College ragging

[darksideofi]

Riya was sitting on the bed of her newly rented flat. Alone, as her flatmates had gone out for some movie. Riya came from a lower middle class family, while both her father and mother toiled all day round to make ends meet, the financial burden of Riya's education had encumbered them even more. Although her parents had been really supportive, Riya wasn't oblivious to the hardships her parents had to undergo to put her in the position she was. She really wanted to shine in her career so that she could rid her parents of all sufferings poverty had showered on them. And she had really been doing well for that matter. Although being from a small town, her entrace scores were at par with her fellow classmates. As for the appearance her bespectacled look complimented her personality of an innocent and studious girl that she was. She had a really expressive face, almost like a mirror to her mind. Being away from the home for the first time really made her nervous, and to get away from the feeling o homesickness she kept herself engrossed in her new books. But that was not the case today. TOday she was was really tensed. Rakesh, Ehsaan and Nitish, three of her seniors were going to visit her flat to conduct ragging. Her classmates had forewarned her that all three of them were politically well connected and financially well established. She was also admonished not to misbehave with them and keep following their directions as long as they do not cross the line as everytime a junior had dared to disobey them or complain about them, the repercussion had been drastic and had always negatively affected junior's career. While three of them were let off with minor warnings, and they really did not have a career to build per se. All of them had been in college for quite some time now, passing a few and failing most of the subjects, carefree about what future might hold for them, basking in the warmth of their father's wealth. 
"Ding dong" the door bell rang. 
With heart beating fast, riya slowly carried herself to the front door. Nervous as the moment of her torment was near, anxious about what kind of ragging she might undergo, trepidated by the stories of raggings she had heard on campus. She half opened the door, there they stood.
"Hello Riya"  all three boomed. "You are looking beautiful today" said ehsaan as he casually lay his palm over her shoulders. Riya was not accustomed to any  kind of touch by boys, so this annoyed her a little which showed on her face, but she quickly rubbed that expression off it. "thank you" she smiled back, "Please come in" and she fully opened the door of flat. Three of them walked in, looking all around the flat. 
"You live here alone?" 
"No, I share it with three other girls"
"Three other girls? I must say, even our bungalow's watchman has more space for himself" quipped Rakesh and all three of them cackled.
"I do not come from a rich family, and I think this much space is more than enough for me" she retorted with a vexed tone.
"May be, but girls also need privacy to do their private things, no?" nitish said, emphasizing on the last two words. 
Riya could easily smell the intended innuendo, but she decided to let it pass with a forced smile. These guys reek of vulgarity she thought, but she knew had to tolerate them at least for some time. Then they cozied themselved on one of the two beds lying in the hall, and signalled riya to sit on the another bed facing them. Just as she was about to sit she noticed that the guys had not removed their footwear, and Riya was very conscious about hygiene. She and her flatmates always removed their footwear and kept it on the rack kept near the flat entrance. She innocuously said 
"If it is not a major inconvenience for you guys, could you please remove your footwear and keep them near the entrance?"
They gave Riya a look which was probably a blend of amusement and anger. 
"Why dont you do it yourself, Riya"
"what?" She was perplexed by Rakesh's reply.
"I said, why dont you remove our footwear and keep them where you want?"
"I still didnt get you" And although she knew what he meant, she made a weak attempt to act ignorant.
"I want you to remove our shoes and keep them on the rack" 
"Please, why cant you do it yourself?"
"Because while we have a maid like junior around, why would we the masters do such lowly work. Now start acting fast, we have a long list of things we want you to do in your introduction ceremony and if you keep dallying such small tasks, I fear even whole year wont be enough"
Riya still did not budge, kept her gaze fixed on Nitish who had an evil grin on his face, her eyebrows curved inadvertently into a frown.
"Look Riya, either you are going to do as told, or we will put you on our blacklist. You know what happens when somebody goes in our bad books? Have you heard of Rohit who denied our right of ragging? We got him indicted in a fake case of cheating in exam, he was immediately rusticated. And Meenal who thought she was smarter than us and complained to principal? Unfortunately for her, the principal is a family friend so he turned a deaf ear to her complaint and instead she was awarded such low grades in all her exam papers, that her career was ruined. Or have you heard of Tanmay who we got inculpated in case of possession of drugs through the local PI just because he decided to disobey our commands during ragging. I think he had tough luck getting out of jail, and left his education to pursue some lowly jobs. I dont think that is something you would like happening to you"
"Please..." Pleaded RIya as she was already on verge of tears.
"Arre we are not wicked to do something atrocious with a girl who agrees to all our wishes. So now go ahead and do as we say, and I do not want to hear another 'please'. Get to work fast"  Ehsaan said with an authoritive tone.
Helpless and aware that she had little choice, Riya motioned herself towards their feet. It wasn't that she thought removing somebody's shoes was below her dignity, but that she was being forced to do it like a slave was humiliating. One by one she untied their shoelaces and and removed each of their shoes, and just as she was about to carry one pair to the rack, ehsaan gestured her to stop. 
"Wait, I think carrying shoes in hand isn't what we want" Riya's eyes widened. "A donkey like you should be carrying the shoes on his back". That was very insulting to hear. 
"So we want you to get on all fours, and we will kepp our shoes on your back while you carry it to the rack"
"I cant do that" She squeaked
"Obviously you can, thats what donkeys do. If you cant even cross this beginning level of ragging, I am sure you wont be able to cross the graducation mark either. Imagine you would be wagering your career against a few hours of test of your patience and endurance"
She knew Nitish meant what he said. She had heard stories of ragging where the victim had to undergo worse tasks, and  after all it would all be over in a few hours. Reluctantly she got on her all fours with her posterior facing the boys. Ehsaan was first to get up from the bed and slowly he laid his pair of shoes on her back. Her mind cried in mental agony. Next Rakesh arranged his shoes on her back right next to ehsaan's. Then came Nitish's turn, he laid his one shoe on her back, and while she waited for another one to be laid on her, Nitish raised his shoe and smacked her ass strongly with it. "Mummyyy..." She cried out in pain and tears rolled down her cheeks. 
"Thats not how a donkey brays. We will have to teach the donkey how to bray now. So next time my shoe hits your ass you have to bray. Failing to do so will earn you more smacks. And you have to keep moving, without letting the shoes fall. So start.."
Her mind had not recovered from the shock of what had just happened, and she could feel the pain in her bottoms but Riya started moving like an obedient slave. Just a couple of steps later Nitish again hit her with his  shoe *smack* and subconsciously she let out a bray along with a whimper. "Nice" all of them laughed as she kept moving. *smack* Nitish hit her again, her bottoms were burning in pain but she managed to let out a bray again. Every couple of steps Nitish spanked her with his shoe and she brayed like a servile donkey. Finally as she got to the rack each of them lifted their pair and kept it neatly on the rack. 
"Get up" Ehsaan ordered.
Riya stood up facing her seniors




She could feel the waves of pain in her bottoms, she was never humiliated like this before and it was more than she had anticipated, but the worst thing was that it was only the beginning of her torment and she did not know where it would end. 
"Turn around"
Riya complied. 
"You have a bit of grime from the shoe stuck on your ass, let me clean it up for you." Nitish said as he softly started smacking her ass. That was the first time a boy had touched her body in such a private place. She was having a suffocating feeling from inside but terrified that if she speaks up she will have to undergo something worse, she decided to tolerate it while she could. Nitish finally stopped smacking her ass, grabbing one of her hemispheres while squeezing another. This was too much now, she had to stop them. She took a step away and instantly turned around, giving them an extremely exasperated look. She could read that look of lust in all three's eyes. But looking at Riya's expression, they knew they had crossed the line too soon. "I am sorry, I shouldn't have done that, I got a bit carried away" Nitish said, trying to act innocent. 
"It was highly indecent and unacceptable. I think you should leave right now" RIya shouted.
"Nitish has already apologized, and now dont try to push it. We have come here by our own will and we will leave by our own. And we are of no mood to leave already, there are a lot of items on our checklist yet" Rakesh said.
"You are in my property and I order you all to leave right now", RIya said raising her voice a bit more.
"Before you start feeling like you are in control of the situation, let me tell you that we have known the property owner from a long time. On our insistence, he handed us the keys to your apartment, so we came in while nobody  was here, and setup cameras all around the place. In fact we put up, four cameras only in your bathroom, to closely capture all of your lovely female charms." Riya's eyes widened, she could hear her heartrate surging as she knew where this was going.
"So we have footage of all your private activities, but we swear to God, we haven''t seen them yet. In fact I was looking at the live feed yesterday when you entered the bathroom to wash yourself up. I saw you entering the bathroom, you stood near the mirror, admiring yourself, then you proceeded to take your t-shirt off revealing your bra underneath, and thats where I stopped watching. I really feel it is wrong to watch such a private moment of a girl without her permission. I am a gentleman at heart you know. But just to show you the proof, here, I will replay the feed as I exactly know when it happened" Rakesh moved his finger over his smartphone, and finally handed it to RIya. RIya was aghast by what she saw on screen. It was she standing in front her bathroom's mirror. The camera was so precisely focused on her, it almost seemed like a planned shoot with camera mounted just above the mirror. She was still dressed in her yellow T-shirt but with progressing frames, she started lifting her T-shirt above her head, until her bra and cleavage were entirely revealed. SHe paused the video and started sobbing hysterically. She knew that she would be completely nude in the video in next few seconds. 
"Oh come on RIya, its really no big deal, there are so many MMSes of Indian girls online, far more closely shot. This is nothing compared to that. And look at the postivie side, as opposed to a million views on most of those videos your clip has not been viewed even by us. Zero viewers, nobody has seen you naked. Thats a plus, so chill." Rakehs laid out his point so casually as if it was an everyday thing for him. Riya hid her face in her palms and continued sobbing.
"Come on now, we do not want to ruin our day with all that crying and sobbing. Buckle up. We have a lot of things to do. And do you still want us to leave?" 
Riya made no move and continued sobbing.
"I take that as a no" Rakesh said with a smirk on his face
"Think about feelings of your parents when they will come to know about your sudden shot to fame. College authorities will be more than happy to kick you out.
So it should be entirely clear to you that you will have to do as we say, else these clips will end up online, ruining your career and leaving porn industry as your only future prospect. Do you get that?" Riya did not respond
"Do you get that you dumbshit?" Ehsaan bellowed
Riya finally nodded in agreement, her mind spiralling into a frenzy of emotions ranging from anger to self pity.
"Good, now all this exercise has rendered me hungry. Why dont grab a pizza, we have a dominos outlet nearby. WHat do you say?" Ehsaan said looking at Rakesh
"Forget Pizza, we will get something from Anna's kitchen. Anna is a good friend of RIya here. I have noticed them talking merrily a few times. I think  he even knows her by name"
Anna indeed knew her by name. Anna was actually a very friendly guy who talked to all his customers amiably  and knew frequent customers by their name. So was the case with RIya. She was his regular customer and had even ordered home delivery when she was  absorbed in her studies and in no mood to step out. 
"Let us make her call him and get some Dosas and sambhar"
"What will you have RIya?"
"Nothing" she replied in a whimpering tone
"Have a Dosa. That will cool you down. Here, call him up and ask him to deliver four Dosas, and also ask him to tell the delivery boy to fetch three condoms from any nearby pharmacy shop. And if he denies, you have to convince him by all means possible"
"Please...." She let out a cry
"Relax, we are not actually going to fuck you. We just want Anna to think that you are going to have some fun today"
"I cant" she said in a quivering voice.
"You have to. Otherwise, I dont take Anna to be such a principled man that if we show him your clips he will look away"
"Ready to call him?"
Riya looked at Ehsaan, with a look pleading him not to make her do that.
"Go and have some water, we want you to sound as real as possible. Then pick your phone up and do as ordered" Ehsaan said disregarding her pleading eyes.
With heavy steps RIya walked to the water purifier, filled up a glass and slowly sipped on it. A thousand thoughts were flooding her mind right now.
"Finish it fast and get here"
She finished her glass of water and picked up her phone lying on the table"
With shaking hands she dialled Anna's number.
Trrring Trrringgg. Trrringg Tringgg. Trringgg Tringggg. 
She was praying hard for Anna to not pick up the phone. Every phone ring quickened up her pace of praying.
"Hello, Anna's Kitchen" Anna said from other end of the phone. All her hopes shattered.
"Hello Anna, this is RIya from Srushti Apartment, 203 remember"
"Ha bolo beta, WHat do you want"
"Anna can you please deliver four Dosa as soon as possible"
"Yeah sure, Do you want Idlis, they are fresh"
"No anna, I just have another request"
"Ha beta batao"
"Could you please ask the delivery boy to fetch three condoms from any nearby pharmacy?" Riya's voice was shaking, as the ugly moment had just passed
"What?"
"Yeah anna, could you please send three condoms along with the order?"
"I run a restaurant, what do you expect from me? Is this a joke?"
"Please  Anna I really need them"
"Kya sanskar hai tumhare, I can onyl send you the order, do you want it or not?"
"Please Anna, I will pay 100 ruppes as delivery charge"
"I am least interested in your delivery charge, I only sell my products. But I will ask the delivery boy if he is willing to do it for exxtra income. But you will have to accept the order even if the delivery boy does not get you those things?"
"Please tell him to, he will if you tell him"
"I will get you your order this time, agli bar se call mat karna" Riya could feel the harshness and disappointment in his voice.
He hung up, and riya let out the loud whimper she was holding back all this time.