It was 10 am, way past Jharna's scheduled time of 7 am. She ran hurriedly through the busy roads, tucking her pallu in the pleats on her waist, passing it between her legs so that she can actually run. She managed to reach Bala's house, rang the bell a couple of times, wiping the sweat off her face with her pallu. It was a very hot day and it's showing in her armpits. She let herself in with a spare set of keys since nobody answered.
It meant that Jharna was in for a severe scolding the next day as she came after Bala left for office. She slowly started cleaning the house when she heard muffled noises from Bala's bedroom. She was aghast to find Bala gagged and handcuffed to the four corners of the bed naked. She immediately rushed to him and removed the gag. Bala gasped, "On the dressing table!"
Jharna found the keys for the handcuffs on the dressing table and swiftly rescued Bala. Bala wrapped himself in a blanket and quietly sipped the water Jharna brought as she nursed his wrists and ankles.
"I'm so sorry, Sir. Had I come at the regular time, I would have saved 3 hours of hell for you," said Jharna.
Bala responded, "my girlfriend left at 9, after your regular departure time. Hadn't you been late, I would have been bound until tomorrow."
Bala pointed to the ring sitting on the dressing table. Jharna fetched it to him, "Is this the ring that you two quarreled about?"
"Yes, it is," Bala took the ring from her hands, "she bought it for me last year but she says it's given by another girl whom I am having an affair with."
"Why don't she remember the damn thing she bought?" Jharna sighed.
"It doesn't matter. She just needed an excuse to break things off."
"She need not have done this. This is too cruel," Jharna pointed at the handcuffs.
Bala smiled and beckoned Jharna closer. He whispered in her ear, "I actually like this. I'm into this stuff." He giggled.
Jharna wiped her forehead with her pallu in dismay, "I can never guess what today's generation is into."
"Do you mean you never heard of this stuff?"
"Of course, I did. But I thought it only exists in those videos, not in real life."
"You mean porn? Do you watch porn, Jharna?" Bala moved closer to Jharna.
"I do. Everyone does," said Jharna unflinchingly.
Bala chuckled, "You are way too cooler for your age."
"Bala sir, I am only 18 years older to you. I am not a granny," retorted Jharna.
"Okay, okay, my dear young Jharna. I apologize."
Jharna got up and started sweeping the room. Bala looked at her meticulously do her job and when she was about to leave the room, he called out to her, "Jharna! Are you free this evening?"
Jharna turned back and asked, "What for?"
Bala walked to her holding the bedsheet tight, "My girlfriend and I are supposed to go to a Halloween party tonight. We even ordered the costumes. I badly want to go to the party. Would you accompany me?"
Jharna looked confused. "Pleaseeee!" grinned Bala.
"What costume?" asked Jharna.
"I'll be batman and you will wear catwoman. Is it okay?" asked Bala hopefully.
"Would it be okay for you to have a plus sized catwoman beside a zero sized batman?" Jharna rolled her eyes.
"Of course, of course, you know my girlfriend's size." smiled Bala.
******
When Jharna entered the house in the evening, Bala was sitting on the sofa in the hall with his head in his hands. A pair of black costumes were spread on the table in front of him.
"What's the matter, sir?" Jharna asked, "why are you so disappointed?"
"My girlfriend ordered the wrong sizes," tears almost welled up Bala's eyes, "she must have purposely done this."
Jharna sat down on the ground, examining the costumes. The sizes are exchanged. Batman's was the bigger costume and catwoman's smaller. She scrutinized them for a bit, feeling the rubbery latex and suggested, "Sir, I have an idea if you don't mind."
Bala looked at her hopefully. She continued, "Why don't we exchange costumes?"
Bala looked into Jharna's eyes, "Are you really okay with that, Jharna?"
"Yes, Sir. I am perfectly fine with it."
"Thanks a lot, Jharna," Bala held her hands, "You are very kind."
Bala quickly shaved his mustache and beard and they both got into their respective suits. Jharna's suit was fitting her body alright but there was one problem. Her breasts were too big for the suit.
"You sure you can bear the pain for 3 hours?" Bala asked concerned.
"It's alright, sir," Jharna replied, "I once mistakenly bought half a dozen bras one size smaller than mine. I couldn't let them go to waste so used them for one whole year."
Bala laughed and said, "These seem to be a problem for me," pinching the empty bust of his costume. "There is a bigger problem," pointed Jharna to his hardon.
Bala was a bit embarrassed and said, "I'll relieve it in just a minute."
"What if it appears in the party? We can't take chances, can we?"
"Would you take care of me in that case?" Bala flinched expecting a beating from Jharna. She pinched his ear, "Don't expect too much."
"Cool, that was a joke. I have another idea." Bala took her to the bedroom and opened his red box of toys. It got a nice collection of vibrators, dildos, harnesses, gags and handcuffs. At one corner of it is a small shining chastity cage.
Bala excitedly held up the chastity cage to Jharna and she had a grin on her face.
They went to the basement to get the bike and as Bala was about to get on the bike, Jharna grasped his hand with the keys, "Let batman ride, honey." She grabbed the keys from Bala's hands and started the bike.
As Bala got on the bike behind her, Jharna exclaimed, "Hold tight, catwoman. We are gonna smash that speedometer."
Bala held the seat tight with his hands. Jharna revved it up instantly causing Bala to fall back because of the inertia. "I told you to hold tight," grunted Jharna.
Bala moved close to Jharna and hugged her tightly with his hands around her waist as she sped past the traffic like a lightning. To the onlookers, it looked like batman and catwoman flying around Gotham city like it's a normal day as Jharna navigated the traffic with dexterity.
They reached in half the time that Bala expected. He was still in a shock and didn't move away from Jharna long after she stopped the bike.
It was a dome shaped glass enclosure and they could see lights coming from inside. Bala presented the tickets to the receptionist and she took them to their table on the first floor.
They could see outside through the glass window beside their table and it looked beautiful. Bala and Jharna sat across from each other and were looking through the menu to order something quickly. After they ordered, Jharna leaned forward and whispered in Bala's ear, "Thank you for the invitation, this place is damn good."
Bala touched her elbow, "I should be the one thanking you."
Soon, the drinks came. Both of them downed 3 tequila shots in a row and started laughing at each other. Bala started swaying in his seat and Jharna laughed pointing at him, "You got rattled for just 3 shots."
"Why, aren't you?"
"No, I have greater capacity than you," Jharna made a bicep flexing pose.
Through his drooping eyes, Bala saw the muscular outline of Jharna in the batman costume and thought that the suit was well designed to depict the wearer as strong.
"I can drink 3 more shots and still be stable. Waiter!" Jharna cried swiftly ordering 3 shots.
Jharna was almost to the ground as Bala tried so hard to lift her up with her left arm on his shoulders and him pushing the floor hard with his legs to make the both of them stand. It was then he realized that the muscular outline was not the dress but Jharna's muscles. They were as strong as steel.
"Looks like someone's pride is down the drain," laughed Bala.
"I'm perfectly alright, idiot," slurred Jharna.
"My ass, you are. Let's go to the dance floor," suggested Bala.
As soon as they got to the dance floor, Jharna brimmed with energy and began shaking vigorously on the dance floor. Bala too grooved with her.
She put her two extended hands on either side of Bala's head and stared straight into his eyes as she slurred, "are there no friends of yours here?"
"I have but I don't want them to see me wearing the catwoman costume."
Jharna looked around in a daze and there are a lot of costumes and the people are unrecognizable partly because of the masks and partly because of the drinks. She saw a couple walking towards them. Superman and Lois Lane.