Paru’s POV
"Love at first sight... you ever heard of that?" I asked Olivia as I flopped on her bed, still smiling like an i***t.
She raised an eyebrow at me, suspicious already. "Why are you looking like that? What happened?"
I chuckled and whispered, "Laddu man."
She blinked. "Laddu—wait, Ian?"
I nodded slowly, like it was the biggest secret ever. "When I saw him… something just zapped inside me. Like a mini-electric shock straight to my bones."
Olivia stared at me. "Oh no… don’t tell me it’s a crush."
"Crush? Babe, that was a collision," I said dramatically, rolling over and hugging her pillow. "But never mind. I’m not going to go full Bollywood heroine on him. Yet."
She laughed, shaking her head.
"But seriously," I added, sitting up, "tomorrow I need to go to the university and
