tum mere raaz ho episode 3

Tum Mere Raaz Ho

Episode 3 — The Room That Doesn't Exist

Aarav couldn't stop staring at the photograph.

“HE WAS NEVER HUMAN.”

The words seemed to burn into his mind.

Rhea slowly picked up the photograph.

“That's impossible,” she whispered.

Kabir looked terrified.

“Maybe someone edited it.”

Aarav shook his head.

“No. I saw Joon yesterday.”

Nobody answered.

Then the library lights suddenly came back on.

The photograph was normal again.

Joon was standing in the center.

The red words were gone.

Kabir stepped away from the table.

“Okay… I'm officially done with this.”

Aarav looked at Rhea.

“You said Joon disappeared three years ago. How can I see him now?”

Rhea didn't answer.

Instead, she looked toward the old corridor.

“There's one place we haven't checked.”

“Where?”

“The old west wing.”

Kabir immediately shook his head.

“No.”

Rhea raised an eyebrow.

“You're scared?”

“I'm not scared. I'm intelligent.”

Aarav almost laughed.

But then he noticed Vihaan was no longer in the library.

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The three of them reached the west wing after sunset.

The corridor had been closed for years.

Dust covered the floor.

Broken classroom doors lined the walls.

At the very end stood a black wooden door.

There was no room number.

Rhea pulled out an old key.

Aarav stared at her.

“Where did you get that?”

“I found it yesterday.”

“You knew about this place?”

“Not exactly.”

She pushed the key into the lock.

Click.

The door opened.

Inside was a small classroom.

But there was something strange about it.

Everything looked untouched.

Five desks.

Five chairs.

Five photographs.

Aarav walked toward the photographs.

His stomach dropped.

They were pictures of Aarav, Joon, Rhea, Kabir, and Vihaan.

But underneath each picture was a date.

2019.

Aarav stepped backward.

“I wasn't even here in 2019.”

Rhea looked at her photograph.

“I wasn't either.”

Kabir swallowed.

“Then who took these?”

A soft sound came from the back of the room.

Tap.

Everyone froze.

Another tap.

Tap.

Aarav slowly turned.

A classroom door at the back was moving.

He walked toward it.

“Don't,” Rhea whispered.

But Aarav opened it.

There was a narrow staircase behind it.

He walked down.

At the bottom was a small room.

On the wall were dozens of photographs.

All of them showed the same five people.

Some were from 2019.

Some were dated 2020.

Some were dated 2023.

And one photograph was dated—

Tomorrow.

Aarav reached for it.

His hand stopped.

The photograph showed the five of them standing beside the lake behind the college.

But Joon was holding Aarav's hand.

And Aarav was crying.

Behind them stood Vihaan.

Holding a knife.

Aarav dropped the photograph.

Suddenly, the door slammed shut upstairs.

Rhea screamed.

“Someone locked us in!”

Kabir rushed toward the stairs.

“Help!”

A voice came from the darkness.

“You shouldn't have come here.”

Aarav recognized it immediately.

“Joon?”

A figure slowly appeared at the bottom of the stairs.

Joon.

His eyes were filled with anger.

“You have to leave.”

Aarav stepped toward him.

“Tell me the truth.”

“I can't.”

“Why?”

Joon looked at Aarav's palm.

The black mark was glowing.

“Because if you remember everything…”

Joon's voice broke.

“…I'll lose you again.”

Aarav stared at him.

“Again?”

Joon looked away.

“Yes.”

Then the lights went out.

Aarav felt someone's hand grab his wrist.

He turned.

It was Vihaan.

And Vihaan whispered—

“Joon is lying to you.”

Aarav looked between them.

Then Joon suddenly shouted,

“AARAV, RUN!”

A loud crash came from upstairs.

Someone—or something—was coming down the stairs.

Slowly.

One step at a time.

Step.

Step.

Step.

And then Aarav heard his own voice coming from the darkness:

“You should have remembered me three years ago.”

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