Vishal's mom was happy with the clothes Nisha had picked for him.
"Do you like them too, Vishal?"
"Yes, mom"
"I'm impressed, Nisha. It's usually so hard to find decent clothes that he'll agree to wear."
"Oh, he was a breeze to shop for, aunty. He was very cooperative."
"Really? I wish I could send him with you every time." Rita beamed at that, while Vishal shuddered at the thought. "All of these look good. Let's get them all and go grab something to eat. Rita isn't done yet, but it's getting late."
During dinner, Vishal's mom discussed their sleeping arrangements.
"Nisha, you can take Vishal's bed. He sleeps in the living room when we have guests over."
"Oh, that won't be necessary, Aunty. Rita and I can share a bed. They look big enough. Vishal can sleep in his own bed."
"No, he'll be fine sleeping in the living room. I want you to be comfortable..."
"No aunty, I insist. We'll be very comfortable. Besides, plus 2 is an important year for Vishal. We shouldn't disrupt his routine like that. Right, Rita?"
Rita wasn't very enthusiastic "Well, it's not like he spends all his time studying. But yeah, we'll be fine sharing a bed. I've shared it with cousins before and it's been fine."
Her mom reluctantly acquiesced, "OK, but if you're not comfortable in any way, let me know Rita. Vishal has slept plenty of times in the living room."
"Sure, aunty. But it won't be necessary. I know we'll be fine."
So it was settled. That morning, Vishal would have been happy to know that he would keep his bed. But now, after an exhausting day of prolonged arousal, he had begun hoping that he could be by himself in the living room that night. But it was not to be.
They returned home late in the evening. When they got home, to his mom's surprise, Vishal went straight to his room to study.
When it was time for bed, Nisha came into his room with a glass of warm milk. He always had milk before bed.
"Here's your milk, Vishal. Aunty says it's time for you to go to bed."
"OK, thanks."
As he started drinking it, he noticed that she had changed into a thin cotton nightgown. It had lace details sewn on to the ends of the short sleeves and at the bottom of the hem. The hem went down to her calves and pretty much covered most of her. The neckline had a short slit down the middle through which a sliver of skin was visible. As she leaned over his desk to look at his study material, he felt that he could faintly see the curve of her breast through the slit. Just the idea was enough to arouse him again.
Nisha collected his glass when he was done. "Time to go to bed now," she said, and ruffled his hair, smiling. By now he was used to this, so he simply smiled back. As he walked to the bed, however, she frowned.
"Are you going to sleep in your day clothes?"
"Yeah. I always do."
"You really should take them off, Vishal. It's not good for your body to get hot during the night."
He looked back at her with a blank expression, not knowing how to react. At least this time she wasn't making a move to take off his clothes.
"Well, I have to go help aunty now. All I'm going to say is at least take off some of your clothes. It's up to you. Goodnight now." And she left the room.
As Vishal sat in bed, he felt strangely sad that Nisha had left sounding disappointed. He decided to at least take off his t-shirt. He pulled it off and dropped it into the space between his bed and the wall. He then lay down and pulled up his blanket up to his chest.
It felt odd lying down bare chested. He couldn't remember the last time he had slept that way. He felt his penis stiffening. He used one hand to fondle his bare nipples, and the other to squeeze his erection through his shorts. He recollected how Nisha had caressed his bare chest and tummy while he stood in the store in just his briefs, and he squeezed harder.
And then he heard footsteps and froze, closing his eyes to feign sleep.
It was Nisha and Rita, coming to bed. Rita was the first to notice that he was shirtless, though they couldn't see the rest of him under the blanket. She pointed it to Nisha in a hushed tone, so as to not wake him up.
"Look, he took his shirt off."
"Good. I suggested he take some clothes off before he went to bed. It's not good to sleep hot."
"I'm surprised he listened. I wonder if he's just wearing his undies," Rita said, giggling.
"Well, it would be even better if he took those off too," replied Nisha.
Vishal still had his hand over his erection, and he had to keep it pressed to stop them from seeing it move under the blanket. Rita started giggling even more at Nisha's comment, and then she suddenly stopped.
"Wait, you're serious aren't you?"
"Of course. That's how the boys in my village sleep."
"I need to come to your village sometime and see all these naked boys."
"You should come for the next break. But only if you learn to stop giggling."
"That's going to be hard," Rita admitted. And with that they went to sleep.
Vishal, however, was wide awake. Their conversation had gotten him very excited. Did Nisha really want him to sleep naked? The thought made his penis ache with arousal.
His shorts suddenly felt very stifling.