Kishore had been trying over the next few days to ask Ragini to go out with him again. It wasn't easy as he wasn't very confident over the phone and Ragini didn't find it comfortable to talk to him for long standing in the front room of her cousin's house. He finally suggested something that seemed like fun - going to an amusement park. Now, Ragini was interested. He said he had a motorbike and would take her and get her back safely. Ragini told him to meet her cousin the morning of their outing when he came to pick her up. He agreed.
On the day they had chosen, Kishore reached Asha's home and he rang the doorbell. Asha joined Ragini who had opened the door. They exchanged a few polite sentences and Kishore reassured Asha that he would get Ragini home by 4pm. He gave Asha his landline number and address just in case. Asha asked him if he would like to have some breakfast to wish Kishore refused.
During those exchanges, Ragini watched a sleepy Rohan watching the scene from the bedroom door. He was a timid boy, so he didn't come and stand next to them. Ragini smiled at Rohan and waved a goodbye to him as she left the house. She felt that she should have taken him too to the Amusement park, but knew that Asha would probably not allow that. Feeling a bit sad Ragini climbed on Kishore's bike and they rode towards the main road.
Once at the amusement park, Kishore and Ragini got a chance to talk a bit while walking from the parking lot to the park's ticket counter. Kishore smiled at Ragini and told her that he was very excited to spend the day out with her. He asked her if she had eaten a breakfast. Ragini acknowledged that she had indeed eaten a breakfast and that in fact, she had eaten a very heavy breakfast of 4 idlis (steamed rice cakes) and spicy coconut chutney. To this Kishore laughed at her and said that he was sure that had been a colossal mistake. According to Kishore, getting onto any amusement park ride on a full stomach was a sure shot way to throw up. Amused at the thought, Kishore giggled as he and Ragini made their way to the first ride.
Ragini on the other hand had no pre-conceived notions about sitting on an amusement park ride. She found it really exciting and since they were lucky to be at the park when it was relatively empty, she chose the first seat on the roller coaster. As she made her way to the seat, she saw Kishore's eyes darting nervously. He quickly hid his fear and followed her and they both sat next to each other. Kishore on one side, hungry and sweaty and Ragini on the other, well fed and sweaty too. The ride was quite a crazy one, with sharp turns, ups and downs which felt very scary and like one would fly out at any instant. This ride was the most popular among all the others in the park and it looked like the creators of the ride had really pulled out all the stops to impress. At the end of the ride, Ragini was on a huge high. She looked over to Kishore with a huge wide grin. However, Kishore looked really squirmish and not as confident as at the start.
Soon after, Ragini was riding most of the rides alone and Kishore was waiting for her to start feeling sick like he had predicted. Ragini rode each ride laughing at the irony of the situation as she felt great.
Read all previous episodes of this story here
Part 5 https://lekhawrites.blogspot.com/2025/04/ragini-in-chennai-part-5-meeting-kishore.html
Part 4 https://lekhawrites.blogspot.com/2025/04/ragini-in-chennai-part-4.html
Part 3 https://lekhawrites.blogspot.com/2025/04/ragini-meets-rama-in-chennai-part-3-of.html
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