{"id":144,"date":"2016-07-03T01:50:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T01:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=144"},"modified":"2016-07-03T01:50:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T01:50:28","slug":"lgbtq-lesbian-gay-lesbian-love-story-valentines-day-kiss-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"The Kiss that Launched a Lesbian Love Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"dropcap\">M<\/span>wasn\u2019t even supposed to be there. She told me this later. Some of her friends from Puducherry were in Mumbai for the weekend, and she\u2019d got them to the Canvas Laugh Club. M is not the \u201cpay for a laugh\u201d kind of girl. She\u2019s all smiles, all the time. I swear she lights up the bloody room. But more on that later.\n\nI went\u00a0up on stage. A totally, wholly, roaringly gay stand-up comic. Yeah, I like women. In <\/p><em>that<\/em> way. In that totally, wholly, roaringly sexual way. I didn\u2019t see M in the audience that night or I\u2019d have beamed at\u00a0her right away. Anyway, attraction was a far thing. M wasn\u2019t very impressed with me. I was too fit (she actually said that) and my stance was too strong. I didn\u2019t look funny at all.\n\nIt wasn\u2019t until the safety pin set that she got laughing (it is funny if I may say so myself). After that, she laughed and laughed, and then laughed some more and then went back home, flushed with happiness, and did what any girl with a blossoming crush does \u2013 Googled away. She had no idea why she was smiling as she read because here was the little problem. M wasn\u2019t gay. Or at least she had no idea she was.\n\nWe became Facebook friends. I didn\u2019t know this girl yet, but I liked her already. Her profile picture was a\u00a0close up of her beautiful brown face and those glowing eyes, nuzzling a majestic Boxer. \u201cI\u2019ll come to meet you when you\u2019re in Mumbai next,\u201d M wrote, \u201cif you hang out with fans, that is.\u201d Hell yes, I do!\n\nWhen we finally met, it was monsoon in Mumbai. Here\u2019s what went on in M\u2019s head: She\u2019s much shorter than she looks on stage. Nice blue-and-white check shirt. And then: <em>Nice ass. <\/em>Even as she finished these words in her head, she was confused. <em>Why had I looked at her ass?<\/em> My poor M.\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">M didn\u2019t understand that love didn\u2019t know chromosomes, that XX worked the same as XY.<\/blockquote>\nI didn\u2019t want to drink coffee that rainy day. I wanted to eat fanas. Sportingly, M agreed to come find it with me. We walked past the Bandra talao. It poured. We walked to Khar station. It poured. At some point, the sun came out and the day pretended like nothing had happened, like it wasn\u2019t watching us find our way to each other. We boarded the train and got off at Dadar. Fanas? Fanas? They pointed. We followed.\n\nThe small narrow lanes were crowded. I instinctively reached for her hand. M took it, and looked down. What a curious feeling, she thought. We held hands as we hunted for fanas and talked. About Mumbai. About life. About fanas. M told me she wants to get married, but has never liked any man. She\u2019d never been in a relationship. Never kissed anyone. I wanted to hug her and tell her why there was no man. Why there may never be one. My poor M.\n\nAfter three crowded lanes worth of hand-holding, rain-walking, and body-bumping we found fanas. She smiled at me. When M smiles, you want the world to stop and watch; it\u2019s a thing of beauty. On the way back we took a cab. We were drenched, happy and on the cusp of \u2013 dare I say it? \u2013 love.\n\nI reached out and put my fingers in her hair. Don\u2019t do that<em>, <\/em>M said, clenching\u00a0my hand. She was telling me one thing, her body was saying another.\n\nWhen we reached Lower Parel, I pulled my hand back, as she looked at me with desire and utter confusion. She had a crazy urge to kiss me, she told me later. But she immediately shunned the thought. <em>Why would I even think of it?<\/em> She looked at me blankly, with a raging storm in her head, and hugged me goodbye. M didn\u2019t understand that love didn\u2019t know chromosomes, that XX worked the same as XY.\n\nWe texted each other that night. I didn\u2019t say anything to push her. The next morning we met again. As soon as she saw me, her face shone in the way that only her face shines. <em>What the hell is this, <\/em>she wondered. My head was clear.\n\nI was falling in love with M and I was waiting for her to give herself permission to fall in love with me. Over coffee, we spoke about dogs. About sandwiches. About love. \u201cI have to get married soon. I have to settle down<em>,<\/em>\u201d she said, valiantly defending her post, even though she was rapidly being pulled away from it. I decided to make my move. Just one move.\n\n\u201cHang on,\u201d I said. \u201cDo you not see the attraction my body has for yours and that your body is accepting it,\u201d I asked.\n\n\u201cYes,\u201d M said, in a small voice.\n\nWe went to a friend\u2019s place, and I made her lie down on a bed. I put her hand in my hair, and leaned in close. M looked terrified. \u201cMy heart,\u201d she said softly, \u201cis pounding in my ears.\u201d I didn\u2019t do a thing. Just lay there with her.\n\n\u201cDon\u2019t look at me like that,\u201d she whimpered. I looked on. Breathing. Waiting. M rose up, closed her eyes, and took the plunge. 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