Soha was shocked as she witnessed Harshad's erratic behavior, scaring and running around aimlessly, climbing on chairs and jumping down without a care, while his mother scolded him in a stern voice, "Harshad, stop it right now! Children are better behaved than you are displaying right now."
Harshad's face twisted in disgust as he exclaimed to his mother, "Maa! Tell it to go away, I hate that bloody cockroach!" expressing his strong feeling of repulsion towards the cockroach.
Soha couldn't help but burst into laughter at the sight of Harshad's antics, finding his exaggerated reaction towards the small cockroach amusing and endearing.
"Harshad was startled as he didn't expect Soha's arrival, and as a result, he stumbled and fell into a sitting position. He quickly stood up and hid the cooking spoon behind him, trying to salvage his image by smiling nervously. He berated himself internally, thinking 'How could I be so clumsy in front of a girl? I must look like a stupid cockroach'."
Soha, noticing Harshad's discomfort, decided to tease him and says "Ah! Cockroach!" in a playful manner. Harshad, thinking she was serious, panicked and started running around frantically, jumping on the table and searching for a place to hide and frantically searching for a place to hide."
Harshad was pleasantly surprised to see his mother laughing after a long time, as he had not seen her in such a lighthearted mood in a while, and the sight of her and Soha bursting into laughter together was heartwarming to him.
Harshad, upon seeing Soha catching the cockroach with her fingers and showing it to him, initially recoiled in fear but quickly tried to hide his reaction by pretending to be bold and assertive, saying "Do you think I'm scared of this tiny insect? No, no." in an attempt to cover up his fear towards the cockroach.
Soha, still laughing from the previous incident, went out and dropped the cockroach, but as she came back inside, she heard Harshad's mother scolding him for burning the tea and omlet, causing him to rush into the kitchen and in his haste, he ended up burning his hand and dropping the pan.
Aunty, it's okay, you sit, I'll take care of it," Soha said as she went to the kitchen to tend to the burnt tea and omlet, and take care of Harshad's burnt hand.
When Soha asked "Are you okay?" in concern, Harshad, feeling embarrassed and flustered from the previous incident, fumbled and ended up dropping the vessel again due to his clumsiness.
"You go," Soha said, "I'll make tea and an omlet." Harshad, feeling embarrassed about his earlier clumsiness, nervously replied "It's okay," trying to brush off the situation.
Feeling at a loss of what to do, Harshad stood there awkwardly as Soha, with her quick thinking, moved on and tidied up the kitchen, taking another set of dishes to make tea and an omlet. Unable to find something useful to do, Harshad eventually left the kitchen.
After some time, Soha made an omlet and offered it to Harshad's mother, who, although not very hungry, accepted it out of Soha's affection towards her. For a moment, it reminded her of her own daughter and she smiled with a sense of warmth and gratitude. Soha then went to the front balcony of the penthouse where Harshad was standing, keeping his hands on the compound wall, lost in thought and looking at the evening view. Soha stood beside him and they both looked at the sunset together in a peaceful silence, feeling a sense of calm and contentment.
Harshad, feeling embarrassment for the previous incident, said while having tea "Sorry i troubled you." Soha, with a gentle smile, acknowledged his apology and let him know that it was alright.
She says " thanks Harshad for being with my brother, helping him. expressed her gratitude to Harshad for being there for her brother and helping him, and then with a fierce determination she added," You know what I hate that person who morphed Nandini's video and blackmailed her. If he ever comes in front of me, I'll make sure to mix poison in his tea or coffee and kill him, the stupid idiot."
Harshad choked and quickly set his tea aside.
She asked are you okay,!
Ofcourse why not, and he thought " until you haven't mix the poison in tea"
She smiled and said casually, "Nice evening, thanks for the tea.
As Harshad remembered his earlier silly actions caused by the cockroach, he felt a twinge of embarrassment and said, trying to redeem himself, "Actually, I am not scared off cockroaches."
Oh! Really," Soha said, trying to stifle her laughter and hiding her amusement at Harshad's statement.
"Ha! I was just trying to explain that she shouldn't react in such a panicked way when she sees a cockroach," Harshad said, trying to cover up the fact that he was scared and instead make it seem like he was trying to help Soha not to panic.
Despite her best efforts, Soha couldn't help but burst into laughter as Harshad's explanation struck her as amusing, unable to control her mirth any longer, she walked towards the stairs to head back to her home.
Feeling embarrassed and foolish, Harshad closed his eyes and scolded himself, muttering "You are a fool" as he berated himself for his actions and words.
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Next day morning, the office cab comes to home, Soha gets into the Car in the back seat, waiting for the Harshad, Harshad while coming seen Soha felt like running to hid his face. Soha try to control her laugh remembering last cockroach incident, turned her face another side, he sits next to Driver, driver started car, and Stopped infront of Nandini's home, Nandini who is waiting gets into the car and says "Hi, guys"
The next day, as the office cab came to pick them up, Soha got into the back seat of the car, waiting for Harshad. As Harshad approached the car and saw Soha, he felt a pang of embarrassment and wished to hide his face due to the previous day's cockroach incident. Soha, trying hard to control her laughter and not to bring up the incident again, turned her face to another side. Harshad, avoiding Soha's gaze, sat next to the driver and the car started moving towards Nandini's home. Nandini, who was waiting outside her house, got into the car and greeted them saying "Hi, guys."
Soha burst into laughter, unable to contain herself any longer and Harshad smiled, looking out the window as he understood the reason for her laughter. Nandini, confused by their behavior, asked "Why are you guys laughing?"
Soha, with a teasing smile, said "nothing, I miss you darling" and leaned in to kiss Nandini's cheek and whispered "this kiss is from my brother's side." Nandini, playfully rubbing the spot on her cheek where Soha kissed, playfully retorted "Idiot.
Harshad couldn't help but smile as he looked at Soha and Nandini in the car mirror and thought to himself "I never expected life to be this beautiful, even when surrounded by so many obstacles and challenges."
Ignore mistakes
Keep smiling
Chandanakshi
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"WEB 🕸️" -' Interweaving
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