They say opposites attract

But you are books and I am bars

You are shy smile and I am jokes

You are melodies and I am lyrics

You are cautious and I am impulsive

You are confident and I stare at the floor

You are rerun episodes and I am parties

You are my antithesis in every way

So why is every cell in my body

Wishing for you to stay?

ASHER'S POV

"ASHER?!!!"

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And the door was flung open!! It was Yosef.

"Damnit, I was getting ready" I almost yelled, throwing a pillow at him

"You are still in the dorm bed, with this new chick of yours, and you are getting ready? Whom are you trying to fool???" Yosef narrowed his eyes at Amvi.

She was my junior from science grade, and being a heartthrob of the University. Yosef was always displeased at the fact that I was dating a junior. All the girls here just drool on mere glimpse of mine and kiss the ground where I walk on.

The only fantasy all these sneaky chicks had was to be in my bed. That is what I gave them as their treat afterall they waste so much of their time on me and entertain me. But after Amvi I never felt that anyother girl would please me the way she did. Amvi knew all my highs and lows.

Amvi zipped her dress and left.

"Come on man..let's leave! Today it's the English literature lecture, afterall there's something in which you have a bit of interest" he smiled showing his gums.

"Not interest, it's something my mom wants me to study as she is very fond of it, maybe that's why I accepted this as one of my subjects" I smiled.

"Let's leave, the other boys are waiting for us"

Time skip

While walking around the corridor with my group of friends, I had a feeling of being sick today. It was raining since two days, the campus was all wet. And that was irritating me as heck! Suddenly my gaze averted towards a crowd of people downstairs in the opposite building of the campus.

Fuck!

Is she dumb!!!

She is fucking getting herself wet in Rains. Is she new? I have never seen her before in the college campus. Is she not aware that it's been raining for so many days in States? She should atleast carry an umbrella or something.

While my mind focused on her mad state as she was enjoying rains, My eyes focused on every small details of her.

Her eyes were closed, she has put a dark green shade as her eye shade, her big eyelashes were acting as leaf for holding off the water droplets, a petite nose. And glossy pink lips shimmering, after all it seemed as if the girl was relishing some sort of taste from these rains.

She stood there as if she was ready to let the rain soak her until she was dripping wet. She had made a loose pony from half of her hair which was tied with a pink scrunchy, while the rest of her hair were open and all spread getting drenched, she was skinny with the hourglass figure wrapped with a long gown like dress. Which is cream in color with some red patches. The dress is sticking to her, and hugged her form in such a beautiful manner. Her hardened nipples could be seen through the creamy dress draped by her, because of the temperature.

The way she looked angelic beyond any bounds. It felt like she was ready to drink all the rain water falling down if she wanted to.

"Bruh, why are you staring at her...don't say you got intrested in a girl soaking wet in rains" Tylor coaxed me.

"Fuck no! I can't get intrested in some mad human, who doesn't even think before stepping in these rains and dirty puddles. It's infectious" I made a face.

"Stop it already, nature is comforting. Maybe the girl loves it, maybe she is trying to calm herself or tell her stories to the rains" Nicholas replied.

"Another Nature lover" I laughed.

We were a group of seven boys. Zed the eldest one amongst us was fun to be with. He can be funny and mature at the same time. Yosef after him, seems a bit rude but is the softest human to exist., Quite savage replies and was good at roasting people. And then me, already have given my introduction earlier. Next is Nicholas, silent, observant, leader persona, into books and his bonsai plants. Jerry, real name Jeremiah was after that, the purest angelic human who can exist on this earth. Too good for the world and basically the owner of the love and romantic relationships department. Tylor follows after him, notorious and outgoing and hard to deal with. He had some of his own notions. James was the youngest amongst our boy group, but he was kinda mature for his age. Acted like a baby, was a baby face but still was the smartest, intelligent and perfectionist human amongst us. We were seven boys from seven different countries.

We were the seven handsome hunks in the college, and everyone of us was famous amongst the girls. Whether it's junior or our seniors.

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IRA'S POV

"Reem why you pulled me over here? Didn't you see that I was enjoying the rains!" I was irritated by my friend who has already put a brake to my enjoyment.

"Girl everyone in the campus was staring at you, it doesn't look good being all wet infront of the whole University."

"So that's why you pulled me in your dorm room...ahah...okay. So what now?" I stared at her.

"I am giving you towel, and some clothes to put on. Just go and change." She smiled at me.

"Okay" I smiled back too.

"You smiled right?!"

"Huh..can't I" I snapped back.

"No most of the times you are just lost, you know Ira..your eyes are too serene and calm to look at. But they hide a lot, you hide a lot of things from everyone. I know you close , because you talk to me, you are my friend. But for the rest of the world you are just someone who doesn't smile often, maybe who doesn't feel good with people, maybe someone who gives death stares and someone who tries to make a frowning face to avoid people , or to hide herself from the world. Why do you do this Ira?! Why you act this way?" She stared at me, while I looked at my dumb friend who was trying to fetch answers from a person like me.

"Actually it's like..I'm slowly learning that even if I react, it won't change anything, it won't make people suddenly love and respect me, it won't magically change their minds. Sometimes it's better to just let things be, let people go, don't fight for closure, don't ask for explanations, don't chase answers and don't expect people to understand where you're coming from. I'm slowly learning that life is better lived when you don't center it on what's happening around you and center it on what's happening inside you instead. Work on yourself and your inner peace. I am trying to be me, I want to just forget and just try to move forward without even looking back." I said while I stood up and went towards the window pane.

"What about your mom Ira, she is still in India. She is still there for you. She wants her daughter to be happy and successful. She is there..and she loves you Ira. People like me cherish your presence." she was yelling from behind.

"I know that, I know that right. My Ammi is the only one who gave me the motivation to move forward in life. You know how broken she has been, how broken I was...you know my Abbu just loved someone else, that made my ammi cry and get heartbroken, and now My abbu is happy somewhere with his new family. Might be happy and proud with his new kids. He never cared for me, nor for my ammi. He had hurt me and my ammi in ways I can't even tell. I won't ever forget anything he did. How should you believe and trust others when the people who are close to you back stab you. How do you say that, I am like this...when you hardly know what I have been through. I know you care for me and you are my best friend here Reem. But still there are things yet to be known and discovered. I have lost trust Reem, I have lost people I ever tried to get close to, I have lost people whom I wanted to stay in my life. I have lost so much that I can't afford to lose just one thing I have..that is me. That is the reason I run way from crowds, I don't talk and laugh a lot, I don't make a frowning face Reem, I am actually tired..tired of everything you know..it's just that I am here for my mom. I have to do something for her and that's the only thing that makes me strong. I just want to be away from people and want to hide in my shell, like that little tortoise who uses its shell to hide whenever any danger strikes." I sobbed. While Reem hugged me from behind.

"It's okay to be what you are Ira, I still love you" she hugged me tight

"Huh" I smiled and held her hands.

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LITERATURE CLASS

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ASHER'S POV

I love reading stories which excite me sometimes apart from singing and dancing. Is another reason why I am here, or else a boy like me would never attend college lectures of any sort.

"Ma'am may I come in" a soft voice was heard, I turned my head to check who was the owner of that voice. And was startled to find the same girl from the University campus, who was fucking enjoying the rains. She looked cute and calm in the fit she was wearing right now.

Through her figure and look, I can totally realise that she was not a foreigner. And the basic thing I can notice about her was Everything can change but I think her love for pink scrunchy and dark green eyeshadow was permanent

"Yes, you can take your seat" Miss Bridge replied, while the girl adjusted herself on the second seat of the middle row. She was all loaded with books. Was she also a literature lover like my mother.

"As this is the new optional literature clases held in our university campus this time, I am happy to see an excited lot of students who want to study English" Miss Bridge was pleased.

Today we will discuss the book "A thousand boy kisses" by Author Tillie Cole.So what's your opinion about it? May I know from you people" she quirked her brows at us.

"Ma'am" the rain girl raised her hands.

"Yes" The teacher gave her the permission.

"Actually ma'am, the best thing I learned from the book was the true love Rune had for Poppy, which was so selfless to be real. The way he found her as the most important human in his life, the way he cared for her..even when she was on her deathbed. How he kept all of his promises to her and the way his love and kisses was only bound to that one human that he didn't obey her when she asked him to have another girl in his life , even though Poppy gave him a thousand girl kisses jar."

But before she could complete further...

"Excuse me Ma'am, I also want to share my opinion" I raised my hands, making all the students in the class face me.. including the rain girl.

"Go ahead"

"Actually Ma'am the book was overall good, but I didn't like the policy of Rune dying alone in bed and of him never moving on. Poppy gave him a chance, she wanted him to be happy. But he didn't do what she asked him after she died, he can be a lover and a perfect lover..but he couldn't keep up with her last promise" I said.

"For how many promises you have ever tried to keep, while you were busy questioning a character from the book?" I knew she would reply, and yes...the rain girl did.

"What? from where did I end up in the book. What I meant is that even if he had decided to move on...there was no harm. He would have had a more happy life and Poppy's wish would have been granted. Moving on is not bad." I snapped back.

"You have never loved someone then, you don't know the threads of the word commitment" she stared at me with those brown orbs piercing directly in my heart.

"You are no one to know about my love life or anything, and I was sharing my opinion. I better advise you to stop lingering in the past, and please stay in realities.. seeing you I can say that to the level you are drowning in these imaginations and fantasies will only hurt you. And love lives are not something taken out from books and movies and your perfect someone is not an inked character in reality" I almost yelled, she has irritated me.

"Someone got so irked when I said something about their lives, but Mister I think you don't know your boundaries when you start to speak about someone else's life and choices. My world has been books and it's my wish to drown in it or not. You are no one to comment here." She replied.

"No one cares about you either, stubborn and arrogant...die young in the arms of those books of yours" I almost mocked.

"You die partying" she huffed and turned her face away.

"I think it became a very hot discussion, but I seriously loved the for and against the concept of book reading. I will see forward to something more next time. And for now you all are dispersed." The teacher was happy thinking there was some debate going on.

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CANTEEN

"What's up Asher, weren't you happy for the English class. Why are you frowning now?" Jerry asked me while sipping on his bubble tea.

"Nothing just one girl there did irritate me" I was almost pissed. No one has ever talked to me in that manner nor in that tone.

"What happened tell me clearly" he looked at me.

And then I started to narrate the whole incident as he was the only person who understood me so well.

"You did say all that to her" he made his puppy eyes.

"Yes, was it too harsh" I asked him....all confused.

"You know....They say opposites attract!!

But she is books and you are bars

She is shy smile and you are jokes

She is melodies and you are lyrics

She is cautious and you are impulsive

She is confident and you stare at the floor

She reruns episodes and you are parties

She is your antithesis in every way

Then why is every cell in your body

Wishing for her to stay?" He stopped.

"What are you saying, such stupid poetic lines, I never want that arrogant girl to stay...and I don't care whatever she is. I just wish we don't cross paths until my university is over" I was getting more irritated now.

What did Jerry try to say when he said those poetic lines. I was nowhere interested in that mad girl who was in love with rains, was arrogant and stubborn...loves passing death glares with that frowning face of hers. Ohh, I forgot she is dumb too...having such a beautiful face..she still uses it in such a bad way. Brainless!

(Hardly does Ira know that he was the first guy in her life who called her beautiful, when she was not aware)

"I have fucking no interest in seeing her or even meeting her" I almost hissed.

"But she is still your classmate from the English literature batch" Jerry laughed at me, irritating me more. Why have people started to irritate me now!!!?????

I miss Amvi.

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I hope you enjoyed their first meeting? Asher calls Ira "Rain girl"

The book is already making me love the plot and characters too much

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