Firecracker

ix | palm

KEY:
sahana / veer

how 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