Thanks for the support. I could come back quite before the break..

A pure filler chapter...

எதை எதை உலகம்
பதை பதைகிறதோ
அதை அதை மனதும் விரும்புதே
கரைகளை தீண்டும்
அலைகளை போல
கனவுகள் தினமும் அரும்புதே

Mullai got into the left side of the bed, albeit a large bit shy, but he pulled her into his embrace.

Kat: good night...he pecked her lips and turned off the light.

She pecked him back in dark and snuggled into his arms.

Though there was break of 5 years in their relationship, it was not visible in their comfort and trust and love they shared.

Both of them shared a peaceful and content sleep, enjoying the comfort the snuggling was providing in the cold winters in the month of February.

When he woke up, the warmth was making him feel all comfy and cozy. He felt a weight on his left side, he pecked her forehead with all the love that ebbed into his heart.

She was still asleep, within his embrace. He looked at himself, though his right shoulder was bandaged, his left side was covered with feminine characteristics.

Her head was cushioned on his chest, her fingers were tightly clutching his vest and her legs were carelessly prisoned beneath his knees. A small giggle left him unknowingly seeing their state.

Only a day before, he thought and had wished having her feed him food could last a lifelong. But now, they were snuggled into each other.

He shook his head to clear himself, and tried getting up without waking her up, even though all he wanted to do was to prolong the snuggle, his bladder really needed the visit to washroom.

Pecking her once more, he carefully moved her head to the pillow and left to restroom. A couple of moments later, she sensed the miss of warmth and the chillness engulfing her all of a sudden.

Though wholly irritated, she rubbed and opened her eyes. It took her a couple of minutes to gain sense for her fuzzy mind, more exactly till Kathir stepped out of the washroom.

She was sitting the whole lot cuter, rubbing her eyes, like a tiny kitten.

He couldn't control his urge to peck her, and he went for it.

"good morning babe" he wished her pecking her lips.

She giggled, a bit shyly.

"Enna siripu...oru wish kooda solama"

"Good morning" shyness took over her a bit.

"Vekkam lan padre" he lifted her chin up.

"adu enna pudusa baby? Epovum mulla nu peru dane koopduva?"

"nee thoongi endiricha ipdi irupa nu innaiku dane therinjidhu"

She suddenly looked at herself, not really understanding what he meant by ipdi.

It was his turn to giggle looking at her.

"kathir"

"Hahaha"

"sirikadha" she turned to look at her once more in mirror, to check at herself.

"anga enna theriyudu" he giggled again.

"kadupethada kathir" she winced in fake anger.

"unna baby nu koopdama iruka mudilaye di....ipdi nee sinunguna vera enna nu koopda mudiyum"

He walked towards her pecking on her hairline.

"poi freshen up aayitu vaa, unaku coffee potu vekuren"

"adhelam indha bandage piricha peragu podalam, ipothaiku kulichitu vaa, aprom bandage mathalam"

"Bandage yaaru maathuva"

"naan dhan, naan dhane nethum mathinen"

"enaku yaaru sponge bath kuduthadu"

"unaku enna amnesia vandicha, naan dane sponge bath kuduthen" she was blushing a bit while telling this.

"Sponge bath nee kudutha, dressing um nee dane maatha pora"

"aama" she was starting to get riled up.

"aprom enna kulika sonna enna artham"

"haan?"

"aama nee dane kulipatanum...unaku dane correct aa dressing nanayama pana theriyum"

"aasa dhan..... kulipatanumam la" she pushed him off, running to her room, blushing profusely.

When she ran out of his room, she saw someone in her peripheral vision, the girl from yesterday Poorni seated with her chithapa, his senior Prabhakar sir.

She stood rooted to her spot and tried giving a small smile. She didn't know when did these both come.

Mul: good morning sir...she gave a small smile.

Prab: mani 11.30 ma, good afternoon eh solalam...

She had to let out a forced embarrassed smile.

Kat: anga yaaru kita babe pesitu iruka nee....un phone kooda inga dane iruku...

Questioning her, he stepped into the hallway, where she had stood frozen, to snap his head in the direction he sensed someone's presence, his primary military survival skills.

Kat: good morning sir.

Prab: Good afternoon captain.

Kat: afternoon aa...he glanced at the clock, well it was 11.34 am already, way way past his wake up time and routine.

Shukla: are bitiya, aap yahin the... (dear, you are still here?)

Mullai nodded her head.

Shuk: ham subhah aakar deka tho aapka kamra kaali tha, tho maine socha ki aap us din ki tarah shaam ko hi chali gayi.

(when I came in the morning I noticed that your room is empty, so I thought may be you left yesterday evening like last time)

Mullai nodded her head in a no.

The situation was kind of going out of control for both of them, with Shukla ji's input and her small action and his words.

Kat: epo sir vandinga...

He tried diverting the topic, not knowing it will just add on a pile of embarrassment and tease to his platter.

Prabhakaran let out a teasy smile, a smile he for sure didn't know the meaning to.

Prab: ipo dan 30 minutes ayirukum...

Kat: oh hokey sir....

Shuk: saab tho subah 7 baje aaye the, jog ke time pe, aap so rahe the tho, chale gaye, vaapas ek dafa 9 baje aaye, aur ab thees minute pehale

(he came once at 7 around jog time, but you were sleeping so he left, came back once again at 9 and now some 30 minutes back)

Kathir shut his eyes, not knowing how to answer. Never in the past 3 years, he had slept so late in the morning. Prabha sir was his jogging companion, for the whole time and he knew his routine.

Now he knew what the tease and smile meant, after all he had not skipped his jog when he had a bullet injury on his hand last time.

He just added on, another point for him to tease, he realized.

"Enna da vekkama?" asked his heart

A tiny bit yes answered his mind...

"nee epdi iruka nu paathitu polam nu dan vanden....nee nala dan iruka....adan paathuka aal irukangale...

Apo seri....next week joining apo pakalam kathir"

Kathir nodded his head...

Prab: mulla...

Mul: sir...

Prab: nalai lendu work epdi ma....Monday la...

Mul: illa na Work from home vangiten...

Prab; journalist ku enna ma work from home?

Mul: illa...adhu oru assignment ku editor aa...for time being till he is fine, glancing at kathir...

Prab nodded his head and left, they all noticed that poorni was silent the whole time.

Before stepping out, she came back to them

Poo: neenga rendu perum epo lendu love panringa?

The question was clear and crisp, Was it this obvious? They wondered.

Kat: college 3rd year lendu...

Though her eyes teared up, she uttered brushing the droplets away...

Poo: sorry mulla, nethu idu theriyama unga kitaye...really sorry...

Mul: paravala poorni, feel panadha...

Poo: naan kathir a love panren nu sonapove unga face marinadha paathu guess panirukanum...am sorry...

Kat: its okey poorni....nee ivalo sorry lan sola venaam...in fact naan dan unaku thanks solanum...

Poor: thanks aa enaka...

Kathir nodded his head...

Kat: thanks....thanks a lot...

Poorni simply exited from there....

Mul: paavam la...

Kat: aama dhan...aana enna pana...

Mul:hmmm...

Kat: enna izhukura...

M: sir thappa nenachirupara...

Kat: ellam seriya dhan nenachiruparu....he said winking...

M: naan serious aa pesuren...

Kat: ada prabha sir dane no issue....avar erkanave hospital lendu kalaichitu dan irukaru...

Enna apo ennala ada Rasika mudila....ipo idhuvum nala jolly aa dan iruku ...

He said hugging her by shoulder.

Mul: podaaa....she said running away...

Kat: edhu da va...

Mullai bit her tongue stopping on her way...

Mu: sorry adhu...

Kat: apdiye koopdu nala dhaan iruku...

Kathir moved to freshen up.

The days went away in a very fast pace, as if the days were leaping instead of moving. The whole day, they spent in front of their respective system. '

He really loved and respected that about her, she never poked into his professional work, though even a single question or a single glance to his files could give her a breakthrough.

She made sure she experimented with quite a number of food for him, making Shukla ji utter many a time he would be jobless due to her.

What she meant for the captain was pretty much clear by now, though he had noticed that they slept in the same room, he knew how to keep his mouth shut.

She was quite friendly even with guards, to the extent of sharing food with them.

All nights he really had some or the other lame reason, cited with his bullet wound to make her stay with him. Though she knew his act, she loved that.

That basked feel or shower of love over her, by him. The rough and tough captain, who turns all a baby with her.

Their nights were spent snuggling into each other, after few pecks. After all, she felt there was a gap of 5 years to be patched.

Ten days seem to have flown away, his bandages were removed and he was supposed to resume work today.

The feeling of parting him and going was taking a toll on her. She knew he will be busy, so was she. The only time they got even in the past 10 days were the time after waking up till breakfast and at evening after his skype calls with his family, and especially an hour they spent whispering simple sweet nothings or the movie they watched.

Knowing that it wont be possible, she was packing with a gloomy face. Kathir who came to her room to call her out after making her coffee was surprised to see her packing her bag.

Heck, that's when he realized, she had shifted only till he would resume work.

Ponuma? He asked dragging his speech.

Hmmm....

Edhuku mulla, ingaye irundiru...

Veladadha kathir...

Naan serious aa solren...ingaye iru...en kooda.....

Ellarum enna nenapanga...

Enna nenapanga...ivalo naal inga dane nine...

Adu unaku bullet....unna paathukaa..

Oh come on...innamum enna paathukave iru....en bandage eduthita enna paathuka koodadhu nu edachum rule book la iruka...

Nee en cousin matum illa nu by now all would have known or guessed.

Of course, how wouldn't they, the guy who was never seen in any girl's company for the whole of 3 years was seen only with or beside her for the past 10 days except his work timing.

Ipo nee anga poi, PG aa ninnu enna pana pora...ada vida inga romba safe, paaru military security, iruku...unaku romba safe aa secure aa irukum...

Kooda naanum iruken la...

Irren enakaga...

Please....

Kathir, ellarum ennalamo solavanga....Idu military quarters vera...

Nee en family evan enna sonalum I know to manage....

Unaku en mela nambika iruku....nama kadhal mela nambika iruku naa iru...illana am not forcing?

Iduku peru emotional blackmail soliten....she said whining but giving in.

Aana, prabha sir singh sir lan edum permission kudutha dan...

Adelam naan vangikuren...he said happily pecking her.

Though Prabhakaran sir and Singh sir, gave him warning stare, he stood firm on his decision of his cousin staying with him. Apparently, any other accommodation wasn't safe for her especially with her job nature, he quoted out.

Knowing kathir was adamant, and his adamant nature, they simply gave away to his words.

"paathu iru kathir....i hope you understand what I mean" he warned more as a brother than a senior officer.

Kathir was ultimately happy, so was Mullai though she was confused how come they accepted so quickly. She picked up all her stuffs and shifted to his house.

Summer was on its peak as per the natives, now in the month of June, but two people were missing the summers of Chennai.

A pleasant morning, a group of 7 – 8 newly trained soldiers from Intelligence Dept of BSF were joining today in their camp.

After their usual joining procedure, all of them were loitering around in the physical training section of the camp, when a soldier came informing how their apparent head Brigadier was not on duty today owing to some injury and was wanting to meet them in his residence.

All of them reached his residence.

Brig : good evening soldiers, am Brigadier Prabhakaran. sorry I had to summon you people here. Can you guys introduce yourself.

G 5: Sharan from Ahmedabad.

G6: Kannan from Tamil nadu.

Brig: nice, myself and your head also hail from Tamil nadu.

Kannan nodded his head in acknowledgement.

Sold: sir captain kathir and Major Singh has come to meet you.

Brig: send him in. Captain kathir would be your head, he is leading the IB and Cyber wing of northern terrain.

When the whole patallion, saluted for their head, there stood a guy with wide opened eyes and mouth forgetting the military rule and protocol.

Seeing the new joinee, stand without salute,

Brig: subeidar Kannan, weren't you taught the manners while meeting your senior.

Tomorrow don't join duty without doing 100 pushups in the ground.

Still, he noticed the subeidar's vision was glued onto something or someone.

TBC...