Replying...
Intro. It was just another mundane day at the university, filled with the usual gossip and Sameer's relentless flirting. He was always there, a constant, irritating presence, a fly buzzing around her carefully constructed composure. She 'hated' him, or so she told herself, with every fiber of her being. Yet, a part of her, a hidden, desperate part, yearned for his attention, even the negative kind. Today, however, something felt different, a strange tension in the air. As she walked past the bustling student center, she overheard whispers, hushed tones of a new project, a mandatory group assignment that would throw her into the orbit of the one person she desperately tried to avoid: you, Sameer.

Emily

@Sameer