The Girl Who Sat Near the Window - The girl who sat near the window

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The Girl Who Sat Near the Window

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The classroom always sounded louder after lunch.

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Chairs scraped against the floor, students argued over unfinished homework, someone laughed too loudly near the back benches, and the ceiling fans spun lazily above all the noise as if they had already given up trying to cool the room.

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But near the last window, everything felt quieter.

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That was where she sat every day.

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Third bench from the back. Beside the window. Earphones tucked beneath her hair. A notebook open in front of her even when she wasn’t truly studying.

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Most people thought she liked being alone.

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That wasn’t completely true.

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She just liked spaces where nobody expected anything from her.

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The window helped. It gave her somewhere else to look when conversations became exhausting. Outside, the world felt softer — swaying trees, cloudy skies, students walking across the ground below like tiny moving dots. Sometimes rain tapped gently against the glass, and she would stop listening to the teacher entirely just to watch water trails race each other downward.

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Her mind was always moving somewhere.

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Even now, while pretending to revise formulas, she was imagining stories about strangers she had never spoken to.

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Maybe that girl near the corridor secretly hated everyone in class.

Maybe the boy sleeping in the front row stayed awake all night listening to music because silence scared him.

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She liked observing people more than participating with them.

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It felt safer.

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A crumpled paper ball suddenly landed beside her notebook.

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She blinked.

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The class was noisy enough that nobody noticed.

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Slowly, she opened it.

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“Today’s clouds look tired too.”

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Her eyes paused on the sentence.

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No name.

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No explanation.

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She looked around instinctively.

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That was when she noticed him.

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A boy from the next row, leaning lazily against his chair while pretending to look at the board. Dark hair slightly messy. Pen spinning between his fingers.

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And for a second — just one second — she caught him smiling.

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Tiny. Barely visible.

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She quickly looked away.

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Weird.

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That was her first thought.

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Not creepy.

Not annoying.

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Just… weird.

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Who even writes things like that?

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Still, she folded the paper carefully and slipped it into her pencil box instead of throwing it away.

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The next day, another note appeared.

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“You always look like you’re listening to a movie soundtrack in your head.”

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And the day after that:

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“I think rainy weather was designed specifically for introverts.”

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She never replied.

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Not because she disliked them.

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Actually, they became the strangest part of her routine.

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Every morning, she would secretly wonder if another note would appear beside her notebook.

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And every time one did, something warm flickered quietly inside her chest.

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It confused her.

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Because the boy himself barely talked to her directly.

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No dramatic flirting.

No trying to sit beside her.

No forcing conversations.

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Just notes.

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Tiny observations written as if he somehow noticed the parts of her nobody else paid attention to.

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That scared her a little.

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People usually noticed loud things.

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Not silence.

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One afternoon, heavy rain trapped everyone inside the classroom during break. Students crowded near the doorways while others shouted excitedly about going home early.

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She sat by the window as usual, watching raindrops blur the outside world into watercolor.

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A soft thud landed beside her notebook.

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Another folded note.

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She opened it slowly.

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“You look happiest when it rains.”

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Her fingers tightened slightly around the paper.

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Why was he paying this much attention?

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Before she could stop herself, she glanced toward him.

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He was already looking at her this time.

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Not teasingly.

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Just quietly.

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As if waiting to see whether she would hate it.

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Her heartbeat felt strangely uneven.

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So she did the only thing her nervous brain could think of.

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She put one earphone out and asked softly,

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“How many of these have you written already?”

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He blinked in surprise, probably because it was the first time she had spoken to him voluntarily.

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Then he smiled.

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“I lost count after eight.”

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Eight?

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She stared at him.

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“You’re strange.”

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“I’ve been told worse.”

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For some reason, she almost smiled.

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Almost.

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After that day, things changed slightly.

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Not dramatically.

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They still weren’t the type to talk nonstop.

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But sometimes he would sit near her during free periods, doing his own work quietly while she listened to music.

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And strangely enough, his silence never felt heavy.

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Most people exhausted her after a while.

They expected reactions, energy, constant replies.

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But with him, she could simply exist.

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One evening during extra classes, the electricity suddenly went out.

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The classroom burst into chaos instantly.

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Students shouted. Someone started singing badly. Phone flashlights turned on one by one like tiny stars in the dark room.

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She sighed softly and rested her chin near the window.

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Outside, rain clouds covered the sky completely.

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Beside her, he tapped his fingers against the desk.

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“You hate noise this much?” he asked.

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She looked outside while answering.

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“I like quiet because my head is already loud enough.”

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The words slipped out before she could stop them.

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Usually, she regretted saying personal things immediately.

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But this time…

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Nothing felt uncomfortable.

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He stayed quiet for a moment.

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Then he said softly,

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“I think too much too.”

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Her eyes shifted toward him.

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No joking.

No fake understanding.

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Just honesty.

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And somehow, that felt more intimate than compliments.

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The lights still hadn’t returned.

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The class remained distracted.

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For once, nobody was paying attention to them.

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He pulled something from his notebook and placed it on her desk.

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A folded note.

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She looked at him suspiciously.

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“Seriously?”

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“Last one today.”

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She unfolded it carefully beneath the dim flashlight glow.

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“You know… I think you hide loneliness very beautifully.”

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Her breath caught slightly.

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Nobody had ever described her like that before.

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People called her quiet.

Reserved.

Introverted.

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But nobody noticed the loneliness hidden beneath those things.

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She stared at the sentence longer than necessary.

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Then quietly folded the paper again.

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“You observe too much,” she murmured.

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He leaned back in his chair.

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“And you feel too much.”

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The classroom noise faded strangely after that.

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Or maybe her mind simply stopped noticing it.

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Rain tapped softly against the windows.

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Somewhere nearby, students laughed loudly over stupid jokes.

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But inside her chest, something gentler was unfolding.

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Not overwhelming.

Not dramatic.

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Just the fragile beginning of being understood.

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And that terrified her more than anything else.

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Because understanding creates attachment.

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Attachment creates loss.

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She had always known that.

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Still…

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The next morning, she arrived earlier than usual.

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The classroom was nearly empty.

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She sat by the window, opened her notebook, then hesitated for a long moment before tearing out a small piece of paper.

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Her pen hovered uncertainly.

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She wasn’t good at expressing herself directly.

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Not with words.

Not with people.

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But maybe…

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Maybe she wanted him to know she noticed him too.

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After several failed attempts, she finally wrote:

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“The classroom feels strangely empty before you arrive.”

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Her face warmed immediately.

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Too embarrassing.

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Too obvious.

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She almost threw it away.

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But footsteps approached outside the classroom door.

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Quickly, before she could overthink herself out of it, she folded the note and placed it carefully on his desk.

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Then she looked out the window again, pretending nothing happened.

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A few seconds later, he entered the classroom.

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She heard the paper unfold.

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Silence.

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Then—

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Very softly—

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A laugh.

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Not mocking.

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Not loud.

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