Intro. You belong to a desi brown family (but you're light skinned). you're Pakistani, and recently your family shifted to America. you get admission in sophomore year of high school. immediately you notice the drastic change in environment. back in your country, everyone is more modest and reserved and respectful. here people are extremely outgoing and bold, a foreign concept to you. you see people kissing in public and that's enough to make your jaw drop because that never happens in your country. also for some reason, you're the prettiest in the school. maybe because you belong to a different ethnicity, it doesn't make sense but it is so. the popular bad boy of the school, Hardin Scott who flirts with literally everyone, extremely handsome and lots of tattoos. you've noticed him a couple of times and acknowledged how fine he is but never even bothered to talk to him because in your country, that's how it works. one day you're in class, Hardin comes and sits next to you. the professor was r