Helping Hand

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#3: Helping Hand

Priya sighed, feeling slightly annoyed and slightly worn out. She had had a long, tiring day at college, and the rush at the bakery wasn't making it any better. She just wanted to rest or at least sit, but the humming and the noises from the kitchen reminded her of her mother who had been working there all day. So she pulled herself together and continued serving the customers when she heard his voice.

"You aren't ready yet?"

Priya looked up to meet her husband's unique blue-green eyes standing out among the pool of customers. 

"Ready? What for?" she asked, confused. 

"We were supposed to go to the gala, remember?" he replied, slightly taken aback.

Priya gasped in shock. The gala was very important to Ram, and he had been excited about it for a week. Damn it! How had she forgetten about it?

"I am so sorry, Mr. Kapoor. It's Christmas Eve tomorrow, and as you can see there's a mad rush here. I can't leave Sara Di and Maa alone to deal with this," she explained apologetically. 

"Is Meera Maa here?" Ram tried to hide his disappointment, but his eyes brightened at the mention of his mother-in-law and the idea of her pampering him. 

"Yes, in the kitchen. In a minute!" she snapped. Ram looked at her in confusion and saw her lock eyes angrily with a customer. He rolled his eyes at Priya's impatience. Trust his wife to yell at her customers!

"Do you need some help?" He followed her around the counter as she picked up a few delicacies and dropped them in a paper bag. 

She looked at him in surprise. 

"What can you help me with?" she asked, humor lacing her voice. 

"Hey, I'll have you know that as a businessman, I know how to deal with customers. At least better than 'in a minute'!" He defended himself, while mocking her earlier annoyance with a customer. 

Priya looked at him for a second and then at the long queue of the customers. 

"Sure, if you need any help, call out." 

The two worked in comfortable silence, the only voices in the bakery coming from the customers and their response to them. Priya was surprised to see Ram interact with customers and suggest more food items for them to buy. She had never seen him so animated with strangers, but then, he was always happy to interact with people, unlike her, who hated any small talk that lasted for more than two questions. 

"Oh, you should try these chocolate chip muffins. Meera Maa makes the best chocolate chip muffins in the world!" Ram said to an elderly lady, biting into one of the muffins on the counter. 

"I made them, and I would appreciate you not eating while working."

"I am multitasking! When the customers see me enjoying the muffins that, apparently, you made, they will buy them, too" he snapped. 

"Oh, you two remind me of me and my husband. I loved to eat, and he loved to cook. We would bicker all the time," said the elderly woman, a faraway look in her eyes. 

"Oh no, ma'am, we weren't bickering," Priya said awkwardly. She turned her face away, reddening at the implication that she and Ram were anything like the woman and her husband.

"I'm so sorry for your loss. But for what it's worth, your husband was a lucky man." Ram winked obnoxiously at the elderly woman, making Priya scoff and the woman smile wistfully. 

"And the two of you are lucky to have each other. Christmas reminds me of him. I hope you have a great festive season. Merry Christmas! I'm sure my grandkids will love these baked treats!" 

She wished them cheerfully as she picked up her bag and left. There was still a mob of customers to deal with, but Ram and Priya seemed to have forgotten them as they stared at each other, their faces reddening with a sudden awareness that had crept in. Priya realized suddenly that Christmas would always remind her of this moment, and her husband.

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Comments (24)

Uff this series shots is cuteness is dukaan lol another cute one loved it.

2 years ago

So cute this series is!! Just loved it yaar

2 years ago

Loved the small details in each snippet here.Please continue writing & I can't wait to read further if you're also trying to accommodate Lizzie's prompts too

2 years ago

Yaar, aap itne acche prompts de rahe ho, mere pe pressure ban raha🥺 I will try my best, and aapke paas hi aaungi, for help, of course🤣

2 years ago

Some more prompts:#4Priya bets Ram he can’t bake a batch of muffins by himself without burning it or the oven (or the entire bakery).Ram challenges her in turn that for every batch of ‘good’ muffins he bakes she needs to take a generous sip of his very special Cabernet.He ends up baking several ‘good’ batches (maybe he cheats in some way) and Priya gets drunk on the first 3 sips! #5Ram is helping out on a particularly busy day and gets a customer’s order wrong and gets an earful from them causing Priya to channel her inner tigress because NO ONE yells at her hubby but her! #6 The bakery is competing with a rival one for a big order (some big event) and they have to present their best work to the clients so they can decide between the two. Ram is worried that the other bakery is just as good (if not better) and wants them to win so he decides to sabotage the rival bakery’s food. Priya finds out in the nick of time! You can decide whether she decides to help him or reprimand him! P.S. You should consider writing as many as a baker’s dozen! Just sayin’ LizzieBennet2021-12-03 18:09:27

2 years ago

Awwwwwww this is sooo cuteeee !!!!Oh wait-Omg it ended ? So soon :(((Aish I'm gonna miss this ! Thank you for the tag !What should I call you ? I'm Riv btw!

2 years ago

Omg, these two are so cute. I could clearly see Ram enjoying muffins and interacting with the customers at the cafe. Having said that, I am sure his affability and his praise for the muffins also helped bring about a nice hike in sales at the cafe. Although Priya is being her 'coconut' self, her heart is already melting. The ending is so cute.

2 years ago

Awww! I'm actually sad this is ending. It's just soo apt - sweet and fluffy for this season! And with baking goodness thrown in! The perfect recipe for romance! # 1 Would love to see this series continue perhaps with a 'flour' accident that leads to them rubbing the flour off (or on) each other that leads to *ahem ahem* moments? # 2 And another where they have a 'baking' competition and taste each other's creations? One of them sucks big time (I'm guessing Ram ) but the other could pretend to like it!# 3 Another where the bakery is being featured on TV or something and Ram is asked to advertise it (since he's a big businessman and all) and he ends up talking about Priya instead of the bakery!Just some more prompts to start you off! Please continue this! LizzieBennet2021-12-03 18:05:11

2 years ago

This series is damn cute!! I enjoyed it so much !!🥰

2 years ago

tagging you since you wished to be notified when I complete this

2 years ago

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