CHAAYA.

I get the notification on my phone as i was on my way out of my house, from that app, THE LAST FRIEND. I check it out but i dont think i want any last friend, after all i am going on my way to meet my friends hoping that i won't die before meeting them. Either way, a message comes from AARAV JOSHI. 

“Hey, in the need of a last friend”.

I kinda figured it out that he is not a big fan of the Death Cast Call and that he is trying to neglect that fact that he will die.

I respond “ Hey, i have a vacant seat for those.”

“Come one now, lets just meet in person”

“ Alright, but what if you are a serial killer who will be my end😶”

“ Ay, for all i know you could be the one killing me!” 

He asks me to visit him at the local park. By knowing that i am going to die, this meeting can be a nice last adventure.

I reach there, i see a guy wearing a red shirt sitting at the centre bench. I think he is Aarav.

AARAV.

I asked this girl to be my last friend. I dont think she will come, i mean obviously i am a total stranger.

A beautiful college girl comes my way, i think she is Chaaya. 

“Hey, do you know any serial killer who is looking for a ‘friend’? ”.

I reply “ Oh hi. That would be me.”

She tells me her story from when the phone call arrived. And i tell her mine. The best thing is that no one can be sorry for each other, we both are dying. 

I ask her straight “ A question out of nowhere, what do you believe happens if…when we die? Any weird theories?”

 She smiles it off but i can see it in her eyes that she does not want to die. She replies “ Well, I am a believer in god. So it is only natural that i believe in reincarnation."

“Really?”

“Yeah. And what about you?”

“ Oh. I dont really believe in some mythology, or it may be reality but still.. i just can't believe in that. I hope you are ok with that”

“ Yeah, well if you think about it, what you or I believe in, does not really matter does it? What one believes in, means that one wants it to be true. It does not necessarily means that it is true. Only way to find out is… well to die."

She is kinda smart 

I say “ In addition to that, how do I know that we will know the truth when we die. Maybe we won't even know. Maybe there is an afterlife or maybe there is just absorbing darkness.”

To be continued…