"Some love stories begin with a heartbeat. Others begin with a curse."

A dark, feverish haze. Sweat-soaked sheets. Arjun drifts between nightmares and consciousness. Shadows flicker in his room, but it's not the fever that chills him—it's the voice.

"You are mine, Arjun... You always were."

The whisper slithers into his ears. His body stiffens. Then—silence. The fever vanishes overnight.

Two weeks later, he returns to school, feeling strangely... lighter. As if something inside him has shifted.

Classroom Scene:

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The moment he steps in, something feels off. The air is charged. Different.

Then he sees her.

A new girl. Sitting beside his best friend.

For the first time in his life, the world slows down. The noise of the classroom fades into a muffled hum. His heartbeat pounds in his ears.

A soft breeze flutters through the room, even though the windows are shut. The lights flicker ever so slightly.

Arjun has no words—only a feeling. A pull. As if something beyond his control is binding them together.

She looks up. Their eyes meet.

And in that instant, Arjun knows.

This is destiny.

His best friend introduces them, but he barely registers the words. He's lost in the way she tucks a loose strand of hair behind her ear, the way she smiles politely but distantly.

But somewhere in the depths of his soul, Bhairaa stirs.

Love at first sight. But fate never lets love bloom so easily.

Is Arjun's connection with her real, or is fate playing a dangerous game?