It’s a happy Sunday, as what Nina and Abhay like to call
it. They stay in bed till late trying to wake each other up and falling asleep
themselves. But Nina wakes wide up when her long hair are caught under Abhay. Careful
as a cat, she slides her smooth strands out from the lover’s paw and glides her
long and lean body out of the bed. Nina looks prettier in the morning with her
hair messed up, her face fuller and lips a bit plump. She admires her beautiful
self in the bathroom mirror and is soon struck by the glimpses of last night.
She wonders if she looked better then or now. Splashing her face with water she
decides to ponder over this with her morning tea.
She lets Abhay sleep as she tries to sneak into her own mind.
Kissing that girl from the bar, she realized that she was right about one thing.
What she thought a few years ago wasn’t a coincidence. Nina has well-played her
cards in the past. She has dated four guys, and all had something different to
offer. Not that she had planned it out that way but she quite enjoyed trying a
newer kind each time. All those relationships were different and as was the sex
and the kiss. She walks back in time to revisit each kiss one at a time.
Starting with the last, she frowns at the memory; he is pushing himself against
her with his hands resisting hers from any sort of protest. Her last boyfriend
was a male chauvinist who left no chance to make her feel disgusted with
herself. Nina goes out of breath and brings herself back to the tea she had
just prepared. She’s got nothing to do with him anymore and she will not waste even a minute thinking about
him. It was difficult coming out from that hole but the ending was beautiful as
she found Abhay waiting for her right outside.
Well that was the only dark spot from Nina’s past. The
one right before him was a total charmer. Rich as fuck, he was amazingly soft
and sweet. But that’s where everything went wrong – everything, literally, was
soft! Rewinding to the kiss from where it all started, he assumed himself to be
a king of hearts but to Nina it was just a regular passionate kiss. So why
waste time at that. Moving on or shall I say backward, Nina’s second boyfriend
was a Romeo at both head and heart. Their love was quite intense and lasted for
about two years. He was the first guy she kissed because her first boyfriend
was actually a pen friend. Romeo and Nina had it all right, they even thought
they’ll get married and have a child. Childish as they were, they didn’t realize
exams were coming! When Nina screwed up her papers, her parents gave their
story a tragic end.
But Nina didn’t come this far to replay this list of weird
love stories. The kiss from last night reminded her of her first – when she kissed
a girl. Studying together and preparing for their next paper, Nina and Anisha were
great friends at school. With past few years of close friendship, they had
grown fonder of each other. They talked over the phone for long (long-phone-bills
long) hours every night, waited desperately each morning to meet in the school
bus, and felt sad each day when the school got over. The prep leaves made their
situation even worse. So one day, Nina found a way out and convinced Anisha’s
parents to let her stay with her for better concentration and better results.
Anisha, super-excited to the idea, quickly packed her stuff and headed with
Nina. They studied (tried to study) like good girls till Nina’s parents dozed
off to bed, and then got closer to talk and talk and talk some more. It was
like they had hundreds of years of stories to share. It wasn’t long after when
Nina got all touchy, and Anisha seemed to admire that. Nina gathered some guts
and told her that she wanted to try something. Anisha, by the look on her face,
knew what was coming. She gave a hesitating nod, and Nina came closer, breathing
heavy. Anisha closed her eyes and Nina reached out faster, unable to resist
that feeling any longer.
Nina’s first kiss (that lived and lasted 15 minutes) was
the best one till now. She thought that it was a coincidence but kissing a girl
is something she would now like to give more thought to.
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