(Desi Tales - Erotic, sensual and sexy tales from the Indian Subcontinent, with a desi flavor. *all characters involved in sexual acts are above 18 years of age)
Arfa gasped as she poured a cup of cold water on herself as she began to prepare for the day's chores. She was 30 and a mother of two grown children. Her elder daughter Inaya was out of the family, for many reasons best left undiscussed and her son Salim, stayed in the house with her. Arfa was married to her husband, Jaleel, at a tender age. It was quite a preordained affair. Nothing very uncommon in their tradition. Arfa was respected in their community. For the way she managed her family and the way she managed her life. She wasn't strict, she just wasn't fake and stayed true, loving all, trusting all. Which is what led to her current situation.
Soon after marriage, she quickly gave birth to her daughter, followed a year or two by her son. The marriage wasn't complicated, having not faced many problems. Till now. Jaleel had not many qualities except for being a maniac in bed. Several years older to her, Arfa treated him as humanely as she could despite not receiving any compassion from her husband.
Somehow a prostitute had wooed him into her spell and Jaleel had moved away with her, leaving Arfa and her son alone in their house, in the suburbs of Chennai. Now Arfa was a very gullible woman or she used to be. But after Jaleel left she changed. Her 18 year old son Salim too.
Salim was considered the local wasterel. A good for nothing teenage boy, who roamed with tougher guys to avoid getting bullied or abused. After Inaya's disappearance and her husband abandoning them, Arfa took it upon herself to take care of Salim and their house. She opened up a convenience store and business went quite well.
Today morning, Arfa woke her son up and busied herself in the kitchen. She heard Salim enter and move past her, reaching into the empty cupboard to search for the nonexistent biscuits, he looked for every morning. She glanced down and smirked.
"How much thinner can you even get?"
"Yeah. Just look at me. Why is this always empty?" He was annoyed and turned around to face her. Salim was in his red shorts. Leaving the rest of his body bare for his mother to see. Salim saw his mother look over his entire body.
"What? Are you wondering how much I've grown?"
"Oh, no. I'm wondering when are you going to leave this house and work." She joked.
"Ammi, come on. I know you like having me here, besides," Salim said to her as he hugged his mother from behind, "who else will look after an old hag like you?"
"Chup kar ja." She said to her son, the hindi way of saying shut up, albeit in a playful manner. She allowed him to cuddle into her neck as she felt him press onto her. Their intimacy had grown after Jaleel had left them. Salim felt sad and angry, so when there were no one else except themselves, both mother and son understood and accepted their new life. So despite his age, Arfa allowed him to occasionally cuddle or embrace her, as a means of seeking physical comfort, like how she used to do with her children when they were toddlers. Though the frequencies of these had increased manifold and Arfa would lie to herself that she was just thinking too much about nothing.
Still in her son's embrace, she felt her hands move away and fall to her sides when she suddenly felt Salim feel for her voluptuous breasts through her thin Salwar. Highly alarmed, she pulled her son's hands away, turned and pushed him away from her. Both mom and son stood staring at each other for a while, before Salim spoke.
"Ammi, what?"
"You're asking me! Ask yourself. What are you trying to do?"
"Nothing. I wasn't trying to do anything other than hugging you."
"Does that mean you'll touch me anywhere you like?" She yelled at him.
"What are you getting so mad about? And will you please stop shouting."
"I need to shout to put some sense into your thick head."
"Is this all because I touched your boobs?"
Arfa stood shocked in silence, seeing her son using that word. She had never expected him to say that and simply stayed mute, taking time to say what she wanted to.
"I... what did you just..."
"Yeah. I said boobs. So what? You never told me I can't do that, nor did you tell me I can't touch you here or there."