Met

Doctor's chamber. The chair was empty. The breeze coming through the window shuffled the book left open on the table. Khusboo was awe to find a dried red rose lying between the pages as a bookmark.

Past rolled in memory. New admission of class nine, Shekhar attracted her but she went unnoticed. On next Valentine, he suddenly proposed her with rose; she rejected. She had seen him proposing her bestie. He said “I’ll wait for you”

Doctor returns. “Yes, who’s next?” They met after a decade.