You Feel Like Home

At fifteen, Shrishti Rao is absolutely certain about three things:

She talks too much.
She overthinks everything.
And Abhay Sharma is the most infuriating boy she has ever met.

Unfortunately for her, he keeps appearing everywhere.

In classrooms.
In group chats.
In late-night calls she never means to stay on for hours.

What begins as constant arguments and sarcastic remarks slowly turns into something neither of them knows how to name. Because beneath all the teasing, there is understanding. Beneath every insult, there is concern. And beneath every goodbye, there is always the silent expectation that the other person will come back.

Over the years, their friendship becomes a complicated maze of emotional timing, almost-confessions, distance, attachment, jealousy, and words left unsaid.

They grow older.
Life changes.
People leave.
But somehow, they always find their way back to each other.

A slow-burn story about growing up, emotional intimacy, timing, and the terrifying realization that sometimes the person who irritates you the most becomes the person who feels most like home.