Frog who shall never be kissed
She nagged her mother all day next day to call Vaidyas. She even got home early from work to try and catch Chandan
Himani called Mr Vaidya first then Mrs Vaidya who then found Chandan hiding between two cupboards trying to avoid Gauri and Garima
"Betaaa... unko kyon pareshaan karti hain aap dono? Lakshmi could be heard moaning
"Teeku MAASI? Chandan grabbed the phone from his Dadi and jumped on the nearest bed
"Ghar par kaam chal raha hai, shor bohot hai Lakshmi's tone was apologetic
"Arey koi baat nahi, inki jaan to Chandan mein basti hai, inko baat karni thi Himani gushed
Chandan and Teeku spoke for a good 20 minutes. Teeku doing a face time finally to show him the books she had bought for him in her lunch hour
"Can we read everyday and every night? Chandan asked excitedly
"One book a day?
"No 17, hundred and milliom he said firmly
"Its MILL "say MILL
"MILL
"EE
E
UMMM she said accidentally
He rolled on the floor letting his phone fall off his hands
"u said UMMM
"U said UMMM "See what I can do maasi he said doing somersaults swiftly
"Chandooo
"Chandooo
Chandooo she called
"Your room has big windows she said in awe as the phone lodged between pillow and the headboard, she saw him roll on the alphabet jigsaw mat delirious
"Are you coming today? he asked froma distance
"No... I cant...
"But its good morning
"Its going to be good night she explained
"NOOO... U said mohning sun is owaynj he pointed out the window
"U are going to hit ur head a voice warned the boy
He sat up frozen
"Umm Chandu rubbed his nose vigorously
"Chandooo... meri baat sunen she said urgently
The voice? Walked over and grabbed the phone
HARD AS A ROCK... HARD ROCK... OMFG
He wore the same black tee...
"Did u want to talk to someobody? he asked coolly
"Umm.. NO she said grumpily
"Maasi Chandu hollered
"Can I talk to him? she asked
"U just said no he said silkily.
Chandu came running to where he was
"Can I show her one moh twick?
"Umm
"Chandooo I will see it tomorrow love... Maasi jaayen?
"Are u coming tomaaaro? he made a longish aaa sound for effect
"I will she nodded, her eyes lighting up
"Can I show her a PIKCHOR? Chandan asked
"U can have the phone Harit offered to hand the phone to Chandan
Chandan quickly grabbed a sheet of paper with a green blurb on it and showed it the wrong way in front of the camera
Teeku waved her arm to indicate she couldn't see
He looked on coolly letting the boy figure it out all by himself
He did "I MADE FROGGG he said, a routine accourance in Malviya Nagar when it rained hard
"I love it... awe... I love it... Chandu u are the best artist she cooed
Chandu walked away beaming
"Is that it? Harit asked Avantika
"Yep she said hanging up before him
"