Aiden Acharya was not up for getting engaged. He was graduating high school, his whole life ahead of him, and it was all getting burned down in one day. Or was it? **PICTURES ON COVER ARE NOT MINE**

**AN ARU SHAH AU** Aru Shah is a girl who lives on an underrated beachside resort with her mom, and everything seemed to be fine until she was told that students from Augusts Day Private High School would be there on their grad trip. Will Aru survive a week of her summer vacation with random kids she doesn't know?

Did Aru want to go to the new years party? No. Would she rather be on her couch in her pajamas watching Lord of the Rings while eating way too much Swedish Fish? Who wouldn't? Her father. Her father wouldn't. He wanted her to go there and "socialize" which was code for "you need to find someone to marry because your life's really sad". It was some party for his law firm he started with one of his friends too, not even like a rager which would've been mildly fun. Aiden's father was a crappy one at best. So when Aiden's dad made him the photographer at some stupid new years party that he was throwing for his law firm, of course he protested. But he couldn't look at his mom so happy about it and still tell her that he didn't wanna do it. So he was still the photographer. Shit. When they both meet, (it's up to you to guess what happens, pretty easy) Okay so this is my first fanfic so please don't make fun of it if it's like REALLY bad but there's an unfortunate lack of aru shah aus that I HAVEN'T read and I'm like obsessed with aruden it's starting to become an issue hahah i'll TRY to update, and if I have writers block or smth i'll give yall a heads up and write something in place of it:) and yes this is very much based off of new years day by taylor swift AS OF NOVEMBER 2025: first place in the RR Presents category for the Fireworks Demigod Choice Awards second place in the Best Platonic Relationship category for Aru and Rudy for the FIreworks Demigod Choice Awards

(formerly known as: aru shah oneshots) bunch of one shots, fluff, stories, and aru x aiden! also, i DO NOT OWN anything. aru was created by Roshani Chokshi. please go check out her books. they are awesome!

I BEG YOU, DONT READ THIS. ITS OLD AND HORRIBLE. PLEASE- *sobs into pillow* Aru Shah's life is horrible. Everything is so boring and plain, and she's always covering up her sorrow to keep her mother happy. Until one day, her mother comes home with a marriage proposal. Aru is being forced to marry a guy she barely even knows, named Aiden Acharya. Aru has had enough and plans on running away, but slowly she starts to realize that she might actually be falling for him. ___ Aiden Acharya hates his life. He has a job he doesn't even want, and he covers up how sad and frustrated he is just to keep his single mother satisfied. But one day, Aiden's mother brings home a marriage proposal. Aiden Acharya is getting married to Aru Shah, a girl he barely even knows. Aiden can't deal with all this stress anymore, and with advice from a friend, he runs away, but is bought back home as his plan fails. And maybe, just maybe, he had started to finally like Aru Shah. (again, this book is really bad- dont say i didnt warn you.) ​🇦​​🇱​​🇱​ ​🇹​​🇭​​🇪​ ​🇨​​🇭​​🇦​​🇷​​🇦​​🇨​​🇹​​🇪​​🇷​​🇸​ ​🇧​​🇪​​🇱​​🇴​​🇳​​🇬​ ​🇹​​🇴​ ​🇷​​🇴​​🇸​​🇭​​🇦​​🇳​​🇮​ ​🇨​​🇭​​🇴​​🇰​​🇸​​🇭​​🇮​. ​🇹​​🇭​​🇮​​🇸​ ​🇮​​🇸​ ​🇦​ ​🇫​​🇦​​🇳​​🇫​​🇮​​🇨​​🇹​​🇮​​🇴​​🇳​ ​🇦​​🇳​​🇩​ ​🇦​​🇺​ ​🇫​​🇴​​🇷​ ​🇹🇭​​🇪​ ​🇵​​🇦​​🇳​​🇩​​🇦​​🇻​​🇦​ ​🇶​​🇺​​🇮​​🇳​​🇹​​🇪​​🇹​. ​🇩​​🇴​ ​🇳​​🇴​​🇹​ ​🇷​​🇪​​🇵​​🇴​​🇸​​🇹​ ​🇴​​🇳​ ​🇴​​🇹​​

When it came to her sister's crush, Aru Shah couldn't care less than she already did. She didn't even know the guy, and it didn't help that he was the hot topic in all of Kara's and Aru's conversations. She knew she had to meet the dude someday, because of their mutual friend group, but she didn't expect to meet him to help him and Kara for their project. It helped her too, so what was the point in denying? Aiden knew people only liked him, and talked to him because of his looks. He knew love was a waste of time, because the guy Aiden actually was was someone who nobody cared about. But when one of his friends came up to him and told him that she had found a model for their end-of-year project, he readily accepted, not knowing that this one person would make him change his perspective. In the end, he realised, there were albums of snapshots, all overflowing with pictures of memories he never knew he wanted.

Aru Shah fan-fiction galore. We got a LOT of Aru x Aiden made up moments cos who doesn't love these two. I expect literally no one to read this or see this in general, but if you do, please do tell me what you think! We STAN Wifey ✊🏽😤 THE POTATOES BELONG TO OUR QUEEN AND GODDESS ROSHANI CHOKSHIIIII enjoy :)))

Aru just came out with her latest album, the majority breakup and love songs she'd written during and after her most recent relationship, which the media seemed to be having a field day on speculating why they'd broken up. Nobody seems to judge her based on who she is. All she was to the world was another rich and famous singer/songwriter. But Aru runs into a particular someone who chooses to look past all her scars and her fame, and she finds the one person who gets where she's coming from. What starts out as something that isn't as fake as they think it is or will be turns into what couldn't be more real. Will they be able to tolerate what others couldn't together? "I'm a mess, but I'm the mess that you wanted." - Dancing With Our Hands Tied, Taylor Swift okay how was thaaaatttt you guys really loved new years day (if you haven't, go read that now and come back here!) so i really hope you'll like this, it's definitely a different approach! imma set some stuff down here first off, ages! aru is twenty five, aiden is twenty six. rudy and mini are the same age as aru, brynne is the same age as aiden! nikita and sheela are twenty one! second, in the books i know it said that aru isn't a great singer BUT HOWEVER they also did state she was in chorus (lol like me) and also i need you guys to use your ✨imagination✨ and think that she is an amazing singer!! okay now the technical stuff! ALL CHARACTERS THAT I HAVE NOT CREATED MYSELF BELONG TO ROSHANI CHOKSHI! ALL LYRICS AND SONGS I MAY USE IN THIS BOOK BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS! ALL CELEBRITIES MENTIONED ARE REAL PEOPLE, I DID NOT MAKE THEM UP BUT YOU GUYS PROBABLY ALREADY KNEW THAT! and yes, this book is heavily based off of dancing with our hands tied by taylor swift YAY I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS TO READ THIS! MWAH MWAH -samhita❤️❤️❤️