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       The sky turned pinkish-blue as the sun went down, and the moon rose in the sky, and we were enjoying our cups of tea while playing a chess match. She had almost surrounded my king. I had counted the moves that I had left before I lost the game to her as she moves her pawn one step forward, and there she said, 'Check Mate.' And she started to show off with a dance move. Oh, how pleasing it was to see her enjoying her win over me. I stretched my hand towards her to congratulate her; we shook our hands. I proudly said, 'Good game, witch.' 'Indeed it was, hunter.' As she takes a sip of the Nawabi Chai that we ordered.        We left for her hostel, and I gave her my jacket as it was pretty cold. She looked like a real witch. I was wiping off the dust of the seats, and she said, 'Adi.' I saw her stretching her right hand like a lady she needs to be escorted to the ride. I gladly did. She hugged me from behind, laid her head on my back as we were on the

       As I was about to leave for home. I looked at her and said, 'Aishiteru.' She smiled, her eyes were filled with joy, and we waved at each other, and that felt heavy than the Cheese Masala Dosa she ate earlier. We both knew this is it, this is it.        I woke up to a beautiful dream. I had a massive smile on my face. I took my phone, opened Spotify, and played songs from my playlist. I went through my notification, and I had a few texts from her. I quickly saw her messages and replied, but something didn't feel right: she had sent cold replies, and that's not her ever. I thought it might be because of all traveling she had done in the past few days. I slide it off my mind. When we talked after our morning snacks, something didn't felt right. She was not the usual cheerful girl today. I tried asking her, but she kept saying she is okay. I stopped. I decided to surprise her by visiting her after class in the evening so that whatever was going on, her mind would