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Aranya was in her bedroom that night, making last-minute changes to a

presentation due the next day, when her phone beeped. Raghuvir stirred in his
sleep. She put the phone on silent and waited for Raghuvir to reach REM sleep
again.
DHRUV

That mail was probably the most juvenile thing ever.
ARANYA

Look who’s talking.
And I was updating you about current events.
DHRUV
You’re pathetic. It made me laugh.

ARANYA
I know you better than that, Dhruv.

DHRUV
?
ARANYA
You were in love with me for eight years. You’re not one who moves on so

quickly.
DHRUV

Maybe I did. I found someone.
Aranya hesitated a little bit. It felt like someone had wrapped a barbed wire
around her heart and was tightening it.

ARANYA
Please tell me the name you’re going to take is Ritika.
DHRUV

?
ARANYA
Please?

DHRUV
It’s Ritika.
ARANYA