This might be outside the realm of possibility now, but I just had to comment to say how much I loved these adorable lines:
She giggled seeing his unique style of welcome.No good morning...no hie...just a puppy face asking "where is my halwa"
and
"aapne halwa banaya hai" he asked her puppily.
Puppily! 😆 Just too adorable and funny to handle! Also it's one of your stories Malika ji, and it's almost impossible for me not to bring them to the front when I find them. 😛 Apologies to all the forum members who've already read them!