I won’t give it to you now.
I have to go to Madaripur suddenly, I’ll be back tomorrow. Didn’t I tell you to eat something?
Oh! Have
a safe journey.
Did you eat rice?
I will eat,
you termite!
When?
What when?
When will you eat?
I won’t eat.
OK.
Have you left?
Yes. Why don’t you listen to me? OK, fine.
I do listen!
Sorry.
Why are you saying sorry?
I told you to eat. You didn’t listen.
I don’t feel like eating. No appetite.
Sorry, maybe I’m interfering.
No, silly! I’ve given you that right.
I’m on the speedboat now.
Be careful. Sit carefully.
Give me your selfie,
I want to see you.
Crazy. Go to my
profile. I made the privacy public for two photos, look.
No, I won’t look. Don’t need it.
OK. Then I’ll fix the privacy. You didn’t get a haircut?
Yes.
Oh you sulky
termite! I can go to your wall, but you can’t come to mine, right? Because you’re
a celebrity and I’m not.
………………………………………
The story of life’s best
week, give me the link to that piece!……..Thanks.
………………………………………
The more I know
about you, the more amazed I become.
Here, read this.
Fine………….Such
a long piece! And again about some beauty named Shatabdi! I’ll burn up with jealousy!
Hahahaha
What is this?
Why are you so cruel?
You silly rotten
thing! I’m laughing at your childish jealousy, nothing else!
Stupid termite!
I was talking about your writing. Your writing is as
cruel as you are!………….Where did you go?
Let me give you
links to some more pieces. Read them.
I’ve read this one
already. Why are you trying to make me cry?
You must read this
one, here!
I’ve read it. Silly
bug!
What have you started!
I posted a status after reading this very piece of yours.
Hey crazy! If you
don’t want to talk, just say so. Why are you trying to keep me busy with
writing?………Dupur!
Why do you think
so critically? Fine, whatever.
I’ve read your
pieces. I’ve read the last one you gave me too. I haven’t read the one before
it. For you everything is just………fine, whatever!
I listen to music,
write a little here and there. What do
you do, baby?
I’m lying down.
You haven’t asked me once all day how I’m doing!
I was busy at the
office today!
I was sick today.
Do you know what I feel when I read your pieces?
What happened to you?
Nothing. I was talking
about the writing, silly!
I’ve written very
little really.
Let it be little, but let it be good.
Today I posted a
piece about the individual and the group. Have you read it?
No. The things you
write about life and love somehow match what I feel! It’s strange to read!
Read that one.
It feels like, how do you know all this!?
See what you
understand.
You somehow say the
things I want to say! Fine, I’ll read it.
……………………………..
Hey! Rotten! Scoundrel!
Good-for-nothing! Rude!
What did I do?
Strange!
I’m talking to you
in the inbox, and you’ve put it up as a status!
Hahaha! Yes.
So?
Shameless termite!
I said something emotional and you even made fun of that!
You can’t scold me.
You can only be affectionate. Otherwise I’ll cry.
Affection affection affection!
There. Happy?
Dummy.
Fine, I won’t do it anymore.
Fine.
Problem if I’m
affectionate, problem if I’m
not!
You don’t. You’re
a female Taliban!
Hahahaha………I
did! You just didn’t take it!
Hmm.
Hmm
too!………I’m afraid of you now, Dupur!
Why?
When I read your
writing I really feel like you know her or know my situation very closely.
I know nothing.
You haven’t told me either. Because you don’t think of me as someone worth
sharing with.
I have shared with
you. But the piece you posted today matches our situation so much. In fact, most
of your writing matches! That’s why I’m waiting so much to read your complete
work.
What’s her name?
What does she do? Does she write? What does she have in common with me?
I won’t tell you
her name, but it starts with ‘S’. She lives abroad. Has a job. Doesn’t write,
but reads a lot and listens to music. We used to call her our music archive.
Just say one line of any song and she’d tell you whose song it is, what the
song’s called. And she has a lot in common with you. A lot!
What things?
I can’t tell you
like this. Your words match hers so much. Whatever you say, something always
matches! It’s so strange! Do you know, since my breakup with her, you’re the only
guy I’ve talked to closely? I usually
don’t talk.
OK, don’t tell me. I’m sorry.
You can stop talking
if you want to. But I don’t talk to you because of her. I talk to you for your
sake. The rest is up to you.
I understand.
What do you
understand? Do you want to leave? Or do you want to stay?
You speak well!
I want to leave. Happy now?
I’m not happy.
Seems like you are.
I told you before.
I won’t force you to stay. But I want you to stay.
Why do you want that? Do you have an answer to that?
I like it, that’s
why.
Meaning, just attachment! Fine.
Attachment! OK, again
you do that! Reading messages and not replying is very bad manners. Anyway, I
don’t like keeping things hanging. Either you stay or you leave.
That’s it.
OK.
State it!
You always come to
that ending. OK I’m leaving. Take care.
I don’t, you do. OK, if you want
that………I’m not happy about it……..but still…….
You are. Bye.
You too take care. You are not the one to judge. I know
what’s in my mind!
OK sorry.
Why?
Just because.
Nobody says sorry
for no reason. I feel like I’m forcing you to stay. I’m sorry if I’m doing
that. You wanted to leave. So, leave. Bye.
Sorry for saying
sorry.
Dupur!
Stay the way you
are! Bye!
You won’t let me
be the way you want, so I have to stay the way I am.
Do you love me?
You don’t. For nothing!
The word ‘love’
isn’t for me. I lost faith in that word long ago.
Then why do we
talk? What are we actually
doing?
We’re talking. I like
talking, so I talk. Neither of us loves anyone. That’s the truth.
I see.
I don’t know why you
said all that the other day.
You’ll never know
either. You don’t need to know. Sleep!
Will you sleep?
Good night. I’m going
to write.
Okay. Don’t
misunderstand. Take care, little bug.
You take better
care.
You keep me well.
How can I keep you?
We just talk,
nothing more. What
power do I have over that?
Can’t words keep someone
well? You can’t love, after all.
Whatever you think is right.
At least you can keep me
well! This isn’t our imagination. You know this is right too.
………………………
Go. I won’t keep you
anymore. I feel like a criminal.
………………………..
Don’t send laughing
emojis anymore. Your laughter is beautiful.
……………………..
Again! Bye bye! Don’t
laugh anymore, silly!
……………………………
Laughing again!
………………………………
Silly little bug.
…………………………….
Testing my patience,
aren’t you? After this I won’t let you go! You’ll be trapped then.
………………………….
Laughing! Should I keep it?
I’m listening to Shrabani
Sen’s ‘Amar E Path.’ Here, can you touch songs? I can. Good
night.
Crazy boy! Good
night!
My song boat sails
alone. Listen.
Are you listening to these now?
Yes.
I’m disturbing you.
I’m enjoying it very much.
I see.
I’m listening with you
beside me.
I can tell.
Oh my!
With my head in your
lap sometimes………..today in this lonely room………ah, Indrani!
I stroke your
hair…………
Even if I don’t
recognize her, so what. Have you heard this? There’s a famous Hindi song made by copying this tune. Can you tell me which one?
I’m listening to Selena
Gomez. Say, do you write
while listening to music?
Sometimes.
Now?
Now?…….I’m listening, writing, talking.
What are you saying? Who are you talking to?
To you. Hey hey
hey! Listen to this. You’ll enjoy it.
Isn’t it disturbing
your writing?
Alright, I’ll listen.
Have you heard ‘I love because I don’t love’?
Haimanti’s?
Yes! Such a sweet song!
Your profile picture
draws me so much closer!
Want to grab my
beard?
Not the beard, your cheek!
I see.
Bye bye.
Rain has come in the
grey twilight. Shreya Ghoshal’s. Listen to this song, see. You’ll definitely like it. I’m completely
crushed.
Who have you got a crush
on, tell me! I’m the
very jealous type!
I know.
How do you know?
I figured it out
long ago.
Naughty little bug!
The boy understands everything!
I know that too.
Oh my! What else
do you know?
I don’t know anything else.
Good thing! If you knew
too much, there’d be trouble!
Yes.
Yes, sir.
I know that.
I saw one of my friends commented on one of your pictures. Jealous!
Which one?
Your profile pic! It’s not just
your wife I get jealous of. She’s a bit too beautiful.
Hahahaha
Why are you laughing?
Just because!
Did you really give her
a condition before marriage that she couldn’t use Facebook?
I don’t give conditions.
Your personal life.
Sorry. I just heard something like that.
From whom?
Your younger brother’s
friend is my mutual friend. He was talking about you a lot!
Who is he? Name?
When he saw I didn’t
react, he said the opposite things!
Said the opposite
things means? What things are there to say?
I wanted to tell him
that I talk to you like this, but I didn’t.
What did he say?
What’s his name?
This is our personal
matter. We don’t need to tell everyone. What he said means………..
What’s his name?
I won’t tell you his name.
You won’t tell me?
Okay.
He was telling me many
things about you. I was saying I know. Then he said you must have commented on her posts but didn’t get replies. That’s why you’re not showing any interest in her.
What’s his name,
tell me.
I won’t tell you his name.
You’ll recognize him. He’s a boy from your area. Your brother’s name is Shokal, I think. His friend.
……………………………..
You are gone! Good Night!
I went to lie down.
Wasn’t here for a while. Why didn’t you tell me his name? I wouldn’t have said anything to him. I would have just been a bit more careful. That’s all! Good night.
Oh silly! He was
praising you!
Oh I see.
There’s nothing to be
careful about.
Then you could tell me.
No!
Whatever,
sleep. I’m going.
Have you gone to bed?
Okay.
Tomorrow we’ll fight
again (read: talk).
Crazy!
Yes, I’m lying down.
I won’t fight.
Bye bye. I will.
I’ll talk.
You’ll talk too.
I’ll fight a hundred times.
Coming………
Alright.
Good Night!
Good Night.
Good morning.
Good…………(you know
the rest.)
You can churn out
status after status, but when it comes to messaging, your body burns up?
Before churning out, you have
to do some work. Come, let’s try.
The work of churning
out statuses, or something else?
Churning out, what else!
You churn out statuses
hoping for likes! Haven’t gotten any yet?
Yes, I have.
Then there shouldn’t be
any problem churning them out!
Alhamdulillah!
Coming, I have to start work. Bye.
Okay!
Pray for me.
God willing!
Sure! Fi
amanillah!
Pray that I can
play well.
You’re going to play?
Yes. In the next
room. Bye bye.
You’ll play just fine!
Bye bye.
Yes, let no one else know, but you do.
Crazy. Whoever you’re
playing with will know too. Just don’t break
anything!
You haven’t broken
anything, darling!
What’s left for
someone already broken to break again?
Can you take so little?
Were you already broken?
Do you know how much
I’ve taken?
You didn’t say.
I was broken then,
I’m broken still. ……..
You never asked!
I did ask. You didn’t tell.
It’s never happened that
you wanted to know something and I didn’t tell you.
What are you doing?
I was sleeping at
that time.
…………………………………
Your writing
is always good. You’ve kept some resemblance to yourself. Rude, arrogant, famous. Don’t read messages, don’t reply, and so on. And your writing
always matches my story, just loving someone
for no reason. Some people fall in love with someone without any reason at all. Meanwhile, some
people don’t love anyone despite having every
reason to.
But yes,
if I hadn’t already loved someone
else, I would have fallen in love with you just for your writing. Thank goodness! My ex
really saved me! Otherwise, the pain I’m feeling now would have been
so much worse!
Hey, take a look at this! The second-to-last
line of the first paragraph. “Can’t learn to take” or “can’t take to learn”?
Why?
I’m a fool,
so asking foolish questions!
Oh I see. I get it.
Yours is better.
Hmm! Lol………Thanks.
Oh wait, I made a mistake. Yours is right. Mine is wrong.
Oh come on! You have
plenty of color! But not wrong……….
No babe, wrong it is!
Nah, termite!
………………………………..
Hey! What are you doing?
Writing
and…………what are you doing?
And?
Forget it.
Why?
What are you doing?
Just sitting here. You didn’t say
what else?
From yesterday to
today I’ve masturbated 14 times. It’s frustrating. Watching two sex tapes from Ahsanullah and DMC got me into this state. After masturbating 9 times
yesterday, I was furious with myself. To calm my restlessness, I went straight to
the right post and wrote that piece at night. Wrote and posted immediately. So the piece became a first
draft. There might be some errors. After writing, I found mental peace. Then I did it 3 more times.
Since morning today, twice. Even now I’m watching another one………that’s it!
………………………
Shocked?? Never mind! I didn’t want to say that. I’m leaving, babe. Bye.
I couldn’t become
as smart as you people!
Stop it. I
didn’t want to tell you. You wanted to hear……………It was a trap!
Sorry for that. My fault, I agree.
Okay.
……………………..
So when will you
block me?
No mother dear,
I won’t block you. I
love you, you know.
Hahahaha
a son should love his mother!
Yeah, something was coming to my mouth, forget it, I’m logging off!
If it’s something bad,
do log off! You’re mother dear after all!
Yep baby!
Ugh!
………………………….
Don’t even read messages,
but then come back to flirt!
Okay, I’m leaving! Bye!
I’m terrible.
You know that!
I don’t know if you’re
terrible or not. But I’ve understood this much—that I’m only worthy of being your follower, not your friend. Take care.
Oh wait! I’m
coming to Dhaka. Tomorrow and the day after I’ll be there. Coming for some work.
Give me an autograph
this time.
Just posted a piece.
So what! People
sit around waiting to comment; at least,
a dot even! Not everyone is
like me, unable to comment!
Exactly!
Exactly that!
Hmm.
…………………………………….
Damn it all! You’ve been
ignoring me from the very beginning!
Did you wake up?
Sleep breaks at
dawn! I’m not unemployed anymore.
Very good! Are you
doing well?
I’m managing somehow.
How are you? Why so much
reluctance about me?
You’re really misunderstanding.
There’s no reluctance. I’m interested. I was. I will be. I’m alive, just barely.
Is this the sign
of interest?
I can’t quite understand.
Termite, what’s wrong with you?
I don’t know, termite. Maybe I miss you so much that I bother you like this.
I miss you too. But
we weren’t made for each other. I love you.
I might sound cheap but I really miss you, Termite!
Do you really love me?
You’re very precious to me.
There’s no question of being cheap!
No, talking about missing you like this today, I don’t know how you’ll take it, so I explained.
I think too much before
talking to you myself.
Why do you do that!
Well!
Yes……..you
know very well that one call from you turns everything upside down for me!
Good morning.
Good afternoon.
How are your eyes?
My eyes are fine! I’ll
confess something to you. Not today but someday!
You’re using my own
tricks, bug!
How so?
I used to say the same
thing—not today, another day.
There’s no end to
learning from you, termite! But I didn’t learn
this and then say it. I’ve been thinking of telling you for a long time. Just couldn’t bring myself to say it.
Tell me. I want to hear.
You won’t believe me,
that’s why I can’t say it.
I will believe you. I promise.
Tell me.
From the very
beginning I was drowning in love for you. Not a celebrity crush. I truly fell in love. The kind of tumultuous, chaotic love they talk about. The day you messaged me, I was so deliriously happy! Honestly,
if you had asked me to go somewhere
then, I would have followed you blindly. I wouldn’t have judged right from wrong. But one day I saw one of your posts and
stumbled badly, pulled back quite a bit.
Which post?
I don’t remember.
Try to remember, bug. I really want to know.
You wrote about
women.
I’ve written so much
about women!
Yes, but there you wrote something like any woman
can be won over if you want, you just need
different tactics for different women; but all women
fall for it!
I see. I really don’t
remember. Forget all that.
Alright.
Take care of
yourself.
Yes. You too.
Mm.
Mm?
I mean, I heard you.
Oh!
………………………………….
Ui, how are you?
I’m okay, not bad.
How are you,
termite?
I’m okay, not bad.
Why did you have to
copy my exact message?
I have less brains
in my head, that’s why.
Think!
That’s your
department!
Silly!
Fool!
Hehehe…….
Hmmmm……..
I love you.
Too much?
Me?……..You’re right!
………………………………………….
I posted something
a little while ago. Read it and see
how it turned out!
Have you ever learned
to give anything without causing pain?………One day you were telling
someone, you read all the comments, otherwise how do you block! Today I left a comment.
Try to find it if you can.
…………………………………….
Wow! You found it,
I see! And the post got edited too!
Well, well!
………………………………………
Does it hurt to
reply? Fine, I’m stopping commenting again!