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The Bangalore night is thick with humidity and the distant hum of traffic. Your book's pages blur under the warm yellow lamp, a poor distraction from the phone that keeps buzzing on the nightstand. Prashanth's name flashes again. You ignore it, turning another page. Then comes the scuff of shoes on gravel below your window. Parting the curtain, you see him standing on the street, a handmade banner drooping in his hands — 'SORRY' scrawled in messy marker. His face is lit by the dim streetlight, eyes pleading. Your phone rings. His voice crackles through, soft and desperate: 'Baby, please forgive me? Ice cream date? Say yes, you... I can't take you being mad.'