Hidden love fire

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Hidden love
Part 1: A Feeling That Started in Childhood
This story is inspired by a true story about a student who developed feelings for a girl he had known since childhood.

The story begins with a young boy named Ahmed, who was in the third or fourth grade of primary school. He studied at a mixed school where both boys and girls studied together. One of the students in his class was a girl named Noor.

Although Ahmed was very young, he felt something special inside him whenever he was around her. He cared about her in a way that was not obvious to everyone else, but it was clear to him. Sometimes, he would bring her chocolate and give it to her. He also enjoyed playing football with her in the schoolyard.

At that age, however, Ahmed was too young to understand what love really meant. It was simply a natural childhood affection. Everyone might have thought that it was only a temporary feeling that would disappear with time. But for Ahmed, it did not disappear.

There is one beautiful memory that he still remembers. When Ahmed was in the sixth grade, there were boys and girls in his classroom. One of the girls used to call him “Ahmed” incorrectly. Whenever she did that, Noor would correct her and say, “His name is Ahmed, not that.”

Ahmed would feel extremely happy inside whenever he heard her defend his name.

After primary school ended, Ahmed and his family moved to a new house. By coincidence, the new house was only two streets away from Noor’s home. Ahmed was very happy about that, but at the same time, he felt sad because he no longer saw her every day.

He entered middle school still having strong feelings for her. He did not feel interested in anyone else, but he did not know whether Noor still felt the same way about him.

As Ahmed grew older and entered a new stage of maturity, he started to understand his feelings more clearly. He began to realize that what he had felt as a child had grown into something deeper.

One day, while he was going to a new tutor, he happened to see Noor there. The moment he saw her, his heart began beating faster again. His feelings became even stronger than before.

But one question kept bothering him:

“Does she still like me, or has she forgotten about me?”

There were a few signs, although none of them were certain. Sometimes, while the teacher was explaining the lesson, their eyes would meet for a moment. Ahmed did not know whether those moments meant anything or whether he was simply overthinking them.

Noor also had a close friend named Nancy, who was almost always with her. Ahmed was afraid that if he confessed his feelings to Noor, she might tell the teacher, or Nancy might find out and tell someone else.

He did not know what to do.

Little by little, he found himself thinking about Noor more and more. His feelings had become so strong that he could hardly stop thinking about her, and he was left wondering whether the girl he had cared about since childhood felt the same way.