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“इश्क का रंग सफेद पिया
ना छल ना कपट ना भेद पिया
सौ रंग मिले तू इक्क वर्गा
फिर आतिश हो या रेत पिया रेत पिया
जिस जंग में तेरा हो रुतबा
उस जंग का मैं तो
जुनैद पिया जुनैद पिया”

—जोगी

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-VAANYA'S POV-

Books pressed tightly against my chest, I walked down the quiet corridor, the echo of my own footsteps keeping me company. Ma’am had asked me to drop off some books in the teacher’s cabin, but my mind…it was somewhere else.

Abhay.

That stupid, loud, annoying boy who just couldn’t sit still for a minute. He had come to my house two days ago — uninvited, unexpected, and completely unwelcome. I was teaching tuition when he barged in with that crooked smile of his, as if the world revolved around him.
And I hadn’t said a word.

I bit my lower lip, a habit I had when guilt came knocking.

He tried to make conversations with me, but I? I didn't gave him any attention.. except giving him the glass of water, because I couldn't stop myself.

Was I too harsh?

Should I have said something?

Maybe… maybe I should’ve told him to stay.

Even if he would’ve caused a disaster.

Even if he would’ve made a scene.

Even if he would’ve made my students forget what two plus two was.

Because something in me didn’t want him to leave.

But then…

I stopped mid-step, heart thudding in silence.

“I flirt with everyone-it's called charm. And Vaanya? She's just fun to mess with, yaar. The way she gets all serious like I ruined her whole semester—hilarious”

Those words had sliced through me sharper than any insult my uncle ever said to me. No sarcasm. No joke in his tone. Just… pure rejection.

He became the light when everything else was fading.
And just when I began to believe in it—He turned the switch off.

Why, Abhay why?

I looked down, blinking away the prick in my eyes, and spotted it— a small folded note stuck awkwardly on the side of a doorframe. My fingers tightened around the books.