"Hey, Sunita! You wanna join us?"

This was the first time he talked to me since I joined the university. I had my eyes on him from the first day we met. But we never spoke.

"Sure!" I replied with a smile.

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I knew something terrible was coming after all the hazards that has taken place in the past two months. I knew this month won't be any different. I had lost hope from this world and always thought that I wouldn't care at all, but something changed.

Even if it were just a few words, my soul clung to it. And I don't want to let it go. I want more. And that simple conversation lit a tiny flame of hope in my heart.