“Hellooo Mr. Dhairya!” Dhriti chirped warmly through the screen the exact second the call was picked up.
She was on a video call with Akash for their routine lunchtime catch-up. Normally, Akash was alone in the afternoons while everyone else was away at work or college, giving them a comforting block of time to share a meal, exchange updates on their lives, and connect. Lunchtime was a quiet sanctuary reserved strictly for the two of them—unless, of course, an emergency interfered, which was a rare occurrence.
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