Naina loves to paint skies. Aarav never asks why. Their apartment is filled with love, warm but quiet. Too quiet, until walls begins to feel weird. Wrong. Hesitant. Cold. Sometimes quiet protects you. Sometimes, it hides.

Vrinda Joshi and Madhav Shastri grew up sharing everything, secrets or toys, you name it. For years, they believed nothing could come between them. Until one promise did. As time pulls them in different directions, silence and angst replaces what once felt unbreakable. But when fate brings them face to face again, past refuses to stay buried. As time goes, wound goes deep, hate goes deeper. Is heartbreak the price of growing up, or the punishment for loving too deeply? . . Best friends. Almost lovers. Separated by one promise. Troupes: Best Friends Friends to Lovers Sunshine × Sunshine Updates: Every Sunday (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

🏆Petals and Pages Award: Winner (Best Short Story)🏆 🏆Inked and Unwritten Award: 2nd Place🏆 🏆Grand Fiction Award: Shortlisted🏆 When a call from police brings the news of a friend's sudden death, Ruhi and Aarush are pulled into a spiral of grief, betrayal, and secrets. As love and obsession blur into one, they must decide how much truth they can carry, and how much lies are to bury forever.