Sydney, Australia

The university

Prisha was trying to move out of the vocal class to the music studio for her practice.

"Hey," Prisha looked back at the call and was waiting for him to continue.

"You must be the new entrant, right?" He asked her who nodded her head.

"Hi, I am RM. But you can call me Joonie," He extended his hands for a handshake from her who was hesitant at first but saw that he was a real gentleman and accepted it smiling. 

(RM / Joonie)

He gave his famous dimpled smile at her cute face. He told her that he was also assigned for the upcoming recital in the seminar hall this Saturday.

Prisha then told him that she was finding it difficult to move from the vocal class to the music studio as both the rooms were quite far from each other.

RM told her to switch anyone of her seven days class with any of her classmates who would be happy to help her. He suggested his bestie, Jackson's name who was finding the need for a music class in between his pizza delivery job.

They then moved to the music studio for their practice session.

Italy

Grand hotel

Sanal told Prerna to ready the documents for their meeting with the clients.

The meeting went well, with the clients opting for their sponsorship in the Business school. Sanal was happy with the results and wanted to convey the happy news to Dino.

"Yeah," Dino sounded least interested in hearing his friends voice.

"Dino! We got it! The clients were very happy with my proposal! This will definitely be a good turn in our business," Sanal sounded happy and was bursting with eagerness to listen to the praises from his bestie.

But he heard only silence, he called him to which he heard a snicker from Dino.

"Why are you so excited about, huh?! I mean that's what you wanted, right? Fame, wealth and success...for yourself, wasn't it? Mr. Sanal!" Dino gritted his teeth saying those words which were whirling in his head for so long.

He couldn't forgive his friend who was foolish enough to let go of such a gem like Prisha and for what – a little misunderstanding.

Sanal didn't even bother to clarify it with Prisha in the first place and straight away gave her the divorce.

Dino promised himself that he would only accompany Sanal for business purpose and nothing else.

"Dino, why are you behaving like this with me! what have I done wrong, huh?!!" Sanal got frustrated and sad at the response for his success from his only bestie.

"*Scoff* You are asking me why?!! When you didn't even have the courage to ask that poor soul the reason. You know what?!! Be happy in whatever world you want to be! Just don't expect me to be with an idiot!!" saying so he slammed the phone, making Sanal angry for the constant cussing that he was receiving for divorcing Prisha.

But wasn't she the one who divorced him first?

Wasn't she the one who escaped to an unknown land away from him?

Wasn't she the one who betrayed him?

He brushed his hair back feeling the tears falling from his eyes. Suddenly he felt alone in the huge world. being abandoned by his family, friends and well-wishers.

He moved to the bar in the hotel. As he crossed the corridor, he bumped into a known person – Rupal.

Just like that both the 'friends' chatted in the bar, discussing their life.

Sanal came to know that Rupal was the only son and hailed from the north side of Kerala, making him half-Keralite. His mother was a Punjabi and he was raised alone by his widowed mother.

He lost his father in a gruesome mafia war in the village which made them escape from the village and find solace in the city.

His mother used to work in random factories or houses to earn for their living. It was his mother's struggle that made him the cunning businessman that he was today.

Hearing the struggle that Rupal had gone through earned him a respect from Sanal.

Around midnight

A heavily drunk Sanal was carried by Rupal to his room on his shoulders.

"Mr. Sanal! what happened?!" Prerna came running towards the men and noticed that Sanal was almost dangling on Rupal's shoulders.

Rupal told her that he was drunk and almost asleep. So, she took out his room key and told Rupal to put him on the bed.

She thanked Rupal for his kindness and saw that Sanal was babbling something in his half-sleep state.

After Rupal went, Prerna tried to remove Sanal's shoes so that he can comfortably sleep.

"Sunshine!" Sanal suddenly grabbed her hand and looked in her scared eyes.

He caressed her cheeks and tried to close in for a kiss from his Prisha when he just slumped on the bed fully beat.

Nair residence

Vineeth was talking to his friends over the phone and planning for his trip to the waterpark. Soumya suggested to take certain rides as per her taste to which Vineeth tsked her saying that it was a boys only trip. She got offended and started arguing with him which turned into a usual banter among them.

Reena came to the rescue and told them to decide on going together as Soumya also required to relax from her recent examination stress. Vineeth being the good child, didn't argue with his mother. Soumya smiled at her attempt and grabbed her brother's shoulders dictating her plans to the much disappointment of Vineeth.

Rajeev was giggling at the antics of certain boy and girl fighting on the university campus, over an ice cream in the background of the video call with his favourite chech.

"Chech, when are you coming back? I am missing you and so is my violin to hear good notes. You know I have prepared two new notes, which I wanted to show you but you suddenly went off to the university!" Rajeev was sad at the event that happened in a flash not making the children understand why their Prisha chech opted for a university for so far away.

Prisha told him that she would surely try to visit the family when she would get a week off after her finals.

Reena asked her about her stay in the university while giving the snack bowl to Rajeev.

"I am fine. People here are....um...good. Not that I interact with them *sigh*...anyway how is...um...everyone else?" Prisha tried to change the topic which would inquire about her sad state.

Prisha was not able to forget the one person who had refused to even attend her calls. At one point, she stopped calling him, remembering her Appa's words.

'Don't lose your self-respect, just so you want to make one person happy'

'If the person does not realise your happiness in his. Then he doesn't deserve even your tears.'

She was heartbroken but even more confused at his changed demure for her love.

What happened to him suddenly that he wouldn't attempt to resolve their unnecessary dispute?

She then kept the call with her family and wiped her tears which would always follow with the thoughts of only him.

She would find his instances in the family members. His words in their talks.

None of the family members ever mentioned Sanal in their talks with her. But she somehow couldn't let go of his love for her, which had faded away for reason unknown.

She didn't want to give up on them but the situation that circled around her, begged her to.

As she was preparing to attend her next class, she saw RM walking towards her with a new face. 

(Suga)

"Hey, meet my bestie Suga," Suga extended his hand to Prisha who appreciated his gesture for friendship.

"Joonie, I hope you don't mind but can you look at this musical notes that I prepared. I am not able to understand the lyrics as it is in French," Prisha held out her notes which was also glanced by Suga.

Suga brushed his chin speaking "This is little complicated for a person who doesn't understand the language. You need to pull a 'C – G – Am – F' over...here. That's the usual drill. I am surprised how you are even able to write the notes. As it is quite impressive..."

Prisha was happy to hear his positive remark and made the changes as suggested by him. Suga pulled out his guitar and played the note to make her understand the difference in the notes.

RM looked at the way Prisha was attentively listening to the notes, kind of taking in the change in notation. He loved the fact that she was so unlike the other girls in campus. She didn't bother to deck up for the class. She would always have a pleasant smile on her pretty face to greet him.

He knew the inner sadness that she tried to hide from them. So, he thought to pacify her whenever she would find the liberty to share her story with him.

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