In that moment...it felt like time had stopped.
After hearing Riya, something inside me was breaking… and healing at the same time.
"You… saw me?" I asked softly.
She nodded.
"Yes... many times," she said, "At first, I thought they were just strange dreams… but every time… it was you. The same eyes… the same feeling…"
My hands had turned cold.
"Riya… how is this even possible?"
My voice trembled.
She stayed silent for a moment… then said,
"Maybe… this isn't a coincidence."
The silence of the library now felt heavy. As if every book around us… knew our story.
"Do you remember… where we used to meet in your dreams?" she asked.
I closed my eyes…
"An old garden… where the air felt calm… and you were always smiling…"
Her eyes widened instantly.
"The same place…" she whispered, "I go there too… every time…"
Now the line between fear and truth had completely blurred.
"Riya… if all of this is real… then what does it mean?"
She leaned slightly closer… and said very softly,
"Maybe… our story didn't just begin now…
maybe… it started long before this."
My heart started beating faster.
Because for the first time… I wasn't scared.
Instead… there was a strange sense of peace.
As if… I had always known her.
As if… we were part of an unfinished story.
She gently held my hand.
"Are you scared?" she asked.
I looked into her eyes…
and for the first time, without thinking, I said—
"Not if you're with me."
She smiled…
"Then let's find the truth.
Together."
And that day… we didn't just share a secret…
we began a journey.