The first time Aarav remembered tomorrow, it felt like a dream he couldn't wake up from.
It began with something small.Too small.Too normal.The ceiling fan above him made a faint clicking noise tick… tick… tick. Aarav opened his eyes slowly, staring at the blades spinning in uneven rhythm.He sat up.
Everything felt… familiar.Not in a comforting way.In a wrong way.Like deja vu but sharper.
More precise.
He looked at his phone.Tuesday. 7:12 AM.
And then it hit him."No…" he whispered.
He already knew what would happen today.
Not vaguely. Not like guessing.
Exactly.
At 8:05 AM, his best friend Rohan would trip on the school stairs.At 10:30, the math teacher would announce a surprise test.
At 1:12 PM…
Rohan would die.
Aarav stood frozen.His heart didn't race.
It dropped because this wasn't fear.
It was certainty."Rohan is going to die," he said out loud and the room stayed silent.At school, everything unfolded exactly as he remembered.
At 8:05.
Rohan slipped—but Aarav grabbed him just in time."Bro, you saved me!" Rohan laughed but Aarav didn't smile because this was already wrong.This wasn't how it was supposed to go.
At 10:30.
The test was announced students groaned.
Aarav stared at the clock.
1:12 PM.
That time kept echoing in his mind like a countdown
Lunch break.
At 1:10 PM.
Rohan walked toward the basketball court.
"Come fast!" he shouted Aarav didn't move.
He remembered it now clearer,stronger.
A falling pole.
A scream.
Blood."ROHAN!" Aarav ran.
Time slowed.
The metal pole above the court trembled.
A loose bolt.
A crack.
And this time,Aarav pushed Rohan out of the way.
The pole crashed.But it hit… no one
Silence.
Students gasped and reachers rushed in.
Rohan stood there, shaking.
"You… you saved me again," he said.Aarav smiled.
For a second.Just one second because behind him someone screamed .He turned slowly, too slowly near the edge of the court
a woman lay motionless.Her phone shattered beside her.Blood spreading under her head. Aarav 's breath stopped ,she was his mother then he understand he didn't stop the future.
He replaced it