Morning sunlight poured into the café ☀️☕ as Barfi unlocked the doors 🔑 and stretched his stiff shoulders 😮💨.
Another day began just like always.
🧽 Wiping tables
☕ Brewing coffee
🙂 Greeting early customers with a smile that had become muscle memory
Yet today…
something warm stirred inside his chest.
Hope.
Quiet.
Fragile.
But real. 🔥
Barfi walked toward the counter—
and stopped.
Walter Blue was sitting at a table, alive and energetic, with the little girl from yesterday 👧🎀—Funny Grandpa's biggest fan.
Walter leaned forward dramatically.
"So there I was," he said, eyes shining,
"fighting two sharks 🦈🦈 and three ninjas 🥷🥷🥷 underwater—"
The girl gasped loudly 😲.
"You can breathe underwater!?"
Walter nodded proudly.
"Only on Fridays." 😌
Barfi chuckled from behind.
"Sir… aren't you supposed to be resting in the basement?" 😐
Walter waved it off.
"Nonsense. Storytime is medicine." 💊📖
Then he squinted at Barfi slyly.
"You should go to college today. It's important."
Barfi smirked.
"Nice try. Two-month holiday. No classes." 😏
Walter blinked.
"Eh? Then why didn't I get a holiday?"
The little girl giggled.
"Because you're always on holiday!" 😂
Walter clutched his chest dramatically 💔.
"Betrayed by my own fan…"
🚪 BOOM 💥
Suddenly—
BANG! 💥
The café door burst open so hard the bell nearly flew off 🔔💨.
Everyone turned.
Barfi's heart jumped 💓.
Walter's eyes widened 😳.
The little girl shrieked with excitement 🎉.
A deep, cheerful voice boomed:
"Knock, knock! Your father is here!" 😄
Barfi's face exploded with shock and joy.
"LADDU!" 😲❤️
And beside him stood a seven-foot-tall Chinese girl 🇨🇳✨, broad shoulders, gentle eyes, smiling shyly.
Mochi.
Walter and the little girl ran toward them like toddlers 🏃♂️🏃♀️.
"Laddu! You grew taller!" Walter laughed.
"You grew older!" Laddu fired back 😆.
The little girl hugged Mochi's leg like a puppy 🐶.
The café filled with laughter, noise, and chaos—the good kind 🎉☕.
😈 BHABHI ATTACK 😈
While Walter, Laddu, and the child acted like hyperactive children, Barfi walked toward Mochi with a warm smile.
"How are you, bhabhi?" he asked casually 😇.
Mochi blinked.
"W-What… is bhabhi?" 😳
Barfi grinned.
"Brother's girl is called bhabhi."
Mochi's face turned red like a tomato 🍅🔥.
"I-I am not—! Laddu's—! We—! He—!"
She waved her hands wildly 🫨.
Barfi burst out laughing 😂.
"Relax, bhabhi. It's just a very respectful word!"
Mochi covered her face 🙈.
From across the café, Laddu yelled:
"WHAT ARE YOU TELLING HER!?" 😠
Barfi shrugged innocently 😌.
Mochi turned even redder.
🍬 SUGAR WAR 🍬
The café transformed into a battlefield.
💣 Walter ripped sugar packets like grenades
🏹 Laddu launched spoons like catapults
👧 The little girl shouted orders
"I AM COMMANDER SWEETNESS!" 👑🍭
Sugar rained everywhere ❄️.
Mochi panicked.
"LADDU! STOP! YOU'RE WASTING SUGAR!" 😱
"But Mochi," Laddu argued,
"this is a tactical attack!"
"ON WHO!?" 😡
"On… destiny!" 😤
Walter roared,
"GO LITTLE GENERAAAAAL!"
And threw sugar at Barfi 💥🍬.
It bounced off Barfi's forehead.
He didn't flinch.
This was normal.
Sasha the part-timer walked in 👩🍳, froze, took one look—
"Nope." 😐
And walked right back out 🚪.
🗺️ THE PLAN 🗺️
Walter slammed the map on the table 📜💥.
"The first clue points to an old lighthouse at the frozen docks!"
"Tomorrow… the treasure hunt begins!" 🌊🗼
Laddu's eyes sparkled ✨.
"I'M COMING!"
Mochi instantly grabbed his ear 👂😠.
"No. You. Are. Not."
"OW OW OW! WHY!?"
"You have a company," Mochi snapped.
"Your employees are still recovering from the fireworks incident." 🎆
"…It was for morale."
"You almost destroyed HR."
Walter hopped onto a chair.
"Barfi and I will go. Alone."
Barfi blinked.
"Just… us two?"
Walter nodded proudly.
"You're the brains. I'm the survival expert."
Barfi placed a hand on Laddu's shoulder 🤝.
"You need to stay. Your people need you."
Laddu sighed 😔… then nodded.
Mochi crossed her arms.
"I'll run the café. Someone responsible must stay."
Walter whispered,
"She means me."
Mochi glared.
"No. I do not."
Decision made:
🧠 Barfi + Walter → Treasure mission
🏢 Laddu → Company
☕ Mochi → Café survival
🤝 BROTHER MOMENT 🤝
Outside, Barfi apologized softly.
"I'm sorry you can't come."
Laddu shook his head.
"We all have responsibilities."
"You've grown," Barfi said.
"And you've carried too much alone," Laddu replied.
Barfi whispered,
"I'm scared."
Laddu hugged him tightly 🤗🔥.
"I'm always with you, brother."
🚗 THE DEPARTURE 🚗
Walter packed nonsense 🎒:
🍳 Frying pan
🪠 Shovel
🦆 Rubber duck
🧦 Two mismatched socks
The car waited—a tiny blue box that had survived multiple wars 🚙💀.
Mochi waved.
"TAKE CARE!"
Laddu grinned.
"BRING ME SOMETHING COOL!"
Walter yelled.
"I'LL BRING A SHARK!"
"NO SHARKS!" Barfi screamed.
The little girl waved.
"COME BACK ALIVE, FUNNY GRANDPA!" 👋❤️
The engine coughed 🤧.
Barfi looked back one last time—
his café
his people
his chaos.
Then he drove forward.
A new adventure had begun. 🌅✨
🌙 AFTERMATH 🌙
Laddu looked around the broken café.
"…How much money to fix this?" 😐
Mochi crossed her arms.
"And tomorrow, we pay Barfi's college fee."
Laddu smiled warmly.
"That's why you're perfect."
Mochi turned red.
"SHUT UP!" 📕💥
But she smiled too.
Because helping Barfi—
felt right.