Chapter 3: The Welcome Shower Midstream at Midnight The bed of flowers
Ever since that magic night in Pelling, Tashi had become a member of their virtual family. He had come back to Calcutta with Tara and Trisha and had hit off famously with Partho and Aruna. Being the "baby" of the group he had become the darling of the three women and the centre of all their attention. Partho could have been mildly upset since the epicentre of their affections had shifted away from him, but he had accepted this with perfect grace and was indeed happy to be relieved from the total responsibility of keeping three sexy women in the best of moods.
Partho was in the office and Aruna was alone in the flat when Trisha, Tara and Tashi returned from Sikkim. She was about to go for her bath and was only wrapped in a towel that barely covered her from her thighs to her tits, when the bell rang. She peeped through the eyehole in the door, and spied Tara and Trisha. She opened the door saw Tashi and realised that HE was the man ....
"Is he the Shiva that all of us have been waiting for?" she asked Trisha.
"Yes. We were led straight to him by the Divine."
"Come in, come in", she ushered them inside, " and is he aware of our quest and of his role?"
"Yes we have explained the whole thing to him and of course Tara has been more helpful.", Trisha smiled.
"So naughty of you Tara," said Aruna in mock anger, "a cute little boy like this and you have taken advantage of him"
"A cute little boy needs to be taught many things ..... and he was virgin when he fell into my arms. C'mon Aruna didi, you must have had Partho babu as a virgin, but I have always had to do to do with second hand stuff ... until this handsome hunk fell into my arms"
Tashi was smiling shyly at this unexpected introduction, but Aruna threw her arms around him and planted a big welcome kiss on his lips .... And she had to stand on her toes!!! Tashi caught Aruna by her waist and gave her a big hug.
"I have heard so many nice things about you didi, that I was dying to meet you as well ... " and gathered her up in his powerful arms. His biceps rippled and Aruna's towel fell away, leaving her totally naked, clinging to his neck, lost in this deep kisses.
Trisha quickly shut the door of the flat .. it would be difficult to explain if any of the neighbours saw a nude Aruna in the hug of an unknown Tibetan boy. Tashi had by then put Aruna down ....
"Were you going for a bath Aruna", asked Trisha, "why don't you finish that and then we can go out for some lunch."
"Yes mother, and now I will take Tashi in with me ... someone needs to wash off the railway grime ... and I think I am the best equipped for that ..... you two can go to the other bathroom ...."
Aruna led Tashi to the bathroom and the simple Tibetan boy was taken aback at the luxury. Simple things like a hot shower had been unknown in his cold land and of course there was Aruna to take care of him at every step of the way.
Aruna was already in the buff and she could barely wait to strip Tashi down as well. Off went his shirt jacket and shirt and Aruna almost swooned when she saw his bare chest. She rubbed her face against it as Tashi grabbed her short shoulder length hair and pressed her face hard in to his chest. Aruna's hands were busy loosening his trousers and as it fell away she went down on her knees and pulled down his briefs. Tashi's big cock sprang free. Aruna cupped his balls in her palms and cooed with delight. She pushed Tashi down on the ground and took a bottle of olive oil and sprinkled it liberally on his naked hulk. Then she started massaging ... his chest, his belly and of course his prick. Tashi was now erect, his long cock standing up like a monument from his knot of matted pubic hair. Aruna was stroking it with one fist while with the other she was massaging the coarse skin of his rapidly hardening balls. A soft groan escaped from Tashi's lips.
Aruna had now climbed over Tashi .... And was rubbing in the oil in with her own body. Her tits were squashed against his chest, her hips were grinding against his groins while her hands were caressing his high cheekbones. Tashi was trying to nudge his prick into her cunt but Aruna was not ready yet .... "Not now Tashi, not now .... Let me bathe you first"
She helped him up from the floor and dragged him to the warm shower and let it run.
"This is a like a waterfall", Tashi screamed with pleasure, as Aruna clasped him to her breast and rubbed his back. His own hands were squeezing her butts and pressing them again and again on his prick. Then he turned her around and they were both facing the spout ... that was raining down on Aruna's tits. Tashi picked up the soap and was rubbing it on her tits. His big hands were squeezing the white rubbery balloons, and tweaking her dark brown nipples. Next he was soaping her cunt .... And Aruna was screaming with delight. She turned around, put her arms around his neck and reached out for his lips. Tashi grabbed her by her waist and lifter her off the wet and slippery floor. Aruna was squirming around in his arms, trying to climb up his body as if up a tree. Tashi's hard prick was prodding her on her belly and as she 'climbed' higher and higher, she felt it on her cunt.
"Tashi, you are at the door", she whispered, "push, push harder"
"Hang on to my neck, don't slip out, hang tight ...."
"I am sliding down, pull me up, pull me up ...."
"Don't worry, didi, I have your butts in my hand and soon you will be on hanging from my cock"
"I can't wait, I cant wait any longer ....."
"Here I come", one last big heave ... and Tashi slid straight into Aruna, "I have arrived"
"Stay there, Tashi, don't come out ... this is heaven .... I am hanging from your cock under this waterfall, I am stuck in it!!!" she exulted.
"Relax and hang on to my neck. I have your butts in my arms ... and we can stand like this ...."
"This is new, is this how you fuck in Tibet, Tashi?"
"Don't squirm around like that didi, you will slip out ... yes this is the how they do it in Tibet ... or at least I have seen pictures like this in the Monastery"
A strange sense of peace and tranquility descended over Aruna. Her wild bucking gradually subsided and she surrendered herself in Tashi's powerful arms. With her butts cradled comfortably in Tashi's arms it was almost as if she had fallen asleep on his chest. The warm water from the shower drummed down on her back, washed off her short hair and cascaded over her back ..... as Tashi rocked her to the strains of an esoteric, if not erotic lullaby.
Hours must have passed, or perhaps it was minutes ... time had no meaning when Aruna was rocking in Tashi's arms. But at some point in time Tashi's cock softened and Aruna slid down to her feet. She woke up with a start ...
"Oh god, Tara and Trisha must be waiting for us ..."
They quickly got out of the shower, dried themselves, splashed some eau-de-cologne on each other and walked out of the bath. They could hear Tara and Trisha talking among them. Tashi and Aruna walked into the drawing room and stopped ...
A pizza delivery boy was standing at the door .. staring at the strange sight of a Tibetan boy walking out of the room with a beautiful Bengali woman ... both in the nude!!!
"What ....", spluttered Aruna, " is going on ...."
"We were famished, waiting for you ...so we ordered some lunch", said Trisha, and then turned to the shell shocked delivery boy, "Thank you ... you can go now"
Tara shut the door and burst out in laughter. "Aruna didi that was hilarious!! You should have seen the look on that boys face, he forgot to ask for the tip"
"But he did get in kind, not in cash .... Let us start ... we are starving."
After that dramatic entry into the Calcutta household, Tashi had now settled in quite well. Partho had welcomed him into his household with open arms ... and tomorrow Trisha, Tara, Tashi and Aruna were going to Ghatsila, on the next stage of their quest.
Trisha had heard about a bungalow on the river and had planned to spend the weekend there but they ran into trouble at the station itself. None of the rickshaw-pullers were aware of this place. Finally they located one old man -- who seemed to know more than he cared to admit, but even he too was reluctant to take them there.
"That place is totally out of the way ... and you are sure to find the place all locked up and nobody there"
"I know that the owner stays in the town, we have to find him first and then he will arrange for everything"
"But why do you wish to go there? It is a strange place and it is just across the river from the cremation ground ... there are far better places if you want a vacation getaway ...."
But finally Trisha's will prevailed. They located the owner, convinced him to give them the keys for the weekend, stocked up with some provisions and finally managed to convince two intrepid rickshaw-pullers to take them there.
"But please do not expect much service ... there is a servant who comes just once a week to clean up the place but otherwise you have to manage on your own." Which suited Trisha just fine, she was here to scout out the terrain and the more they were to themselves, the better.
The tiny bungalow, just about two rooms with a kitchen and bath, was set well back from the dirt track that passed as a road, and was hidden inside a dense stand of ancient saal trees, that towered over it. But sitting in either of the two main rooms, one could see through the trees right up to the river and across.
It was almost evening when they finally reached the place, paid off the two rickshaw pullers and unlocked the main door. The place was sparsely furnished but did not lack the basic necessities. Aruna and Tara set about to get the kitchen going and within an hour announced that an early dinner was served. Trisha and Tashi had in the meantime taken a walk through the trees and had gone up to the river."
"How far did you go Mother? ... right up to the river "
"Yes, it is very close, not even a hundred feet away from the main door ..."
"And what did you see there? any people?"
"Not on this side, I could vaguely see some figures on the other bank .... But it was too dark to make out anything"
"Is there a cremation ground on the other side?"
"I could not see anything, but if a body is brought there, I suppose we would see the pyre"
"Why did you choose this place Mother ... how did you find about this place?"
"I had read about this in one of Bibhuti Bhushan's novels ... he had lived here and had some interesting experiences and he has left behind a small legacy."
"Like what?"
"He said that he had planted two trees right on the edge of the river, a neem tree and a peepal tree. Tashi and I have just checked them out, they are still there ... the neem is huge .. it towers over the peepal, protectively"
"But why did he plant those two trees?"
"Hindu mythology says that the neem is masculine and the peepal is feminine ... which is why he brought them together ..."
"Or may be he was led to do so by an act of destiny ... may be he was here to prepare the ground for us", chipped in Tashi very, very softly.
"You are right Tashi", exclaimed Trisha," I am pretty sure that there is a thread that connects us here and now with Bibhuti babu here and then ... as it connects us to some other points in space-time. We have to find that thread, sense it or perceive it, and then follow it to wherever it goes"
"But where do you want to go .... "
"I don't care, we are here to follow the road and see what lies ahead"
"Let us start with the river front", Tara was impatient ... all these philosophical discussions left her cold.
It was totally dark when the four them reached the river. Moonrise was still a couple of hours away but the sky was ablaze with thousands of sparkling stars. The Subarnarekha is a rain fed river that originates in the Chotanagapura plateau and was almost dry at this time of the year, but for a few streams that flowed through the sandbanks.
"How about walking across the river bed and checking out the cremation ground on the other side?", Tashi was the most adventurous of the lot.
"Would that be a good idea? There must be a few deep areas with swift currents ... and what about quicksand?" Aruna was rather cautious.
"If we all hold hands, we would be safe ....", Tara was more eager.
"I am all for a dip ..... in the water, if it is deep enough", said Trisha," and let us see how far we can go". That was settled.
Silently the four of them stripped off all their clothes and arm-in-arm they waded into the river. Trisha and Aruna were in the middle, while Tashi and Tara the two adventurous ones were on the left and the right. At the bank, the water was up to their ankles but as they moved in it rose up their waist. The water was warm, having flowed over the warm sands for the whole day, but the slight breeze was chilly. Trisha shivered. Tashi put his arms round her waist and pulled her closer. Slowly the four of them felt their way across the river and arrived at the cremation ground.
The place was deserted but for some cinders of bodies that had been cremated earlier. A few bones were scattered around. Trisha walked up to one of the burnt out pyres and picked up some old ash and started smearing it on her naked body.
"We are following in the footsteps of the greatest ascetic of all -- Shiva himself, the ash covered one". The other followed suit and soon all four of them were covered from face to toe. "Let us now go to a deeper part of the river and have a bath"
They started retracing their steps, but this time they were walking towards a deeper part of the stream. Soon they were up to their chests and the current was swifter. Suddenly Trisha slipped and stumbled and lost her grip on Aruna's hand. She gave a scream and twisted away ... but Tashi was swift. He took a quick step, grabbed her by her waist and pulled her into her arms.
Trisha had swallowed some water and came out coughing and gasping for breath, but Tashi had dug his heels into the sand. Trisha threw her arms around his neck and held tight.
"Is Mother all right?", there was a touch of concern in Tara's voice .. as she moved closer to the two tightly entwined bodies.
"I think she is safe .... Don't worry ... but she needs to regain her breath ...let us wait for a few minutes"
Tashi had now started the bathe Trisha. He was splashing the water over her body and washing off the ash that they had smeared themselves .... Trisha too had stabilised herself ... and was doing the same with Tashi ..
This was fun .... Trisha could feel that the stirring of an erection in Tashi's cock. It was getting bigger, harder and poking into her belly ... Trisha's body shivered again .. and this was not because of the cold ....
"Tashi .....", she whispered through the gurgling of the flow ..."hold me tighter .... "
"Don't worry Mother", Tashi reassured her, "I understand .. you are safe in my arms"
Trisha was hugging Tashi tighter, as he carefully waded towards shallower waters, her legs were now clasped around Tashi's waist .... Her cunt was grinding into Tashi's hard cock ....
Tara was the first to spot this new angle. She nudged Aruna. "Mother is getting excited.... Do you see her butts wriggling?" Tashi and Tara were now in knee deep water, on a sandbank .. but Trisha had made no effort to get off his body. She was now kissing Tashi on his lips.
Tashi was now just about ankle deep in the flowing stream. All four were now on the safety of a stable sand bar .... But Tashi and Trisha were lost in a world of their own .... Trisha was hanging from Tashi's body and his prick was most probably buried deep into her cunt. Her hands were around Tashi's neck, her lips on his, kissing with wild abandon. Tashi was rubbing her back.
Tara and Aruna could only watch as Tashi's legs slowly buckled beneath under him as he sat down in the water, then leaned back and went flat on his back. The water was just about a couple of inches deep and was washing over his partially submerged body. Trisha was on his chest, his prick was embedded in her cunt and her buttocks were thrashing around, her lips were locked on his ... sucking deep on his tongue.
Tara and Aruna were spellbound. Here they were .... Out in the open, under a sky full of stars, bang in the middle of a river and Trisha was moaning with pleasure as she bucked and thrust deep into the big Tibetan boy. The faint starlight had thrown a cloak of natural privacy on the couple and the wide riverbed and its distant banks had ensured that there was no one else within earshot. The environment had washed away all her inhibitions.
Her moans of pleasure echoed across the vastness of the desolate riverbed. She was bucking around with each majestic thump of Tashi's hips.
"Tashi, Tashi ... you are my Son, my Shiva .... Come into me, come into me my lord"
"Mother ... grow upon me, my mother, my Shakti .... Go up, go up .." and he was holding her up by her shoulders .... Trisha's eyes were shut tight, her head was snapped back, her back was taut and angled away from his belly ... she was mumbling something.
"The stars, the stars ... the points of light ... do you see them ... do you see them ...."
"Yes my Shakti ... the stars above are crowding around me, they are moving ... they are moving in, they are moving down ... towards us ... they are pouring into your head ... through your neck, through your tits ... they are falling out of your nipples ..."
"There are stars all around us, in the sky, in the water around you they are sparkling all around us"
"Mother .. Shakti ... the stars around ... are they getting closer, sticking together ... I cannot see them separately anymore ... they are merging into each other ...
"Shiva, Shiva ... yes they are merging into a big halo of light ... that is becoming brighter ... the darkness is going ... the stars are merging ... this light, it is engulfing us"
"Mother .. I see the light .. it is all around us .... I cannot hold on any longer ... I am coming ...." And with a final thrust of his butts ... he shot his seed into the Trisha. Trisha collapsed on to his chest ... and passed out.
Tara and Aruna were hypnotized at this strange sight ... of the two spent lovers lying in each other's arms in the warm waters of the swiftly flowing river. But was this? the darkness had indeed become lighter ... there was some kind of a faint glow in the sky towards the western horizon ...
The sun had set long ago ... so what was this fleeting glow of light that now illumined Shiva and Shakti. Was it the distant glow of the slag dumped periodically from the steel plant at Jamshedpur? or was it something that they were yet to figure out?
Trisha disentangled herself and Tara helped her get up. Her legs were shivering with excitement. Tashi too was struggled to his feet and soon the four of them were on the way towards the riverbank and back to the warm coziness of their bungalow.
Trisha was now moving fast to put her plans in place. She had purchased the bungalow on the river and registered it in Tara's name. Tashi and Tara had now moved in and had put in new furniture and new facilities. It already had an electricity but Trisha had subscribed for a telephone connection and had purchased and installed a personal computer with an Internet connection. Next she had installed a small KU band antenna on the roof and had subscribed to a Direct-to-Home satellite TV service. She had opened a bank account in nearby Ghatsila, jointly with Tara and had moved her entire savings there. Her assets in stocks, bonds and mutual funds had been moved into a joint account operated by Tara and she had made arrangements so that all income was directly credited to her Ghatsila bank account. Tara now had the security and safety of being completely self-sufficient.