March 1st, 2025

It was 11:58pm on a Saturday, with all the cast members squished into the small dressing room with flying balloons occasionally bumping their heads.

It was your birthday tomorrow, and as Aryan expected, you didn’t tell anyone. You had told him about why you didn’t celebrate your birthday often — the reason being that everyone had forgotten your birthday a few years back. A wave of sympathy rushed through Aryan at that, so he knew what he had to do.

You guys had been told to come on set at 12am by the director, since you had to shoot a scene at 12:30am. However, Aryan had told everyone in the cast to come in at 10:30pm, using the time to set up everything for your special day. He wanted to show you know that your birthday was special, and was worth being celebrated.

The sound of rustling and muffled giggles filled the tiny room, as the clock on the wall ticked midnight.