Soukhya’s Story
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Soukhya walked home with Pravallika and Anusha. The trio was silent as each was immersed in their own thoughts. The day had been very exhausting for them all. They had been silent for different reasons. As they came to Soukhya’s house, they went in and sat under the mango tree. The cool shade of the tree calmed their nerves. Soukhya went in and returned with some onion pakodas.
“We seem to have fallen from the pan to the fire!” said Anusha. “What kind of a college is that? It seems even worse than our previous college.”
“At least we could introduce ourselves normally,”said Pravallika.”I died with shame trying to introduce myself. The boys kept lifting my skirt the whole day. I couldn’t do anything at all.”
“What about you, Soukhya? You are the rebel star here. What happened to you in the class? We never saw you during the day.” asked Anusha.
“Oh, the usual shaming, nothing much,” responded Soukhya in an off hand manner. “You will be bored.”
“At least get it off your chest. Keeping all that anger inside is not good for health.” Pravallika said. “We can never be bored with what you say. We are genuinely interested.”
“Besides, we are friends, remember?” remarked Anusha.
“Oh, Fine then.” Said Soukhya, trying to sound exasperated. “They tried to make me introduce like you. I refused. Three times. Then they simply started an auction.”
“Auction? For what?”
“To strip me piece by piece!”
“But, how?”
“First bids were to take off my shirt. That got them 1000 IGC…”
“1000 Imperial Gold Coins???!!! That is a lot of money! The boys must be super rich.”
“Yeah. The boy who won the bid deposited 1000 bucks as if they were nothing and removed my shirt as two other boys tied my hands and legs. The second bid was to remove my skirt. It got them 500 bucks. It continued till I was in my birthday suit. Then I was made to stand like that till the end of that period. The next teacher made me sit between two boys. You know what they will do, don’t you?”
“Of course! Absolute pigs they are! Hands everywhere as if they have never seen a girl before. Horrible!”
“Yeah, then in the next class I was allowed to dress and go to my place. That turned out to be only respite I got. The next class was art education.”
"What happened in that class?"
"Well, the art teacher started a practical class on body painting art. He asked the girls to 'volunteer' making them strip. Then he demonstrated how to paint a body - a woman's body. He gave to 6 boys and told them they had to paint me in six different ways. Each time I had to wash off the paint. It took the rest of the day. I ended up washing the paint five times."
"But you said there were six boys."
"Do you really think I am dressed?
“What! You mean to tell me that the dress on your body is actually paint?"
"Yes. You can check if you want."
Anusha walked to Soukhya and put her hand on the latter's right **** passing her hand over it. A patch of fair skin could be seen where Anusha had passed her hand. It also revealed the small, black mole Soukhya had on that ******.
"Just imagine my position if it had rained today."
"Oh my God Souki! Is there no end to this rubbish? Do we need to endure this forever? I sometimes feel like sitting at home instead of going to college.”
“True. At least your parents won’t degrade you so much! I think I will wait for a day or two and quit college. My parents have been telling me to stay at home ever since the new laws were passed but I didn’t listen. Now, I don’t have any choice. I wish things had been better.”
“That’s a good decision Prava. Even I feel it is better to quit college, unless you enjoy being treated like a dog. I had enough. What about you, Anu?”
“Wow! If the warrior Queen Soukhya herself lays down arms, then what is there for me to do? I will also quit. I was attending college for you both anyway. I might have lost my virginity for a better grade, but I can’t allow myself to be degraded everyday.”
“So, is it decided then? Shall we stop going to college from tomorrow?”
“Yes! No, more school, college or work for us. No work – no humiliation.”
“I wonder what Ramya is doing now? I heard she went to a new college. Do you know anything Prava?”
“Well, Anusha, all I know is that she joined an all girls college somewhere. Maybe her parents know about it. I haven’t been able to talk to them since I joined this school.”
“That’s unfortunate, Prava. Soukhya, what about you trying to find out where Rammi went? It’s as if she is only our friend and not yours Soukhya. I will also try.”
“Of course she is Anu. Unfortunately, you know how conservative Rammi’s parents are! They banned me from their house after my “Walk” home.”
“Sorry Souki, I didn’t know. So, only me and Prava can try and find out about Rammi then. Give us a week and we will find out, okay?”
“Okay, Anu, we will meet here in a week from now. Same time, agreed?”
“Yes, agreed.”
Just as the trio stood up it rained heavily drenching all of them. Soukhya was now standing in all her womanly glory, further proof that the dress she had on her body was nothing more than body paint. The other two stood stunned, their ***** and ******* visible clearly through the white blouses they wore over the navy blue skirts.
Of the three, Anusha recovered first and went in quickly bringing three umbrellas and a dress for Soukhya. Pravallika held the umbrella as Soukhya quickly got dressed. Then the trio went inside. Soukhya deposited the empty plates and glasses in the kitchen and then brought two thick jerkins for the other two to wear over their blouses. Pravallika and Anusha went to their own homes determined to find out where Ramya was.
Glossary :-
Souki :- Short for Soukhya, a nick name used by her friends.
Rammi :- short for Ramya Kuchipudi
Anu :- short for Anusha Punyala
Prava :- short for Pravallika Sattupalli
Walk :- Soukhya refers to the n***d walk to her home in chapter 3.
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