HIGHEST: #6 IN HUMOR "Your command over sarcasm appalls me." "As does your ability to comprehend it." With a practically non-existent social life, extra study sessions at the best coaching institute in the city, a mind numbingly boring job and a best friend whose sole purpose seems to be getting her a boyfriend, Alankrita Sundar was content with the hand she'd been dealt. But when she receives a text from Ruhan Das, a boy whose very presence made her skin crawl, she realises that the bland oatmeal that is her life was in dire need of some spicing up. What began as a message sent to the wrong person soon turns into a twisted game of Guess Who, as Alankrita realizes faking an identity opens a lot of previously bolted doors- including one that leads to the darkest secrets of one of the most well-known students in school. The series of messages exchanged between Alankrita and Ruhan explore several aspects of each other's life, and through their shared experiences they realise that they aren't as different as they'd previously imagined.

Raina has seen heartbreak up close. She has felt the pain of it once in her life and had sworn to never do love again. But, yet again, what's life if it doesn't flip your plans upside down? Cut to a stranger in her house, Vinay, the supposed family friend that her parents claim she's met once in her childhood and someone who will be staying over for the entire month that she's back home for. He's charming, infuriating, far too comfortable in her space, and somehow always finds a way to get under her skin. One summer vacation. Two strangers sharing one home. What could go wrong?

─「 completed • desi romcom • arranged marriage • family friends • childhood crush 」

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Mani had kept her feelings hidden under the wraps and folds of her heart. The years she has spent avoiding Vihaan and trying to move on all come to vain when she impulsively proposes doing a work assignment with him. Now, everything threatens to spill over - her secrets and her feelings. ──── part 4. of the UTS series wordcount: 1973 words © starlane 2026

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