A few months passed in the same way, normally. Mounika was back to normal, Aakarsh was obviously back to normal, but Uday wasn't. He thought: at least she had something to keep Aakarsh from reentering her mind, but she doesn't have any bad traits. What do I do?

He kept listening to break-up songs, the happy and sad ones, and he stopped watching and reading cringy love stories, something he used to do everyday. Nishita realized, but she didn't want to say anything (because she didn't know what to say).

Uday started finishing his work faster than he normally used to, and he studied for tests longer than he used to. Although his parents were proud of him, Nishita wasn't.

"Bhaiyya?"

"Yeah Nishita, what happened?"

"Are you alright?"

Uday didn't answer. He didn't have an answer. "I don't know whether to be happy for her or sad for her, but I feel that I'm breaking down for no reason, so I'm doing my work."

"Okay Bhaiyya." Before she stepped out of the room, she called him again.

"Yeah Nishita?"

"I was in a relationship."

"What?"

"I was in a relationship with a guy from our school last. He proposed to me, and I agreed because he was really nice to me. Things were going well, but I didn't realize that I was giving him all my money, the money I kept 'losing'. I then realized that he cheated on me. He was using that money for another girl."

That was the first time Uday saw Nishita wiping tears from her eyes and not his.

"But I didn't weep for him. I know what he did was wrong and I didn't do anything wrong, why should I cry? Instead, for our next meeting, I slapped him, real hard. I felt bad, it must've hurt pretty bad."

They both chuckle. "Then why are you so upset? Thank god Mounika got her response before what should've happened. She can now have a reason to forget him. Now relax and listen to happy songs." And she puts on the song "Ajab Si" from Om Shanti Om, one of his favorite songs.

Sandhya, on the other hand, was kind of confused seeing Mounika so normal, preparing for her project presentation. "Um, Mouni?"

"Shh, I'm trying to memorize!"

"You good?"

She turns around. "Of course, Ireland is awesome! Look out the window, oh my god look at the snow!"

"Okay, I understood."

"What do you think I'm doing here? Like come on now."

Sandhya leaves the room, thinking that Mounika's brain just got messed up.

It was the peak time of the year, May. Presentations, exams, studying, no chilling, and what not. Everyone was busy.

Mounika completely forgot about Aakarsh, until Ishita came to her. "Mounika, right?"

"Yes, hello!"

"Hey there! What happened to your tale of love?"

"Um, what tale?"

"The love story you had with my current boyfriend, Aakarsh?"

Mounika started laughing, and Uday was super confused. "Wait, are you talking about that idiot?"

"Shut up, stop lying."

Uday, who wanted a good impression from Mounika, pops in, though Anand was trying to stop him. "Look, leave it here, we've backed off, and we wish you do the same too."

Ishita was leaving, and while she was, Uday called from the back, "Thank the lords I'm in a good mood today, or else I would used other words as well!"

Ishita was about to go back, but Ishika dragged her away. Mounika called, "Thank you Uday, and, I'm sorry."

Uday's heart was beating hard and fast, but he cooled himself down and asked, "For what?"

"I was the reason he humiliated you in front of so many people, I'm really sorry for that."

"He would've done that anyway, even if you didn't go up to him, good that all things are sorted at this time."

Mounika smiled and left, but Uday was happy. Really happy. Really really happy, that he had an actual conversation with Mounika. He was smiling the entire day.

And then came Sandhya's wedding day.