Almost Yours

Avni Khanna, 22, is a passionate young teacher who balances her school job with evening tuitions at home. Smart, composed, and confident, she's admired by many, respected by all. Daksh Oberoi, 18, is a determined 12th grader chasing his IIT dream. He studies in Avni's tuition focused, ambitious... and hopelessly in love with her. It's a love he hides behind thick textbooks and sleepless nights. His plan is simple, crack IIT and then tell her everything. He knows it's wrong. He knows she'll never look at him that way. But love, when left to fester, turns into something far more dangerous. . . . . . A sharp slap echoes through the room. Silence follows. He touches his cheek where her hand landed and smiles. "How do I move on now, ma'am? You didn't just slap me. You marked me as yours." She flinches. "Daksh, behave yourself. You are just a kid." But in his eyes. He already belongs to her. . . . . . She was light. A calm presence in a world that never stopped screaming. He was darkness. Rage wrapped in skin. A storm with no silence. They said our worlds should never collide. That a teacher and her student could never belong to each other. But fate had other plans. Obsession bloomed in silence, and madness wore the mask of protection. When they crossed the line with her, he crossed every line with them. Now he is the shadow she doesn't know is watching. The storm she doesn't know is hers. And he will burn this world to ash if it means keeping her untouched. "She thinks I'm a good boy. If only she knew I'd kill for her."