The night after meeting Rohan, Satya couldn't sleep. The realization that he had been sketching her long before he even noticed sent chills through him. His past, his art, and his dreams were all connected in ways he couldn't understand.
Determined to find answers, he sat at his desk, flipping through his old sketchbooks. Page after page, faces of strangers stared back at him—random people, imagined figures. But then, buried among them, he found her.
Not once. Not twice. But countless times.
The Hidden Clues
Satya traced his fingers over an older sketch, its edges worn from time. The same soft eyes, the same delicate features—drawn years ago. How had he never noticed before?
And then something caught his eye.
A date.
In tiny, faded letters in the corner of the page, he had written: June 21st.
Why? He had no memory of that day being special. But if his past sketches were somehow tied to his dreams, maybe this date meant something.
Grabbing his phone, he searched his gallery for pictures from that time. He scrolled back, past old college events, past random outings, until—
A photo from June 21st.
A street festival. Lights, music, and a crowd of people. He barely remembered attending. But in the background, blurred but unmistakable, was her.
His breath caught.
It wasn't just his imagination.
She was real.
Following the Trail
The festival happened every year. If she had been there once, maybe she would be there again. He quickly searched online—the festival was scheduled for the weekend. Just two days away.
His pulse quickened.
This wasn't a coincidence. It couldn't be.
For years, he had drawn her without knowing why. He had seen glimpses of her in dreams, felt her presence in his art. And now, fate had given him a clue—a place, a time.
A chance to find her.
Satya exhaled slowly, gripping his pencil.
Two more days.
And he would finally see the girl he had been sketching his entire life.