Stolen Seats, Stolen Hearts

Aarohi Sharma has one rule: stay invisible. In a noisy college full of louder personalities and chaotic lectures, her quiet back-row seat in Modern Indian Literature is her safe zone — until someone steals it. Enter Kiaan Malhotra — law student, debate champion, and every bit as arrogant as he is charming. He doesn’t care about “unspoken seat rules,” and he definitely doesn’t back down. What starts as a petty seat war turns into a battle of wits, stolen pens, sarcastic notes, and something neither of them saw coming. When fate (and a professor with suspicious matchmaking skills) pairs them for an inter-department debate, Aarohi and Kiaan are forced into each other’s worlds — and begin unraveling the layers behind their masks. But can two people who were never supposed to sit together learn to stand for each other? A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers college romance filled with sharp banter, emotional depth, and the seat that started it all.