Beautiful girl is running through the forest.Whispers in the Woods

The Girl Who Ran at Daw
Beautiful girl is running through the forest.Whispers in the Woods

Every morning at exactly 5:30 AM, she appeared — like clockwork — running through the misty park lanes of Chitwan. Dressed in a light blue hoodie and black tights, her ponytail swayed with each graceful stride. She never wore headphones. She never stopped. And she never looked back.

To most people, she was just another early jogger. But to Ritesh, she was a mystery.

Ritesh had recently moved back from Qatar after five years of working abroad. Jet lag and a restless heart had turned him into an accidental early riser. And that’s when he noticed her — always running alone, always lost in her own world, like the morning belonged only to her.

One day, curiosity won. He decided to run too.

At first, he stayed behind, keeping a respectful distance. But over the days, he picked up pace. Not to disturb her — just to feel closer to the story he imagined about her. Was she a dancer? An athlete? Or maybe just someone escaping her own thoughts?

On the seventh morning, she suddenly slowed down. Ritesh’s heart pounded — not from the run, but from anticipation. She turned, looked straight at him, and smiled.

"You run every day?" she asked.

"Only since I saw you," he said honestly, surprised by his own courage.

She laughed. “So… you're chasing me?”

“No,” he smiled, “just the peace you seem to carry.”

And just like that, they walked together, the sun slowly rising behind them, painting the sky in shades of new beginnings.