_Anamikaa_
"Before We Knew We Were Eternal"
They say some love stories begin with fireworks.
Ours began with silence.
Not the uncomfortable kind.
The kind that feels like something is about to change.
In a city wrapped in mist and mountains,
where mornings smelled like pine and temple bells echoed before school bells-
Two people walked past each other every day
without knowing the universe had already written their names together.
Shivansh Singh Yaduvanshi believed in discipline.
In order.
In ranks.
In control.
He did not believe in chaos.
And Parvani Mehra was chaos in human form.
She believed in music played too loud,
in laughing during serious moments,
in arguing with teachers and then apologizing later.
She did not believe in boys who looked like they had never broken a rule.
The first time she noticed him,
it wasn't because he was the school captain.
It wasn't because girls whispered when he walked by.
It was because he stood alone during lunch,
reading a book as if the world outside it didn't matter.
And she thought-
Who reads during lunch?
The first time he noticed her,
it wasn't because she was loud.
It wasn't because she was beautiful.
It was because she laughed without covering her mouth.
As if she had nothing to hide.
And he thought-
How does someone live without fear like that?
They didn't know then-
That one day he would stand in front of Shiv ji
and promise her forever.
They didn't know-
That one day the same mountains would witness silence between them.
They didn't know-
That love can be steady like meditation
and still fragile like ego.