8 parts Ongoing Mature"What does Isha want?" I ask, voice light, teasing. But I already know.
Dhara tilts her head, watching me with that lazy, knowing smirk. "What do you want, pretty?"
I swallow, feeling the weight of everything in this moment. The way her fingers trail softly over my wrist. The way her eyes hold me like I'm something precious. The way she makes me feel like forever isn't just a word.
"I want this," I whisper, "forever."
Dhara exhales, like she's been waiting for me to say it all along. Then, she leans in, pressing the softest kiss to my forehead, lingering like she's making a promise.
"Then forever it is."
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Isha never planned on falling for Dhara-not back in school, and definitely not now.
But the reunion trip changes everything. The girl who once wore her heart on her sleeve is now guarded, unreadable. And yet, beneath the quiet stares and teasing smirks, Isha knows-Dhara still looks at her like she hung the stars.
And Isha?
She's always been Dhara's.