Between Us, Only Love"

1. The First Glance
It began on the first day of college. Areeba noticed Hamza sitting by the window—headphones in, eyes lost in the world outside. Something about his calmness made her curious. She didn’t speak, but her glance lingered longer than usual.


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2. A Bond Unspoken
They weren’t friends at first, but fate had a way of pushing them together. Group projects, library shifts, shared walks to the bus stop—they started talking. Not about feelings, never about love, but about everything else that made two souls gently connect.


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3. Letters with No Names
Areeba kept a journal. Every time she felt something she couldn’t say out loud, she wrote a letter to “H.” Never signed. Never delivered. But each word was soaked in emotion she couldn’t explain, even to herself.


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4. Hidden Behind Friendship
Hamza became her closest friend. Everyone saw it. Everyone teased them. But when someone asked if they were in love, Areeba would laugh and say, “No, we’re just close.” Only God knew how deeply that closeness rooted in her heart.


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5. When Distance Grows
After graduation, life got busy. Hamza moved to another city for work. The calls became shorter, the replies slower. Areeba told herself it was normal—but her heart missed him in ways words couldn't describe.


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6. The Unseen Pain
One night, she saw a post on Hamza’s social media—a picture of him with a girl. Not holding hands, not romantic, but something about it felt like a goodbye. Her chest tightened. She closed the app, and for the first time, she cried for something that was never hers.


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7. A Message at Midnight
Months passed. Then one midnight, her phone buzzed. It was a long message from Hamza. “I don’t know how to say this, but I miss you more than I should. I never had the courage to say it… but between us, I think there was always more than friendship.”
She read the message again and again. Tears fell—not of sadness, but of relief. She typed:
“I wrote to you every day, but I never sent a word. I thought you’d never feel the same.”
That night, no calls were made, but hearts spoke louder than ever.

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8. Truth in Tears
She read the message again and again. Tears fell—not of sadness, but of relief. She typed: “I wrote to you every day, but I never sent a word. I thought you’d never feel the same.” That night, no calls were made, but hearts spoke louder than ever.


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9. Between Two Choices
Hamza wanted to come back. But Areeba’s family was preparing her rishta. She was torn—between family expectations and the only person who ever made her feel complete. For the first time, she prayed not for love, but for clarity.


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10. Love, Without Labels
In the end, she chose herself—and the love that had never demanded anything but honesty. She met Hamza again, years later. They weren’t lovers. They weren’t married. But when they sat in silence under the old tree at campus, they both smiled.

Between them, there was no contract, no promise, no pressure—
Between them, only love.Years passed. Life led them on different paths. Hamza started his business, Areeba fulfilled her dream of teaching children. They didn’t marry each other, but whenever seasons changed, whenever rain fell, or the scent of an old book drifted in—memories returned.

Sometimes, Areeba would open her old journal and read the letters she once wrote to “H.” The ink may have faded, but the feelings never did. Hamza, too, never deleted that one midnight message—the only message that truly spoke his heart.

They both understood now: true love doesn’t always need a wedding or a label.
Sometimes, what two souls share is too sacred to define.

They didn’t need to be together to love one another.

Because sometimes…
Between us, only love is more than enough.