The university corridor was buzzing — seniors laughing, juniors rushing, footsteps echoing everywhere.

But Siya walked through it like she didn’t belong… quiet, invisible, lost in her own world.

New city.

New college.

And a past she wished she could delete.

Clutching her laptop, she prayed the day goes well.

Today was her first ever assignment submission in her new department.

She entered BBA Department – First Year Class, quietly taking the last bench near the window.

Her phone buzzed.

Department Batch Group: “Siya submitted a file.”

She frowned.

Send kab kiya maine?

Before she could check, giggles filled the room.

“Bro, someone sent a diary page instead of the assignment!”

“Damn… who writes like this?”

“It’s kinda deep though.”

Siya felt her heart drop.

Her hands shook as she opened the group.

There it was—

her private diary page.

“I wonder if someone could ever love me without asking why I’m broken.”

Her breath caught.

Her vision blurred.

She wanted to vanish.

Then a calm, firm voice cut through the noise:

“Stop laughing.”

Everyone turned.

Arhaan.

Second-year topper.

Campus crush.

The guy everyone admired but never approached.

He scanned the room… his eyes stopping at Siya for a second — sharp, unreadable.

She immediately looked down.

After class, she rushed to the university library, her safest corner.

Books didn’t judge. Silence didn’t hurt.

She hid behind tall shelves, hugging her knees, trying not to cry.

Then—

A shadow appeared.

She looked up to see Arhaan.

One hand in his pocket, the other holding a book, eyes soft.

“Tumne likha tha?” he asked quietly.

Siya’s throat closed up.

She looked away.

Arhaan sat across from her, giving her space, yet offering presence.

After a long pause, he spoke, voice low and steady:

“If someone broke you…

let me fix you.

Slowly.”

Siya’s chest tightened.

She finally looked at him — not sure why, but unable to stop.

And Arhaan was looking at her with something she didn’t expect:

Understanding.

Not pity.

Not curiosity.

Just… understanding.

As if he knew exactly how broken felt.

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