Philocalist

Unknown: "Hi !!"

Sameer looked at the Whatsapp message from an unknown number. The profile had a black & white image of someone facing the sea, which he couldn't recognize. The line written in the about section of the profile" The Only Thing Predictable About Life is its Unpredictability". caught his attention.

Unknown(Sameer): "Hi, Good Morning" to the sender of the message.

Unknown(Naina): "Sorry !! It was by mistake. I got the last digit wrong and the message landed to you rather than the person I intended to send. Have a nice day. Bye "

Sameer had this unusual habit of befriending unknown people. His social circle was from a street beggar to the topmost industrialist. He always talked to people even if it was just for a few seconds. Sameer sixth sense hinted him to have a little chat with this person.

Unknown(Sameer): Though your message has landed accidentally, I believe there is no harm in chatting for a while??

Naina looked at the message, placing her fingers under her chin. Should she type a reply or leave it? God only knows who on the other side was, her inner voice replied. She was an old school girl who preferred to chat in person, even though she used the latest ways of communication like Facebook, Whatsapp, and Instagram it was to a minimal extent and within her friend circle. She never talked to strangers on the online platform.

Unknown(Naina): I don't talk to strangers

Unknown(Sameer): But to know someone it has to start somewhere, so why not?

Unknown(Naina): Why should I?

Unknown(Sameer): Why can't you?

Unknown(Naina): I don't feel the necessity.

Unknown(Sameer): Not everything we do is because we need it, sometimes we just do it.

Unknown(Naina): Give me one reason why should I?

Unknown(Sameer)Because I am extremely handsome and have a charming dashing personality.

Unknown(Naina):: Bye Idiot!!

Unknown(Sameer) Make new friends !! Hasta la Vista !!. He chuckled at her stubbornness.

She looked at the profile, it was a black & white picture of a person sitting on the peak of a mountain and looking at the horizon, trying to figure out what lay beyond. All she could see was a slight view of his side profile which was not very clear. "Enjoy the little things in life for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things " in the about section did melt her resolution.

"Naina you never chat with an unknown person" she listened to her reasoning and dropped the thought. However she saved his contact as Idiot, there was something captivating about him.

A week later her phone beeped with a message again.

Idiot: " Hey Gorgeous !".

Smarty: May I know who are you ???

Idiot: "Nobody, Just a passing cloud. Which wants to talk to you . "

Smarty : I am not interested?

Idiot : What interests you?

Smarty : Avoiding you.

Then there was no reply. She relaxed but something felt wrong. Why was she being rude?. She could have politely declined, he hadn't spoken anything ill.