đ Female Lead:
Name: Tapasya Das (nicknamed Tapu)
Age: 17
Personality: Witty, observant, slightly clumsy, introverted around her crush but sarcastic around others.
Fun Flaw: Daydreams too muchâespecially about forbidden love stories.
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âď¸ Male Lead (Brother's Best Friend)
Name: Aarav Khanna
Age: 20
Personality: Calm, funny, protective, a little flirty without realizing it, emotionally mature but hides it behind charm.
Secret Soft Spot: He's always had a quiet fondness for Tapasya's fierce opinions and tiny rants.
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đ Her Brother
Name: Rishi Das
Age: 20
Personality: Protective elder brother, playful and a little overconfident. Has no clue Tapasya and Aarav are into each other.
Dynamic: Teases Tapasya but lowkey cares about her a lot. Thinks Aarav sees her as a "kid sister" (oh, how wrong he isâŚ)
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đ¨âđŠâđ§âđŚ Family
Tapasya & Rishi's Parents:
Father: Dr. Pranab Das â a chill, science professor who's always cracking dry jokes and underestimating drama at home.
Mother: Mira Das â a schoolteacher, elegant but nosy. She knows something is up between Tapasya and Aarav but enjoys watching it unfold.
Aarav's Parents:
Father: Mr. Dev Khanna â owns a small chain of cafĂŠs in Bangalore, strict but proud of Aarav.
Mother: Shalini Khanna â very warm, used to be best friends with Mira Das in college (that's how Aarav and Rishi became childhood friends).