[slowburn]
Saesha Krishnamurthy's life was anything but normal. After surviving her traumatic life for 15 years, she decides to escape from the hell she has been raised at.
She chooses to hide her scars and leave the past behind to start her new l...
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"Hey, do you play guitar?" Akshay looks up from his ugly doodling to see a pretty girl with brown hair and grey eyes boring into him.
"What?" he raises his eyebrows, utterly confused.
"I have seen you carrying that instrument outside class. I thought it was pretty cool" She replies.
"I'm sorry. What?" he has now placed his pen on the table, giving her his full attention.
"Don't you know English? Do you speak Italian? Ho detto che sei piuttosto forte-"
"Who are you?"
"Sweet. I have been your classmate for three years? I still am"
"Okay. So, how may I help you?"
"Oh lord.. Sariyana maramandaiya irupanpolaye" She mumbles under her breath
"I heard that" he replies, earning a surprised look from her.
"Ungalukku Tamil theriyuma? Na ippo enna solren uh sollunga papom-"
"If you have nothing important to say, please leave" with that, he pulls out his headphones, ignoring her.
"I'll come back tomorrow, friend" She winks at him before walking away.
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She stayed true to her words as she came back again the next day.
"Hey" he looks up at the familiar voice and wishes he hasn't.
"Do you mind if I sit here?" she asks, signaling the empty chair next to him.
"Yes" he says, before turning his attention back to his doodling.
"This is really cool" she responds, taking a seat next to him and looking at his art in awe.
"What the hell do you want?" He asks, losing his cool
"Let's be friends. What say?"
"No"
"We are friends now?"
"No"
"I don't like cats" she says, scrunching up her nose in thought.
"What?"
"They are so annoying. Also, I prefer coke over Pepsi"
"What do I do with this information?"
"They help you understand me better. What do you like?"
"I highly dislike talking to you" he retorts, shaking his head at her in disbelief.
"Ouch. You should try getting to know me, it's fun. Do you have an extra earring that I can use?" he looks up at her as if she has grown horns on her head.
