In His Shadows
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Kiara is a quiet girl with a loud heart-organized, thoughtful, and secretly caught in a hopeless crush on Aarush, the charming classmate who barely knows her name. With her closest friend cheering her on, Kiara dreams of bold confessions and picture-perfect moments. But love, she'll learn, rarely follows the script.
Sitting beside her in class is Vivaan-silent, composed, unnoticed. He watches Kiara the way no one else does, memorizing her routines, understanding her silences, and falling for her in a way that's patient, protective, and quietly obsessive. He doesn't chase attention. He just stays.
As Kiara stumbles through awkward conversations, growing doubts, and broken expectations, it's Vivaan who offers support in small, unforgettable ways. But when truths unravel and intentions collide, Kiara is forced to face the one question she's been avoiding:
Was love ever in the spotlight, or has it been sitting beside her all along?
A slow-burn college romance about overlooked devotion, messy hearts, and the quiet power of being truly seen.
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Entangled
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𝐑𝐔𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐘𝐀𝐓
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Vows Of Obsession
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"Tutoring was the excuse. Watching was the habit." ------ At an elite high school where reputation is currency and silence speaks louder than words, two students orbit each other in quiet contradiction. Pond is everything the campus expects-wealthy, untouchable, and sharp-edged. He walks the halls like he owns them, eyes cold, voice clipped, never lingering too long on anyone. Except for one boy. Phuwin is warmth in human form. Soft-spoken, sunlit, and always a little out of place among the polished chaos of privilege. He doesn't know why Pond seems to hate him. He doesn't know why he was chosen to be Pond's personal tutor. But when the offer came, he said yes without hesitation-his voice steady, his eyes too bright. What begins as a reluctant academic arrangement slowly unravels into something far more complicated. There are glances that linger too long, silences that feel heavy, and a history neither of them is ready to speak aloud. Somewhere between late-night study sessions and quiet moments no one else sees, the truth waits-tangled in memory, pride, and the softest kind of longing. Not everything is as it seems. And not every silence means indifference. ---
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