"Today… Mochi and I completed six months."
Silence.
Mochi froze 😳
"…Six months?"
She had forgotten.
The reactions came instantly.
Maya leaned back, shocked 😵
"It looks like six years."
The cousin nodded seriously 🤝
"Yes."
Candy blinked.
"Only six months???"
Father laughed in disbelief 😂
"I can't believe it. Six months. Only six months!"
The table erupted with laughter 🤣
Because honestly—
it felt like years.
Laddu stood up.
He walked to the center so everyone could see 👀
Then reached under the table and pulled out—
📦 A cardboard box.
Inside were two puppets.
One looked like Mochi.
One looked like Laddu.
Candy gasped 🤯
"PUPPET SHOW?"
"No," Laddu said.
"Story time."
He held up the puppets 🎭
"Month one,"
"We met."
Soft smiles 😊
"Month two,"
"Mochi slapped me."
💥
Everyone turned to Mochi.
Mochi looked away instantly, red 🔥
"…He deserved it."
Laughter exploded.
"Month three and four,"
"We didn't talk."
Awkward silence 😶
"Month five,"
"Oggy was born."
Oggy kicked his tiny feet 👶🦶
Ben also added in family barked once 🐶
Approved.
"Month six,"
"Vani joined the family."
Vani clapped randomly 👶👏
Ben barked again.
Everyone clapped loudly 👏👏👏
The puppets bowed.
Father wiped tears of laughter 😂
"This is insane."
Then Laddu quietly walked toward the washroom 🚶♂️
No one noticed much.
A minute later—
He came back.
Without his color lenses 👁️💜
His real violet eyes were visible.
The room softened instantly.
Then—
He knelt down.
Gasps everywhere 😮
Candy squealed.
Maya covered her mouth.
The cousin straightened up.
Mochi's mother calmly took vani from Mochi's hand
"Tradition," she said.
Laddu pulled out another box 🎁
It was…
Too big for a ring.
Maya whispered urgently 😤
"Stand up, stand up!"
The cousin nodded.
"Yes."
Mochi stood up slowly.
Shy. Nervous. Heart racing 💓
She walked toward Laddu.
He handed her the box.
Mochi opened it carefully.
Inside—
📄 A small card.
She read it.
Silence.
Then—
She laughed.
The card said:
"I will not propose to you."
💥💥💥
The house lost its mind.
Maya screamed laughing 🤣
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"
Candy shouted 😆
"HE TROLLED HER!"
Father held his head 🤦♂️
"I raised this."
Mother sighed, amused 😌
"…Classic Laddu."
The cousin laughed openly.
"That's very on brand."
Mochi looked up at Laddu.
Blink.
Blink.
"…You idiot."
Laddu smiled softly 💜
"Six months isn't a finish line," he said.
"It's just… us walking."
Mochi shook her head, smiling despite herself 😊
"…Unbelievable."
Vani laughed.
Ben barked.
Oggy slept through everything.
The house filled with noise again 🍽️😂
Six months.
Only six months.
And yet—
It already felt like a lifetime.