26-07-2023, 06:22 PM
Chapter: 20: Part Two: The Day After
Shubhangi smirked at Richa. After last night Shubhangi knew that Richa damn didn’t need or want Shubhangi to protect her. But now Richa was trying to manipulate her and it irritated Shubhangi.
Shubhangi wanted to know more and she just couldn’t help but ask “Richa can I ask you something…and I want you to promise to answer me honestly…”
Shubhangi was laughing and running for the bathroom. “I thought…I fucked you better than any guy could…I’m going to take a shower…so we can go out…you go get ready…” Shubhangi yelled back over her shoulder. Richa was laughing and Shubhangi heard Richa run into her room a second after the bathroom door closed behind her.
The letter writing ritual had become somewhat of a compulsion with Shubhangi and it started just as she knew it would. She’d idea after idea that she would start to write, only to close her word processor without saving. Shubhangi hated this part of the game, and she loved it. This was the part where she’d to explore her own sexuality and be ready to lay it bare before her husband. It was scary, hard, exciting, erotic, and most of all frustrating. What did she want? That’s what it always came down to. What did she like? What would make her cum hard and long?
Through this game Shubhangi had discovered that the erotic part of this game had nothing to do with a body part other than the brain. It was what fantasies she harboured that made living them out so exciting and personal. No one in the world might enjoy some of the acts she’d participated in, but she did because they were uniquely hers. Shubhangi closed her eyes and imagined the moment Richa cum like a hose in her mouth, she remembered Richa’s taste and the feeling of control it had given her. Shubhangi felt her panties getting damp at the thought and just let them. She’d yet to get through one of these letters without being soaked and she’d long since given up trying. Then Shubhangi thought about Shakti. She thought about how much he could turn her on and the feel of him hardening in her hand or mouth. Shubhangi focused on the smell of him; the feel of him; his textures and images.
Then Shubhangi’s mind drifted to Tim. Tim had a dick that was huge, but it was not only the size that turned her on. It was that it was different, she thought about Tim’s cock and fucking him. She barely knew the guy and that made the act of being so intimate with him so wicked in her mind. She didn’t know a thing about him, but his cock was emblazoned in her memory. Shubhangi suspected that in time she might not even remember what he looked like except for that piece of him. She wondered if he felt the same way, and if that thought turned him on. Wass he somewhere right now thinking only of what it felt like to slide his cock inside of Shubhangi until he came. Was that what she was to him: a faceless pussy he fucked? Shubhangi was getting wetter thinking that all of that might be true.
Was that what a ‘one-night stand’ was all about? Was there some perverse pleasure in fucking a random stranger? Shubhangi knew the answer was ‘yes’ deep down inside of herself. She’d only had a few ‘one nights’ but she still carried memories of them. Not the guys (and in one case the girl) but the feeling the act of sex with a stranger gave her. Shubhangi sometimes didn’t even cum. Well not in the sense that she’d cum with Shakti, but the pleasure of a random sex is often in the memory and not the moment. She’d often masturbated to the memory of sex with a guy she’d let pick her up in a bar after one too many shots. Shubhangi only came with him when she rubbed her own pussy after he fucked me, but we did so many 'nasty' things together that night. The memory was far more erotic than the moment.
It was during these thoughts that Shubhangi began to type, she knew the fantasy she wanted and it was flowing out of her and into her keyboard and coming to life in words on the screen. She was barely aware of it at first, but then she became totally focused as she lived out in her mind the wickedly erotic scenario her mind created. When she was finished, she’d almost three paragraphs of text. She re-read them and resisted the urge to edit. She was done, and she knew it. The proofreading was only a habit she’d picked up from writing emails at work. ‘Longest one yet’ Shubhangi thought and then cut and pasted the text into an email and sent it to Shakti without a second of hesitation. She then saved the file to a folder called ‘the game’ and closed the word processor. Shubhangi sighed as the butterflies hit her, she wondered if she’d gone too far this time. She always wonders that after these notes and predictably she was nervous and horny. She would have had a glass of wine, but it was only early afternoon and she’d more than enough alcohol the night before.
Shubhangi lay on her back on her bed feeling guilty and nervous, she imagined Shakti opening his email and laughing at her fantasy and that image cut deep into her. She knew it was just her imagination and the likelihood of him laughing at her was zero, but she a small part of her harboured the insecurity. The mind could be merciless when it came to the heart’s darkest fears. Maybe part of the excitement of this game was because of her insecurities. Hell! without being a little afraid of rejection the game is strictly about sex, and this definitely was more than that. Shubhangi didn’t know what exactly, but definitely more.
As Shubhangi lay there in a state of extreme insecurity and horniness, a knock came on her door. “Come in…” Shubhangi said knowing it was Richa. The door opened slowly and Richa stood there grinning ear to ear as if she’d just found a winning lotto ticket on the street.
“What?” Shubhangi asked both amused and confused.
“Let’s call into work tomorrow…go out tonight…” Richa said grinning wider.
Shubhangi laughed and said “You’re crazy…” not really taking her seriously.
Richa’s smile faltered, but she then said “Why? I’ve been working my ass off…and my boss wants me to get some shots of the city at night…for a project…he’s got me assigned to…so I figure…I could go out tonight…and get the shots…and maybe do a few shots…and I want you to come with me…it will be fun…”
Shubhangi stared at Richa suddenly realizing she was serious. “Didn’t you get enough shots last night?” Shubhangi asked her.
“Oh…come on…I want to go out…and meet some new people…and you could use a girl’s night…besides…I know you’ve the vacation time…and it’s either use it or lose it…you said so yourself last week…besides…I want to try out a new club I heard about…” Richa said in her whiniest voice.
Richa had a point. Shubhangi never used the 3 weeks of vacation she earned every year, and every January she vows not to let that happen again. “What club?” Shubhangi asked suddenly picturing herself feeling very out of place in a group of 21year olds all dancing to music Shubhangi that she often didn’t recognize.
“Well not so much as a club…but a bar…it’s called ‘X’ and it’s only a mile or so from here….” Richa grinned and said.
Shubhangi sighed. ‘X’ was an out of the way club that was frequented by some of Chicago’s underground scene. It was really named “Extreme” but everyone knew it as just ‘X’ and there was a not so subtle drug reference there as well.
“So…you want to do ‘X’ tonight?” Shubhangi asked Richa with some concern in her voice.
Richa shook her head and replied “Nah you know…I don’t like drugs…I just want to check it out…I thought we might find some interesting people there…” Richa said blushing slightly.
“Interesting male people?” Shubhangi asked teasing Richa.
“Well I could use some guys friends…” Richa laughed and replied.
“So…you want to go out on the town…and pick up boys? I think…I might be too old for that shit…” Shubhangi said truthfully.
Richa’s smile faltered and said in her best pleading voice “Come on Aunt Shu…it will be fun… I hardly ever go out…and we’re in one of the coolest cities in the world…besides wouldn’t you want to be there to ‘protect me’ from all those immoral boys…”
Shubhangi smirked at Richa. After last night Shubhangi knew that Richa damn didn’t need or want Shubhangi to protect her. But now Richa was trying to manipulate her and it irritated Shubhangi.
“You should watch yourself young lady…people don’t like being manipulated by your word games…and when I say ‘people’ I mean me…it makes you look like a spoiled brat…that will say or do anything to get her own way…” Shubhangi said a little more harshly than she intended.
Richa’s smile fell and Shubhangi saw anger flare in Richa’s eyes, but then Richa’s eyebrow rose as if considering a response and then she said, “You’re right…I’m sorry…I just wanted you to go with me…I shouldn’t have said that…” Shubhangi heard genuine remorse in Richa’s voice and her own anger subsided as quickly as it had risen.
“How is it you’re so good at you little word games at such a young age?” Shubhangi asked rhetorically.
“Well to be honest…I can sometimes see things in people that other people miss…I don’t know how…but it’s just a feeling I get…” Richa smiled and answered Shubhangi when no answer was expected.
“What do you mean?” Shubhangi cocked her head intrigued and asked truly curious.
Richa rolled her eyes toward the ceiling as if trying to articulate something beyond words. It was like watching her consider how explain to a blind man what ‘blue’ was. Her eyes returned to Shubhangi and said, “Well…sometimes I can sense things about people…you know how they are feeling and what motivates them…I guess I could always do it on some level…I just watch and listen to people…and I can usually pick up on what they are feeling…well kind of anyway….I’ve never told anyone that before in my life…”
Shubhangi considered Richa for a minute and sensed that Richa was sharing a part of herself that she rarely revealed, and the trust Richa placed in her was touching.
"You mean mind reading." I asked incredulously.
Richa laughed hard at that and said “No not mind reading…I’m not talking psychic shit or anything like that…I just ‘people watch’ better than most I think…I don’t really know how to explain it…it’s just I can sometime key in on body language…expressions…and subtle things others don’t always see…I mean…I’m sure everyone could do it if they tried…I just don’t really have to try…it kind of just comes to me when I’m around other people…I sometimes forget that most people don’t do it…”
“Or can’t do it…” Shubhangi thought but did not say.
“You mean you can pick up on people better than others?” Shubhangi asked Richa.
“Well…I know that sounds arrogant…but yes…I guess that is what I mean…but it’s a little more than just that…but I don’t know how to explain it…it’s like I can see who people really are…” Richa replied knowing that didn’t clarify anything, but she seemed at a loss to explain it any better. Richa had always been a master with word games even as a small child. She seemed to always know what everyone around her was thinking. She always won the ‘go fish games’ and other memory games even as young as two. It drove her father silently crazy that she could beat him at almost any game of mental skill. But could she really ‘see’ more than the rest of other, or did she ‘see’ through the rest of others. Somehow that felt more right.
And then Shubhangi thought about her own experience with Richa. Shubhangi thought about how easily Richa had ‘conned’ her into letting Richa come live with her. Shubhangi thought about the conflict Richa had with her mother, and how she’d equally been ‘conned’. But most of all Shubhangi thought about Michelle. Richa had effectively disarmed Michelle last night by reversing her role, but she’d also gotten Michelle to willingly agree to her terms and enjoy it. Richa was a master of manipulation, and Shubhangi sensed that there was a depth to her that she’d never seen before.
“Like last night with Michelle?” Shubhangi asked testing her own line of thinking.
Richa grinned like fox and said “Well…she was pretty easy to read…”
“How do you mean?” Shubhangi asked curiously not really seeing how Michelle was so easy to read.
“Come on…she is not exactly the queen of subtle, is she? I mean within an hour of meeting us at Shakti’s…she was sucking Tim’s cock in front of everyone including me…I mean she might as well have had a sign that said ‘'Look at me’ written on it…” Richa said.
Shubhangi nodded considering the events of yesterday.
Richa continued “And then this ‘Molee’ shows up with some fantasy that Michelle is going to make come true…as much as Molee liked last night…the real fantasy was Michelle’s…she wanted to be in control on the outside…but inside she wanted to just let go…but she was also afraid of letting go…and that conflict is the driving force behind all of Michelle’s actions…”
Shubhangi tried to picture Michelle afraid of anything and had a hard time doing it, Shubhangi stared at Richa and said noncommittally “Go on…”
Richa continued as if pointing out a simple truth to the dumbest kid in the class “That’s why she is so wild…she’s defying her fear and insecurities by doing all of those daring things…as if saying to the world (and more importantly herself), ‘I’m not afraid of anything’. But in truth she is terrified of losing control…I mean how can someone who will do anything lose control? They can’t! But then there is part of her that wonders what it would be like just to let go and let whatever happens happen…she is afraid to have the situation impose itself on her…but she is also deeply curious of the idea…so, I just gave her a little nudge and part of her couldn’t say ‘no’…I mean no one tied her to that chair…although that would have really gotten her off…she could have gotten up anytime…but she didn’t…she didn’t because she wanted to let someone else control the situation and she had to just sit there and accept it…and she loved it…once you find the conflict inside someone…it’s easy to see what they really want….”
Richa realized she’d told Shubhangi far more than she’d asked. Shubhangi also suspected that in doing so Richa had told her something about herself Richa had worked hard to keep hidden.
Shubhangi stared at Richa considering what she’d just said. Somehow all of it made sense and seemed obvious. Shubhangi thought back through the years and considered Michelle from a new perspective. Michelle always was out there on the edge, and she always had to be in control of the situation. Richa was right. Michelle was defying her fears by defining them. The insight into Michelle was deeply powerful and Shubhangi wondered if she should feel sorry for Michelle or admire her.
More importantly, how was Shubhangi, her best friend, so blind to such an obvious truth, and how did Richa with merely half her life experience see it so clearly. A wide range of emotions flowed through Shubhangi and the world seemed to tilt in the rush of insights that flashed through Shubhangi’s mind. But mostly what Shubhangi felt was awe. There was really no other word that adequately described the feeling Shubhangi had for Richa in this moment. Shubhangi was in awe of Richa for being so far ahead of her years in her intuition. Shubhangi felt as if she’d caught a glimpse of the depth of Richa’s personality, and it was like staring into an abyss. Shubhangi would never again look at Richa as a child, she was special beyond words, and had a depth of spirit that made you ache if you allowed yourself to see it. Shubhangi felt suddenly like she was the blind one and somehow Richa had given her a glimpse of what ‘blue’ was and the power and beauty of it moved her.
Shubhangi looked up at Richa who stood looking uncertainly at her. Richa’s eyes were as beautiful as ever, but now they seemed to bore into Shubhangi as if she could see all of the secrets of her soul. And for the first time Shubhangi was a little afraid of Richa. What would Richa see if she pointed that deeply penetrating power of observation at Shubhangi? Had she already? Shubhangi felt naked.
“Are you okay Aunt Shu? You look a little pale…” Richa asked as Shubhangi sat there staring at her. Shubhangi somehow found the will to speak, but her throat felt dry and the words forced, “I’m okay Richa…I just never thought of Michelle like that…” Shubhangi said truthfully.
“Really?” Richa asked genuinely surprised. She really had no idea that she’d seen something that was out in front of the world but no one else saw. The idea that everyone could not see what Richa saw truly never has occurred to her. Richa had no idea how unique she was.
“Really…but I don’t think you’re wrong…I’m just a little amazed that you saw all of that in one night…you’re amazingly perceptive…” Shubhangi replied.
Richa flushed with embarrassment and said “Thanks…I guess…but like I said…I sometimes see things in people others miss…it’s not a big deal really…”
Shubhangi wondered if Richa had any idea of what a big deal it really might be. Shubhangi suspected that Richa did, and the thought may have scared her a little. It scared Shubhangi a little.
“I think you are amazing…” Shubhangi said surprising herself at the truth and intensity of her feelings. Now Richa was visibly self-conscious. She twirled the ends of her hair in her fingers nervously.
Shubhangi wanted to know more and she just couldn’t help but ask “Richa can I ask you something…and I want you to promise to answer me honestly…”
Richa’s brow furrowed nervously but she nodded and said quietly “Okay Aunt Shu…”
“What do you see when you look at me?” Shubhangi asked. Richa looked like she’d just been caught outside the boy’s shower room peeking in the window. Her lip quivered and Shubhangi could see the hairs on the back of her arm raise. Shubhangi could almost taste her discomfort and was also terrified of what Richa would say next.
Finally, Richa spoke and said “I see one of the best Aunt’s a girl like me could ever hope for…” She said evasively. Shubhangi smiled and was not angry at Richa’s evasion because she truly meant what she’d just said, and it was probably the kindest thing Shubhangi had ever heard. Shubhangi went to Richa and hugged her, Shubhangi blinked and was surprised to feel tears spill out of the corners of her eyes. Richa hugged Shubhangi back fiercely and Shubhangi could feel her heart beat against her chest.
When they parted, Richa smiled at Shubhangi and said “I’m sorry if I told you things about Michelle you didn’t want to know…”
Shubhangi smiled back and said “It’s okay…but be careful who you aim that power of yours at…not everyone has a clean soul….” Shubhangi don’t know where this thought came from, but it felt right and true. Richa had a natural talent of perception that was so far off the chart that it appeared almost magical to Shubhangi, but there could also be a price to be paid for such a gift.
“I know…” Richa replied seriously, and the coldness in her voice sent a shiver down Shubhangi’s spine. There was something in Richa’s voice that made Shubhangi’s blood run cold, but she didn’t have the courage or wisdom at the time to ask Richa about it. Perhaps if Shubhangi did things would have ended differently. Instead Shubhangi simply said “So we’re going to ‘X’ tonight?”
Richa smile bloomed from her lips like a fast action film of a rose in the spring time. All of her discomfort evaporated and she said “If you want…”
Shubhangi smiled and said “Well let me turn on my super power of perception and…” Shubhangi made two antennas out of her fingers and put them on her head and aimed them at Richa. “Beep. Beep. Beep” Shubhangi said in childish tones. “Yes…I think I know what you need…you need to go out and meet men…I see you’re craving testosterone…and…wait what’s that…yes…you need to get LAID!”
Richa slapped Shubhangi playfully on the arm and said, “I didn’t say that…” but the pinkness in her cheeks betrayed her words.
“I know but ‘cock craving detector’ never lies…” Shubhangi said pointing her fingers at Richa and increasing the frequency of her beeping.
Richa laughed and winged one of Shubhangi’s pillows at Shubhangi. “Hey…I was the only one…who didn’t get laid last night…well at least not by the real thing…” Richa screamed after Shubhangi as Shubhangi ran down the hall toward the bathroom.