This Reminds Me of a Song (And Everything Does)
Riya's phone read 11:47 PM. Prime scenario-creation hours. Her playlist titled "For the Movie in My Head" blasted softly—track 47: "Somebody That I Used to Know" (acoustic version, obviously). She stared at the ceiling, constructing tonight's fantasy: Scene: Rainy coffee shop. She's reading poetry. He walks in—mysterious, brooding, potential. Their eyes meet. She drops her book. He picks it up. Their fingers brush. A song plays. He says, "This reminds me of a song." She replies, "This reminds me of everything." Cut to: montage of them running through fields. Slow motion. Sepia filter. Riya sighed dreamily. Perfect. Her phone buzzed. Her actual crush, Arjun: "Hey, what's up?" She typed: "Just thinking about the ocean. And how it's like emotions. Endless. Unpredictable. Full of creatures we don't understand." She deleted it. Typed: "Nothing much, hbu?" Sent. "Interesting..." she mutter...