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Chapter 6 - Plan taking shape - Intent and Doubt.
Same day night
They reached home a little after ten.
The visit to Tara’s parents had been long but easy — their daughter had fallen asleep in the car on the way back, and they had carried her inside, changed her, and left her in her small bed. Now the apartment was quiet again.
Both of them were tired, yet neither could sleep.
They lay on their bed in the dark, the same streetlight falling across the floor. Jeeva stared at the ceiling. The previous night’s conversation had not left him. If anything, it had grown heavier through the day.
Why did Tara need this now?
In seven years she had never shown any restlessness, never hinted at wanting more attention or new excitement. It felt unusual. A small, uncomfortable thought kept returning: maybe she had already wanted something like this, and the Arjun-Meera incident had simply given her the opening. He tried to push the thought away. He did not want to believe it. But one thing for sure, his mind already occupied with a fear, Tara is seeing someone! or want to have someone apart from marital life and she is using this as her opportunity to do it without any guilt.
Tara noticed his silence. She shifted closer and shook his shoulder gently.
“What happened? Why are you so lost? Already making plans for the experiment?”
Jeeva turned his head.
“You’re still thinking only about that?”
“Yes,” she said simply. “I’m not ready to let it go.”
He pushed himself up on one elbow and looked at her properly.
Jeeva was not prepared enough mentally to question her direct, he was finding right words to question her to clear his doubts.
“Why suddenly? I need to recheck with you. Are you tempted by someone? Do you actually want to have sex outside?”
We are most honest couple i use to think, i want to know answers.. What ever it is lets speak first? Im not comfortable with this plan , that leading to something that im not ready
Tara met his eyes without flinching.
“Jeeva, it’s not just about sex.
I want a friendship. I want to try things other than what we already have.
Our life is… mundane.
Can’t you see that?”
He was quiet for a moment.
“We have never fought. Never argued.
But for the first time I feel like we might fight over this soon.”
Tara smiled in the dark.
Jeeva can see her teethes and chuckles.
“That’s exactly what I want.
I want to see you fight for me a little. Want me a little more. Show some jealousy.
If everything is perfect all the time, it becomes too flat.”
Jeeva let out a short, disbelieving breath.
“You’re unbelievable.”
“Okay, let me be clear,” she said, softening her voice.
“I’m not looking for sexual affairs.
I want a good friendship. Maybe sharing a little more than friendship.”
“What does ‘a little more’ mean?”
“Maybe going for a film. Beach. Dinner. Together. Without that touches. Without crossing the line.”
Jeeva stared at her.
“Wait. This is confusing. You said ‘no boundaries’ and now you’re saying ‘without crossing the line’.”
Tara cleared her throat.
“This is our little experiment. We want to see how far we love each other by resisting temptation. In the process we might earn a good friendship. But to reach that point to test things properly, if we keep stopping the opposite gender at every step, we will never know our saturation point. Our threshold. So we should not initiate anything. We should not cross the line ourselves. But we also don’t set hard boundaries. If they want to try something… and if it doesn’t make us uncomfortable… we allow it.”
“Like?” Jeeva asked instantly
She thought for a second.
“If my friend wants to take my hand and walk along the beach, I would allow it.”
“And what if he wants to kiss you?”
Tara’s answer came slower.
“It depends. He should work enough… charm me enough… to make me forget my husband for a moment and let him do that.”
Jeeva’s voice tightened.
“Don’t tell me you already have someone in mind.”
“Absolutely not.” She shook her head. “In fact, you will choose my partner for me. And I will choose yours.”
“What? How is it ?....”
“Stop, Jeeva.” Tara raised a hand gently but firmly.
“You’re asking too many questions.
Give me space to finish. If you have doubts, ask later. I will answer.”
Jeeva looked at her for a long second. The fact that she was giving him the right to choose her partner eased one of his deeper fears — that she had already selected someone and was only using this experiment as cover. He forced himself to relax.
“Continue,” he said.
Tara could sense he was not his usual calm self. She had expected that.
She continued anyway.
So. Here is the actual plan....
Same day night
They reached home a little after ten.
The visit to Tara’s parents had been long but easy — their daughter had fallen asleep in the car on the way back, and they had carried her inside, changed her, and left her in her small bed. Now the apartment was quiet again.
Both of them were tired, yet neither could sleep.
They lay on their bed in the dark, the same streetlight falling across the floor. Jeeva stared at the ceiling. The previous night’s conversation had not left him. If anything, it had grown heavier through the day.
Why did Tara need this now?
In seven years she had never shown any restlessness, never hinted at wanting more attention or new excitement. It felt unusual. A small, uncomfortable thought kept returning: maybe she had already wanted something like this, and the Arjun-Meera incident had simply given her the opening. He tried to push the thought away. He did not want to believe it. But one thing for sure, his mind already occupied with a fear, Tara is seeing someone! or want to have someone apart from marital life and she is using this as her opportunity to do it without any guilt.
Tara noticed his silence. She shifted closer and shook his shoulder gently.
“What happened? Why are you so lost? Already making plans for the experiment?”
Jeeva turned his head.
“You’re still thinking only about that?”
“Yes,” she said simply. “I’m not ready to let it go.”
He pushed himself up on one elbow and looked at her properly.
Jeeva was not prepared enough mentally to question her direct, he was finding right words to question her to clear his doubts.
“Why suddenly? I need to recheck with you. Are you tempted by someone? Do you actually want to have sex outside?”
We are most honest couple i use to think, i want to know answers.. What ever it is lets speak first? Im not comfortable with this plan , that leading to something that im not ready
Tara met his eyes without flinching.
“Jeeva, it’s not just about sex.
I want a friendship. I want to try things other than what we already have.
Our life is… mundane.
Can’t you see that?”
He was quiet for a moment.
“We have never fought. Never argued.
But for the first time I feel like we might fight over this soon.”
Tara smiled in the dark.
Jeeva can see her teethes and chuckles.
“That’s exactly what I want.
I want to see you fight for me a little. Want me a little more. Show some jealousy.
If everything is perfect all the time, it becomes too flat.”
Jeeva let out a short, disbelieving breath.
“You’re unbelievable.”
“Okay, let me be clear,” she said, softening her voice.
“I’m not looking for sexual affairs.
I want a good friendship. Maybe sharing a little more than friendship.”
“What does ‘a little more’ mean?”
“Maybe going for a film. Beach. Dinner. Together. Without that touches. Without crossing the line.”
Jeeva stared at her.
“Wait. This is confusing. You said ‘no boundaries’ and now you’re saying ‘without crossing the line’.”
Tara cleared her throat.
“This is our little experiment. We want to see how far we love each other by resisting temptation. In the process we might earn a good friendship. But to reach that point to test things properly, if we keep stopping the opposite gender at every step, we will never know our saturation point. Our threshold. So we should not initiate anything. We should not cross the line ourselves. But we also don’t set hard boundaries. If they want to try something… and if it doesn’t make us uncomfortable… we allow it.”
“Like?” Jeeva asked instantly
She thought for a second.
“If my friend wants to take my hand and walk along the beach, I would allow it.”
“And what if he wants to kiss you?”
Tara’s answer came slower.
“It depends. He should work enough… charm me enough… to make me forget my husband for a moment and let him do that.”
Jeeva’s voice tightened.
“Don’t tell me you already have someone in mind.”
“Absolutely not.” She shook her head. “In fact, you will choose my partner for me. And I will choose yours.”
“What? How is it ?....”
“Stop, Jeeva.” Tara raised a hand gently but firmly.
“You’re asking too many questions.
Give me space to finish. If you have doubts, ask later. I will answer.”
Jeeva looked at her for a long second. The fact that she was giving him the right to choose her partner eased one of his deeper fears — that she had already selected someone and was only using this experiment as cover. He forced himself to relax.
“Continue,” he said.
Tara could sense he was not his usual calm self. She had expected that.
She continued anyway.
So. Here is the actual plan....
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