Beautiful From Afar 🌷💗

If It's Still Us

Once upon a time, Myra and Aarav were inseparable.

Before she became Mya to everyone else and he became Aaru to everyone around him, they were just My and Avi-two childhood best friends who thought growing up together meant they would never have to grow apart.

Then Aarav left.

Years later, he comes back, carrying memories of the girl he knew and finding a woman he doesn't quite recognize anymore.

Myra has changed. She's learned to keep people at a distance, to hide the parts of herself she thinks are difficult to love, and-most importantly-to never rely on promises.

Especially promises about staying.

But Aarav is determined to find his way back into her life.

Slowly, the old friendship returns. The teasing. The late-night conversations. The familiarity neither of them ever really lost.

And somewhere between who they were and who they've become, friendship begins to feel like something more.

Aarav promises her that when things get difficult, he'll talk.

Myra believes him.

Until the day he doesn't.

Because sometimes, a love story can look beautiful from far away.

You only see the thorns when you get close enough.

And when the person who promised to stay is the one who walks away, can they still find their way back to each other?