Me: I had to leave him because of some family issues … but I never told him the truth.

Neer: Why?

Me: He wouldn’t have understood.

Neer: Why? Was he a dumbhead?

Me: He’s from a modern and well-respected upper-class family, while I come from a lower middle-class family. He wouldn’t have understood my family’s struggles or what it means to belong to a broken home.

Neer: You just assumed that. Maybe you should share your feelings and see what the other person actually has to say rather than making an assumption in the first place.

Me: Noted, mister! I’m an introvert and I’ve never really known how to bare my heart.

Neer: I can help you with that. I’m an extrovert; my life is like an open book. Anyway, I owe you a favour.

Me: You do? Why?

Neer: You taught me to move on and become independent. In return, I’d like to help you be more expressive, to share more and take that weight off your chest.

Me: Hmm … That sounds good. Let’s be the wind beneath each other’s wings. Even if this doesn’t go the way we hope it does, we can at least be friends.

Neer: Sounds good, Kiana. But circling back to what you said earlier, are these things that happened in the past the reason why you don’t talk to your family?

Me: It’s a long story. I’ll tell you about it some other day.

Neer: Why not today?

Me: Let’s take it slow, dude. You can’t expect me to change in a day!

Neer: Haha! True that! But you did force me to take a big decision after our last chat.

Me: I like exclusivity. It was the right thing to do.

Neer: What else do you like?

Me: As in?

Neer: As in, you can tell me anything.

Me: You go first! Tell me your weirdest fantasy.

Neer: You don’t want to know.

Me: Except, I do want to know.

Neer: I like to make out in public places. The thrill of being caught turns me on.

Me: OMG! I can’t imagine doing something like that. Have you ever tried it?

Neer: Of course. I once made out with a stewardess in my first-class cabin on a flight to Amsterdam.

Me: What? Really?

Neer: No! I was just fooling around!

Me: Ugh, you can be candid. I won’t judge you.

Neer: I’m being honest. I want to make out in a public place, but I haven’t done it. Maybe, if we get along with each other, we could explore that? Would you be up for that sort of thrill?

Me: I don’t know. I can’t commit!

Neer: What is your weirdest fantasy?

Me: I’m not telling you about that so soon!

Neer: What? That’s not fair!

Me: Everything is fair in love and war.