There was something affected about that sorrow, Ashi thought. Oh, she liked Tanya well enough. She was a pleasant sort of girl who always attempted to make the other comfortable, despite being uncomfortable herself. Lately, though, she had taken to being quieter than her wont, to pay no attention to the people around her. Ashi knew she had a reason—everybody knew all wasn’t well at home. But nobody knew exactly what; she always seemed to assiduously make her way close to the subject, then suddenly veer off on tangents. And Ashi had lately begun to wish that she stayed off that topic altogether; she suspected that Tanya could be happy, if she allowed herself to.
Rohini, who had never been close to Tanya, took to spending hours with her. She didn’t quite know how to ask, and Tanya didn’t quite know how to confess, but they both knew what it was to hide and took comfort in each other’s company.
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