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[Annika - A, Shivaay - S, Rudra - Ru, Gauri - G]

A lazy Sunday, it was all that Rudra wanted after a hectic week at work. He had been working his ass off on this new project. Shivaay had made him in charge of a project for the first time and he wanted to do everything perfectly to prove to his brother that he has grown up, he's mature and he's more than capable to handle business now

He went to the kitchen to get himself a snack since he had woken up late and missed breakfast. He opened the freezer and pulled out a packet of frozen potato fries (like mccain). He decided to treat himself to delicious fries since it was his cheat day.

He placed a pan on the stove and heated some oil and finally added the frozen fries. Once the fries were a nice golden brown and looked crispy enough, he got them out of the pan onto a plate. While he was doing that, some drops of hot oil fell on his hand, and instinctively he dropped the cloth that he was using to hold the pan and went to wash his hand in his room.

In all this mess, Rudra forgot that the gas was left on. The cloth he dropped had also gotten some oil on it and it had fallen close to the burner. It caught fire and soon the oil inside the pan was burning.

Smoke was filling up the kitchen and the flames were growing.

Shivaay was passing by and saw the fire and he screamed out for khanna.

S: khanna get the extinguishers, quick

Some guys of the staff along with Shivaay and Khanna put the fire out just in time and turned off the gas connection. They checked the pipe for any signs of leakage otherwise that would have led to an even bigger disaster. The entire kitchen and its adjacent rooms could have burnt down

Everyone gathered in the living room

Pinky: oh my maata, what is happenings in our house?

Jhanvi: Shivaay are you okay?

S: yes badi maa, I'm fine. The fire is out and we're getting some experts to deal with this.

Daadi: Rabb da shukar hai kisi ko chot nahi aayi {{thank god no one is hurt}}

Hearing the commotion Rudra came out of his room. He was terrified seeing the damage as it was his fault.

S: How the hell did it happen? Who was in the kitchen? Who was frying stuff?

Rudra didn't know what to do now. Shivaay was justifiably angry, he was fuming

Shivaay turned towards the staff to interrogate them

A: it was me.

She came forward and everyone looked at her, surprised

A: I was making fries and I forgot to turn the gas off. My phone rang and it slipped my mind. I'm sorry

S: Sorry! You're sorry! How does that change anything Annika? It slipped your mind!

Shivaay was exasperated by her carelessness

Rudra moved forward to come clean but Annika signaled him, by moving her head left and right slightly, to stop him.

Om asked all the staff to go from there, he could see Shivaay's anger bubbling up and he knew Shivaay was going to lash out now. He didn't want his sister to be humiliated in front of the staff

S: Do you realize what could have happened if we hadn't dealt with it in time? And what were you even doing in the kitchen frying stuff, huh? When you know cooking is not your area of expertise why did you do it? Who were you trying to impress? Why can't you accept that it's not your thing? Someone could have gotten hurt because of you today