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Seems familiar

Leaf in a hand,pen on the table,what was going in her mind were strange emotions.

Destiny quickly hides the leaf away in her drawer when she hears the sound of door opening."Hey, Destiny classes are going to start from tomorrow."

When she looks towards the door,she meets with the pair of green onyx eyes, skin pale as snow and slim figure.Hair brown as chocolates tied in a ponytail.

Destiny stands from her sit and proceeds to take the snacks from Ai and notices the height difference between them.

Ai falls on her bed and throws a packet of chips towards her."What's your height?"

Destiny aware of her teasing instinct roles her eyes in response and makes her way towards her bed.
"How you will feel if I ask how much percentage you got in your last year of highschool?"

"Indeed,Great"Ai replies while munching the chips in her mouth.

"It's 5ft 3 inches."She makes a face of frustration before answering the question.

"Really?"A wind of shock shakes Ai ,and she doesn't know her this statement has hurted someone's cool demeanor.

When the realisation hits her after seeing the face of Destiny who was sulking inside and complaining to his grandpa for marrying a short heighted girl AI says,"Your height is cute,I mean no offence."  

Ai puts her hand in surrender before jumping on Destiny's bed while Destiny dismount herself from the bed as she feels the hand of Ai on her waist which were about to tickle her.

"You better not ."Destiny grabs a pilow before jumping on the bed.

And like that the room gets pervaded by the laughter of the girls who were busy fighting with their pillows unknown to what their fate holds.

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"Our first lecture went really well."Ai says to Destiny while walking down the huge corridors but unknown to her Destiny was busy feeling herself as queen,in her mind a question arises .How it feels to be a royal ?  Is it same like those protagonists in novels or is it different?

"Are you listening to me?"Ai halts when she feels that her companion is left behind with her own thoughts.

"Yes,Yes"She nods her head and continue to walk again before her feet's halted again and her eyes follows a familiar figure unconsciously .The same  brown hair and broad back which had caught her eye since she met and heard the voice of that guy on plane is walking past her but she can't even catch a glimpse of his face because of her roommate who's blocking her sight with her grumpy face.

"Whom you are looking at ? Already got a crush ?"Ai's smirk faded when she finds herself getting pushed by Destiny who was more interested in her crush rather than her roommate who have been her friend for whole five days.

Ai dumbfounded by the short heighted girl in front of her ,sulks inside while wiping her fake tears and fans herself when she felt the eyes of Destiny on her.

"And what hurts the most is people can go,From people you know to people you don't."She sings the lyrics and stops a girl from near and tells her "Never trust anyone ,they can leave you for someone better."

Destiny's eyes got wide when she sees the girl affirming with Ai and looks everywhere to see people looking their way as  the girl hugged Ai and started crying in her embrace ."He left me for her ,I have loved him so much ."

Ai looks in Destiny's way for help but she just smiled and walked past her while singing ,"And what hurts the most is people can go.From people you know to people you don't."It didn't escape the girl's ear and she started crying more while holding Ai close to her.

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After a huge schedule which includes meeting her new tutor,Mrs Alice who's also a writer,Destiny proceeds to walk towards the river.Even from a little distance she can still feel the flow of river or is it only because of her deep connection with the nature which allows her to see the nature in more different way than others.

For her,these trees are not just standing they all are connected with each other through their roots in order to not get lone ,just like how our brain and heart is connected to the person we adore.

Just to be perceived about the magical world around her she chose Literature ,to build her own world with her magical words.But there's always a villian who tries to destroy the happiness of people by crumbling their world into pieces,and for Destiny it has always been herself.How?,Not even she knows then how can I .

Before sitting on the soft grass near the tree ,she looks around the branches to see any strange thing.And oh my deities, to her astonishment  the stange thing was their again ,seeing it again for the fifth time she gets nervous and scared.Her hand trembling for some reasons."Am i being stalk."She takes the leaf in her hand and notices the painting on it ,it's her raising her hand to answer a question during today's class.

"It's someone from class?,I am gonna call the cops."She bits her lips and sat on the grass,her hand close to her throbbing heart trying to control her anxiety.She takes a deep breath to calm down her nerves and looks towards the river water for help.Talking to nature  has always been her thing.Even though there have never been direct answer,she knows nature, universe is hearing her ,looking over her and helping her.

"Please don't be something bad..." Universe have never turned a deaf ear for her,but alas how the universe is going to tell her ,the person she's looking for is behind her enjoying and pitying her distress.

"Excuse me ,miss"The familiar hoarse and comforting voice made her shot her eyes towards the source of voice."YES?"But to her disappointment the guy hovering over her with his pillar like height was wearing a black helmet.

"Ah! When you came here,did you see something ?It's so precious for me ,It's lost .I can't  live without it."Unconsciously she holds the painted leaf in front of him and said,"Is it this?

Without giving any response he sits beside her and looks at the leaf with great concentration  which she has been holding .But in reality, inside his helmet ,he was tracing her face with his eyes.The boy substitutes the urge to touch her face with his own words ,"Wow!who painted this ?That person must be a great artist ,look how beautifully they have painted your features with love ."

Destiny sighs knowing this person in front of her is unaware about this leaf."This is called stalking."

"Pardon?"The boy bites his bottom lips to  control his chuckle which arises because of Destiny's cute habit of pouting .Thanks to his helmet that he can do moon gazing  without letting the moon know.

"NOTHING!!"Destiny looks towards him and asked,"Why are you still wearing your helmet on your head?"

"Because i can't wear it, on my leg ."He says it as a matter of fact but soon corrects himself after earning a glare from Destiny."I am literally famous ,that's why."

"What are you?A Prince"Destiny mocks him with a smirk and waits for his answer ."Do you know about helmet confidence?"He answers after thinking whether he should spill the truth or not.

Destiny nodded and looked at him with a raised eyebrow,"You are here to impress book tok girls.Best of luck then."

He chuckles at her statement,"Well i am trying."

There has been an awkward silence between them before Destiny proceeds to left for her dorm.She has got so many questions to ask this boy but she just can't start a personal conversation with a stranger whom she has just met even though her heart has been screaming that  he is not a stranger .

"Ok then ,bye."

"BYE,then ,i hope you find that culprit of yours."He points his finger towards that painted leaf and waves her a goodbye before he shifts his gaze towards the flowing river with a satisfied smile."Only if you knew."He sighs and then looks over his shoulder to find Destiny looking towards him from a distance.He chuckles after seeing her nervousness after she has been caught.

''You seem similar,please be what i am thinking."She chanted away this like a mantra all her way home.

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Niyati Singh

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A young writer, who is also a student, and wants to show the world that Writing and storytelling is a gift god gives to the bless ones. I want you guys to help me continue my this passion because passion grows when there's stability when you aren't anxious about your survival. And i want all of you to believe that Everything works out. Universe is aligning everything in our favour. You ought to win and have a peaceful life.

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