College life right now feels strange. It’s my last year, and instead of everything feeling exciting, it mostly feels quiet. I still have people around me, but not in the way I used to. Nimish, Rajat, and Raghu were the people I talked to every day. Back then, conversations just happened. We didn’t have to try.

Now we’re still on good terms. When we see each other, we shake hands, wish each other luck, small polite things. But it’s not natural like before. It feels like moments instead of a bond. And lately, it feels like I’m the one trying more. If I start talking, they talk nicely. But if I don’t… nothing really happens. That’s the part that hurts, even if I act normal about it.

Nimish sometimes talks on his own, and I truly appreciate that. It reminds me that maybe things aren’t completely gone — just not the same. I’m not really making new friends either. It’s just my last year, and somehow everything feels like it’s slowly fading instead of growing.

There’s no fight. No big reason. Just distance that came quietly. I miss how it used to be. And I think I’m still learning how to accept that some friendships don’t end suddenly… they just become memories while everyone is still standing right there.