"As looking at this monster expressions, there's no need to even describe them—with a leopard-like fierce gaze, he was looking at me as if he wanted to burn me to ashes. 'Alright, Hasini dear, since you are stepping into our house for the very first time, step inside with your right foot forward. I wish that you live happily in this house with our Jai for a full hundred years, surrounded by children and family,' Swapna Madam said.
What? A full hundred years? If just one single day with this monster guy feels this terrifying, what on earth will my situation be like when I think about a full hundred years? I can't even breathe, and on top of that, she's talking about a full hundred years and even kids! How on earth am I supposed to tolerate this guy? And as if that wasn't enough, she brings up kids—God forbid, if those kids end up inheriting this psycho's traits, oh dear lord, they'll end up playing football with me!" thinking this to myself, when I looked back at this human, the great soul was looking right at me with a side smile.
"Oh Hasini, my son won't leave you and go anywhere, dear. First, both of you step inside together with your right feet forward," Swapna Madam said with a gentle smile.
Then this human came closer from behind and grabbed my hand tightly. Swapna Madam performed haarati for both of us and applied bottu on our foreheads. Then, alongside this human, keeping my right foot forward and looking at him all the while, I stepped into that house.
As soon as I went inside, it was so breathtaking that I almost forgot myself. It was like a palace of Indra—a spacious hall with all costly furniture and a dazzling interior design. If just the hall itself was on this level, I couldn't even imagine what the rooms upstairs would look like! Without even realizing it, my mouth dropped wide open like a frog in a well, and as I was looking around, "That's enough looking, flies might get in," and this psycho guy closed my mouth with his hand.
For the very first time, feeling a boy's touch gave my heart a sudden flutter. My mouth sealed shut as if glued with Fevicol, and I just kept blinking my eyes rapidly, staring right at him.
"What?" he asked, raising his eyebrows and communicating through his eyes.
What words could possibly come out of me? With my eyes, I conveyed that it was nothing, shaking my head sideways to tell him so.