The tranquil afternoon rolled into a relaxing evening in its leisurely pace, as Anirudh and Bondita strolled in the backyard garden of the small hut. Anirudh had plucked wild flowers, designing them in a string by joining the tender stalks together. He carefully garlanded Bondita's long open locks with the queer flower string before stepping back a few feet to admire the wholesome beauty.
Bondita was happy... and this unadulterated happiness reflected in Anirudh's heart as well.

"I don't remember when was the last time I was this happy."
Anirudh remarked, reducing the gap in between them as he pulled Bondita gently in an embrace.

"Same... " She replied, raising on her toes as she planted a soft kiss on his sharp nose.

Anirudh was wearing a plain white dhoti and his upper body was covered with Bondita's white shawl. The tight kurta that he had worn along with his trousers and Bondita's clothings hung on a rope, drying in the open air.

"No work... No worries... No one around... Just you and me, and this simple life." Anirudh inhaled a heartful of the fresh air. "I could do this forever, if you are with me."

Bondita kissed him again, on his cheeks this time as she slowly parted her lips to speak.
"Wherever you are, it's my heaven Barrister Babu."

"Please call me Anirudh."

"Infront of everyone?"

"You may, if you want. But especially when you are with me... Just the two of us." Anirudh replied winking naughtily at her.

"Alright... I'll try." But tell me this, what were you hiding inside your shoes a little while ago?" She asked lifting one eyebrow in question.

Anirudh was a little baffled at this sudden unexpected question. His eyes widened for a moment as he burst out into laughter.

"My detective wife!" He laughed cupping her chin lovingly with his hands.
"You'll know in due time."

The sun was setting slowly in the western sky as gigantic black clouds formed a canopy over their little abode.

Bondita had puffed some rice and Anirudh lay on the rectangular, raised porch lazily, resting his head on her lap. She sat with her legs stretched, leaning her back against the mud wall as her fingers drew pattern in his silky hair.

"Had you been a girl, you would have been extremely pretty!" Bondita suddenly remarks as Anirudh opened his eyes with those long eyelashes, brushing a glance on her. Her hands had moved to his cheeks as her face lowered down upon his.
He didn't reply to her question, instead he smiled silently as he held her hands gently and placed it back on his head.

"Why can't our lives be this simple?" Bondita asked again.

"Because we have greater responsibilities to attend to... Together!" Anirudh opened his eyes again, fixating his gaze on the dark overcast. "We are like those dark clouds Bondita... Strong, powerful, fierce... But we bear the responsibility of drenching the nature, quenching her thirst and making her fertile." Anirudh spoke reflectively. "The British has turned our country barren... and it falls upon us to restore our land to its former glory."

"So we live for a greater good?" Bondita asked slowly.

"Yes..." Anirudh paused. "And the time we're spending here, is a borrowed one!"
He got up from her lap and sat straight.
"And I'm loving every minute of it."

Bondita inched closer to him as she pressed her body against his arms, snuggling in for some warmth.

The sky grew darker and the cold evening breeze turned wild as Anirudh wrapped his arms around Bondita, pulled her into his warm chest.
" I wanted to talk to you about last night Bondita... Ghanshyam Kaka's question, the sindoor... everything happened so suddenly that I didn't know how to react." Anirudh paused drawing his eyes on Bondita's face. "I know I should have asked you before..."

Bondita didn't let him complete the sentence.
"Good that you didn't ask me... What if I would have said otherwise!" She raised her eyebrow again teasing Anirudh with her question.

"So, would you have refused?" Anirudh's eyes widened as he pouted his lips in a pseudo disappointment.

Bondita shrugged her shoulders as she freed herself from his warm embrace.
She got up from the pouch and stepped down into the clean mucked up Varandah. Drops of rain started to drip in her face as she welcomed it with open arms.
"Barrister Babu... Come here... It's beautiful!" She screamed in joy as a sudden gush of cold wind ruffled her soft long traces.
The intensity of the rain grew stronger as Anirudh witnessed a beautiful scene.
Bondita was dancing in the drizzling tune of the wild rain... there was no rhythm, except for the one that beat in his heart... There was no music, except for the soft humming that escaped from Anirudh's lips.

Anirudh couldn't hold himself any longer. He, too, jumped down from the porch and joined Bondita in her merry making. There was a purity, a serenity that ensheathed them from the rest of the world and at that very moment, Anirudh wanted the moment to freeze forever.

He clutched Bondita's soft creamy waist, pulling her closer to him. He leaned forward, bending his head down he hushed a song in her ears.

"All That My Heart Wishes For
You Are The One, That You Are.
In This World, Apart From You
I Have None, Nothing I Have,
Except That You Are!"

The sound of the rough drizzle muffled his voice, but it reached her heart making her swallow hard in an ardent desire... the desire to be his... the desire to make him hers, not only for a lifetime, but for an eternity!

She removed the soaked shawl from his body, making him drench in the rain of passion.
He grabbed her waist firmly as she ran her hands seductively on his torso, feeling every muscle, every pulse in the process.
Her lips lowered on his chest as she started to run her tongue on his bare skin, suckling every bit of the dripping rain water from it.

"Bondita... Ahh..." Anirudh moaned out loud as he felt the passionate ministrations of her lips and tongue on his naked torso.

The rain changed it all... It ignited the fire of sensuality that was hidden in the heart of these two lovers. In a moment, the platonic serenity of the ambience changed into an untamed fiery lust as Anirudh clutched the nape of Bondita's neck, pulling her up to his face, before plunging his tongue inside her mouth without caring for an invitation.
Bondita reciprocated back, returning his kiss with an equal fervour.

"See... this is what you do to me!" Bondita broke from the kiss, muttering the words, as the rain muffled her soft voice. "I can't ever control myself when you're near me."

Anirudh didn't reply. Instead, his fevered eyes gazed at Bondita's soaked, drenched frame with an intense unfathomable expression. He ran his fingers on the crook of her neck, tracing a line along her collar bone, before scooping her up from the ground in a swift sudden swirl.

Bondita clutched his neck instinctively as he carried her drenched body inside the hut.

"You are breathing hard!"
Bondita murmured as she felt his rapid heartbeat thudding in his chest along with an unnatural rugged breathing.

"I need your body more than I need to breathe right now!"

Anirudh lowered her feet on the ground, as he closed the door behind them.

A loud thunder crashed, not very far, as the dazzling lightening illuminated the insides of the small hut.
Bondita met Anirudh's seductive gaze for a moment, as her heart, too, started to pound at the impending proximity of his bewitching masculinity.

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Guys,
I have tagged the Rabindrasangeet on top. Please listen, if not for the words but for the soulful tune. ❤️

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