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Chapter 4 The Crush and the Crash

Word Count: 979    |    Released on: 04/08/2025

dges. That was how it felt in the corridors of Anand Academy. A thousand murmurs floated like p

n with

perfectly around his temples, and his smile could split sunlight. Ananya's heart stuttered the way a worn-out fan hiccups on pow

gers trembling, hugging her bag like it

r, pages edged with gold ink. In it, she wrote things she

und me - but at me. Maybe he saw something. Maybe he... no. That's ridicul

not shameful, where her thighs weren't too wide, where her voice wasn't lost beh

mockery, but curiosity. What would his fingers feel like tang

de her toes curl in

s of cruelty and caste and class, she remained

m about Aarav in the last few minutes of English class. She was s

l, always vicious, s

e sneered, flippi

, but the word came

athered like crow

lar girl' dreams about," one sai

me the

poured over thunder. If only he could see me - not the outside me, but

d. It was sharp,

dn't come. Her throat felt like glas

hen she saw

n't la

table. Embarrassed. N

worse than

uel sing-song. Each word became a blade. Her p

av said

one

t like glass, but like bone -

, through the gate. The sun slapped her cheeks, and

l she reached the alley near

Big, ugly sobs. Her chest heaved. She wanted to

n, she

thud. F

ed, ready to snarl at

t was

hooked into his pockets. His eyes - so unreada

read it," she hiss

," he sai

blin

ide. Heard enough to

m Aarav? The boy who smoked behind the chemi

m pathetic,"

ave. You still believe people like A

ve was frayed. His eyes were older than his face. The

u here?" sh

y. He looked away, as if chasi

oo," he said at last. "In anot

low, almost too low - s

happ

others when they used her diary.

aw cl

her i

ut thick with tension and something else - u

g closer. His voice was velvet laced with s

He was inches away no

e of her skin or weight or clothes - but beca

red her more - that he saw h

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