Eighteen-year-old Ishani Sankar is ready for a fresh start. New city, new friends, and absolutely no drama.

Speaking of boys, Ishani has rules—practical ones.
Rule 1: Don’t fall for someone who doesn’t fall first.
Rule 2: Don’t get emotionally involved.
Rule 3: Only date someone who fits her type.

But rules, as she discovers, are made to be broken—especially when Karthik, her quiet, observant classmate who just happens to sit next to her. He is infuriatingly handsome and unreadable.

Something begins as harmless teasing and awkward glances soon grows into a slow-burn connection that Ishani doesn’t want to acknowledge but she doesn’t dare to name it:
A situationship.