On Tuesday, it was Monday. On New Year’s Day, it was December 31st. His phone showed messages already replied to. News spoke of events he hadn’t experienced yet.
Doctors had no explanation. Philosophers loved him. Employers did not.
At first, he tried to catch up—reading headlines, watching replays, asking friends to spoil conversations he hadn’t had yet.
It only made things worse.
So Arun stopped trying to live in the present.
He began to prepare.
If he knew a friend would be sad tomorrow, he wrote a letter today. If he knew a mistake was coming, he forgave himself early. He stopped reacting and started anticipating with kindness.
People noticed.
“You’re calm,” they said.
“You listen,” they said.
“You understand before I explain,” they said.
One evening—technically a day before the evening—Arun met a woman who seemed strangely familiar.
“You’re late,” she said, smiling.
“For you?” he asked.
“For me,” she replied. “I live tomorrow.”
They sat in silence, perfectly out of sync with time and perfectly aligned with each other.
For the first time, Arun didn’t feel behind.
He felt exactly where he was supposed to be.
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