Part 1: The Fall
The rain hadn't stopped for three days.
It poured over the city like a curse-heavy.
relentless, and cold enough to seep into bones. Neon lights flickered against wet asphalt, reflecting broken dreams in every puddle.
Arav stood at the edge of the rooftop,staring down at the chaos below.
Cars rushed past.people ran for shelter.
Life moved on.
Without him.
" Twenty-two years," he muttered,his voice barely audible over the storm. " And this is all I get?"
His fists clenched.
He had done everything right.
Studied hard. Stayed honest.Trusted people. And yet -
Betrayed by friends.
Used by relatives.
Discarded by the girl he loved like he their way back.
Three months ago
"Aarav , you don't understand," Riya had said, avoiding his eyes.
" I understand enough," he replied, his voice shaking. "You re leaving me... For him."
" It's not like that."
Silence.
That silence had said everything.
Then came his best friend, karan.
Or rather, the man he thought was his best friend.
"You signed those documents, right?" Karan had asked casually one day.
"Yeah... You said it was for the startup registration."
Karan had smiled.
That smile now haunted him.
Because those papers had transferred everything - his savings, his investments, even his small inherited property.
Gone.
Just like that.
And now here he was.
Broken. Empty. Alone.
Aarav stepped closer to the edge.
Wind whipped his shirt violently, rain soaking him completely.
"Maybe... This is easier," he whispered.
No more pain.
No more betrayal.
No more expectations.
He closed his eyes.
And stepped forward.
The End ... on Beginning ?
Darkness swallowed him.
But it wasn't the darkness he expected.
There was no pain. No impact. No final breath.
Just... Silence.
Endless silence.
Then -
A voice.
"Regreat... Detected."
Aarav's eye's snapped open.
"What...?"
He was floating in a void - no ground. No sky, No body... Yet somehow, he existed.
"Evaluating life... Incomplete."
"Who's there?!" He shouted."
"Opportunity... granted."
Before he could react, blinding light engulfed him.
Rebirth
A sharp cry echoed through a small room.
A baby's cry.
Aarav gasped -
No.
He tried to gasp.
But instead, what came out was a weak wali.
His vision was blurry. His body felt... Small.
Too small.
"What... What's happening...?" He thought.
Voices surrounded him.
"It's a boy !"
"Congratulations !"
"Both mother and child are healthy!"
Aarav's mind frozen.
Mother ? Child ?
"No... no, no, no..." He panicked internally.
He tried to move - his arms flailed weakly.
Tiny arms.
Tiny fingers.
His heart began racing.
"I... I died..."
"And now..."
The realization hit like thunder.
"I ' ve been reborn."