Hello humans. I’m new to town and here for an internship till 1st week of June. Don’t have much of a friend group here so looking for people to hang out with, her a drink after work or chill with over the weekend around Koramangala/ Indira Nagar etc.
I’m 25F. Lemme know if anyone is interested. Wanna keep it strictly platonic.
I was staying in a hostel at the time, and my routine was pretty fixed. Same walk to class, same route back, same timing almost every day. I never really thought much about it.
One afternoon, I was walking back from class with my earphones in, not really paying attention to anything around me. As I turned onto the road near my hostel, I noticed a car parked on the side with a guy sitting inside. It didn’t feel unusual, so I just kept walking.
As I passed him, he started waving at me to get my attention. I pulled out one earphone, thinking maybe he needed directions or something.
Instead, he offered me a ride.
I said no and kept walking. But he didn’t stop. He kept insisting, repeating himself, trying to get me to come closer. I told him again I didn’t need a ride and started walking faster.
Then he said something that just made my stomach drop.
He said he knew where I lived. And then, almost casually, he said he’d been watching me for the past 2–3 days.
I didn’t respond. I just kept walking faster, trying not to panic.
That’s when he started getting angry. He began shouting at me to stop, like I was doing something wrong by ignoring him. Then he said something even weirder—that I was the one who had told him to wait there. That I had asked him to come meet me.
I had never seen this man before.
He kept yelling, getting more frustrated that I wasn’t stopping. I didn’t look back. I just kept walking until I could take a shortcut that cars couldn’t go through.
The moment I turned into it, I ran.
I could still hear him shouting behind me, angry that I was “running away” while he was talking to me.
I didn’t stop until I reached my hostel.
I’ve never seen him again since, but what still gets to me is how calmly he said he’d been watching me… and how sure he sounded when he said I was the one who asked him to be there.
It’s been a while, but I still think about it sometimes. Just how easily something could have gone very wrong.