College Love Story | Injurious Love

Nishant was in the second year of his engineering college when he first saw Sharda. Sharda was his super-senior and was infamous for changing boyfriends too frequently.


This fact didn’t deter Nishant’s love for her. Initially, he thought he was attracted and infatuated to Sharda. But then he realized he was in love with Sharda. He spent hours in the college library waiting for her to come. Sharda spent most of her time at the library as no one used to talk to her. Courtesy, her last boyfriend, was the college’s most popular guy. When Sharda broke up with him, he bullied the entire college not to speak to her. Anyone spotted talking to Sharda was severely beaten. Sharda was considered a jinx in college.

One day, Sharda was waiting at the main gate for her car to come and pick her up. The college premises were entirely vacant at this time. Nishant walked up to her and attempted to give his introduction to her. She looked away and didn’t speak to him. 

The next day, Sharda was browsing books at the bookstore when her gaze fell on Nishant, and she walked up to her. 

‘I am sorry about not talking to you yesterday. I had no choice,’ said Sharda.

‘It’s okay. I understand,’ said Nishant. He was happy to finally speak to Sharda.

‘My last boyfriend won’t let anyone come near me; they could have injured you badly,’ said Sharda.

Nishant introduced himself to Sharda, who said she knew him. She told me about seeing him in the college library. Nishant thought the college library was finally useful to him.

Nishant immediately forgave her, and they became friends. Nishant and Sharda talked about books. She offered to share notes with him. Nishant spoke about his family. Sharda realized that their families knew each other. Instantly, they became a friend. Nishant was happy. This was the best day of his college life. But he couldn’t reveal his happiness to anyone. 

During college hours, they behaved like strangers, and after college, they used to meet in a bookstore. Nishant was relieved that Sharda was nothing like she was rumoured to be in college. He hated her last boyfriend for maligning her character. Even girls in the college were not allowed to talk to Sharda. Sharda missed her best friend, Sheena.

Sheena and Sharda used to speak only on phone calls. Sharda introduced Sheena to Nishant. Nishant and Sheena hated Sharda’s ex-boyfriend. 

After a few months, Nishant proposed to Sharda to be his girlfriend, and she said yes. 

To date, they have never met in college. No one in the college knew that Nishant and Sharda were dating. They always met at the bookstore or at a coffee shop. They enjoyed going to the movies at the theatres. But in college, they behaved like complete strangers because it was an Injurious Love for Nishant.

Moral- Love is magical.

Happy reading!

Check out Nisha B Thakur's highly appreciated novel, The Unexpected Trail.