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Chapter 14 - A Click Towards Destiny

One day, aria was casually using her brother's phone . as she scrolled, something made her pause. A profile appeared.....

Aiden__ Lancaster.

For a moment, her fingers froze above the screen.

"W-waitt!'. Aria said shockly.

She was just about to tap on it when her brother suddenly reached over and took his phone back.

She couldn't see anything more.

Aria sighs..

But now… she couldn't stop thinking about it.

Who was he following? Who followed him? What was hidden in that private profile?

It was the first time she had ever come across any trace of Aiden on social media and now she was more curious than ever.

She think and an idea came on her mind.

Every day, Aria would think about that one moment when she almost saw Aiden's profile.

But she never got the chance again.

So one afternoon, she sat quietly in her room, and made a decision.

"Maybe… I should make my own social media account."

She created a new profile under the name @silent_ariax, simple and a little mysterious just like her.

Then she started searching.

She typed Aiden Lancaster into the search bar.

Nothing came up.

But she didn't give up.

She kept trying, scrolling through suggestions, checking similar usernames.

And finally…

There it was.

That same profile.

Private.

No posts.

But the name was there. The same one she had seen on her brother's phone.

She took a deep breathe and thinking.

But the fate has anothet plane.

Her mobile slipped of her hand and when she is trying to catcb her finger touch on

"request send".

Her heart skipped a beat.

"Oh noooooo... What did i just do!!!!!"

Now even if she want to un- request she can't- beacuse the notification has been already send!

She was biting her nails in the tension..

What did I just do? she thought, staring at the screen.

She locked her phone and tossed it on her bed as if it had turned into fire.

But it was too late. The request was sent.

Her cheeks felt warm, and a strange feeling stirred in her chest not excitement, not fear just something... unfamiliar.

That night, she checked her phone three times.

No notification. No response.

But the request was still pending.

At night she was coming from her aunt's house and what a coincidence. She saw aiden standing in his balcony. looking at somewhere.

Her heart starts beating fastly.because aiden also looking at her.

"Why he was looking at me? Did he accept? Is he angry ? Oh no my fate!! What i doo!?" . aria whispered to herself.

She turned around to look at him.

At the morning she woke up and suddenly she checked her phone but the request was still in pending.

*Aria sighs*

She look at the the time it was already 7:40am ." oh shit I'm getting late".

She dressed up and going to school.

During the class she still thinking about the request, the profile and she suddenly whispered.

"I will definitely un request if he didn't accept today."

The whole time just went thinking about it.

" mom i am home " Aria said. And dressed up and sighs while open her mobile .

'She saw something that made her paused"

" Aiden-Lancaster accepted your request".

her breathe was caught in her throat.

Aria literally don't know how to react.

She put her phone back.

And suddenly her phone ring.She checked.

"Aiden- Lancaster want to follow back you".

She accept but not with happiness not with tension just unfamiliar something.

Aria's POV

" i don't know what to do now!? Did I just do something wrong? Or just i..?. i have many questions.And suddenly my phone rings again.

But this time i left reactionless. It was a message from aiden.I dont know why but my heart starts beating fastly. Its was a message from

" aidne Lancaster Sents a message: ?

I dont know what to say know." Should i reply back? Should i not? Should i left seen? Or !?"

Ahhhhhhhh!!??!!!!!!!!!.

She took a Deep breathe and replied back with "?" And turned off the phone.

Again the phone rings back.

"aiden lancaster replied to you : "?"

"What he is trying to do"? Huh?. i said

I replied back with "?" Again.

"Aiden- lancaster replied to your chat: you are caleb's sister right?".

Finally he replied. I said to myself.

i replied back with"no someone else".

He replied " oh okay!.".

I replied again: " obviously aiden... i am Caleb's sister".

He replied back."Oh sorry".

I replied: "Its okay".

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They both are talking for the first time ever they never talked before like this. They are talking just boring . but they are!

Aria's hands were genuinely trembling, they really were.Because Aria had never really talked to anyone neither online, nor offline.

They were talking aimlessly, carelessly, about nothing that mattered. The conversation was clumsy, filled with pauses, and sometimes even awkward silences. It wasn't deep, it wasn't special. Just random words tossed in the air.

But for the first time… it felt different.

Sometimes, life turns the page exactly where we gave up hope.

And that's exactly what happened here.

Now look.....where fate took a sudden turn, where silence finally began to speak, and where two paths ...once entirely separate started to merge at a single point.

This wasn't just coincidence. This was a moment written perhaps centuries ago. Have you ever felt like someone enters your life as if they were always meant to be there? No noise, no warning .just a quiet arrival, and suddenly… everything changes.

Fate doesn't knock its sneaks in queitly, through ordinary conversations. Silent glances, and unspoken emitions.

that's what happened here!

I could stop you here.

I could say this is where the story ends.

But I won't.

Because what's coming next… that's the real story.

This is the point where the characters begin to carry the weight of their choices, where the silence begins to scream, and where every small detail holds a deeper meaning.

So if you've been just a watcher until now, prepare yourself..because the next chapter won't just be read, it'll be felt.

Yes, this is the moment where silence, love, and destiny look each other in the eye for the very first time.

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