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sahana / veerhow are you feeling firecracker?
better
care to entertain me?
aren't you at work?
on a train to see my little niece
cute
i know i am, thanks
what do you wanna talk about
let's play a game
hello child
games are for adults too yk
okay what game
i'll ask you a riddle. if you don't answer it right, you need to tell me something about you that I don't know.
sound good?
okay fine. kids first. go on, ask me a riddle.
what gets wet while drying?
is this what you meant by 'games are for adults too'?
dirty little firecracker
it's an innocent question but i can ask dirty ones if you prefer
fine. i don't know.
a towel
pfft whatever
hey sore loser, tell me something about you
i love strawberry ice cream. i'm not a big fan of chocolate unless it's with fruit. i crave ice cream when it's raining.
weirdo. all i crave is hot vadas and filter coffee when it rains. nothing can beat it.
that is also nice but having icecream when it's pouring outside adds a little kick to it.
okay. your turn.
which is heavier — a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?
bricks obviously
ha no. neither. both weighs a ton, genius.
ooh that's a good one
okay, there are two things i'm passionate about in this world — one is my job and the other is coffee. if i didn't land this job through campus placement, i would've probably started my own coffee shop or brewery.
that's so nice. i studied interior design. I wouldn't call it my passion. i just saw it as a way to buy my independence, to monetize my skills. i wanted to start my own company.my dad didn't like it. he thought it was unnecessary since we were quite well off financially. he's always wanted me to get married so he can get my brother married after me and be done with his fatherly duties. but my brother supported me. he literally invested in me.
you must love your brother
i do. he's the only one who supports me in my family.
glad you have him. i'm also glad he has you, firecracker.
thanks.
gosh sorry I didn't mean to dump everything like that. idek why i felt the need to say it. i'm not like this usually, i'm sorry
shut up. i love it when you talk about yourself
like I said before i really do want to know you
why
because i don't want to regret it one day
what does that mean
exactly what it means.
my turn
what is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
why do ask such hard ones
so you lose
asshole
idk
okay, i love the sea. its my comfort, my peace. i go there when i need to disappear. especially early mornings when there's not much of a crowd
one thing we share
it's just magical
i know
we should go sometime
what
you didn't think we'd never meet, did you?
i mean I wasn't sure if you'd want to
ofcourse i want to, jaan
okay then
we will
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1.2 | Firecracker
Short Story[ a desi dialogue story ] when a feisty entrepreneur texts the wrong number and the funny engineer can't help but fall for her.