For six quiet years, Amulya watched him through pixels and posts-his laughter in reels, his thoughts in captions.
He wasn't a celebrity, just someone who felt real in a world that rarely did.
A digital stranger she dared to fall for-silently, safely, from behind a screen.
And then, he moved in next door.
Tarun, a travel vlogger with a calm face and a quiet feed, seemed exactly as she imagined.
But the boy she thought she knew was never real.
Just a reflection in glass-filtered, edited, curated.
Now that he's within reach, Amulya learns the hardest truth:
She only knew what he chose to show.
And somehow, she had already become part of that illusion.
Because parasocial love is still love-
Until reality asks you to prove it.
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