Through Time & Beyond.. *Ongoing*

23 - Closer

Hello guysss,

How are you all doing? Yes, I am back with an update. Thank you so much for the get well soon wishes. I am doing much better now. The viral just took its time to heal.
So, yes, we are 42 days forward into the story.

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Word Count – 7K words.

And I shall now let you all dive in without further delay.

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Chapter 23 – Closer

42 More Days Later

New Delhi

16th August,2022(Sunday) – 6 AM in the Morning

Arnav's POV

I stir up in my sleep and my eyes open up on reflex, and I smile. Obviously, because my gaze falls on my beloved, sleeping cozily snuggled right next to me. I think I have mentioned this to Khushi a gazillion times prior, but I guess I will just have to say it to her, the very second, she wakes up yet again.

What bit?

That, I cannot take my eyes off her, when she is asleep. Not my fault, really. Who told her to be so mesmerizing and ethereal and serene, even in her sleep?? And just like that, whilst I am at that thought, gazing up her lovingly, all leaned up on my elbow right by her side, my heart aches. Only obvious. The time for my return is rather close. Closer, than ever. Just last night, over dinner, Rahim and Fiza mentioned that they are just a couple of days away, from getting the gadget up and running. They've been living with us, right here, ever since we returned from Ooty and it's obvious that they've been working day and night on the gadget – quite literally. Given that Khushi and I, had anyway moved into one room, they've been using the other room, where I used to sleep in , in the beginning, as their workspace+ living space. I reckon though, that neither Rahim or Fiza have gotten much sleep this past month anyway. They work non-stop, all day, mostly late into the night, consumed, totally, in this time travel mission to get me back to my time. I had handed over the gadget to them, the very second, they had reached here and even though they keep giving us the updates on the progress of their fixing work on it, both Khushi and me haven't seen the gadget since. Rahim and Fiza, vowed, that they will only show the gadget to us, once, they were sure it was fixed and up for work. And even though, we have both been quite curious to get a look at it, we'v abided by Rahim and Fiza's stand on the same and respected their work privacy on the matter. It's not like we are going to understand the deep detailed scientific technicalities that's been going into fixing the gadget anyway.