Episode 1

Ml:Jame

Age:21

Occupation: College student.

Engineer

Fl:Maya

Age:19

Occupation: college student

B. Tech

Episode 1 — Met by Accident

They met in the most unexpected way — inside a game neither of them took seriously.

It was just another normal evening for her. She opened the game to pass time, not knowing someone’s presence would quietly change her life.

On the other side of the screen, he joined the same match by accident, unaware that this random moment would become something unforgettable.

At first, there were no real conversations.

Only short game messages.

“Go ahead.”

“Cover me.”

“Nice shot.”

Nothing personal.

Nothing special.

Just two strangers playing.

She didn’t even notice his username at first. To her, he was just another player. But somehow, they kept getting matched together.

The next day.

And the day after that.

For almost a week, their usernames appeared beside each other again and again. It started feeling familiar. Comfortable. Like something she was slowly getting used to.

They laughed when they lost.

They celebrated when they won.

Sometimes they failed badly and joked about it for minutes.

Slowly, silence turned into small jokes.

“You always rush first,” she typed one day.

“Someone has to be brave,” he replied.

She smiled without realizing it.

One evening, after finishing a match, she hesitated before typing.

“Do you play every day?”

“Mostly,” he answered. “What about you?”

She thought for a moment before replying.

“Now I do.”

That simple sentence made something warm grow inside her chest.

A few minutes later she asked,

“Where are you from?”

When he told her, she was surprised.

“So far,” she wrote.

“Yeah… but games make distance smaller,” he replied.

She stared at the screen longer than necessary.

She liked the way that sounded.

After that day, the game slowly became less important.

They stayed online even after matches ended.

Talking about favorite characters.

Complaining about bad teammates.

Laughing over silly mistakes.

Sometimes they shared small things about their day.

“I had a tiring class today.”

“My teacher gave too much homework.”

Nothing deep yet.

But enough to feel close.

They still didn’t know each other deeply.

No real names.

No faces.

Just two people enjoying each other’s company.

Before logging out one night, he typed:

“Same time tomorrow?”

She didn’t think.

“Of course.”

That was how it started.

Not with love.

Not with friendship.

Just with a coincidence.

Two strangers meeting again and again by accident — already looking forward to the next time.

Neither of them knew it yet…

But this small connection was the first page of a story that would one day hurt just as deeply as it made them smile.

That night, she lay on her bed holding her phone, staring at their last messages.

She didn’t understand why meeting a

stranger in a game felt so important.

Nothing big had happened.

No promises.

No deep talks.

And yet, her heart felt lighter when he was there.

She wondered why she was already waiting for his texts.

Why she smiled at simple replies.

Why his absence for even a few hours felt strange.

On the other side of the screen, he was thinking too.

About how talking to her felt easy.

About how the game no longer mattered.

About how he was already looking forward to tomorrow.

Neither of them could explain it.

But both of them felt it.

"Was their meeting just a coincidence...or the beginning of something that fate had planned...."

Was it love , or just an attraction that pulled them closer...

The answer waits in the next chapter....what will happen.....

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