PriyanshiVishvkarma
When We Were Almost Forever
It all started on a random Monday morning - the kind where the sun feels too bright and your attendance feels too low.
Aarav threw his bag on the last bench and sighed, "Bro, I swear, this college will be the end of me."
Riya looked up from her phone, eyes half-open, "You said that yesterday too."
"Yeah, and look - I survived another day," he grinned, collapsing dramatically on the chair beside her.
They were a weird trio - Aarav, Riya, and Kunal. Not the popular ones, not the toppers, just... there.
The kind of friends who laughed too loud in the canteen but went quiet when someone said, "Final year's almost over."
Because that line - final year - hit like a heartbreak you never signed up for.
"Group project submissions tomorrow," their professor announced, closing her laptop.
The class groaned in unison. Kunal whispered, "Group project means I do all the work and you two get the marks."
"Not this time," Aarav said proudly. "This time, I'll actually help."
Riya smirked. "Your help is usually moral support and snacks."
He gasped. "That's emotional contribution! Team spirit!"
Everyone laughed - but beneath that laughter was something unspoken. They all knew time was running out.
In three months, these benches, these fights, these late-night Maggi talks - everything would be just a memory.
Later that day, they sat in their usual corner in the canteen.
The same place where they'd once planned imaginary startups, roasted each other, and made promises like, "We'll never lose touch."
"Imagine us five years later," Riya said, stirring her cold coffee.
"Kunal married, Aarav bald, and me - probably the only one successful," she teased.
Kunal rolled his eyes. "I'll be rich before you even finish your MBA."
Aarav leaned back. "And I'll be the guy who forgets his ID card every day but still becomes the CEO somehow."
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