5. The road that healed

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:45:15 +0000

A few weeks later, Tripti and Aalankrit happened to join the same coaching institute. What started as a coincidence slowly became the brightest part of their day. After every class, they walked home together, never following a plan, never running out of things to talk about. Sometimes it was studies, sometimes childhood memories, and sometimes meaningless conversations that somehow made the heaviest days feel lighter.