Beneath The Bruises
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In a crumbling college no one dreams of attending, two girls cross paths in the ugliest way possible.
Dev-sharp-tongued, guarded, a second-year student who knows how to survive. She doesn't protect out of kindness. She protects because weakness disgusts her.
Suhani-a soft-spoken fresher, caught in the chaos of ragging, shame, and a ruthless savior with no warmth in her eyes.
Their first meeting is not sweet. It's violent. Not in action-but in words.
Dev thinks Suhani is fragile and foolish.
Suhani thinks Dev is cruel and cold.
Neither is wrong.
But in the halls of this forgotten place, where pain speaks louder than promises, their lives begin to intertwine.
One bruised by the world.
One bruised by herself.
Neither ready for love.
Both falling, slowly, painfully, beneath every bruise they hide.
This is not a love story.
This is the story before love begins.
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