“Coaching jaldi aana.”
Aapne kaha jaldi aana, toh main aa gaya. Aap uske baad aayin.
FOR JAAN, FROM BUBU
Some stories
start with
a little bow.
Ours started with you.
Aakash, Patna. A classroom. And a crush from day one.
Aryan Anushka
Two names.
One little universe.
EST. 2023 · STILL WRITING OUR STORYSCROLL TO REMEMBER
2023
Where we began.
01 / THE FIRST GLIMPSE
Before Arushka,
there was you.
My first day at Aakash Patna. Around April 2023. A tiny little cutie, sitting with a bow wala hairband.
I had a crush on you from that very first day, Jaan. I just didn’t know you felt it too.
Some details never leave you.
The opening artwork is an illustration inspired by this memory.
02 / THE WORDS THAT CHANGED THINGS
You felt it
from day one, too.
You didn’t know the boy messaging you was the same boy you had a crush on. There were misunderstandings. Then, you found the courage to tell me.
13AUGUST 2023
You sent it.
You sent it.
15AUGUST 2023
I read it.
I read it.
Two days between sending and reading.
A whole new beginning in one message.
03 / OUR FIRST DAY AS FRIENDS
One smile.
All my nervousness, gone.
Aapka woh confident “haaai.”
Mera dil toh wahin chori ho gaya.
And then, “haaai.”
Ek confident smile ke saath. Meri nervousness dheere-dheere gayab ho gayi. Hum muskurate hue baat karte rahe.
Notes ke peeche, aap.
Maine notes khol liye. Aap mujhe dekh rahi thi. Aur main? Notes ki aad mein side-eyes se aapko.
The goodbye that stayed unsaid.
Mujhe kuch kaam tha. Aap Choti ke saath ruki rahi. Jab main wapas aaya, aap nervous ho gayi—bye bhi nahi keh paayi.
Number share karne ki pehel bhi aapne hi ki, Jaan.
And Choti? Meri saali-cum-sister. Part of the story, too.
04 / LITTLE MOMENTS. EVERYTHING TO ME.
Our collection
of firsts.
The moments I want
to keep coming back to.
CHENNAI EXPRESS CAFE
Our dosa date.
Chennai Express Cafe mein hamari dosa date. Aap mujhe apne haathon se khila rahi thi, aur main bas kha raha tha, Jaan. Aapke saath woh chhoti si date bhi ek khaas yaad ban gayi.
A SONG ON INSTAGRAM
This one was for you.
Instagram par maine aapke liye gaana gaya tha, Jaan. Hamari kahaani ka ek aur pal, meri awaaz mein.
9 NOVEMBER · BUBU’S BIRTHDAY
You made me feel that special.
Aapne mera gift itne pyaar aur dhyaan se wrap kiya tha. Woh letter, wallet, pen aur keychain wala set, aur saath mein chocolates—sab perfect tha, Jaan. Pehli baar mujhe itna special feel hua tha.
17 NOVEMBER · JAAN’S BIRTHDAY
Eight days apart. One November.
Hamare birthdays ek hi mahine mein, bas aath din ke faasle par. Aapke birthday par maine aapko woh Sonata watch di thi—wahi watch jo aapko itni pyaari hai, Jaan.
SOME THINGS BELONG ONLY TO US
When did we become
“married”?
Woh Bubu aur Jaan ka secret hai.
Married, in Bubu’s dictionary: mingle. ♡ARYAN + ANUSHKA
Arushka✦
This is where our story began.
There’s so much more of us to tell.
For Jaan.
Always, your Bubu.
Back to our beginning Always, your Bubu.