Uff! Aanchal woke up suddenly at midnight. It was the same dream all over again. Her mind was playing tricks on her, bringing to the fore her deepest anxiety. “Damn!” she cursed. “I want to use her, but I am scared,” she mumbled to herself.

Chime! She heard her mobile announce the arrival of a text message.

“Hey are you up?”

“Yes, guess what? I had the same dream again.”

“Oh! What? Ha ha ha.”

She could imagine Aakash going into peals of laughter.

“Hey! I am worried here, ok? You please don’t make fun of me. I always find her looking at me, enticing me to use her, but I am resisting her every day, only because of this dream.”

“Hey sweetheart, don’t stress. Let’s do one thing. Let’s do what we discussed, please? I have asked you so many times since we connected six months ago. I would love it, and your nightmare issue will also be solved.”

“How? How can you stop me from getting a heart attack while using my vibrator? What if I die? My mother will be so ashamed of me for ‘dying for sex’. I saw in that serial, the guy gets a heart attack after sex, and I have been paranoid about it ever since then.”

“Ok. Ok. I will help you. Let’s do it together. That way, you will at least not be alone while pleasuring. Let’s body-double. That’s what we neurodivergents are experts in, isn’t it? That way you can self-pleasure and still not be alone.”

“Umm, I am actually not alone.”

“Oh? Who is there with you now? A guy or a girl? Do tell… I will give you tips.”

“Aakash, you idiot, I am talking about my cat. My cat is with me.”

“Oh damn! You and your cat fixation! Ok, shall we start now? Please Aanchal?”

“Oh now?”

“Yes, now…”

“Umm … ok… I think I will try. But if I feel my heart racing, you should talk to me. Is that ok?”

“Yes, I will caress and shower you with comforting words so that you will forget that you ever had that fear.”

“Ok I am getting it now.”

“I am video-calling you right away, sweetheart, who better than your bestie to assuage all your fears?”

Aanchal smiled coyly and looked at her vibrator in her drawer. “We are going to do it today honey, I will keep you away no longer.”

The oohs and aaahs heard in Aanchal’s room that night would have made anyone shy. Who says that pleasure should be felt only when two people are in-person, face-to-face? It is the digital age, baby. Aanchal and Aakash rode together and reached their own sweet spot of ecstasy that night, breaking through Aanchal’s irrational fear and also bringing a new dimension to the friendship of two online friends who had never met.