Summary:
In this deeply emotional chapter, Ayan recounts a bittersweet journey of a special friendship that slowly transformed into love — and then slipped away again. After the ghosting of a previous girlfriend, a girl named Khushi enters his life and brings with her new hope, laughter, and emotional depth. What began as best friends turned into something more — though never officially called love. This is a story about miscommunication, timing, regret, and a second chance that ended before it began.
Themes: Situationships | Emotional Vulnerability | Timing & Regret | Unspoken Love
Genre: Drama, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Coming-of-Age
Plot Overview:
After being ghosted by his previous girlfriend, Ayan meets Khushi in a group chat. Their bond forms quickly, and although she never becomes his girlfriend, she promises to love him more than one ever could. This marks the beginning of their undefined relationship — an emotional situationship masked as a close friendship.
As months pass, their bond deepens. They talk every day, share their pasts, dreams, and thoughts. Ayan begins to develop feelings, though he's unsure whether to confess them.
However, knowing each other too well leads to tension. By October, they start fighting like couples. The emotional closeness begins to feel suffocating. In November, they drift apart, and by December, Ayan decides to end it. Though she tries to stop him, he walks away — mostly because he craved attention, not closure.
He moves to Noida for work and doesn't hear from her again for four months.
Characters:
Ayan: Emotionally sensitive and self-aware, still healing from his past, trying to understand what love means beyond labels.Khushi: Strong-willed, emotionally complex, and deeply attached — but afraid of being hurt again.Ayan's Friends (Unnamed): A mix of support and skepticism, representing external influences that shape his decisions.
Emotional Highlights:
The Unofficial Love: Ayan and Khushi's bond is more than friendship, but never labeled as love — leading to confusion, unspoken expectations, and pain.The Fight That Felt Like Closure: When you love someone but can't communicate properly, even small misunderstandings grow into heartbreak.Regret in Real-Time: Ayan's delayed proposal, driven by hesitation, ends up being the reason for her final exit..WRITTEN BY AYAN
We met in a group chat and quickly became friends.
At that time, I already had a girlfriend. I had lied about her before, but somehow that lie turned into truth.
Soon, she ghosted me and became my ex. That's when Khushi entered my life.
It was around April, May, and June.
I asked her if she could help me get into a relationship — to make someone my girlfriend. She never helped.
Then I asked her directly if she could be mine.
She refused.
But she said something I'll never forget:
"I'll love you more than a girlfriend ever would."
And that's how our situationship began.
We weren't dating — just best friends. But it felt deeper than that.
July, August, September
Everything was good between us.
We talked daily. We shared everything — our pasts, our future dreams.
I had feelings, even back then. They just weren't that strong.
We knew each other really well — maybe too well.
And that's when things started getting worse.
We began to see everything about each other — even the things we did every day — and it became… exhausting.
In October, we had our first real fight.
He said, "You're never free. You don't even have time for me."
We argued like we were a couple.
And honestly… I started falling for her even more from that moment.
But from November to December, things just faded.
We stopped talking.
Eventually, I said, "Let's end this."
She tried to stop me. She really did.
But I didn't listen — because deep down, I just wanted her attention.
I didn't really want to leave.
But I did.
We separated.
And I moved to Noida for work.
Four months later, I came back to my hometown.
My father had arranged for me to learn from an RTO officer in the city.
On 28 April, I went to the city for training.
That's when I realized how much I missed her.
How important she really was.
All I could do was regret.
Three days before that, I was already thinking about her.
"Maybe she's missing me too?" I wondered.
Then — on 28 April, she called me.
I had just gotten off from training when I saw her name flash on my screen.
I picked up instantly.
She was crying.
I asked, "What happened?"
She said, "Nothing."
But I knew that "nothing" meant everything.
I was happy. She had come back — after four months.
She told me she was attached to me.
She had been admitted to the hospital after I left her.
That moment felt like a new beginning, built on old feelings.
Seven days later, I talked to a friend about proposing to her.
Some said, "If not now, then never."
Others said, "She's just an attention seeker."
I ignored everyone.
I didn't propose.
Not because I didn't want to — but because I lacked confidence.
I just wanted to make her feel comfortable first.
But she misunderstood.
She thought I was doing the same thing I did in December.
Pretending to care, only to walk away again.
We got into another fight.
This one happened online — at 1 AM.
I slept with a heavy heart that night.
Woke up at 4 AM, heart still heavy.
I tried to sleep again. I couldn't.
I opened WhatsApp… and started typing.
IN CAPS LOCK.
"I HAVE GENUINE FEELINGS FOR YOU.
ACCEPT THEM, OR BLOCK ME."
I gave her 12 hours to decide.
That day, we talked a few times.
But by 5 PM…
She blocked me.
And left.
And that…
was the ending I never wanted.