Friend Circles

Dhruv’s Best Friends

Karthik Rathore

Anirudh Verma

Vaidehi’s Best Friends

Anamika Malhotra

Ruchika Mishra

Avvyansh Malhotra

During Class 6 (before leaving Rishikesh)

Vaidehi’s closest friends were already Anamika, Ruchika, and Ayyansh.

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💞 SIDE LOVE STORIES

2 Ayyansh Malhotra × Ruchika Mishra

Best Friends → Lovers

Ruchika: overthinker, burdened with family problems

Ayyansh: over-explainer, emotionally available

Friendship becomes safety, then love

He explains when she spirals

She trusts when he stays

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2 Shaurya Malhotra × Kritika Rathore

Enemies → Lovers; office romance

Kritika: chaotic, impulsive, a headache to him

Shaurya: controlled, responsible, logical

Constant clashes at work

Mutual irritation turns into understanding and then love

Love grows out of friction

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3 Karthik Rathore × Anamika Malhotra

Neutral Attraction

Anamika: loud, expressive, chaos wrapped in sweet and namkeen, studies mean death to her and food means heaven, the type who eats but never gains

Karthik: shy, bold in action but not with emotions

Feelings grow without either acknowledging them

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4 Anirudh Verma × Sonalika Rathore

Connection and Understanding

Sonalika: orphan

Thrown out by bua and phupha

Later adopted by Vaidehi Rathore’s family

Anirudh: emotionally perceptive

Relationship built on shared silence; loves his friends more than anything as he consider them his only family; has family issues.

Healing through presence, not promises

PS:- there will be more characters introduced as per story's requirement.