Observing her audition, he says, "There is something eerily familiar about you. Have we met?"
She confusely replies, "I don't believe so. Are you sure?"
He responds, "It is like a forgotten memory trying to resurface."
She says with curiosity, "Mayb...
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Madhav didn't return to school that week.
After two days of severe fever, he was finally better than before but still his headache returned sometimes. His energy still dipped often and his voice was just beginning to recover from its hoarse whispers. He spent most of his days lying down, sipping warm liquids and forcing himself to eat small meals while the world outside moved on.
But inside his apartment, something different was happening.
Every day, around 4 pm, the door bell rang and Radhika along with Baladev and Revati, stepped in, carrying stacks of freshly printed notes. Revati and Baladev were always around in the beginning. They had review the subjects from class, explain new chapters and update Madhav on upcoming assignments. The living room would fill with soft voices, books spread across the coffee table and occasional laughter when Baladev made a dumb joke just to break the stress of the study.
Slowly as the evening passed and the rhythm settled in, Baladev and Revati would leave for tutions while Radhika would remain sometimes just sitting with Madhav while he revised.
Sometimes organizing his notes, typing out assignments or even just silently brushing his hair away from his face when he looked too tired to keep reading.
"I didn't ask you to become my secretary," Madhav joked one evening, reclining on the sofa with a weak smile.
Radhika rolled her eyes. "I am not your secretory. I am your karma."
"Oh God." He chuckled.
She grinned. "Deal with it."
Back at Radhika's apartment, the air was not as same as Madhav's. Radhika's father watched her, spending half of her everyday routine in Madhav's place in the name of helping him.
One day, Radhika came back home a little too late than her usual time , around 8.30 pm and found her father sitting alone in the living hall with the newspaper and her mom was preparing the dinner in the kitchen.
She said nothing and was about to pass the hall way. When ..
"Wait!" Radhika's father stopped her , his voice was deep and serious. " I have a question for you , one ... single question, come and sit infront of me."
