There was a girl in my class from 9th to 12th standard whom I liked silently for years. We barely spoke outside school projects, but I remembered everything about her, from the blue water bottle she carried to the way she always borrowed notes before exams. After school ended, we went to different cities and completely lost contact.
Last month, I downloaded Hinge after a bad breakup. While casually scrolling, I suddenly saw her profile. I honestly thought my brain was playing tricks on me. I liked one of her prompts and wrote, "I think you still owe me my chemistry practical file." Two days later, we matched, and her first reply was, "I was wondering when you would finally talk to me properly."
Now we have been chatting every day for three weeks. The strange part is that she admitted she also had a small crush on me in school. Seven years wasted because both of us were too shy to say one simple sentence.