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It had been a long time since the moaning incident. Dhruv hadn’t texted, called

or mailed her. She was freaking out. Maybe it was all for nothing. It had failed.
‘Calm down,’ said Sanchit. ‘It’s working.’
‘How the hell do you know it’s working? He didn’t even text me! We were
counting on his world coming to a standstill!’

‘Trust me, it has. My closely placed sources, Ramadhir and Arshad, the hostel
cleaners, tell me he has been drinking himself to death. So sooner or later he will

put on his armour and come save you!’
‘What if he just drinks himself to death? After all, it runs in the family.’
‘Whoa. That’s insensitive.’
‘I’m just fucking tense, Sanchit,’ snapped Aranya.

‘Fine, if he doesn’t make a move in the next few days, I will go pay him a
visit and see what the hell is wrong with him,’ said Sanchit.

‘You’d better.’
‘Hmmm.’
‘Thank you, Sanchit.’
‘But Aranya, have you thought about your exit strategy? How will you get rid

of Raghuvir? Your parents love him! They will crucify you if—’
‘Of course they love him. Their responsibility was over the day he came into

the picture. They are even taking credit for it. After all they were the ones who
had goaded me to study and ace every examination, something they think led me
directly to the arms of Raghuvir.’

‘. . .’
‘I am still thinking about it. Leaving him will kill me with guilt. I have tried
everything to wreck my relationship with him but nothing is working. Just like

he said, he’s working on this relationship like it’s a fucking science project,’ said
Aranya.
Aranya felt strange even saying this because after all Raghuvir was proving to

be quite the flawless boyfriend! He was all she had ever dreamt of in a guy.
But she could not get herself to be in love with Raghuvir. It’s not to say she
didn’t have a galaxy-sized crush on him ever since she first knew of him.

Meeting him in college and getting to know him was a dream come true. They