Disclaimer: All characters in this story who are involved in sexual acts are above the age of 18.
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It was past 9:30pm in the evening when the phone rang. I thought it would be Neena - probably managing to get some free time at home towards the end of the day.
"Hello."
"Hello", I responded a bit uncertainly. The voice was familiar but not one I had heard on the phone before.
"Sri - Hi. Its me, Sarayu aunty."
"Oh - Hi. Your voice sounded a bit different."
I was a bit taken aback at the call. I had left her with a "call me" statement the previous night but hadn't expected it happen so soon. After the short but intense kissing session with her which was interrupted by uncle, I had come home and wanked off immediately, needing urgent relief. I had a disturbed night's sleep, tossing and turning with arousal and thoughts of Sarayu aunty flittering through my dreams. On top of that my mother had woken me up early. She was taking an early flight to Mumbai and then onto New York to be with my father for a week. A long weekend was coming up and she wanted to make the most of it.
I always disliked Mondays at school and that day was no exception. I didn't even manage to get a glimpse of Neena at school. Additionally, the cultural competition which involved my singing amongst other events, was happening that Wednesday. An extended practice session meant I came home late and had just about had my dinner when that call from Sarayu aunty came in.
"You can talk?", she asked.
"Sure. I'm alone."
"Your mother?"
"She left today morning to the US to be with my father. She won't be back till next Tuesday."
"Really? You are all by yourself at your home?"
I could sense the disapproval in her voice.
"Yes."
"Is it safe? How do you manage for food? I can't believe your parents are ok with this!"
Again - that tone of disapproval... I had to spend a few minutes to assure her that I was safe, capable of self-living and that this wasn't the first occasion on which I had been left alone. She was still not convinced at the end of it so I decided to change the topic.
"Uncle and Sanjay aren't at home now?"
"Yes, but Sanjay is in his room upstairs and uncle has retired early tonight - had a long day at the office."
"Oh - ok."
Once again, visions of her lovely face and figure entered my mind. What an absolute beauty she was! I could still remember the taste of her lips from the previous evening - it was barely 24 hours since.
"So you are in the living room by yourself?"
"Yes."
There was a moment of strained silence from both ends. Still young, I was not the smooth talker that I (at least think) developed into in later years.
"I wanted to say thank you for taking me to the match yesterday. I have always wanted to see the West Indian team play and I got to do that - it was fantastic."
"No problem Sri - it was a pleasure to have you along,"
Was I just imagining things or did she have a special emphasis when she said "pleasure".
"Oh - but I still can't thank you enough aunty."
"Well, you did a pretty good job at last night."
I gasped at her statement and remained silent for a few seconds not knowing how to respond. In the meantime, I had developed a quick and painfully hard erection as the import of her statement hit me. I struggled to put together a suitably tacky response but none came out.
"Sorry - got to go now."
I heard a click and the phone went dead. She had disconnected. My brain went into a frenzy. Did she disconnect because Sanjay or uncle was coming into the room? Or was it that she was expecting me to say something appropriate back and gotten impatient with the wait? The familiar pattern of multiple nightly wanks continued for the second night in a row. I dreamt of both Neena and Sarayu together and how that would be.
Tuesday was much like the previous day - a full day at school and extended practice till late evening. When I got back home, I was hopeful that Sarayu aunty would call again like she did the previous evening. I remained up till past midnight but no call came. I debated whether to call their house myself, but decided it might be a bit too risky. I was disappointed but the horniness remained. Another night of hand exercises followed.
Wednesday dawned bright and sunny. I headed towards the auditorium at AIIMS where the competition was being conducted. Meeting Sanjay only brought back vivid memories of his mother and also the phone conversation we had. It was difficult moving around in a large crowd of teenage boys and girls while trying to hide a prominent tentpole of an erection that went and came in bouts, as thoughts of Sarayu flitted on and off in my mind. Sometime during the day, i spotted Rishi at a distance. I made no move to engage with him, but now thoughts of Neena and our wonderful romp the previous Saturday kept playing in my brain. I was having a difficult time focusing on the competition at hand.
The music competition event was the prime concluding event and started only in the afternoon. We were the second last slot to start at around 6;30pm. Each school had thirty minutes and could present whatever they wanted. Dominated by a very public school English speaking crowd, pretty much every other school had a Western angle to it. Two schools had shared the rental of a full blown piano and had students play Classical music. WIth no disrespect intended, I had never been able to appreciate and enjoy Western classical music and that day was no exception. However the crowd, most of whom probably knew nothing of the intricacies of the music playing, went into oohs and aahs - a strong yearning to be seen as knowledgeable in "Western" culture was highly predominant amongst many at that time.
I was getting more and more nervous as the schools went through their thirty minute routines one by one. And the more I thought about it, the less I felt favorably about Mr. D'Mello's idea of doing a Carnatic classical session. I felt that if we had any chance of a decent standing in the competition then we needed a change of plan. One of the judges was a famous Hindustani classical vocalist - some similarities with the Carnatic tradition existed. And so at the last moment, when we were on stage, I decided to throw caution (and all our practice sessions) to the wind and improvise on the spot. I announced a ragam thalam pallavi in Hindolam. My accompanists were in a state of obvious shock, looking at me disbelievingly on stage with the audience looking on. But I felt wonderfully at ease. Hindolam is close to the Hindustani raaga Malkauns and I felt the North Indian crowd would feel some semblance of kinship. The tanam section was totally new to the audience, but it is one of the most pleasant sounding sections in a musical recitation that I felt it would go down well. Lastly, the kalpanaswarams went down spectacularly. I finished with a short Sanskrit piece in Jonpuri that was a favorite of my guru's guru and of course the mangalam. A rousing ovation followed. Notwithstanding the general western tilt we managed a second place in the competition which was enough to get my school the overall winner position amongst all events.
My singing had obviously gone down well with the rank and file of students in attendance. A few girls that I crossed later said a "congratulations" or "fantastic singing" followed by simpering giggles. As I made my way back to the section of the audience where students from my school were seated, my eyes were caught by a bright pink color dress at the back. As I scanned more closely, I realized with surprise that it was Sarayu aunty and that her husband was with her. Sanjay had his dramatics competition just before ours and they had obviously come to see him. I was surprised though that they had stayed back an extra few hours to sit through the music competition.
A little while later with all the events of the day concluded. Sanjay called out to me asking me to wait and caught up with me.
"Need a ride back home? Its late and buses will not be easy to get."
"Sure. Thanks. I saw your parents at the back of the audience I think."
"Yes. Dad taken a half-day off from the office to see me in the play. And I told them you were singing later and amma then decided they would stay back to listen."
"Oh - great."
"That was superb by the way - didn't know you sang that well."
"Oh - thanks. Yes, I have learnt since I was a child but all that took a hit after I came to Delhi.".