This is about the last days of June, when I didn't use Instagram and was active only on Snapchat. It was also my cousin sister's birthday during those days. I made a snap of her birthday celebration and sent it to everyone. In those days, I used to stay up late at night reading webtoons. One night, I received a Snapchat notification, and it was a reply to my snap. When I opened it, I found out that I had received a reply from that fine shyt boy asking, "Was it your birthday?" After getting his reply on Snapchat, I started waking up my sister, even though it was midnight. Without thinking, she woke up half-asleep and scolded me a lot, shouting that I had disturbed her sleep. After shouting, she went back to sleep. After that, I felt that I should reply "no," so I replied with "no." Immediately after that, he sent a message asking, "Are you still awake?"I said, "What's the problem in this?" Then he replied that there is no problem, it's just that sleep cycle gets disturbed. I told him that my sleep cycle is always disturbed, so there's nothing new about it. He replied with a lot of surprise and asked if my health was fine. I said that it is always fine. Then he said that I am a very mentally strong girl. I asked if that was a compliment. He said, "Whatever you feel is right." After that, we talked for a long time and got to know each other's likes and dislikes.
After talking about small things for a long time, I found out that he is not currently in our city, not even in our state. I asked him the reason for that. He told me that both he and his brother were toppers since childhood, and his brother cleared the engineering college exam on his first attempt and studied at NIT in Bangalore. After finishing 12th grade, he also went to Bangalore to study and live with his brother. Then I asked him why he left his studies and why he didn't go to college. He replied that he didn't go to college.He said that he hasn't left his studies; instead, he is preparing for CA. Hearing this shocked me because I have also chosen CA for my future. I asked him whether his foundation exams were over. He said yes and also told me that now he is preparing for the intermediate level. I said that the foundation result hasn't been declared yet, so why is he preparing for intermediate? Is there any guarantee that he will pass? He replied that nothing in life comes with a guarantee; you just need to have some trust in yourself and keep studying. I was quite impressed by what he said.
I also asked him why he was texting me now after taking my ID a month ago. He said that a few days after our last meeting, he bought a new phone and didn't download Snapchat or Instagram on it. Today, when he had some free time, he created his Snapchat ID again. I asked him if he is always free. He said only at night, when he gets tired after studying and working all day, he comes online at night.I asked him if I could text him whenever I wanted. He said there was no problem. He also said that I could text him anytime, but our conversations could only happen at night. I asked, "Do you want to talk?" He asked why I had mentioned texting. I said that if I needed to ask something about my studies, then I would text him. He said there was no issue and that I could message him whenever I wanted.
I then teased him by saying, "Won't your girlfriend feel bad?" After that, he didn't reply for two minutes. Then he said, "Who says such nonsense?" I asked, "Why, don't you have a girlfriend?" He said, "No, I don't, and I don't want one either." The tone of his words felt quite rude. I said, "If your past was bad, that's why you're speaking like this, right?" He said he didn't have any past story. I said, "Even if you don't have a past, you are still behaving rudely after hearing such things." Then he replied that he didn't want to be rude, and he also said sorry if his words had hurt me.I told him that I didn't feel bad about what he said because any sensible person would get angry after hearing such nonsense. Then he asked me if I had a boyfriend. I told him, "What do you expect from a 15-year-old girl?" He was quite surprised and asked, "Are you only 15?" I said yes. Then he said that passing high school at the age of 15 is a big achievement. I asked him, "So was I supposed to fail?" He laughed and said that wasn't possible.
All of this conversation was happening over text because I never talk to anyone on calls. We were talking quite casually, and we both were enjoying it because in some ways our points of view were the same. We were both the youngest children in our families, and our mindsets were similar. Even though we both appear strong externally, emotionally we are fragile. He also told me that he didn't want to come so far away from home, but his father sent him here because he insisted.I felt very bad for him because I had already sensed that he wasn't close to his father, but he shared a strong bond with his mother, and being away from her was very hard for him. We both talked a lot, and after a while I started feeling sleepy, so I told him that I was getting sleepy. He said that I should go to sleep, so I said goodbye and went to sleep.
In the morning, when I told my sisters everything, the first question both of them asked me was whether I had found out his name. I smiled and told them that not yet, but I would definitely find out later.....