Chapter 13: A Trip Together
It was a week after the coffee break began that we all decided to go to a temple. The boys were desperate to bribe the gods for passing them in their upcoming exam. For the first time, Mallu signalled me to be his pillion rider. Though we had gone out before, I heard him sing for the first time. "I did not know you could sing too." "I am a bathroom singer too. An untrained one at that." "You really sing well. Why didn't you sing on our earlier trips." "I had not known you then. Why don't you join me? I am pretty bad when it comes to remembering the lyrics." Together we sang some of the songs known to us. For the first time I didn't feel the need to clutch on to the side bar and holding it tightly as if my entire life depended on it. I felt relaxed, at ease and comfortable being with him. By the time we reached back, my heart was almost on the verge of lea