Between Chai and Goodbye

Some stories begin with love.

Some begin with friendship.

And some begin with a cup of chai shared between strangers who don't yet know they're about to change each other's lives.

From crowded college corridors and midnight Maggi runs to train stations, rainy evenings, missed calls, and second chances, *Between Chai and Goodbye* is a collection of interconnected stories about ordinary people growing up, growing apart, and somehow finding their way back.

A boy who never says what he feels.

A girl who keeps memories in playlists.

Best friends who almost became lovers.

Enemies who become each other's safest place.

People who arrive too early.

People who arrive too late.

And people who stay.

Set in a world where every ending becomes someone else's beginning, these stories unfold across years and cities, through friendships, heartbreaks, family expectations, quiet confessions, and the countless conversations that happen over cups of chai.

Because not every love story lasts forever.

But sometimes, the people we meet between hello and goodbye become the stories we carry for the rest of our lives.

Friendships. First loves. Second chances.

Some people leave. Some people stay. And some stories are never really over.