21-07-2025, 06:40 PM
Wednesday Night – Ravi’s Thoughts After Dinner
The door to 205 clicked shut behind him.
Silence.
The kind of silence that wasn’t peaceful, but pressing.
Like an empty room remembering voices just a few hours old.
Ravi leaned his head against the back of the door and closed his eyes.
He didn’t move for a while.
Priya Didi wasn’t here.
That fact had been true for less than 48 hours, but already it felt… unsettling.
The soft rustle of her saree, the delicate clink of bangles when she poured water, it was all gone.
The house felt less like a home and more like a box.
But tonight, he hadn’t been alone. Far from it.
In fact, he had been the center of attention.
Sirisha… she was like a burst of sunlight wrapped in noise and innocence.
The way she said “Bhayya” held a kind of affection that felt pure, uncalculated.
Her closeness, the way she leaned in, the way her eyes lingered,
It wasn’t subtle, and it definitely wasn’t accidental.
But it was sweet.
So sweet that he almost forgot what he was missing.
Almost.
- o -
The door to 205 clicked shut behind him.
Silence.
The kind of silence that wasn’t peaceful, but pressing.
Like an empty room remembering voices just a few hours old.
Ravi leaned his head against the back of the door and closed his eyes.
He didn’t move for a while.
Priya Didi wasn’t here.
That fact had been true for less than 48 hours, but already it felt… unsettling.
The soft rustle of her saree, the delicate clink of bangles when she poured water, it was all gone.
The house felt less like a home and more like a box.
But tonight, he hadn’t been alone. Far from it.
In fact, he had been the center of attention.
Sirisha… she was like a burst of sunlight wrapped in noise and innocence.
The way she said “Bhayya” held a kind of affection that felt pure, uncalculated.
Her closeness, the way she leaned in, the way her eyes lingered,
It wasn’t subtle, and it definitely wasn’t accidental.
But it was sweet.
So sweet that he almost forgot what he was missing.
Almost.
- o -
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