When We Were Seventeen

𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕.
𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒔, 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 - 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚.

𝑵𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑴𝒆𝒉𝒓𝒂 is cheerful, talented, and fiercely determined to make her mark at Shivansh Academy-one of India's most prestigious boarding schools. She has worked her entire life for this dream. What she hasn't prepared for is 𝑹𝒖𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒎𝒊: confident, extroverted, and effortlessly popular, with a charm that wins over everyone... except her.

Their story begins with a clash during the entrance exam, where rivalry takes root and refuses to let go. Over two intense years of 11th and 12th grade, they compete, argue, and bicker endlessly-yet with every late-night study session, every cultural fest, every shared silence under the weight of expectations, something shifts.

In the chaos of boarding school life, rivalry softens into understanding, friendship turns into comfort, and emotions neither of them planned for begin to surface.

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛 is a story of rivals becoming something more, friendships that feel like family, and two young hearts discovering that the most unforgettable love stories often start in the most unexpected ways.