Aditya ne haar nahi maani. Agle kuch dinon tak woh Siya Rathore ke gusse aur khamoshi ko sehta raha. Usne har koshish ki yeh dikhane ki ki uski khamoshi dushmani nahi, balki uski kamzori thi. Aakhirkar, Siya ka dil pighla.

Ek shaam, jab Aditya ne phir se maafi mangi, toh Siya ne bas itna kaha, "Theek hai Aditya, galti sabse hoti hai. Shayad maine hi tumse zyada umeed kar li thi."

Aditya ne thoda hichkichate hue pucha: "Can we be friends once again, Siya? Bilkul pehle jaise?"

Siya ne thodi der socha aur phir reply kiya: "Friends... haan, kyun nahi."

Us din ke baad sab badal gaya. Dono ne Group Chat (GC) mein ek-dusre se baat karna band kar diya. Ab unki duniya sirf DM tak simat gayi thi. Late night baatein phir se shuru ho gayi—vahi purani hansi-mazak, wahi lambi baatein jo khatam hi nahi hoti thin. Aisa lag raha tha jaise sab kuch normal ho gaya hai, par shayad Aditya ke dimaag mein ab bhi woh 'prank' wali baat ghar kar gayi thi.

Kuch dino baad Aditya ka birthday aaya. Siya Rathore ne raat ke 12 bajne ka intezar kiya. Usne apne dil ka har jazbaat ek bahut hi pyaare aur lambe paragraph mein pira kar Aditya ko bheja. Usne likha tha ki Aditya uske liye kitna special hai aur woh uski dosti ko kitna cherish karti hai.

Lekin 12:05... 12:30... koi reply nahi aaya. Aditya online hi nahi tha.

Agli subah, Siya ki aankh khulte hi pehla kaam phone check karna tha. Notification bar khali tha. College mein lectures ke beech woh baar-baar phone nikal kar dekh rahi thi. Screen ki har light use lagti ki shayad Aditya ka message ho, par har baar mayusi hath lagi.

Shaam ko jab Siya ne GC check kiya, toh uska chehra utar gaya. Aditya online tha aur Group Chat mein sabki wishes ka maze se reply de raha tha. Usne un logon ko bhi 'Thank you' aur emojis bheje jinhone use Siya ke bahut baad wish kiya tha.

"Mujhe abhi tak reply nahi diya, par GC mein sabse baat kar raha hai?" Siya ne socha, uski aankhon mein jalan hone lagi thi.

Aakhirkar, kafi der baad Aditya DM mein aaya.

Aditya: "Thank you, Siya."

Bas. Itna hi.

Siya ne jo ghanton lagakar wo emotional paragraph likha tha, uske badle mein sirf teen shabd. Siya ne phone thame huye wahi khadi rahi. Usne mehsoos kiya ki shayad woh maafi sirf ek dikhava thi, ya shayad Aditya ne ab apne dil ke darwaze uske liye hamesha ke liye band kar liye thay. Wahi dard jo Aditya ne apne birthday par mehsoos kiya tha, aaj dugna hokar Siya ke paas laut aaya tha.