Raining Love for Her by Kalai Selvi Arivalagan (digital e reader .TXT) 📕

stopped near the Coffee shop, had something and left the place immediately. Rarely did it take more than fifteen minutes and now he preferred some lonely place where a few people come and go.

He wanted to share whatever that burdened his heart and let that go away so that he can return back to his normal life.

Is it so difficult to understand a girl? With his experience, he could not come to a conclusion and tell if they are good or bad. What runs in their mind, only god knows. Whenever his friends quoted their experiences and told him that it was difficult to understand girls, Vel always thought they don’t have matured minds. To understand girls, everyone needs a broad outlook.

“Ok, tell me more.” Beena demanded.

“What to tell more?” He questioned her back.

“Ok, shall we leave?” Beena took the last sip of coffee and got up from the chair.

“Please, we will be here for some more time.” He pleaded again.
Beena went to the counter and ordered for some snacks. After paying for the snacks, she came back and sat at her place.

“Will you take me to the library tomorrow? I want to have a look at it.” When Beena requested, he could not tell no. He accepted to take her to the library and then to the planetarium that is near the library. In some way, he wanted to divert his mind and forget whatever that happened in a short time. He needed faster recovery, so that he can concentrate on other important work at hand.

It took some time for Reema to settle down in the new place. She had often visited her native town. Every year during annual holidays, the family stayed at the ancestral home and they spent a gala time with all the close relatives who come there to spend their holidays. She was familiar with the place, yet she always wanted to come back home soon.
When she was a child, she remembered walking to the river every day and enjoyed taking bath.

When her aunts washed the clothes and took bath in the place meant for the women, Reema and other children sat on the rocks at the side of the bank of the river. They took bath in the shallow water and never tried to walk or move ahead in the running stream of water.
Having lived in a place that reeled under very high demand for water, the river with plenty of clear water looked as a welcome change. The women in the household went to take bath and wash their clothes in the river on alternative days.

Reema loved those days and enjoyed taking bath in the running water. Though it was hot, the water in the river was cold. He remembered the days when she was so scared about the little fish in the water that swam to her feet and started to nibble on her toes and fingers on her feet. It sent a tickling sensation across the body. Initially it scared her a lot, and she was first hesitant to put her legs into the water.

One day one of her aunts told her that the fish would bite away the dead skin cells and it would help her to maintain a healthy skin. From that day onwards, she did not feel bored to sit at least for thirty minutes and let the fish bite on her worn out old skin on the feet. The fish would bite away all the old skin that made her feet look polished and neat.

Now Reema is grown, but still she wanted to go and have a dip in the river. When her mother decided to go to the river along with her sisters, Reema decided to join them. She did not want to take bath in the river water after she looked at the women taking bath in the river.

All the women who were wearing sarees took away their sarees and kept them aside. Then they untied their full skirts worn under the sarees and pulled them upwards and tied them under their arms. Then they tactfully removed their blouses and started to take bath in the thin stream of water that flowed in the river.

The women looked sexier with their bath attire. The shoulders were completely exposed and they wore only the long skirts that hid them from the shoulder to the knees. With this attire, they sat on the bank of the river and washed their clothes first. They rinsed the washed clothes well and kept them inside the empty buckets.

Then they waded through the water and had their bath. They looked casual and they swam across the river that showed a cool attitude. Unmindful of everything around them, they took bath under the open sky, made Reema wonder about their guts to do like that. These women if they were asked to wear swim suits and take bath in the river, they may object to that. But these long skirts made them look sexier than swim suits. Usually these women wear their under skirts which are made with thick cotton cloth and so it protected them nicely. Even an ordinary woman looked sexy when she wore only that thick long skirt around her. The water shamelessly showed their curves and their body structure that looked fit because of their routine house hold chores that demanded much of the physical activities.

When her aunts asked her to take bath in the river, she refused to remove her dress. Reema always wore chudidar at home and she told them that she will take bath only along with that dress. She told them that she don’t mind taking a dip in the river and will have her usual bath once she returned home.

Everyone laughed at her and the way she took bath in the river. As Reema felt so delicate to wear like the other women in the town, she sat on the banks with her legs into the water. She allowed the fish to bite the dead skin cells on her feet and enjoyed the tickling sensation that made her giggle now and then.

After her dip in the river, Reema sat on the rocks to dry her clothes. Though she shivered after her bath in the cold water, the morning sun rays helped her to dry her clothes within thirty minutes. She sat on the rock watching the other women washing and taking bath in the river.

The stream of water looked clear and white. It was a treat to watch the fish moving under the water. The river water brought along with it bits of plants also. The water brought along with it flowers of different kinds that were found on the banks of the river. Sometimes little sparrows and other birds came to the river to drink water.

Reema sat watching like this till her mother and her aunts completed their washing and bathing in the river. When one of her aunts lifted the bucket, a towel fell into the water and the flowing stream carried it along.

As it passed near Reema, her aunt asked her to pick it up from the water. Reema bent down to pick the towel. But she lost her balance and fell into the water. Holding the towel in her right hand, she fell into the water. As it happened so suddenly, Reema could not balance herself on her feet and stand up inside the water. Though the water was shallow, she could not keep her feet strong inside the river. She tried two times to get up from the water, but did not succeed. She dripped and fell into the water again.

A strong hand pulled her by her hair from the water. It dragged her aside and pushed her on the nearby rocks. Once again Reema got drenched in the river water. Initially she could not tell what happened. Her aunt helped her to relax by giving some water to drink.

“What happened?” Every one surrounded her and kept on asking her. Her mother was shocked to see her under water as Reema had escaped an accident only a few months ago. She told her to stay at home and not try to go anywhere. Reema could not tell ‘No’ to her as she had not come out of the shock of drowning in the water.

“Reema, you need to be careful.” Reema looked at the male who spoke to her. He was a friend of her uncle and he happened to see her while he was walking down the bank of the river to reach the place where men took bath. Though he knew men are not allowed in the place where the women took their bath, he acted fast and saved her from another meeting with death.

When they all reached home, Reema got the best treatment that she got forever in her life. Every one treated her like a Princess and took care of her. Her younger aunt helped her to change her drenched dress and dried her hair with a dry towel. Even unknown people were helping her. Someone ran to the kitchen to bring a cup of coffee so that she would feel warm. Her grandmother after hearing about all these things started to scold her mother.

“I told you not to take her along with you. Only a few months back she met with an accident and took so long for her to be normal. Now this has happened. For sometime don’t take her anywhere.” Reema was her favorite granddaughter and the incident brought her tears. Reema’s father hearing about the incident started to get worried about her health once again. He also told her to return home immediately, so that she will be under his care and she needed strict vigilance to keep her in good health. Reema could not talk a word to any one of them. She kept her mouth shut and became a silent listener to people all around her.

Her aunt called the doctor home immediately. The doctor examined Reema and told her to take complete rest. After having some food, Reema took the prescribed medicines and went to sleep immediately. She needed that rest imperatively as the shock of drowning left her entirely shaken and weak.

Reema went into a deep sleep that opened the doors to her dreams.

Reema and Vel were walking in the shallow water in the sea shore. The waves that rolled and touched the shore were not hesitant to touch her feet also. At one point of time a strong waves pulled her feet down and she struggled to stand firm on the moving sand.

“Hold on to my hands tightly.” Vel told her.
Reema gripped his hand tightly. She could feel the possessiveness in his hands and also the safety it assured her.

“Will you ever take your hands away from mine?” Reema asked him with a doubt.

“Don’t ask stupid questions.” Vel replied to her tightening his grip on her hand. “You will be forever with me.” His slowly released his hold on her right hand and he lifted it to hold her tightly around her hip.

With a strong push, he moved her toward him and held her tight for a while. Reema just looked at him and smiled. “You are so possessive. I understand how much you love me.” Reema’s reply showed her satisfaction.

“I will be forever with you.” Reema could not help her tears flowing down her cheeks.
Reema in her