A hot Indian summer in the late nineties. Sunil, a 35-year-old civil engineer from Cochin (South India), is in Calcutta (East India) to work on the underground railway project. During a heavy downpour, he shares his umbrella with 21-year-old Akash, a charming phlebotomist at a local pharmacy. The roads get flooded; Sunil takes shelter for the night at Akash’s, and they end up having unprotected sex.
The strangers become lovers, but the next morning Sunil finds himself delirious with fever. He fears it may be Dengue, a tropical virus that spreads rapidly during the rains. As Akash takes care of him, he secretly fears something else. Of late, the gay community has been coping with the looming threat of HIV. With multiple recent sexual encounters, Akash feels nervous.
Buoyed by their respective fears, they develop an impossible, yet passionate romance, hidden from the eyes of society. They help each other heal, and to question how they might find happiness, together and apart.