Debdas woke up early next day, as the skies outside drizzled. As his head cleared, he reflected on yesterday's happenings. He could scarcely believe everything that had transpired. He met Aunty after she came back from her walk. Her clothes were drenched, accentuating her curves.
"Beta, I had set out your clothes to dry. It is all drenched now."
It was all drenched. His three white briefs were again out of commission.
"I am so sorry, Debdas," she apologised
"It's okay Aunty. I have enough clothes."
"Do you have underwear?"
How did she know?
She explained, "I saw that yesterday you were not wearing any. Did you forget to pack?"
He nodded.
"Don't worry beta. We will work something out."
After breakfast, Uncle headed out into the town for some work. Aunty came into his room with some underwear in hand.
"Debdas, your uncle's briefs are too big for you. All of Samar's briefs are with him. I thought you could wear my underwear," she said.
She laid out a few of her panties on his bed. He stared at it in astonishment. All were V shaped of different colours. Even to his untrained eye, he could see that the material was superior to his standard issue underwear.
"I can't wear this!" he whispered in horror.
"What?Why?" she smiled, seeing the look of horror.
"It's... It's for girls. That's why!"
She laughed. "Who says?"
"Ummm... society."
"Society? Beta, if we listen to everything society says, we will never get ahead. Besides, how will society know what you are wearing under your pants."
Debdas resisted. Neerja aunty poked and prodded.
"Beta, it is just a piece of cloth. What are you worried about?"
This stopped him in his tracks. Aunty sat him down on the bed and asked him if Debdas thought that wearing a panty would make him effeminate. Debdas nodded. It would be weird and if his friends came to know, they would laugh at him.
Neerja aunty explained that just by wearing a panty, he would not in any way become less male.
"Sometimes, in an emergency, Uncle will wear mine. It is nothing to be concerned with. You have seen uncle. He is a real man, isn't he? Don't worry beta. Wear this until your underwear dries off. You will see that the material is so much better and softer. You will be more comfortable."
He took a blue panty and started to walk towards the bathroom.
"Why don't you change here, Debdas? You can try on a different one if you are uncomfortable. I got you my old ones so that it is easier to fit in."
He turned around, dropped his half pants and carefully pulled on Aunty's panties. The material was nicer than his rough instituition issued underwear and it felt comfortable, though strange, against his skin. As he pulled it up his legs and thighs, the arousal climbed up his shaft and the head of his penis flared angrily.
Debdas moaned as his erection pushed against the soft, accommodating fabric. His nunu protruded through the stretchy material and nestled comfortably, and slightly to the right. The most erotic part was that Aunty's genitals had been in direct contact with the fabric and now he was wearing it.
"Turn around Debdas," said aunty. "Let me see if it fits," she said.
Debdas turned around and after some urging from Aunty, lowered his hands.
"Beta, it fits you so well. Are you comfortable?"
Debdas nodded.
"See, I told you it will be comfortable. Don't you worry about your masculinity beta. As a woman, I can very well see that you are developing into a proper
mard,"
she said.
Debdas blushed and Aunty seemed to be enjoying his embarrassment in a playful manner.
"I should show Uncle," she said.
"No, no! Aunty, please!" said Debdas
"Nonsense beta, Uncle will see how it fits so well," said Aunty.
Debdas folded his hands and begged her. She laughed, "Okay! Okay! Relax! I won't tell him."
She promised to take him to the nearby town the coming morning once the rains subsided. The next day, after breakfast, Debdas followed Neerja aunty outside. She took out the car and they drove it to town. Aunty dropped it off at a mechanic shop for some due repairs.
They went to the only decent shopping mall in town. It was a mall only in name. It was two stories high and there was more shops closed and boarded up than open. She took him to one of her familiar shops, one selling clothes for women.
They were greeted with folded hands by a middle aged woman in a salwar kameez, wearing a bright smile.
"Welcome, madam," she said.
"Debdas, this is the proprietor, Mrs Reenu."
"Good afternoon, Aunty," he said and bowed down with a Namaste.
"What brings you here?" said Mrs Reenu.
The women got to talking while Debdas sat on one of the small cushioned seats, surveying the collection. Almost everything was ethnic wear. There was a small section which held women's underwear. Reenu aunty showed Neerja various ethnic dresses. She spent a good while in the trial room, trying on one after the other. Finally, she purchased three. She also purchased underwear, he noticed.
"These panties are for me,' she whispered as they walked down the stairs. "You can use my old ones," she said
Lunch was taken in a small hotel where they had benches for seats but the food was good. They each took a thali. On the way to the auto stand, aunty bought him a kulfi.
"Take us to the fair," she said, handing over a note to the auto driver.
They took tickets to see the town fair ground. It was not very large. There were stalls set up along the perimeter and a ferris wheel stood in the middle. They walked among the crowds, stopping at a few stalls now and then. Aunty haggled with the vendors while Debdas dutifully carried her bags. For all the world, they looked like a mother and her son enjoying an evening out during the town fair. Aunty contrived to brush herself against him several times. There were bumps of their bodies, light touches of the hands, lingering looks and she even wiped off the corners of his lips, after they had had pani puris.
"Debdas," she asked as they sat on a bench and munched on bhel puri, "Do you wish your mother were here now?"
He was nonplussed. "I mean... It would be nice. I think. I don't know, really," he stammered.
She chuckled. "If she had come with you, both of you could use the bathtub."
Debdas choked and coughed in shock as Aunty giggled. She patted him on the back as tears came to his eyes. After a few seconds, he cleared his throat and regained his composure.
"You get so self conscious na, beta. What is wrong with sharing the tub with your mother?" she asked. "I am like your mother and we shared it."
"But..but...she is my mother," he protested.
"And I am not?"she asked in mock disappointment. "Do you not think of me as your mother?"
"I mean... I do. Yes! Of course, I do."
"Call me like you would call your mother," she whispered, her eyes glazing over.
"Ma," he whispered.
She swallowed. "Again,"she said, insistent.
"Ma!"
She liked hearing him say it. He whispered it again and again on her request. He took hold of her hand and they went together to the tea stall.
He looked at the chaiwala and said, "Ma, would you like some tea? Bhaiyya, please give mother your special tea."
Neerja aunty squeezed his hands, hearing him acknowledge her in public like that. They sat side by side on a thin wooden bench, their bodies pressing close. Asserting their relationship filled him with confidence. It was clear that Neerja aunty liked him very much.
"Debdas, can you imagine you and your mother in our hot tub?" she whispered.
Debdas walked unsteadily, eyes unfocussed. As the crowds walked around them, he allowed himself to picture his mother in the bath. He imagined her naked body with her small breasts and buttocks. Would she allow him to lie back on her like Neerja aunty had? Could he gather the courage to soap and clean her feet? Would they soap up together? After their bath, would they sit their naked selves in the verandah to dry off?
His nunu strained against the soft fabric of the panty. Aunty got up and so did he.He felt the back of her hand brush against his sensitive, straining nunu ostensibly by accident. He gasped as he felt a jolt pass up from the tip to his head along the spine.
"Let us get on the ferris wheel beta," she said.
"Okay, Ma"
They sat together, shoulder to shoulder in one of the tubs. He had never been on one before and as the tub went all the way up, he tensed and held on tightly to the steel bar. Aunty gaily laughed and enjoyed herself, pointing out the sights from up high. She was able to point out their compound and the forest surrounding it. Debdas saw that there was a little body of water deep inside.