Thank you so much for your generous and expressive comments. I cannot express my gratitude enough for the time you have spent reading this story. This was an experiment for me, pushing my story telling abilities. As you may have noticed, I have intentionally kept Arnav and Khushi's interaction to the minimum till the last update, but it is their story and they are there in each and every sentence. I am not too aware of Lucknow as I have not been there nor do I know much about the customs and celebrations carried out during Dusshera/Durga Puja by Bengalis; if something is amiss, please forgive the oversight.
This was intended to be a five part short story and it ends with them meeting, I don't intend to take this further nor write an epilogue. I don't mean to hurt anyone's sentiments, in my mind the story is at that point where everything is just promisingly beautiful, I am afraid my excessive words may mar the story.
Much love,
Kalyaani.
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