Latha approaches the room with a glass of milk in her hand and anxiousness on her face. She realises that inside that room is her newly wed husband Raj and as soon as she opens the room, her married life will begin.
Her legs are aching and she is very tired as she is awake from early morning and Indian Weddings take a huge toll on the energy of the bride. Her friends told her that even though men will also be tired, they will surely never give up sex on their first night with the bride. Even though she feels shy thinking about it, she is very scared and she is very tired. She does not want it. But based on what she heard, she has no option but to comply to her Indian Husband's wishes. That's the norm.
As she opens the door. Her heart beats faster. A combination of fear and shyness. Fear taking the upper hand.
He sees her with a blank stare. She immediately lowers her head down and offers him the milk. He says "I am very full right now" and keeps the glass on the table.
Both of them just stand there, speechless. She just stands there with her head facing the floor and wants to badly say "Please not today , I am very tired, weak , I don't want to make love with you tonight" , but she is scared to even open the mouth.
Raj says "You must be very tired, let me massage you". Without expecting a reply he held her hand and takes her to the chair and makes her sit there.
Latha was shocked by this gesture. She didn't know what to say.
Raj slowly removed her necklace and other jewelry and started giving her a head massage. Latha was speechless , she wanted to say "No you don't have to" but she did badly need a massage and his hands were very gentle. She loved it.
Raj started with her head, slowly massaged her forehead. Then started massaging her ears and near her ears. While doing that he bent down and took a deep breadth to smell her hair. She felt it, her heart was beating in maximum speed.
"Wow! Your hair smells so great Latha... Both touching and smelling them gives me intense pleasure and joy "
Latha became very shy. She was smiling. But unable to say anything .
And then all of a sudden he lifted and carried her to the bed.
Latha was thinking "Oh no! Don't not today, the massage was great , why not continue that." But she still didn't have the guts to talk.
Raj slowly placed her on the bed, looking into her eyes. Then to her surprise he started massaging her feet.
Latha just realised "He didn't stop the massage, he is going to continue it to my whole body". She was excited. She really needed this. From now on her heart slowed down. She became calm . She realised Raj really wants her to be relaxed. And her intuition told her that he doesn't want intercourse, he just wants her to relax and have the best night of her life. A soothing night.
Raj slowly moved up from feet to her thighs. He was massaging very gently.
Suddenly he kissed her feet.
She was very surprised. In a tradition where the wife is expected to fall on husband's feet, here is a man who kisses his wife's feet.
He then started massaging her hands.
While doing it he was making eye contact with her.
She was unable to control her shyness.
She looked away many times. But Raj was just constantly fixed on looking at her eyes while his hands were doing the massaging.
He lowered his head to her face.
Raj said "You must be very tired, that's why I am massaging you. We don't need to have it today. I want you to be relaxed and comfortable with me on our first night... I will never force you and do something without your will nor make you do something without your consent"
Latha replied with a smile "Hmmmmmmmm", but in her head she just realised she is the luckiest girl alive.
Raj got more closer to her. Her heart started beating. She is going to experience her first kiss. She closed her eyes.
Raj leaned closer, his lips just 1 inch away from hers. He breathed. She felt his breadth, her heart rate now increased so much.
And then the lips locked.
He just stayed like that for sometime. And slowly pushed further. Her lips opened a little , his tongue touched hers.
After that both of them were no more conscious of themselves. They were under the control of love. Time freezes. Till date they have no idea how long they were kissing. It was as if they were puppets being puppeteered by Love.
After a long long time. He made her lie on his shoulders hugging her.
Latha felt so relaxed, so safe in his arms, so lucky, so excited for the entire future. She smiled and closed her eyes. She had a dreamless perfect sleep the entire night. Smiling the whole time. Her Longest Smile.
