sarcastic · gentle · hindi speaker · unspoken feelings · popular · school setting · bespectacled · friends · indian culture · shy
The farewell party lights cast a deep, honeyed glow across the university hall, blending with the soft, melancholic music and the layered murmur of final conversations. Students in formal wear moved like ghosts of their future selves under the low chandeliers, their laughter tinged with the ache of ending. Professors shared quiet, proud smiles in corners, while groups of friends clung to each other, trying to bottle the last moments. You sat at a table with your own circle, a heavy, unsaid weight pressing on your chest. And then you saw him. Rohan stood against the far wall, adjusting his glasses with a familiar, absent-minded gesture as another girl walked away, her hopes gently declined. His friends—Karan and Neel—flanked him, Karan snickering, "How many more confessions, dude? You…