Her Only Saviour

bonus #3

𝕽𝖎𝖈𝖐𝖞 𝕭𝖆𝖍𝖑 𝖇𝖆𝖇𝖞 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖍𝖊'𝖘 𝖘𝖒𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖍 𝖆𝖘 𝖘𝖎𝖑𝖐
𝕭𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖐
𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖈𝖆𝖙 𝖉𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖐𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖎𝖑𝖐 𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖔𝖙𝖘,
𝕴𝖓 𝖉𝖎𝖋𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖌𝖔

𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖓𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖘𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖍𝖎𝖒 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌,
𝖐𝖊𝖊𝖕 𝖘𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖒𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖘
𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕳𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖌,
𝕶𝖊𝖊𝖕 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖈𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖚𝖗
𝕮𝖔𝖓 𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖇𝖆𝖇𝖞 𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖎𝖓'𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗.

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The Oberoi mansion had seen chaos before. A power outage during Shivaay’s anniversary, Rudra’s protein powder disaster in the kitchen, and even Gauri’s accidental WhatsApp group messages titled “Hot Guys of TV”.

But nothing—nothing—prepared the household for a full-term Nandini Oberoi in Queen Mode.

It began at 6:03 AM.

Anirudh shot up in bed, heart racing.

Why?

Because the love of his life, the sunshine of his soul, the fire of his nightmares—was glaring at him from across the bed, holding a mango.

A. Mango.

"ANGEL?" he croaked.

“I hate this mango,” she whispered, voice deadly calm. “It’s yellow.”

He blinked. “…it’s supposed to be?”

“No. It should’ve been orange-yellow,” she said, squinting at the fruit like it had personally insulted her lineage. “This one’s pale. It’s a betrayal, Ani.”

Anirudh blinked twice. “…it’s 6 AM.”

“It’s mango-o-clock, baby,” she said, dramatically flinging it into the trash like a villain in a soap opera. “Now get up. I want kulfi.”

“Kul—Nandini, kulfi at 6—?”

“NOW.”

He was already halfway out the door.

By 7:15 AM, Nandini was sprawled on the living room sofa like a queen on her royal chaise. Her hair was tied in a messy braid that still looked prettier than anything Instagram could imitate.

Her left foot rested on three pillows. Her right foot? On Rudra’s lap.

Rudra looked like he was going to cry.

“I want to sleep please. Where’s Bhai?” he mouthed to Omkara.

“On a kulfi mission,” Om said solemnly, sipping coffee like a war veteran.

Nandini looked around, then scowled. “Why is it so quiet here? Someone play music.”

Dadi entered at that moment, humming a bhajan.

“Not that one, Dadi. I want Honey Singh vibes. I feel gangsta today.”

Everyone froze.

Dadi nodded slowly and turned on Blue Eyes.

Nandini instantly vibed—belly bump and all. She tried to twerk.

Gauri choked on her juice.

Rudra passed out.