The Heart Of The Rose

'I just wanted to know how it feels.' He said, 'To suicide.'

She stared at him, deadpan.
'Are you an idiot?'

He stared at the ocean that stretched out in front of them.
'Maybe I am.'

'Yeah.' Turn of the head, 'You're definitely the weirdest idiot I've EVER come across in my entire life.'

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Akanksha, a non-believer of abstract things meets Karan one day and realises there's more to the world.
She is asked the weirdest favor.

He wants to go somewhere and he asks for her help to find a path there.
'Where did you say?'
'Up there.' A point toward the sky.
'Up in the air?'
'Nope.'
'Then?'
'Higher than that.'
'Space?'
'Never mind.'
'Heaven?'

'Exactly.'

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