Blemished Desires | 18+

1. He noticed Her

Author's POV

Dressed in the school uniform, a teenager Preeti tried her best to cover her figure under the dark green blazers since the freezing winds were blowing harshly in these winters.

Her friend, Rashi also sat with her silently. Both of them were having lunch, and there was no one else with them. Rashi could not befriend anyone for the last three years, so Preeti decided to stay with her instead of choosing the happy groups of her class.

People used to mistreat Rashi because her teeth were big, and she couldn't close her mouth all the time because of them. Her looks were the reason why everyone in the classroom used mock her.

A teenager Preeti suddenly recalled how the students of her previous school used to tease her for her fat body, so she could feel the unseen tears of Rashi. Rashi felt blessed to receive someone in this school, where only looks mattered till now.

The entire school drools over Arjun because he is handsome and these children are unaware of his actual life, which is totally messed up.

Arjun belongs to middle class family, and his parents had died in a car accident when he was just ten. His paternal grandparents gave up on him, and their property was transferred to his paternal uncle, leaving him all alone.

That is when his maternal grandmother adopted him, took care of him like his own child, but she wasn't as rich as his father's family. Arjun's father name ended with the surname 'Bhatnagar', but he adopted his mother's surname, that is 'Srivastava' because he was living with his maternal grandmother.

She exhausted everything she had to ensure that he studies in one of the best schools of Prayagraj, and Arjun performed so well in sports that the sports quota eased his fees in the school.

Arjun used to focus on sports so much because he needed this quota, and as a result, he built a Greek God like body, making every girl there a fan of him.

Arjun was everyone's favourite, but it was only for his looks, while on the other hand, Preeti was left all alone because no one appreciated her since she was fat.

On one such winter day, just before a few days of winter vacations, Rashi and Preeti were having their food silently on the stairs of the basket ball court, and suddenly Arjun came up there.

"I'm getting the ball. You guys come after ten minutes."

Arjun yelped at his team, who were all set to practice. Preeti kept gawking at him without blinking. He brought out the ball, and tapped it on the ground.

"Hey you fattie! Leave this place or you'll break your nose, and would become more ugly. Hehehe!"

The team members of Arjun mocked Preeti, who kept gazing at them blankly, not being able to discern what she should say next.

"Hey! How could you say that to her?"

Arjun interrupted, moving that friend of his aside. He stood before Preeti, whose heart already started beating wildly finding her crush standing before her.

"Hi little girl. What's your name?"

Arjun asked Preeti, who kept ogling him as if she was observing her deity.

"Preeti!" She replied, in a low and shy voice. This attribute wasn't her innate nature, but Arjun's presence was enough to make her coy and timid.

"Oh! Preeti, you are very pretty. Don't mind his words. He is just stupid."

He encouraged Preeti, without touching even an inch of her. He is a gentleman, he would never steal the first touch without the woman's consent, or perhaps begging.