PART 4: Between Lines and GlancesThe next few days passed quietly.Too quietly.Aarushi returned to her routines—office, bus stop, home—but something had shifted inside her. It was subtle, almost unnoticeable to anyone else, yet loud within her own chest.She caught herself checking the time more often in the evenings.Not because of the bus.Because of Mira.She didn’t know when exactly the thought had rooted itself there. It simply existed now, like a soft hum beneath everything else.---At work, Aarushi stared at her computer screen, numbers blurring together.Riya leaned over her desk.“You’re smiling,” she said.Aarushi blinked. “Am I?”Riya raised an eyebrow. “You weren’t,