Kartikey-Dwivedi
In a quiet space between waking and dreaming, the narrator builds an unconscious world where love is effortless and belonging is certain. In this inner landscape, friendships are deep, attention is mutual, and the self is valued without conditions. It is a place where being seen is natural, not requested.
In real life, however, connections begin sweetly and warmly, only to slowly change into something distant and confusing. The same people who once offered care and closeness grow inconsistent, leaving the narrator struggling to understand what shifted and why. Affection fades without explanation, and the realization emerges that, in the lives of others, the narrator exists only at the margins present, but never central.
As the boundary between imagination and reality blurs, the novel explores the ache of unreturned emotional investment, the refuge of self-created worlds, and the quiet pain of being a side artist in someone else's story. It is a tender meditation on self-love, loneliness, and the human desire to be chosen, not only in dreams, but in life itself.
All characters in this novel, are fictional and exist solely within the world of the narrative.