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Swayam's POV

"Her name is Sharon! The one and only love of my life. My love story started at the very first day of our college, in one of the most embarrassing way..." I said, a faint smile playing on my lips, thinking of that moment. The moment when I saw her for the first time...

*Flashback*

Today is the first day of college Swayam! You have to be your best today! Remember, first impression is last impression. I took a deep breath and entered the college. I finished the admin work at the office and was searching for the class. But, before that, I think I will have to visit some other place too. Thank god that I was half an hour early. Now, I was controlling myself after searching for 10 whole minutes, but I found it nowhere in this huge campus. Damn!

"Excuse me, can I know where the washroom is?" I asked a passerby, who seemed to be some senior and he showed me the directions. I immediately rushed there but the first door I tried to open, was locked. I opened the next door and frowned seeing what's inside. Weird! This is a boy's washroom? It doesn't seems like one. Oh freak! This is a... Girls washroom...

But as I was about to turn and exit, I heard the click of one of the doors inside and I froze at my spot. A girl exited, her back facing me, locking the door behind her and walking towards the hand-wash, acting as if I didn't exist at all. The pressure building in my lower abdomen was long forgotten when her face came in front of me. Beautiful, she was utterly gorgeous!!!

"Aahhh" she screamed as she turned and saw me. I couldn't utter even a word, my heart thumping loudly, like never before...

"What the hell do you think you are you doing here!?" Her next words brought me out of my trance...

"I... Umm..." I stuttered and gulped the lump in my throat. I found my tongue stuck to speak anything as she approached me. Shit! Make some excuse Swayam! Or else you will be in deep trouble...

"What you?" She asked raising her eyebrows, folding her hands and standing right in front of me.

"I ac... actually, stepped in here by mistake... I was about to leave. So... Sorry!" I stammered as a nervous rat, even when I was speaking the truth! What is happening to me!? Swayam, this is not the time to loose your control!

"Oh really!? Then staring at me and checking me out was one of your ways of getting out of here?" She asked cocking her right eyebrow, smirking at me.

"Sorry" I quickly uttered it, before I could start to stammer again and turned around and strode out of the washroom. I left out a huge breath, I didn't knew I was holding and looked around to see if anyone witnessed this. Sighing in relief, after finding no one around, I made my way towards classroom quickly. God! What the hell did just happen!? I hope she doesn't meet me anytime soon in this college. What was she doing to me!?

Soon, I found my classroom and also, before entering into it, I also paid a visit to the washroom, at the floor of my classroom. I entered the class and scanned for an empty seat. There were many, but I found the middle row, 5th bench, for my seat and settled down. The class started filling soon and I just had a look at the students around and thank goodness, she was not in my class. A man in his mid forties, I guess to be the lecturer entered and we all straightened. Just as he was about to start, I heard hurried footsteps near the door. Damn! The same girl was standing at a door, gasping for air...

"May I, come in sir?" She asked, catching her breath. I tried to move my eyes from her, but it looks like I have lost control on my own body!!!

"You are late..." The lecturer replied curtly and gestured her to come in. She smiled gratefully and suddenly, looked at me and our eyes met. I quickly looked away, not wanting to get caught, the second time. You shouldn't let her affect you Swayam, she is your classmate now. I felt some movement in the vacant seat beside me and found out that she got herself seated beside me! Damn! Didn't she find any other seat in the whole room!?

"Hi! WR boy!" She whispered as the introductions of the students had started. I turned to her and frowned.

"Ohh, I meant washroom boy!" She elaborated the WR. What the...

"I said it was by mistake!" I whispered gritting, hearing what she addressed me as...

"Whatever dude, you are that for me" she grinned. I gave her a tight smile and looked front to see the teacher already looking at me. He gave me a warning look, to keep quite and I opened my book, trying to avoid her presence beside me.

"Listen..." I heard her call me and I looked towards her.

"Chill dude! I am not gonna complain about you. I understand!" She murmured.

"Thank you!" I replied back, a bit rudely and cupped my face, with my palm, hand resting on the desk, to avoid her completely. Damn! Why am I getting so worked up and irritated!?

"What's wrong with you!?" She asked, in a little raised voice and we immediately heard a throat clear. The lecturer was eyeing us and by the look on his face, he was not at all pleased by the act of ours...

"You two! Get out!" He snapped at us. Who throws students out of the class at the very first class of the first day!? Is this teacher crack?

"Sir but..." I started but was cut off by him saying...

"I said, get out!" Hearing it, I knew, he was the first strict lecturer we encountered in the very first class. Huffing, I took my book and bag and made my way out, from the other end of the bench. Great! Your first impression is just great! I heard her following me, even after we were out of the class. I stopped at turned to her...

"Now what!?" I asked irritated. Why am I even irritated at her!?

"Err... Sorry!" She replied, biting her lips and tucking her loose strand behind her ear, looking head and there. My heart melted immediately at the look of her face. But no, you have to get control on yourself Swayam! I turned and started walking away.

"Hey! You didn't reply!" She said, catching my pace, which was quite fast...

"Look! I am not angry with you! So, don't bother!" I said increasing my pace...

"Mr. WR boy, you are weird!" I heard her yell behind me, as I turned around the corner, and found canteen as the best place to spend my first class of the day!

*Flashback ends*

As soon as I ended, I heard Rey laughing beside me and even I was smiling like a fool.

"Really dude!? You entered a girls washroom on the very first day of the college and even was thrown out of the class, correction, the very first class of the first day!" He said, still laughing and I couldn't help but laugh at that memory too.

"And wait... That girl was Sharon right?" He asked, when the laughter died and I grinned back at him.

"Yes, her name was Sharon, Miss. Sharon Rai Prakash, which I came to know the next day, in some formal introduction. Later, came to know that she was a rare type of girl! Sassy and bold but fun-loving and bubbly at the same time. She was my Sharon!" I said chuckling in the end, at my fate. How years back, I wished her not to bother me and how now, I yearn from years, even to hear her atleast once. But alas, it's not possible...

"Ohhhh..." Rey trailed off, sensing the change in my voice and we sat there in silence for few minutes.

"What happened next bro?" Rey asked and again, I smiled involuntarily, seeing those days replaying in front of my eyes...

"Then what, fortunately or unfortunately, we happened to be in the same gang due to a common friend and I used to as usual ignore her. We didn't talk with each other much and on the other side, Sharon never left any opportunity to tease me, embarrass me or even annoy the shit out me even in the group, indirectly forcing upon that incident or making me create some other incident. We were known as the Tom and Jerry of the group, but I never felt to revert it back to her or take any revenge, as she does everytime. Everytime, something in my heart would stop me and I wasn't able to hold any grudges on her..." I said.

"It was love at first sight for you, wasn't it?" Rey asked smirking at me.

"It was, definitely, but I was a fool to realise it later. I just ignored that feeling when our eyes met or even when I looked at her, thinking it is just a teenage thing. You know? What they say? Umm... Yeah, I would get that butterflies in my stomach whenever our hands brushed each other's..." I finished and Rey looked at me, smiling...

"When did you realise then?" He asked further and I laughed at it...

"You know, it took more than a year for me, to realise what I have for her was not just a teenage attraction or teenage hormones going crazy..." I said, and he looked shocked.

"Are you serious? Seriously one year dude!? Especially when you had feelings from the very first day!?" He asked and I nodded.

"I said that I was ignoring it... You won't believe, how we eventually came close and then fell for each other... It felt like a dream, a fairytale" I trailed off, going down the memory lane again.

*Flashback*

I am now, rehearsing my solo performance, for a college event, that the lecturer of the first day first class, Karan sir, who happened to be our cultural head too, appointed me. He is not as strict as he seems to be. It's just that he can't tolerate indiscipline in classroom, rest all, he is a cool guy... Meanwhile, I saw sir entering the rehearsal room and I stopped between my routine and stopped the song too.

"Swayam! How's preparations going on boy?" He asked patting my shoulder.

"Very good sir! Just a little bit polishing here and there, and I am ready" I said, but he looked disappointed...

"I am afraid that you have to give your attention to something else now" he said and I frowned.

"What is it sir?" I asked, tensed.

"Actually Swayam, there's a problem. One of the acts have been cancelled last moment and now, I want you to perform twice... And since, preparing a group in such a short while is impossible, I want you to do a duet" he finished and looked up at me hopefully.

"But sir, there's only a week left... I mean, a duet, in such a short time... I don't even know the person with whom I have to perform." I let out my worries and he smiled.

"Don't worry about your partner... I arranged it already" he said and called out for that person to come in. I saw Sharon coming in and she stood beside sir, in front of me, smiling. But her smile dropped as she saw me.

"I know you both know each other already, so there won't be any issues. Right Swayam!?" The professor asked, turning to me and I just smiled and nodded helpless. Damn! I have to dance with her now! Wait a minute, is she a dancer? I didn't knew that.

"You want me to dance with Swayam? No!" Sharon said in shock at first but rephrased it, seeing sir's reaction to her statement, saying...

"What I meant to say is, I am a trained dancer sir, I mean, Swayam? Does he even know how to perform a duet?" She finished and sir chuckled...

"Ohh Sharon, you might not be knowing this, but let me tell you. Swayam is a state level champion in dancing!" Sir said and I smirked, seeing her visibly shocked face, as her jaw dropped...

"Well, you guys carry on, I have many works pending... And I expect a great performance!" Karan sir said exiting, leaving us both, alone... Oh my god! What do I do now? Why her!?

"So Mr. Shekhawat, did you decide anything about the performance beforehand?" She asked doing the basic warm ups. Yes, that's what she started addressing me lately and I somehow, started liking it from her...

"No. I was informed now!" I said, striding towards the cube seats, to drink water, scratch that, to again find a distraction again... But alas, she has to be my attention strictly for few days now.

"Great then, let's discuss first!" She said and grabbed a seat, next to me. We discussed about the dance form, song and many more things. The basic routine was set and we started rehearsing...

But all a sudden, as I held her waist and pulled her close, in a dance move, I felt as if the butterflies in my stomach were charged again, which were long ignored and forgotten. Our eyes locked for a moment and I got lost for the first time, in the depth of her eyes, they held a strange emotion which I couldn't decipher. Her touch, is feeling so soft, so electrifying. This feeling of her, in my arms, is something out of the world... We automatically started dancing again, and this time, it is different. Something is different.

In this moment, I realised that, the feelings which I have for Sharon is not just a crush. It's something else, something more, something deep, something that I have never experienced...

*Flashback ends*

"Dude! You never said me that you were a dancer!" Rey scoffed and I grinned sheepishly at him...

"You never asked me that... And moreover, I stopped dancing, since she left me. I don't dance now..." I said, my voice cracking in the end. I feel so incomplete without her that I don't even feel to fill this incompleteness with my passion too. It just faded away, and I am willingly digging the grave now...

"Leave that... What happened next, after you realised your feelings for her?" Rey asked again...

"What after that!?" I chuckled and continued...

"The same thing happened again and again, hitting me like a storm in my heart. We had to perform anyhow and we carried our rehearsals for the following days, with me completely trying my level best to keep control and ignore my feelings, but it just got intensified day by day... We had put up a great dance, as per the audience's reviews and we were appreciated a lot for our chemistry, even when there was nothing between us. Eventually, the college kept sending us various competitions here and there, seeing our calibre as awesome dancers together and we also became great friends, with great bond of trust. Obviously, we spent more time together in our rehearsals and they were always fun. There were awkward moments at times, during the routines, but we just joked it out, helpless... Those days were so precious." I paused and saw Rey, listening to me curiously. I smiled at that.

"But one fine day, the day I realised that I have fallen for her and I really love her, wasn't a normal day for me. We were rehearsing for an upcoming competition, of state level. Yes, we had become that popular that our college sent us, from our university, to represent there. When I almost finished a step, I saw Sharon loosing her balance beside me and my hands automatically caught her from falling. Within seconds, she fainted in my arms and I freaked out. I got so worked up and so tensed seeing her unconscious that my mind went completely blank. I quickly got up and carried her to the medical room and hurried the attender towards her. Later, when I came to know that it was just by weakness, I was relieved, as if, I got my life back. This thing bugged me and this led to me, questioning myself about what has happened and what is happening... The same day, at night, I did realise that, it's not just at a like level now, I truly love her and I just cannot help it..." I finished.

"Woaahhh, I didn't knew that a Romeo was hidden behind this masked Swayam Shekhawat!" Rey said in surprise...

"Somethings change Rey!" I pointed out and he agreed too.

"This is all okay... You loved her, but how and when did you came to know about her feelings? I am anticipating some circumstances, but it's better you say" Rey chirped like an excited kid and I laughed faintly

"It was hopeless. I had confessed my feelings first and believe me, it was in one of the hopeless and unexpected ways, anyone could have ever done..." I said.

*Flashback*

"You ready Sharon?" I asked knocking the door of her green room. We are at the backstage, getting ready for our performance in the college fest...

"Wait a minute" she yelled from the other side and I waited for her to open the door.

"Come in..." I heard her, after few minutes and I twisted the knob, only to find myself staring at the most beautiful girl in front of me. She was facing the mirror, her back to me, clad in the beautiful white costume, two hairpins tugged between her lips and her hands busy doing her hair. She will be the death of me someday! Why she has to take away my senses whenever I see her? She doesn't even know what I feel for her and I am afraid! Afraid that she will not accept it. What if she doesn't feel anything for me? What if it doesn't work out? Why is this so complicated?

"What are you looking at? Is there something on my back?" Her words brought me out of my trance. I saw her looking at my reflection in the mirror, raising eyebrows. Shit! I was ogling her again! Control Swayam! I immediately looked away and gulped the lump formed.

"Nothing, I will be waiting for you outside. The third performance from now, is ours" I said and exited her room in one go. God! Why do I become so nervous around her when my feelings start showing themselves...

Okay swayam, enough! You should do it! The sooner, the better. Enough of running away and your insecurities. Just confess the damn thing and don't think of the rest! What if I confess her after the fest? Great idea... But how will I? Umm, take her on a walk! No. In front of everyone? Noway! I can't!... Gosh! This even tougher than ignoring my feelings for her.

"Hey bro! What's up?" Jai asked, suddenly patting me from behind, startling me. I glared at him for a moment and let it fly.

"Nothing..." I said, trailing off...

"I know this nothing! Thinking of the ways to confess your feelings. Right!?" Jai asked, a bit more louder due to the over excitement that took over him suddenly. Yeah, he knew my feelings for her, because I couldn't hide it from my bestfriend, could I? And he was actually the one, giving hopes to me...

"Bullseye!" I replied and walked, to stand in a corner and him following behind...

"What did you decide!?" He asked again, excited, as if it was him whom I am going to confess. I rolled my eyes at that, leaning against a wall.

"Wait, you didn't! I knew it!" He continued, getting no answer from me and I smiled gratefully at him.

"I am... Nervous and afraid..." I said, sighing.

"Chill dude. Don't worry so much. Take your own sweet time, but not too much of time okay?" He replied, looping a hand around my shoulder. I felt a bit relieved, but still nervous.

"He should take his own time for what!?" We both froze at our place, hearing the voice from behind Jai and I gulped looking at him. Be both turned around and grinned at her.

"Boys talk you see? So stay out of it!" Jai answered her and she scoffed, knowing she would get to now nothing now! I was about to say something, when one of volunteers interrupted and said that our performance was next. Sharon held my hand and started pulling me towards the stage.

"Just do it bro!" I heard Jai yelling from behind. I didn't turn. I didn't dare to. We successfully made our way towards the stage and stopped a few steps away.

"So, what's cooking?" Sharon asked me hopefully, thinking I might say my own secret to her.

"Nothing" I said and shrugged. She narrowed her eyes at me and I found me heartbeat increasing by every second. We heard our names being called out and we stepped on the floor, taking our positions for our song Pehla Nasha to play.

The whole feel is different, the atmosphere changes, when I dance with her. I was transported to a whole new world. The flow of our steps just felt like flowing water. It feels as if... As if, I was meant to dance with her. My legs were meant to match her's. I was meant to lead her and she was meant to follow my lead. Everything just fell in its place without even our sense. This feels so right. It feels, so Divine...

I pulled Sharon close and lifted her up, for the final pose and twirled around. Finally, letting her down, I held her close, by her waist, looking into her eyes.

"I love you" the words slipped out of my mouth, on their own...

"Huh?" She asked shocked.

"I love you Sharon!" I repeated, softly, with all innocence and the feelings I had and she just stood froze at her place. Hearing the loud applause, I loosened my grip on her and turned to the audience. I can still feel her gaze at me. I bowed down, a routine we do after every performance, but she didn't!!! She kept looking at me, in shock...

Shit Swayam! Shit! This is what you were exactly afraid for! I knew somewhere, this was bound to happen! How can I even think like that!? She will hate me now! Maybe this was our last performance together... With these all thoughts running in my mind, I hurried towards the backstage, leaving Sharon still rooted to her place... How can you Swayam!? How!?

"Swayam? What's wrong?" Jai tried to stop me, by holding my arm but I jerked it off and continued on my way towards the green room in a hurry. As soon as I was inside, I sat on the chair, infront of the dressing table and ran a hand through my hairs in frustration.

God! This is not how it was supposed to be. How can I be so foolish to confess her like this? What if she hates me for this? I must have thought about it before...

My thoughts were broken when the door slammed open and I looked up to see a furious Sharon, standing there. I got up instantly and gulped.

"What the hell was that!?" She yelled, slamming the door shut behind her, coming towards me.

"I... I am sorry Sharon! I shouldn't have done that there!" I said, meeting her eyes as she stood in front of me, really close for the present situation, so I moved little back.

"What do you think of yourself?" She whispered, but I could hear the scream behind it...

"I am sorry Sharon, really! I don't know if I hurt you by my words... But I love you and that's true!" I said, gathering my courage, looking at her. I was on the verge of letting my eyes flow, all of a sudden.

"And I think this was going on from last year?" Her question left me off guarded. How the hell did she know this? It was only me and... Jai! You bloody... But wait, when did he say this to her?

"Yes... But don't hate me Sharon! Please! I will never bother you or force you into this. I truly love you... I will wait for you... I am so sorry. Don't ha..." My words were cut by the sudden feeling of her arms around me. I then realised that she actually hugged me and believe me, really tight! I reciprocated it, unnoticingly and frowned. This was probably the first actual hug we shared!! She pulled out, after few seconds and smiled at me...

"I love you too, idiot!" She said smiling at me and it was my turn to be shocked. Is this true? Or a dream? She slapped my right cheek, lightly...

"This isn't a dream Mr. Shekhawat!" She replied to my unsaid thoughts and a knowing smile returned to my lips. I found peace! I love her! She loves me back! I feel on top of this world!!! I just threw myself on her, hugging her and just let this feeling settle in.

"But I am still mad at you! What way was that to confess!?" She accused me glaring and I bit my tongue, scratching the back of my neck.

"Sorry!" I apologised, holding my ears and making my best puppy dog face. She immediately melted and smiled widely.

"So cute..." She said pulling my cheeks and this time, I glared at her. Looking at each other, we both fell into laughter. I still can't believe she loves me. This is so overwhelming...

*Flashback ends*

"Wooahhh!!! What a confession!" Rey exclaimed, clearly shocked and gaping at me.

"I said you, hopeless... But still, she chose me..." I said looking far away at the valley in dark.

"Okay... You are true. It was hopeless" he said  coming back to his usual self...

"But dude, what turned ugly?" He asked after sometime and my smile immediately dropped.

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