What a start to the summer

Honest to god my life is the definition of irony. Out of nowhere a wonderful new emotion blossoms, unexpected, refreshing and real. And before it has even started fate steps in and makes it impossible.

I belong to a society of people who rely on certain rules to stop bloodlines from mixing. It’s how we continue to have intra caste marriages without committing incest.

And yet today after heading out and buying a lovely dress; in full anticipation and excitement for being asked to be a guy’s date at his graduation ball, I come to learn from a good friend that we are from the same temple.

I feel so shattered. I felt deserving of his attention and was very flattered that he seems to reciprocate my initial interest.

Question now is:
Do I tell him even before anything happens between us and walk away for it never can be?
Or play with the possibilities for we aren’t even sure if this is going to go anywhere just yet? Do I wait until this initial attraction turns into a flame before admitting to the fact that I know this will never be?
Or do I let it grow to a point here we both cannot walk away from it? Or do I just walk away now and avoid hurting more later on?

Why, why does this always happen to me???