After a while, Aashi looked up at Rishabh. His knuckles pressed against his lips, his eyebrows furrowed, his gaze fixed on the board. She looked towards the kitchen and then at him. She cleared her throat and he looked up.

'Rishabh, if you don't mind. Can you get cold drinks, please?' She blinked her eyes cutely at him. He nodded and got up. Aashi watched him go to the open kitchen. She looked down and quickly began rearranging words on the board. She panicked little as she heard his footsteps. But quickly arranged everything and moved back. She pushed her hair strands from her face and closed her eyes.

'Hey, Aashi. I didn't find an-' Rishabh stopped speaking. There is silence. Slowly, Aashi opened her eyes and looked at him. He stood in front of her, his gaze on the board. Aashi gulped and looked down at the board.

Moving all other letters aside, Aashi had used only the ones needed forming the sentence

I LOVE YOU on the board.