Taming Him with My Innocence

Can we go

It's been a few weeks since I joined this university, and my social circle has grown well. I'm in touch with my senior, Pavan, and I'm not sure if it's a result of being in contact with him daily, but I feel nice knowing I have someone other than my classmates to talk to. Pavan is sweet; he told me to drop the honorifics and address him by his name. However, I could never do that - it feels weird and out of place.

I've talked to a few male friends until now, and I know how boys are and what's going on in their minds. They can be delusional and sometimes act desperate to talk to a girl, to make a girlfriend, or have s*x. They're literally okay with anyone, like a dog in heat. They're released into this open world, and society makes them feel superior, like a man can desire and lust after women as they want.

I feel like Pavan isn't that desperate; he's understanding and less aggressive. God knows how he'll turn out in the future. Until now, he's been in his best behavior with me, unlike other seniors who are so arrogant and outright rude.

Growing up in an Indian household makes one equipped with people pleasing abilities.

"I have talked to Pavan about my day only on texts; I am not comfortable talking on the phone, and making calls is not my thing. I used to text him every day at 6 pm sharp without fail, "Hi sir," and he would reply with "Hi," and I would write, "What are you doing, sir?" or on other days, "Good morning, sir."

he patiently replies to my texts i could feel his kindness through the phone.

I don't know how to communicate with people beyond that; no one taught me until today.

I am a by-product of two introverted people who loved each other and got married, but who lack communication between each other; I will tell their story another time. The issue is that I suck at conversations. I should have been more outgoing from my childhood itself, but it's not possible to go back in the past and correct myself. I always have secrets, and I feel like I don't belong here, and the things that are happening to me, I don't deserve them.

I do talk to my people properly, like my friends Rohit, Raunak, and others. They are really good, and they've made me comfortable. I can say I'm lucky in this matter.

In university

Today, in our class, Lily planned to go to a garden since today's class was canceled. Our whole class joined, and we began to walk; it's near, around 5 km from our university. I walk distances like 1 to 2 km daily, but 5 km is a bit much. Haadid and I decided to take the metro; it took us 5 minutes to reach, but we didn't know the location. I called our other friends who were walking to the destination; they had already reached, and we were lost. Ironically, we were supposed to reach first. I turned on Google Maps, but I realized I was out of data plan, and his phone was dead.

I heard the news that there was an SA case that happened in town, which was terrifying to listen to. I began to sweat. I'm really bad with directions. I asked Haadid if he remembered the direction; he said, "Don't worry." Luckily, we reached the garden once. I sighed in relief. We both realized we should have stuck with the class group. We took the entrance ticket, and I spotted Raunak waving. I went towards him, and my mom called, "Where are you? Why is your attendance marked as absent?" I was baffled.i I said, "Mom, what attendance? Classes are canceled!!" She said, "Your college lectures just posted attendance, and you're marked absent." I asked her not to worry and explained that our lecturer canceled our class.

My dad saw attendance and called my mom; she called me to give me an earful. I was determined to prove them wrong and made my other friends talk to my parents so they would understand my situation. Then, my other classmates wanted to take group pictures and call us to be in the picture. I was unable to get off the phone, so I stood there holding my phone to my ear and posing for the picture; it was funny. Raunak suggested taking a group selfie picture; it was good. After clicking pictures, finally, my mom ended the call. Raunak checked the pictures and commented, "Aikira is looking good in the pic" with a bright smile, and he winked, looking towards me. I blushed

I felt something in my stomach. " Are these the so-called butterflies in the stomach?"

Here's the revised passage with corrected grammar and spellings:

"I followed him inside the garden; it was a huge garden with lots of green trees. There was a centerpiece - a water fountain that was blue and huge. Almost all the girls in class formed a line to take pictures with Raunak. I was watching them take pictures; they pulled me in after 100 selfies and then moved on to another place slowly. Raunak and I were left behind. I saw him and asked if we could take pictures together; he said yes. I stood close to him, and he took the picture. He said, "We need to make some other crazy poses." He made some; I made some. We laughed, and I said, "Are we here to only take pictures? Let's go; we're behind. We need to check out this place, right?" I hurried him to walk; he chuckled and started running, leaving me behind. I tried to catch up. I genuinely enjoyed his company. We ran, and others saw us; they decided to run too, and that incident started a competition. All the guys started to run. I thought out loud, "Are they crazy?" Deepthi said, "They are boys. they stoll have toddler brains, " I said "yeh true deepthi, "