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I was in my last year of college when I met Camile. She was a couple of years older than me, and was Nigerian, in Mumbai, India, doing an internship with a software company. We had met at a party and instantly clicked, and discussed subjects like politics, philosophy, literature etc.
But that was all eye wash. Both of us were together primarily because both of us stuck out. Camile is about 5'10, black (African, whatever you want to call her), with long, never ending legs, a nice butt and slightly small breasts. Coupled with her athletic frame, curly hair and her deep dark skin that looked like dark chocolate made her sizzling. Unfortunately, most Indians are a lot shorter (the average male height around here is about 5'8) and most people don't really like darker women, least of all Black women.
As for me, I'm part Iranian, so I'm about 6'2, weighing around 100kg, and thanks to years of martial arts training, quite muscular. I had had other relationships in the past, but never with anyone from a different race. Even when I had first met her, I couldn't help but wonder what she was like in bed, and I was hoping for the opportunity to sleep with her. But Camile, being a Catholic, had strict views about sex. In three dates, we had made out only twice, and then too, she had pushed my hand away, shyly. Either way, she was very hot.
Not all the people around her were thrilled either, most guys got jealous, and most of my friends thought there was something wrong with me, or treated me as if I were doing her a favour- and proving to the whole world that I'm not racist. Somehow, the simple reason that a guy can date a girl for being hot escaped them.
Either way, that is irrelevant to this story.
In India, we have a wet season known as the monsoons, lasting from June to September, when it pours pretty much all the time, especially in South India. However , it stays dry rest of the year, and so if it rains any other time, the city is unprepared and pretty much shuts down. That November, there was an unseasonal cloudburst that made my dreams come true.
On a Saturday afternoon, Camile and I went out to lunch, trying to have an intelligent conversation. Suddenly, it began to rain, and it became clear that this was no small unseasonal shower, but an oncoming flood. Already, the suburban railway had shut down, and the city was slowing down. We both got wet, and soon realized, there was no I way I could get home, at least for the next 12 hours or so. Thankfully, her place was nearby.
"You better come up, or you'll catch a cold."
"Camile, are you sure you want me to come up?"