The nights had changed.
Aarav didn't know when it started… or why.
But something inside him felt… incomplete.
Like a word stuck on the tip of his tongue.
A name he couldn't remember.
A feeling he couldn't explain.
Every night, at exactly 2:17 AM—
He would wake up.
Sweating.
Breathing heavily.
Heart racing.
And every single time…
He saw the same thing.
👉 A girl standing far away in the dark.
He could never see her face clearly.
Only her silhouette.
Still.
Waiting.
And just before he woke up—
She would whisper something.
A name.
But every time—
It slipped away.
Aarav sat on his bed, staring at the wall.
"Why… does this feel so real…?"
He tried to ignore it.
Tried to move on.
Tried to believe—
👉 It was just a dream.
But dreams don't leave scars.
And yet—
There was a faint mark on his wrist.
A cold, pale imprint.
Like someone had once held him there…
Too tightly.
Days turned into weeks.
The dreams didn't stop.
They got closer.
Clearer.
Now—
He could see her eyes.
Black.
Endless.
And yet—
Filled with something else.
Pain.
"Aarav…"
This time—
He heard it clearly.
He jolted awake.
His entire body froze.
He hadn't just heard it in his dream.
👉 Someone had whispered it… in his room.
"Aarav…"
The same voice.
Softer now.
Closer.
He turned slowly.
His breath stuck in his throat.
The room was dark.
The window slightly open.
Curtains moving gently.
And then—
He saw her.
Standing near the window.
A girl.
Still.
Silent.
Watching him.
Aarav couldn't move.
Couldn't speak.
"Who… are you…?"
The girl didn't answer.
She stepped forward.
Slowly.
Moonlight fell across her face.
And for a moment—
Everything inside Aarav stopped.
Because he recognized her.
Not from memory.
But from feeling.
Like his soul knew her.
Even if his mind didn't.
Her lips moved.
💀 "You forgot me…" 💀
Aarav's voice trembled—
"I… I don't even know you…"
The girl smiled.
But it wasn't warm.
It was… broken.
💔 "You chose to forget…"
💔 "That's different."
Aarav shook his head.
"No… I didn't…"
But even as he said it—
Something inside him twisted.
A flash.
A fragment.
👉 A bright light
👉 A scream
👉 A name—
"ME—"
His head snapped in pain.
"STOP…" he whispered.
The girl stepped closer.
Now just a few feet away.
"You ended everything…" she said softly.
💀 "And still… I remained." 💀
Aarav looked up.
Fear rising again.
"What… are you…?"
Her eyes darkened.
The blackness spreading.
But beneath it—
There was sadness.
Endless sadness.
💔 "I'm what your world couldn't erase…"
💔 "The part of me… that you couldn't let go."
Aarav's heart pounded.
"No… that's not possible…"
She tilted her head.
"Then why do you feel empty?"
Silence.
Aarav couldn't answer.
Because he knew—
👉 She was right.
There was something missing.
Something important.
Something that used to matter more than anything.
And suddenly—
Another flash.
Stronger this time.
👉 Him running
👉 Her crying
👉 A machine
👉 A choice—
"I'm sorry…"
Aarav gasped.
The memory vanished.
The girl watched him closely.
"You're remembering…" she whispered.
Aarav stepped back.
"No… no I don't want this…"
But it was too late.
More fragments—
👉 "I found you…"
👉 "In every universe…"
👉 "And you always—"
"DIE."
The word escaped his lips.
And the room went silent.
The girl stopped.
Her eyes widened slightly.
And for the first time—
👉 She looked… relieved.
"You remember…" she said softly.
Aarav's entire body shook.
"Meera…"
The name finally came back.
Like a storm breaking through.
The girl closed her eyes.
A tear rolled down her cheek.
💔 "Finally…"
⚡⚡⚡
But something was wrong.
The moment he remembered—
The room started shaking.
Walls cracking.
Lights flickering.
Reality itself… destabilizing.
Aarav looked around in panic.
"What's happening?!"
Meera stepped back.
Her form flickering.
Breaking.
💀 "This world… can't handle both things…" 💀
💀 "A reality where you forgot…"
💀 "And a truth where I exist…"
Aarav's heart dropped.
"No… I won't lose you again—"
He reached for her.
But his hand passed through.
Like she wasn't fully there.
Meera smiled sadly.
💔 "You already did…"
The cracks spread faster.
Everything collapsing.
Aarav screamed—
"THERE HAS TO BE A WAY!!"
Meera looked at him.
One last time.
💔 "There is…"
He froze.
"What…?"
She stepped closer.
Her voice barely a whisper.
💀 "But this time…"
💀 "You don't get to choose alone."
⚡⚡⚡
Suddenly—
The space behind her tore open.
A rift.
Dark.
Endless.
And from inside—
👉 Multiple versions of Meera stepped out 😨
Burned.
Broken.
Dead.
Black-eyed.
All of them—
Looking at him.
Together—
They spoke—
💀 "Now… we choose." 💀
Aarav fell back.
Terrified.
"What… do you want…?"
Silence.
Then—
One Meera stepped forward.
💀 "Balance."
Another—
💀 "Or destruction."
And the original Meera—
😈 "Your next choice… won't just decide us…"
😈 "It will decide every universe."
⚡⚡⚡
Everything went black.
Aarav's scream echoed into nothingness.
💀💀💀
TO BE CONTINUED…
"In the next chapter… love won't be enough to save anyone." 😈🔥