#2 Enemies to lovers

Chapter 3: The Library Battle

The next day after class, Haya Suleman walked straight to the college library. 📚

The library was quiet. Students were studying silently, and the soft sound of pages turning filled the room.

Haya sat at a table and opened her notebook.

She looked at the clock.

4:05 PM

She sighed.

“Of course… he’s late,” she muttered.

Just as she was about to start working alone, someone pulled the chair in front of her.

“Missed me?”

Haya looked up.

Aliyan Maraget sat down with a lazy smile.

“You’re five minutes late,” Haya said.

Aliyan shrugged.

“Relax. I still came.”

Haya pushed a book toward him.

“Fine. Start reading this. We need notes for the project.”

Aliyan looked at the thick book and made a face.

“You expect me to read all this?”

Haya raised an eyebrow.

“That’s how studying works.”

Aliyan leaned back in his chair.

“You’re very serious, you know that?”

Haya crossed her arms.

“And you’re very lazy.”

A few students nearby looked at them because their voices were getting louder.

The librarian stared at them.

“Silence!”

Both of them immediately became quiet.

Aliyan leaned closer and whispered,

“Congratulations. We almost got kicked out on the first day.”

Haya tried not to laugh but failed a little.

Aliyan noticed.

“Wait… was that a smile?”

Haya quickly looked back at her book.

“No.”

Aliyan grinned.

“Wow. The ice queen can smile.”

Haya glared at him again.

“Focus on the project.”

For the next hour, they worked together.

Surprisingly…

Aliyan actually helped.

He explained a few ideas about human behavior, and Haya wrote them down.

After a while, Aliyan looked at her and said softly,

“You know… we actually make a good team.”

Haya paused.

For the first time, she didn’t argue.

Maybe… just maybe…

Aliyan Maraget wasn’t as annoying as she thought.

But neither of them realized that this small moment…

was the first step from enemies… to something else. ✨

Chapter 4: Something Is Changing

A few days passed.

Haya Suleman and Aliyan Maraget continued working on their project together. What started as arguments slowly turned into normal conversations.

One afternoon they were sitting under a big tree in the college campus. 🌳

Books were spread across the table.

Haya was writing notes while Aliyan was reading something on his laptop.

Suddenly Aliyan said,

“You know something?”

Haya didn’t look up.

“What?”

Aliyan smiled slightly.

“You’re not as scary as I thought.”

Haya stopped writing and looked at him.

“And you’re not as lazy as I thought.”

Aliyan pretended to look shocked.

“Wow. Is that a compliment from Miss Haya Suleman?”

Haya rolled her eyes.

“Don’t get used to it.”

They both smiled a little.

From a distance, some students were watching them.

One girl whispered to her friend,

“Weren’t they enemies before?”

Her friend nodded.

“Yes… but now they are always together.”

Meanwhile, Aliyan looked at Haya again.

“You know… before this project, I thought you hated everyone.”

Haya sighed softly.

“I don’t hate everyone.”

“Just me?” Aliyan asked jokingly.

Haya looked at him for a moment… then said quietly,

“Maybe not anymore.”

Aliyan froze for a second.

He didn’t expect that answer.

There was a small silence between them.

The wind moved Haya’s scarf slightly.

Aliyan suddenly felt something strange in his chest.

He quickly looked away.

“Anyway… we should finish this project,” he said.

But deep inside…

Both of them knew something had started changing.

This wasn’t just enemies working together anymore.

It was slowly becoming something much more dangerous.

Feelings. ❤️

And feelings can change everything.......

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