Chapter 1: The Beginning

Some friendships are born out of chance, others out of choice. But Arijit and Vaishali’s? It was written long before they even existed.

Their fathers had been best friends since childhood the kind who shared lunchboxes in school, took the same tuitions, and even got beaten up together for sneaking out to play cricket instead of studying. They had dreams of doing everything together, but life had its own plans.

Arijit’s father stayed in Lucknow, building a business from scratch, buying a house, settling down. Vaishali’s father, on the other hand, ended up in a government job that had him moving every few years—new city, new house, new everything. But no matter where he was, his real home was always back in Lucknow, back with his best friend.

And so, when their kids were born—
Arijit on February 8, 2007.
Vaishali on July 22, 2007.
it was like history repeating itself.

They didn’t become friends.
They just were.

"Vaishu! Stop running,...