Summer Of Love

Note: This is a survival-drama story based on author's fiction. It does not apply to any real-life incidents or historical reference.

23 JUNE 2019

THOOTUKUDI, TAMILNADU: 

Thootukudi has a vivid and rich culture. The region was ruled by many different rulers and impact of all of them including Portugese, British and Dutch can be easily seen on the culture of the city at present. People of Thootukudi are very simple and sweet by nature. 70% of the people indulge in the agriculture of their earning, while the remaining are employed in the city's salt pans, tourism, fishing and sea borne trading activities.

Thilip Rajan and his wife, Swetha live in Pollachi. They are newly married couples, who decides to go for a trip to Thootukudi. As a Naval officer in Indian Army, Thilip dreamt for a long time to go for Thootukudi. He meets Bose, a 32-year old fisherman, who loves fishing in the middle of the sea. During school and college days, Swetha and Thilip were trained in swimming and martial arts.

While, Bose is an experienced fisherman. He had been active in the sea for a very long period of time. Today, Thilip decides to go along with Swetha and Bose for fishing in Bay of Bengal. Swetha was initially apprehensive of the decision. However, Thilip said: "It's just an one-day trip Swetha. We can feel the beauty of the sea you know." She reluctantly agreed to this. While Thilip and Swetha are waiting in the sea shores for Bose, he makes sure that everything is kept ready for fishing in the middle of the sea.

For communication, he takes a radio and an icebox for putting the fish. Not knowing much about sailing, Thilip must learn many hard lessons from Bose during the journey. Meanwhile, tension gradually builds between Bose and Thilip as they vie for the attentions of Swetha. When Thilip taunts Bose with the latter's treasured pocket knife, it gets lost in the overboard. A fight ensues between Bose and Thilip and Bose falls into the water.

"What have you done Thilip?" Swetha was puzzled and shocked with this event. They search for him, but cannot find him. Now, Swetha becomes furious and quarrels with Thilip.

"Thilip. What to do now? You have done a big mistake." She said in anger. However, Thilip consoled her and said: "Cool down Swetha. We will go to the seashore and bring the police to search Bose." However during the conversation, Thilip noticed a storm coming towards them. Looking at Swetha, he said: "Before the storm reach us, let's reach the seashore Swetha." However, before they could start off to sail the boat, the storm hits their ship. It seems the storm wasn't normal. It was a "Storm of the Century." The storm was that worse. Thilip and Swetha were unable to see, what's there around them due to the heavy rainfall.

The sea starts to showcase it's roaring waves and the ship meanwhile, struggled to withstand in the sea. Since Swetha doesn't have much experience about sea, she was worried and feared. As Thilip have took training in Indian Navy and in further, have gone for some important missions, he guides his wife and commands her. They doesn't know where the ship is heading towards. Hence, Thilip takes a compass to turn the ship into the right direction. However, due to the thunderstorm, heavy rains and the wind, the small ship struggled to manage. Henceforth, Thilip realized that Bose's 500 kg Fish in the boat was the major reason for the boat's struggle.

Realizing that, he and Swetha can't reach the seashores, he puts back those fishes inside the sea waters. However, the storm's intensity increased. The indignation of sea was much higher at this point of time. Thilip tried to drive the ship. However, the ship struggled to move due to the rising sea level. Henceforth, Thilip decides to turn off the engine and said to Swetha: "We don't have other way Swetha. Let us wait in this storm. Once the storm goes away, let's return back to the shores of Thootukudi."

However, as expected by Thilip, the storm didn't go away that easier. It ferociously attacked ship. The air winds were higher. Due to this, they doesn't know where the boat have been travelling in between all these mishaps. In actual, they have planned to stay in the ship only for 30 minutes. They also doesn't have the necessary supplies in the ship, now. Within two days, the food and water brought by Swetha-Thilip becomes empty. To their luck, they are able to drink the rain water. But the main problem is, the ship had been destroyed due to the five-day sea storm. After the storm, everything had been damaged including the motor. The radio becomes dead sooner, before Thilip could inform to the sea shore people. The couples don't know whether the people would come to save them.

Thilip and Swetha starts to wait in the sea, hoping that someone would come to save them. Experienced in swimming, Swetha and Thilip ate fish, tortoise and other animals inside the sea waters to survive in the boat. For water, they drink the rain water and mostly, they drank their urine for surviving. On other times, they drank the blood of Tortoise to sustain their thirsty. Initially, Thilip hoped someone would come to save them from the seashores. However, their trust started to reduce. Days started to become week and weeks started to become month. It's during this time, Swetha realized that no one would come to find them. Now, their only hope is to find a flight from their head. They should find them or else, another co-shippers in their way must have to find them. There is no other way left for them, which they understood well. Unable to turn their ships, they believe in the destiny and luck to continue their journey.

Even during this situation, Thilip and Swetha were positive and confident. They caught fishes and enjoyed the beauty of the sea. Further, the couples harvested rainwaters.

Since, Swetha's sari becomes wet, she removed it and dried off her clothes. While, Thilip was happily fishing inside the sea. A while later, he comes up to the ship and looked at Swetha's hip. He slowly goes and said: "Hey Swetha. You look so cute!"

"Thilip. Broken or tired, feel the waves, the ocean has healing power. But, don't come near to me."

"Oh! Is it?" He goes near Swetha's lips to kiss her, to which she said: "Hey Thilip. No. Don't come near me." She distanced herself from him to which, he refused and passionately kissed her lips. Looking at her eyes and the ocean, Thilip said: "Love ocean Swetha. He will not betray you. He will always send waves to inspire your life."

"You can never cross the ocean standing on the side of the shore Thilip. Our dream would never fulfill until we start working on it." He now asked Swetha: "Then, shall we start to work on it now? See the sea atmosphere is so good. No one is there behind us." To get her blood moving, Thilip touched her whole body with long, firm strokes. He used long, firm strokes over her whole body to breathe and relax. Letting her know that she has all the time in the world to enjoy his offerings. Now, Thilip explored different erogenous zones on her body including neck, shoulders, scalp, ears, belly, inner thighs, inner arms, back, buttocks and feet. As light feathery touch can feel nice, he does so to Swetha and allowed her to indicate when she is ready to receive. Keeping his focus on the vulva(inner and outer lips) and the clitoris- not the vagina, he focused on stimulating her clitoris. He encouraged her to relax so that, this can help her to surrender into an orgasmic experience, when they make love. Now, Thilip uses a powerful external vibrator on her clitoris. Thilip asked her to recall their college days and how they fell in love. Now, he kissed her more and slowly removed her sari, along with his own dresses. He kept them asides in the ship and grew intimate with Swetha. They both slept together the in the ship.

The next day, Thilip kissed Swetha and asked: "Swetha. Are you happy with this?"

She smiled and said: "Thilip. Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each includes the other. Each is enriched by the other. Love does not consist of gazing at each other nor through intimacy."

"I love you like a fat kid loves a cake, Swetha." She beats him and said: "What did you say? You love me like a fat kid loves a cake ah?" As Thilip(although nude) runs here and there in the ship, she chased him nude inside and said: "Hey. Stop da. Where are you running?" After sometimes, Thilip holds her gaze and she said: "Hey. I love you with all my heart and all my soul." He kissed her lips once again. They lie flat and hugged each other with some romantic looks. However, their happiness in the sea is shortened, once the couple goes to the depression stage. Since, there was no one to come for their rescue, the couples decides to commit suicide. However, their inner-self motivates them to live a life, instead of planning to die.

9 MONTHS LATER:

MARCH 2022:

Henceforth, they remained strong in reaching the seashores. As expected, they started to survive for 9 months by eating the sea animals. As expected their hope doesn't go waste. Their dreams and difficulties are fulfilled, when they see the sands somewhere far away from the sea waters. Their ship were pulled towards Rameshwaram sea shores. Seeing it, Swetha and Thilip were very happy and jumps into the sea for swimming to the shores.

They lay for a while in the sea shores after the period of 438 days. Seeing a small hub near sea shores, they meet a couple, who initially refused to believe the plight of Thilip and Swetha. Later, they understands and sheltered them by providing them with food and water. The authorities comes to the spot and they are saved. Hearing the news of Thilip and Swetha's survival, Bose feels happy.

In actual, Bose swims to the shore after Thilip pushed him inside the water accidentally. He have searched Thilip and Swetha along with some officers and people. But, they assumed that the couples died on seeing the shattered pieces of the ship. As the couples decide to live a happy life, their life once again takes a turn.

People initially refused to believe the words of Thilip and Swetha. They started to say, "The couples are lying. How could one survive in the sea for these many days! The couples are fit with strong physique. He looks good, right!"

The doctors, who examined the bodies of the couple said: "Yes. Since the couples ate Sea Tortoise, Sea birds and Sea fish, their body is healthy and fit enough. And they are fine."

"How is it possible sir?" A media-person asked to which, the doctor said: "Sea Tortoise and Sea Birds have Vitamin-C in abundance. And henceforth, they doesn't have any impact in their skin." Yet, a few people said, it's very difficult to cross Rameshwaram from Thootukudi. However, a study analysis was made in University of Delhi. In that, they leaves a report saying: "Like River and canal, water flow and current is there in the sea water too. Indeed it was the water flow have brought Thilip till to Rameshwaram."

Swetha and Thilip are now ready to go for Pollachi. Before leaving, Thilip thanked Bose and further, apologized to him for being harsh in the middle of the sea. When going in their car, Swetha said: "Thilip. I learned one thing about love in the middle of the ocean."

"What?"

"When we feel love and kindness towards others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for. But, it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. And I realized it in the middle of ocean. Since, ocean and love are inter-related to each other, right." Thilip laughed and said: "Indeed, it's true Swetha. We too experienced the summer of love in Bay of Bengal only." She smiled at him in happiness and lays in his arms as he is driving towards the NH4 roads.