In South Indian romantic fiction, this trope usually focuses on a childhood bond where the girl is a family friend or neighbor addressed as "Akka" due to age proximity, which slowly transforms into a romantic relationship as they grow up.
One night, she texted him:
Stories are written in Romanised Tamil (Tamil words spelled with English letters) mixed with English phrases. This makes them accessible to the Tamil diaspora and young urban readers who may not read Tamil script fluently. 2. Common Themes & Tropes
Adi was now 22, back from engineering college in Coimbatore. Meera was 26, working as a junior architect in Chennai. She still lived upstairs, still made him coffee, still scolded him for leaving wet towels on the sofa.