Chapter 68: Empty Seat
In our classroom, the same old chairs, the same dusty books. But one seat was empty. Shubh's.
No one even looked that way. Forget taking his name. As if he never existed.
Some boys were laughing in the back. Their voices echoed—
"Hey man, Shubh took it too seriously. It wasn't even that big of a deal."
"We were just joking. Who knew he'd actually do something like that?"
A joke.
I looked at them. My voice came out—not as soft as it should have been. "What are you trying to say?"
Ankit shrugged, as if it was all just a trivial matter. "Nothing, just... we teased him a little. He was really serious about Suhina."
I looked into his eyes—there was no regret. Just a cold indifference.