Ting.
You have a new message .
Akira aimlessly took her phone to check the message . It's the stranger .
"Hey" , the message said .
"Hi" , she replied .
- It's been a while
-Mmmm....yeah
-So , whatcha doin?
-Nothing much just having dinner
-Hey me too....whatcha having ?
-I was feeling a little extra so I made chicken katsu and herbed rice....what about you ?
-Just having pasta
-That's nice.
Awkward silence prevailed in the chat box .
Akira dropped her phone aside and resumed to watch City Hunter .
He didn't texted for a couple of days again . Akira wasn't bothered much about it . But there was an uneasy tingling inside her . She doesn't talk to strangers much but there was something about this guy, something strange , something exciting which made her belly ache every little time he texted .
Akira went on with her life - assignments , class tests, anime , manga and much more . She was busy doing her college assignment when her phone buzzed .
You have a new message.
It's the guy again . Akira lifted her eyebrows and said , " Wow,Look who texted !" in the most sarcastic tone possible .
"Hey", the guy said
"Hey", Akira rolled her eyes because this has been their conversation since the beginning- hey-hi-hello and then silence . She has observed human behaviour. It takes 3 weeks to build a bond online and that bond last for only 3 months - meaning , it takes 3 months for the whole of "stranger to friends to stranger again" process to complete .
-You don't come online much do you ?
-Mmmmmm no but how do you know ?
-Well I have been observing it , you are not online unless I text you or something
-That's true , I don't like to talk to people....honestly I am exhausted to deal with them . I'm better off without them.
-Who broke your heart to the point where you want to withdraw from being a social being ?
-Well none, I am just too disillusioned to be a part of this existence
-So what made you so disillusioned about reality ?
-I didn't said reality.....reality is different for all of us....what you choose to believe that is your reality but that is effectively not mine .
Humans made me disillusioned , their behaviour did. They don't even realise that they behave in a similar pattern over and over again yet they do and that's how it has been since the days of Adam and Eve.
- I see a very keen observation in you but there are contradictions in it
-Like ?
-Like Adam and Eve , we don't even have the slightest clue as of what their reality has been , all we have the illusions created by the Bible and some similar books of the Old Testament to show the wrath of God and justify their misguidance in the name of religion
-Well that's true but by Adam and Eve I meant since long time back that's how the human behaviour has been - a monotonous loop.
-Well the reality part what you said is true that a reality is something what you believe it to be if you think it is an illusion then illusion it is - but if you say it is a same repetition like every individual is one and the same then it doesn't make sense
- Why ?
-Because there is something called individuality , if there weren't any individuality then ummmm I don't want to use this as an example but I can't find anything appropriate then this - if there weren't any individuality then all men out there would have been a rapist or an abuser , but that's not happening right ?
-Agreed . But what if you see beyond individuality, I am talking about the basic instinct of a human being , the animal instinct or primitive instinct, whatever you name it that is something common in all of us and we as humans polish some of our strong points to make them presentable in the society and when you see through that barrier they are all apes performing their own earthly dance !
-That's something quite agreeable"
-Right !
Akira felt a little at ease , it has been ages since she had this kind of heart warming and brain storming conversation . This Mr. Stranger Kuroo is actually turning into something interesting . Akira smirked to herself and bite her lower lips .
-Ummmm if it is okay with you can we take this conversation to WhatsApp, I mean if you are comfortable.
Akira looked at the question for a few seconds and typed in her number and played it cool .
-Yeah sure why not !
There was no reply to this message . Akira shrugged at her phone and thought , "Whatever!" , just then a message popped up on her screen
-Konnichiwa Akira chan
Akira smiled and texted back .
