episode 5: The Last Two Days

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The trip was ending in two days.

And suddenly…

everything felt different.

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The same beach didn’t feel as light anymore.

The same conversations carried something heavier underneath them.

Something unspoken.

Something both of us were trying not to acknowledge.

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Kabir and I spent almost the entire day together.

Not because we planned it.

It just… happened naturally.

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Breakfast turned into a walk.

The walk turned into hours of talking.

And somehow, without realizing it—

he had become the person I looked for first in every crowd.

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“You’re staring again,” he said while sipping his coffee.

“I’m observing.”

“That’s just a smarter way of saying staring.”

I laughed softly. “You’re annoying.”

“And yet, you keep meeting me.”

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That shut me up.

Because he wasn’t wrong.

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Later that evening, we rented a scooter and drove around the quieter parts of Goa.

The sky was turning orange slowly, painting everything in soft golden light.

And for a moment…

everything felt unreal.

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The wind moved through my hair while I held the back of his shirt lightly.

Not too much.

Just enough to stay balanced.

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“Scared?” he asked.

“Of your driving? Absolutely.”

He laughed. “Rude.”

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But secretly…

I wasn’t scared of the scooter.

I was scared of how happy I felt.

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We stopped near a cliffside café overlooking the ocean.

The view was beautiful.

But somehow…

I kept looking at him instead.

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“You know what your problem is?” he asked suddenly.

“What?”

“You think too much about endings.”

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I stayed quiet.

Because maybe he was right.

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“I just don’t like getting attached to temporary things,” I admitted.

Kabir looked at me for a few seconds before speaking.

“Then maybe stop deciding what’s temporary before it even ends.”

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That line hit harder than I expected.

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For the rest of the evening, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

Maybe I was ruining moments by being afraid of losing them.

Maybe I was so busy protecting myself…

that I wasn’t fully living them.

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Night came faster than expected.

And somehow, we ended up sitting on the beach again.

Our place.

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The waves were louder tonight.

Or maybe my thoughts were.

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“Can I tell you something honestly?” Kabir asked.

I nodded.

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“When I first matched with you,” he said, looking at the ocean,

“I thought you’d just be another conversation.”

I looked at him quietly.

“But you’re not,” he continued softly.

“And I think that’s what scares me.”

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My chest tightened slightly.

Not because the words were dramatic.

But because they felt real.

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For the first time since meeting him…

I realized this wasn’t one-sided.

He felt it too.

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And somehow…

that made everything even more dangerous.

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Because now there were only two days left.

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Two days before this became a memory.

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And I didn’t know if I was ready for that.

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Maybe the hardest part wasn’t meeting Kabir.

It wasn’t the late-night conversations, the comfort, or the way he slowly became a part of my routine in just a few days.

The hardest part was realizing that time was moving faster than my feelings could handle.

There were only two days left before this trip ended… before he went back to being just another person I once met.

And for the first time, I wasn’t sure if I’d know how to let go.

👀Stay tuned for episode 6…….

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