Show ke baad Anaya ne khud call kiya.
"Aarav… hum kya kar rahe hain?"
Aarav honest tha.
"Main insecure ho gaya tha.
Mujhe laga main peeche reh raha hoon."
Anaya ne slowly kaha,
"Mujhe laga tum mujhe doubt kar rahe ho."
Long pause.
Aarav ne kaha,
"Chalo ek decision lete hain."
"Kaunsa?"
"Na break.
Na breakup.
Bas conscious effort."
"Matlab?"
"Har week ek honest conversation.
No assumptions.
No social media conclusions."
Anaya halka sa hansi.
"Deal."
Par phir usne add kiya—
"Ek aur rule."
"Hmm?"
"If someday our dreams take us different directions…
we won't cage each other."
Aarav ne deep breath li.
"Agreed."
Call ke baad dono silent the.
Relief bhi tha…
aur future ka uncertainty bhi.
Par is baar…
wo fear se nahi…
choice se saath the.