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Scene – Two Weeks of Silence, Aching Absence
Two weeks passed in that struggle between silence and sad recap.
The past two weeks had been a slow, suffocating stretch of time, each day blending into the next, marked only by the soft hum of the ceiling fan and the occasional sound of footsteps from another room.
Ravi had tried to settle into the routine of it all, work, silence, the familiar yet unbearable distance between him and Priya Didi.
The mornings were always the same. He would wake up, make coffee, and sit at his desk for hours, staring at the screen with a mind that was never fully focused.
He had always been a creature of routine, but now each action felt heavy, burdened by the emptiness that lingered in the house.
The silence was no longer just quiet; it had become a presence of its own, suffocating him, reminding him of what he had lost.
He missed her, but more than that, he missed the simplicity of their past.
The way they used to speak without thinking, the casual conversations that now felt like distant memories.
Now, each word felt like an intrusion, and the spaces between them had grown so wide that Ravi feared he might fall into them and never get back up.
It wasn’t that Priya Didi was ever far from him, physically.
She was there, in the same house, walking from room to room, doing her work, her movements as graceful as ever.
The sound of her saree brushing the floor, the soft rhythm of her steps, those were things that should have felt comforting.
But instead, they haunted him. Seeing her and not being able to speak to her normally was the sharpest kind of pain.
There were days when he would catch a glimpse of her in the kitchen, or see her walking down the hallway.
Her profile, the curve of her neck, the way the sunlight hit her hair just right, and each time, it would hurt, a deep, silent ache.
She was still there, still beautiful, still everything he had ever loved about her. But she wasn’t his anymore. She hadn’t been for a long time.
The silence they shared was more of a chasm now than an absence.
Every word he’d said over the past two weeks, his apologies, his attempts to bridge the gap, had fallen on deaf ears.
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Priya had heard him, yes, but she hadn’t responded in the way he’d hoped. There was no softness in her words. No return of the old warmth.
The weekends had become his only escape, though they offered no real relief. Every Saturday and Sunday, Ravi would drive to the renovation site with Amit.
The work on the old platform had been a distraction, but it was never enough to make him forget. As they worked, he would focus on the task at hand, his hands busy with the physical labor, the dust, the sweat.
The noise of the site and his conversation with Amit, it was louder than the silence at home, but it never made the ache go away.
He would return to the flat on Sunday evenings, his body exhausted but his mind still restless. The house would be still, the silence more oppressive than ever.
This Thursday morning, it felt as if the weight of the silence had only grown since the weekend.
Ravi stood in the kitchen, his coffee now cold, watching Priya Didi move around the room with the same precise, quiet grace.
She was still beautiful, still composed. Her presence was everywhere, but her absence felt like it was everywhere too.
She didn’t look at him, didn’t speak, just continued with her routine, the small, deliberate motions that had become so familiar to him. Each movement was a reminder of what he had lost.
He tried again, as he did every day, to speak to her.
“Good morning.”
She responded in her usual, neutral tone.
“Morning.”
It was always the same, the polite exchange, the polite distance. The gulf between them was so wide that even these small words seemed to carry a weight.
Ravi’s throat tightened. He wanted to say more, wanted to break the silence, but the fear of saying the wrong thing kept him paralyzed.
He glanced at her, his gaze lingering on the way the golden trim of her saree shimmered in the light.
She looked effortlessly elegant in her saree, a simple cotton weave in soft tones, dbangd with the kind of ease that spoke more of comfort than display.
There was nothing ornamental about her, and yet every fold, every movement of the fabric seemed deliberate, as though it knew how to flow with her rhythm.
The golden border caught the morning light in gentle flashes, a shimmer that came and went like thought itself.
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Priya Didi had the kind of beauty that didn’t need announcing. It was the quiet kind, the kind that slipped into a room and changed its air without a word.
Her face held no trace of makeup, just the calm, luminous freshness of someone at peace with herself. A faint wisp of hair framed her temple, catching the light when she turned.
Even her simplest gestures, reaching for a cup, folding a cloth, brushing a stray strand aside, felt measured and graceful.
There was something timeless about her presence. She reminded Ravi of old songs played softly in the background, steady, familiar, yet capable of stirring something deep within.
The saree was plain, her ornaments few, but she carried herself with such quiet dignity that the simplicity became her strength.
It wasn’t what she wore that drew the eye, but the calm that seemed to live beneath her skin.
She was the most beautiful person, but it hurt to see, because he knew he cannot talk to her or get close to her anymore.
Ravi turned toward the table, his gaze fixed on the coffee cup in front of him, his hands still. He thought of the past, before everything had fallen apart.
The laughter they’d shared, the way she used to talk to him as if they were equals, partners in life. Now, there was no talking, no connection.
He felt more alone than he ever had. And that was saying something, because even before he’d done what he did, he’d often felt lonely.
But this? This was different. This was desolation.
The clock ticked in the background.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
The minutes moved slowly, but time seemed to be slipping away.
The phone buzzed on the table, pulling him from his thoughts. It was Amit, asking if he was ready for the weekend’s work. Ravi stared at the screen for a moment, then typed a quick reply:
“Yes, ready. See you in an hour.”
He didn’t bother to reply to Priya Didi’s small acknowledgment of his presence, just as he didn’t try to break the silence with her.
The weight of it felt so suffocating now. Every time he thought about asking for forgiveness, or even just speaking freely, something inside him pulled back.
He didn’t have the right to ask for more. And even if he did, he feared the answer would be a reminder of just how far they had drifted.
He finished his coffee, now lukewarm, and stood up.
“I’ll be in my office,” he said quietly, though he wasn’t sure if she even heard him.
Priya Didi didn’t look up. She simply nodded, her back to him as she arranged some papers on the counter.
Ravi walked to his office, but the familiar rhythm of the day had lost its meaning. He would spend the next few hours working in silence, occasionally glancing toward the living room where Priya Didi was, but he didn’t expect anything to change. Not today.
Another Thursday, another day of existing under the same roof but in separate worlds. His body was there, but his mind was still somewhere else, in the past, in the space between them, aching with the knowledge that no matter how much he wanted it, everything had already been broken.
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Very Sensuous story narration. Great job
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(31-10-2025, 10:55 PM)aaran88 Wrote: Very Sensuous story narration. Great job
Hi Aaran88
Thank you so much for the compliment. I’m glad you found the narration sensuous, it’s always a delicate balance to weave in that kind of emotion. There’s definitely more of that vibe coming, so I hope you continue to enjoy the ride!
Your feedback always makes the effort worth it, thanks again.
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Scene: Thursday Morning – Flat 205
The faint hum of the ceiling fan was the only sound breaking the stillness of the room.
Morning light slipped through the curtains, hesitant and pale, as though even the sun was uncertain about entering this quiet space where words had long stopped flowing.
Ravi sat at his desk, laptop open but forgotten.
The blinking cursor felt like a pulse of monotony, a reminder that life outside still moved, deadlines, emails, meetings, while his own world had come to a standstill.
Two weeks had passed since that morning.
Since the day silence had settled not only over the building, but inside him. Inside them.
This Thursday, a work-from-home day for him. But “work-from-home” had become an excuse a hollow phrase that no longer held the meaning it once did. Now, he was working from emptiness. The apartment didn’t feel like home anymore.
Priya Didi’s silence, her refusal to speak to him, weighed on him like a heavy burden. It was like waiting for rain in a desert, his heart aching for the sound of her voice, the warmth of her smile. He longed for a sense of home, for the feeling that Priya Didi was truly with him. She was only a few feet away, yet it felt as if they were thousands of miles apart.
Then, the phone buzzed.
A sudden sound that broke through the dull quiet. Amit’s name flashed on the screen.
Ravi hesitated. His throat felt dry.
“Hey, Amit bhai,” he said finally.
“Morning, Ravi.” Amit’s tone was steady, practical, untouched by the heaviness on the other end. “Listen, I need a small favour. The contractor called, he’s making some major changes at the old house. I can’t go today, so could you and Priya just stop by, take a look, and send me a few pictures?”
Ravi’s fingers tightened around the phone.
Amit went on, unaware. “You’ll remember, the balcony wall and the flooring near the entrance. Just check if it’s done properly. Anyway the contractor is your friend. Please talk to him and find out whey they will fix the roof, I will make sure I will be there for that. That is still pending”
Ravi’s voice came out lower than he expected. “Sure, Amit bhai. We’ll go.”
He ended the call and sat still, the phone heavy in his hand.
The room felt smaller now, air thicker, as if the past had quietly entered and sat down beside him.
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That house. That place.
Too many memories lived there.
Ravi closed his eyes for a second, but memory doesn’t need invitation.
He saw again the auto weaving through narrow lanes, the filtered sunlight over her hair, the scent of jasmine, and Priya beside him, quiet, yet alive in every silence.
The first intimacy, first touch. He could not forget a single moment of that day, including the mess up he did and how angry she became.
From the kitchen came the gentle clinking of utensils, and with it, the soft weight of domestic routine, normal, steady, but distant.
Then, her phone rang.
He didn’t have to look. He knew it was Amit.
In the kitchen, Priya’s hands paused mid-motion as she saw Amit’s name. For a heartbeat, she wanted to let it ring out. But she answered.
“Yes… okay… I’ll go. Ravi will come with me?”
She hesitated before saying his name, a pause so brief that Amit would never notice, but Ravi would. She knew he would.
The words left her lips with controlled calm, but inside, something twisted.
She hated that she still hesitated. Hated that the sound of his name still carried a sting, and a pull.
As she ended the call, her reflection caught faintly on the steel surface of the refrigerator, tired eyes, a steady face. She had mastered the art of sounding normal.
But inside, she was tired of holding everything in, the anger, the ache, the confusion of missing a man she no longer trusted.
Priya’s hands paused as she rinsed the plate, the steady stream of water filling the silence between them. She couldn’t stop her mind from drifting, to those warm mornings they’d spent together, drinking coffee on the balcony, their fingers brushing as they reached for the cup at the same time. She could still see his smile in the soft morning light, the way he’d look at her with those eyes full of affection, like she was the only one who mattered. Those were the days when his presence felt like home.
The little things that used to fill her with joy now felt like bittersweet memories. Lunchtime conversations, where they’d talk about everything and nothing, his laugh filling the air, making her feel like she belonged in his world.
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excellent waiting for more
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Their quiet dinners, the way he’d always admire her, the way he talks to her, as if she was so precious, to her, it meant so much. She loved him so deeply, not just for his humor or his charm, but for the way he made her feel seen, heard, and loved in ways she never thought possible.
But now, as she stood there in the kitchen, it was like everything she had believed in was slipping through her fingers. What happened to that Ravi? The man who would listen to her every word, who would steal glances at her when he thought she wasn’t looking, and smile like he held the world in his hands. That warmth, that connection, felt like it belonged to another lifetime, a lifetime she no longer recognized.
The sting of betrayal cut deeper with every passing second. She couldn’t escape it. Neetu and Sirisha. The names rang in her mind like a bell, each toll more painful than the last. She had trusted him. She had loved him with everything she had. And now she had to face the fact that he had crossed lines, with two other women, behind her back, when she wasn’t even in Mumbai. When she had been away, thinking everything was fine, he had been lying to her, to their love, to everything they had built together.
Her heart felt heavy, a mix of rage and disbelief. How could he do this to me?
The images of Neetu, with her playful flirtations, and Sirisha, sweet and innocent, haunted her thoughts. It wasn’t just the act itself that hurt. It was the deception, the betrayal of trust. She had been gone for a few weeks, tending to her family, and all the while, Ravi had found comfort in someone else’s arms. She could still hear the quiet shock in her voice when she first learned about it. The painful realization had hit her like a tidal wave, and since then, the anger had burned inside her, relentless and consuming.
She had tried to understand, why? Why had he done it? She had been away, yes, but didn’t he know how much she loved him? How much she had always tried to give him her best? Wasn’t that supposed to mean something?
Ravi, at his desk, had heard her voice drift through the hall, that small pause before his name, and it struck something deep inside him. He closed his laptop slowly, the gesture deliberate, as if to buy time before facing her again.
The thought of sitting beside her, close enough to feel her breath, yet far enough to know he had lost the right to reach for it, filled him with a quiet dread.
It wasn’t just guilt anymore. It was awareness.
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(10-09-2025, 06:45 PM)shailu4ever Wrote: The Circle of Trust: The First Kiss
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OMG!!! What cleaver seducing. The way you wrote Neetu seducing Sirisha is the best seducing I ever read.
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(01-11-2025, 05:40 AM)venkygeethu Wrote: Silence before a huge .......................aning.... waiting eagerly
Hi Venkygeethu
Haha, I love your reaction!
That “silence before a huge ………….eaning…. waiting eagerly” made me smile, that’s exactly the what is going to happen. I was trying to build up that moment! The calm before the storm, the heartbeat before the chaos, you caught it perfectly.
I’m so glad the tension and anticipation came through for you. Thanks a ton for reading and sharing such a fun, expressive response, you made my day.
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(01-11-2025, 06:06 PM)LovePookie Wrote: excellent waiting for more
Hi LovePookie
Thank you so much.
I’m really happy you enjoyed it. I am working on the next part and there’s definitely more coming soon. I just hope the next part lives up to your expectations.
Your encouragement means a lot to me. Thanks again for reading and sharing your excitement.
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(01-11-2025, 10:13 PM)venkygeethu Wrote: Auto journey to continue and this time it is a different situation how these two are going to handle the situation waiting to see
Hi Venkygeethu
Thank you so much for the feedback.
I’m thrilled you’re excited to see what happens next. Yes, they travel in auto this time also, and this time the situation is definitely going to test them in a whole new way.
Can’t wait for you to see how they handle it.
Your anticipation really makes writing the next part even more fun, I promise I will do my best to make the next part worth the wait!
Thank you very much for your continued support
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(02-11-2025, 12:11 AM)prasannas2001 Wrote: OMG!!! What cleaver seducing. The way you wrote Neetu seducing Sirisha is the best seducing I ever read.

Hi Prasanna
Thank you for your compliments. I don't consider that as seducing, as Sirisha is already interested in that. So, Neetu just helped her to get out of her shyness.
I really appreciate your continued support.
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A moment later, Priya stepped out of the kitchen.
She wore a light beige cotton saree with a green border, her hair tied neatly back, though a few loose strands brushed her cheek. The simple grace of her presence could still undo him.
She didn’t look at him immediately.
“Amit said you’ll come with me?” she asked, her tone calm, neutral, a voice without colour.
Ravi nodded. “Yes.”
She gave a small nod in return. “Fine. We’ll leave after breakfast.”
She turned and walked back toward the kitchen, her saree whispering softly against the floor. The faint scent of soap, steam, and morning warmth lingered in her wake, familiar, intimate, unbearable.
Ravi stared at the half-empty cup of tea beside his laptop.
That brief conversation, that single nod, carried all the distance in the world.
In the kitchen, Priya rinsed a cup under running water, her fingers moving automatically. Her thoughts refused to stay quiet.
Why does it still affect me?
The question came uninvited, harsh, unwanted.
She should have moved past it, past him. But some memories refuse to fade simply because you tell them to.
She still remembered his voice, the warmth in it, the small jokes they once shared over burnt toast and misplaced keys.
Now, even silence between them was careful, deliberate, like two people tiptoeing around broken glass.
She wiped her hands on a towel, took a deep breath, and said aloud, steady, almost mechanical
“We’ll go after breakfast.”
Ravi looked up at the sound of her voice.
Through the thin curtain, he could see her shadow shifting as she moved, calm, composed, untouchable. The morning light traced the curve of her shoulder, the sway of her saree, and for a fleeting moment, it brought everything back, admiration, guilt, longing, tangled together.
He wanted to speak, to say something simple, maybe “thank you,” maybe “I’m sorry”, but the words stayed trapped.
The silence between them had become a language of its own, heavy, familiar, and impossible to escape.
Priya could feel his eyes on her from across the room.
She didn’t turn. She didn’t want to.
But deep inside, a part of her wished he would say something, anything that might make her believe he still cared enough to try. She knew she hate him, but deep inside she is also waiting for him.
Instead, she only heard the low hum of the fan, and the clink of a plate as she set it down too gently.
“Yes,” Ravi said softly, answering a question that had already been settled.
Neither spoke after that.
The silence stretched, filling every inch of the small apartment.
Ravi leaned back in his chair, gaze drifting to the window where sunlight touched the empty sofa, the one where they used to sit together, talk without effort, argue without restraint, exist without fear.
It was an ordinary Thursday morning, but it carried the weight of everything unsaid.
He knew the day would not be easy.
And somehow, Priya knew it too.
Because sitting beside him again, in the same auto, in that same air, would force them both to remember everything they had broken… and everything that still refused to die quietly.
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Scene: Thursday Morning – Breakfast Before the Visit
The clock had just crossed nine, the steady tick marking another moment passing by. The morning light filled the living room softly, filling the space with a warm glow, as it filtered through the cream curtains, spreading its quiet, peaceful hue across the dining table.
The faint, comforting smell of roasted dosa batter and fresh chutney drifted through the air, simple, homely, and familiar.
Priya moved around the kitchen counter, her movements measured, graceful, and controlled. Each action, every gesture, was executed with deliberate calm, an elegance that seemed effortless, as if she was practicing a routine that had been rehearsed for years.
Her saree was a soft, pale green cotton, bordered with a delicate golden trim that caught the morning light every time she turned. Her hair was tied in a low bun, the soft strands near her temples framing her face, adding a quiet vulnerability to her composed expression.
Ravi sat at the table, pretending to scroll through his phone but really watching her from the corner of his eye. Even now, after everything that had happened, he couldn’t stop noticing her. Her presence still felt magnetic, like an unshakable force that held his attention.
The faint chime of her bangles as she moved, the way her wrist curved so naturally as she set the bowl of sambar down. The calm efficiency in her movements, neither hurried nor hesitant, made everything around her feel still, like the world slowed down for a moment when she was near.
She placed the plate before him and said quietly, almost absent-mindedly, “Eat before it turns cold.”
Her tone was polite, neutral. Not warm, but not cold either. Just… normal. That was the word that hung between them, like a shield they had both learned to hold up, a kind of emotional armor that kept everything else at bay.
Ravi nodded, his voice soft. “Okay, Didi.”
He began to eat, though the food tasted like nothing. The flavors blurred, drowned out by the heavy silence that seemed to fill the room more than the morning light.
There was a distance between them now, thick and unspoken, but it wasn’t awkward. Not the kind of uncomfortable silence that makes you shift in your seat. It was just there, familiar in its own way, a wall they had both learned to live with, even if neither of them wanted it.
His eyes wandered back to her again. She sat opposite him, her posture straight and composed, her fingers delicately tearing small pieces of idli. The green of her saree seemed to mirror the calmness of her complexion, the quiet grace she carried effortlessly.
When she glanced down at her plate, the faintest shadow of her lashes fell softly across her cheeks.
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(07-07-2025, 06:45 PM)shailu4ever Wrote: “You miss Vizag?” he asked.
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I am still in 2nd page but I can clearly say your writing style is unique. Great job.
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A mental war in both their mind seems to end in their journey and hope peace prevails them soon expecting the intimacy between them Ravi has been left out after the duos departure
expecting wfffff moment soon
Keep moving in the same tempo
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