After the Almost

She fell first. He fell harder.

Aanya Iyer is the quiet girl in the corner-sweet, soft-spoken, a little invisible. She hides behind her camera lens and scribbles stories she'll never share. With hazel brown eyes and a heart too big for her own good, she dreams of a love like the ones she reads in books. But life isn't a novel. Especially when you're crushing on the school's golden boy.

Krish Kunal is everything she's not-tall, charming, a national-level swimmer with golden brown eyes and a future that seems perfectly mapped. But behind his medals and easy smile is a boy with a guarded heart, a broken past, and a quiet passion for painting no one knows about. Love? Not in his plan.

When they're paired to plan the school's annual day, an almost happens.
An almost-touch.
An almost-confession.
An almost-kiss.

But almosts don't come with happy endings.
Now stuck in the aftermath, Aanya is trying not to fall harder.
And Krish? He's already drowning-in her silence, her eyes, her softness.

What happens after the almost... when walking away isn't so easy anymore?