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❤️❤️❤️ COPYRIGHT: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Aru Shah's life is just getting better. Her mom had almost recovered from the past few years, she had finally finished middle school and she'd been selected to take part in the National Competition of Brilliance! The prize, a scholarship to the most prestigious author's academy in the country. The only problem, she has to work with Aiden Acharya. Who she hates. But, for the sake of her future she'll have to put their (more than rough) history behind them and work with the idiot. But no matter what, her history doesn't want to stay buried... you guessed it, Aruden fanfic because ... ARUDEN FANFIC!!!!! I'm actually really excited about this one! <3

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.

"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴..." Aru is pissed. First of all, she's going on a date she doesn't want to go on. Then she got stood up on that date. Then a boy walked in and pretending to be her boyfriend so she wouldn't look at an idiot. And of course that boy has to be Aiden Acharya, whom she supremely embarrassed herself in front of. Aiden needs an excuse. He needs an out with his family...issues, so when Brynne asks him to help out Aru by pretending to be her boyfriend, he thinks, "Why not continue it?" - An Aruden college fake dating AU "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭..."

Fate seems to bring them back together. It's been 6 years since they last met. Lost contact. Now they're in the same city, at the same time. Can they fix what wasn't meant to be broken in the first place? ⊹ ࣪ ˖Been losing grip on sinking ships You showed up just in time⊹ ࣪ ˖

A bunch of Aru-Aiden one shots from Aiden's POV (scenes from the book + some post war ones)

(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!

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

Aru Shah goes to college - but thanks to a glitch, her new roommate is the quiet, brooding Aiden Acharya. Two total opposites vs one cramped dorm. Spoiler: They fall in love, obviously.