After writing a series of blogs on my personal story, today I will try my hand at a mysterious story. 

Amit is a twenty-five-year-old man working for an IT firm. He lives in the southern stretch of Kolkata. It was the month of December 2022, and as usual, after dinner, Amit was checking updates on his phone. A friend request came on Facebook. An unknown girl. Amit went through the profile; he couldn’t recognise the girl. But Amit was enchanted by the beautiful profile pictures of the girl. A hidden desire arises in his heart. He accepted the friend request. 

After a week, a message arrived at Amit's messenger from the profile of that unknown girl. It was written only “Hi.”. Amit was busy with his work, so he chose to ignore it. At late night, Amit was smoking a cigarette on the roof. The night was foggy. Amit felt lonely. After his breakup a year ago, Amit is now single. 

Back to bed, Amit started watching a web series. Another message arrived at his messenger, written “Busy?? ”. This time, Amit couldn’t resist himself. He chose to reply. That night, the exchange of words was limited to only an introduction.

After that night, chatting with that unknown girl became normal for Amit. As Amit knew, the girl was undertaking research work on software, artificial intelligence, and associated things. 

Slowly, the conversation went from personal things to the subjects of research. Amit did not divulge anything about his new friend to anyone. 

Slowly, the young man was developing a liking for the girl. Phone numbers were exchanged. They started chatting through video calls. As Amit remained busy with his work from 10 to 7, the calls were reserved for late at night. 

During the calls, Amit was mostly in a T-shirt and shorts. The girl was generally dressed for the night. As one thing led to another, Amit developed a physical attraction for the girl.

Amit finds the girl too passionate about her research work. He helped her with the information at his disposal. Apart from work, they also find time to share their thoughts about the city, whether it’s street food, Bengali cinema, etc. 

Amit was too passionate about the city of joy, Kolkata. He did have an offer for lucrative offshore jobs, but he chose to work in his city. 

One night during a call, Amit expressed his desire to meet the girl in person. It was already two months since they were in touch. After little persuasion from Amit, the girl agreed to meet on the Bengali new year weekend...

To Be Continued.