They were both drowning in it, the pressure, the noise, the expectations. But neither of them could see how they might save each other. Not yet. Not when it was easier to pretend everything was fine. But sometimes, when the world was quiet enough, you could feel the pull of something real, something that might make it all worth it.
Maya Thompson stood at the corner of Queen Street, hands shoved deep into her pockets, staring at the cracked pavement beneath her feet like it held the answers to the questions she couldn't even form in her head. The world was moving around her, but she was stuck. School, friends, the endless cycle of work and pressure, none of it felt like it fit anymore. It was too loud, too bright, too much.
And then there was him, Joon -quiet, with an edge of annoyance that seemed to sit heavy in the air whenever he was around. He didn't speak much, but that wasn't what made him stand out. It was the way he carried the weight of everything in the way he looked at the world. It was like he was tired of pretending.
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A story of love found in stillness, seen in glances, and tested by silence.
When Aarav Rai moves into the grand bungalow next door, he isn't looking to be found. Grieving his mother's death and swallowed by privilege he never chose, he hides behind routine and designer walls.
Until one quiet morning-when a shy girl with gentle hands and soft strength catches his gaze from across the courtyard.
Ishwari Tawde has known struggle all her life. A top student by day and a helper at her guardian's home by night, she keeps her dreams locked away beneath her calm smile. She never imagined the new boy next door would become the secret she replays in her head.
They come from different worlds. They speak different languages. Yet their eyes-stolen glances from balcony to courtyard-begin to whisper what they can't say out loud.
As college rehearsals, dance, family ties, and jealous friends pull them closer, the wall between them-real and imagined-grows thinner.
Until one day, someone crosses it.
But can love survive without words, when silence becomes the biggest secret?