Her Dangerous Obsession

Chap 14 - Realisation of Feelings

Adhrit’s POV

I don’t know why, but I don’t have a particular answer to any of my questions.

My feelings about her… are they just like how a friend should feel towards another friend? But no, it doesn’t seem like that.

I never felt this way with Datsh ever, and Darsh is one of the closest people in my life. Maybe, it’s because he’s a boy and she is a girl? Or maybe… it’s something more?

The fact is also that, I have never been this close to any girl before. Yeah, girls used to flirt with me in college, and at gatherings, but I always avoided them.

Not because I was rude, but because I was always career-oriented. My focus was clear, my priorities simple — study, work hard, build a future. That’s it.

Furthermore, I have always been an introvert, and wasn't comfortable with much people around me, specially girls, because they always used to stare at me, or touch me unnecessarily, making me uncomfortable, so, I used to avoid them mostly.

I had very few female friends throughout my life, and even with them, I hardly spoke much. Conversations were limited, formal, safe.

So maybe, these weird feelings I’m experiencing for Anaisha are only because of this unusual proximity… because, she somehow keeps coming closer, breaking the walls, I’ve built around myself.

Ahhh Mahadev! I ruffled my hair in frustration. I’m going mad. I really don’t know what is happening to me. Is Darsh right? Do I… do I really like her?

Maybe I do. The way I admire her, I never admired anyone else like that ever. Maybe because she is trying to change herself just for me… for me.

That phrase alone makes something stir inside me. For me. The moment those words echoed in my mind, I felt an unfamiliar warmth rising to my cheeks.

Wait… am I blushing? Blushing for her? Damn it! Is that really true? I really like her. Yes. Yes, I like her.

The realization hit me hard. It knocked the air out of my chest. In such a short span of time, how can somebody like someone?

But then, I corrected myself — it’s not like, I love her, I just like her. Liking someone can happen even in a day, even in a moment. Still… I took some time, resisted, denied, but here I am, already liking her, admiring her, thinking about her.

But there is no similarity, no equality between us. Our worlds are totally different from each other. Is it right for me to like her? Have any kind of feelings for her?

But she is rich. Her father is a politician. Her brother is a well known businessman. She herself have a perfect life.

And my Papa — he would never agree for it. He would kill me for sure, if he even sensed, I was falling for someone like her.

Oh, shut up, Adhrit. I scolded myself. It’s not like, I want to marry her. Just stop imagining nonsense and go sleep.

I smiled a little, and came straight to my room from the terrace. 

I mentally slapped myself, and collapsed on the bed like a sleepy sloth, dragging the blanket over my head, trying to push away these dangerous thoughts.

Sleep was my only escape now. But even sleep didn't help, because her thoughts refused to leave my mind.

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Anaisha’s POV

I was lying on my bed at this time, but sleep was miles away from my eyes.

My phone was in my hand, and I was scrolling through the photos, I had stealthily collected — the photos of Adhrit.