After that day... everything began to change.
Riya was no longer just a girl…
she had become a part of every thought, every feeling within me.
In class, in the library…
even when I was alone…
I saw her everywhere.
Sometimes her laughter echoed in my ears…
sometimes her eyes appeared in my thoughts…
And the strangest part was…
I wasn't just remembering her…
it felt like I was reliving her.
But what troubled me the most was this…
The things she said to me…
I had already heard them before.
Every word… every emotion…
as if it had already been written somewhere inside me.
One day, we were sitting in the cafeteria…
There was noise all around…
people laughing, talking…
but everything felt distant to me…
Because my world was limited to one place…
the place where Riya was sitting.
She suddenly looked at me and said,
"You're strange."
I smiled slightly…
but there was a quiet fear inside me.
"Why?" I asked.
She kept looking at me for a moment…
as if trying to understand me…
Then she said softly,
"It feels like… you already know me."
My hands froze.
My fingers trembled…
my heart began to race…
It felt like she had just touched my deepest truth.
Trying to stay calm, I asked,
"And what about you?"
She fell silent…
Her eyes lowered…
and then she said gently,
"I don't know… but when you're around…
I feel a strange sense of peace…"
There was honesty in her voice…
no pretense, no lies…
Just a feeling… that went straight to my heart.
Hearing those words…
something inside me broke…
and something healed at the same time.
Because…
it was the exact same line…
I had heard her say countless times in my dreams.
That moment…
was nothing less than terrifying for me.
I looked at her…
and wondered…
Is this really happening…
or am I still trapped in a dream?
If these dreams are real…
then this is no coincidence…
This is something else…
something far beyond my understanding.
For the first time…
I wasn't afraid of losing her…
I was afraid of having her.
Because…
if I already know her…
then somewhere, somehow…
I must have already lost her too.