Deep had not gone to the library nor for two days. He read his notes on the Strathern diaries over and over again. Was he feeling for Madhav what Strathern and Sanjay Chaturvedi felt for each other? Was it the same longing? Was he feeling this because he had been reading too much about it? Would he have felt the same for Madhav even if he had not known about Strathern and Chaturvedi? Would he have felt like this for another boy? But overriding all these questions was the one question he dearly wanted an answer to. Why was Madhav not calling him?
With every passing day, a peculiar ache started to take over his heart. He found himself lingering at the spot where Madhav took pictures of squirrels. A sharp jolt of pain passed through him as he walked by the Starbucks, where they met after the
