Thanks for patiently waiting for the update of Journey. My sincere apology, I was not feeling well and hence couldn't sit and pen down the story for around a week.

Also, I couldn't find the mood to write my story for the past 2 days all thanks to another writer who has written a story with the very same job title as Kathir and Mullai from Journey, and also many adaptational similarity I find from "Unknown love story". I really don't understand how they write with the exact same jobs for both the lead character or quite some scene from ULS, too much for my mind to process it as a mere coincidence. I don't expect credits or anything as I know what I am writing is a mere fan fiction, but to the least the courtesy to let the concerned author know that they are adapting their creativity. Stealing creativity of another person is a cheap act.

Also, a kind request to all readers, kindly don't encourage any stories where you feel plagiarism of any author's creativity, reader's encouragement to such stories is just a major discouragement for the one who put their time and brain wracking for ideas.

Special thanks to one reader, who pointed out to me about the too much similarity and let me know. Thank you so much dear.

Sorry in case my venting out has spread any negativity in the forum.

I would try to provide regular updates, provided no hindrance come my way...

My apologies...

Here goes the story....A very tiny update just to get back the flow of the story...

நினைவுகள் நெஞ்சினில்
புதைந்ததினால் நெருப்பால் எந்தன்
நெஞ்சை சுடுகின்றேன் 

Kathir kind of knew or could guess what or how the next set of reaction of his family members would have been.

A sure shot repeat telecast of what happened 2.5+ years back or even worst emotional words, after Kanna knew the truth.

He rubbed his forehead, he really lost all the confidence to go back home.

All his plans had gone into drain.

Watching CNN means only a single thing, they came to know about his and Mullai's job at the very same time.

It might look like a clearly sculpted plan, him giving his proper information about him leading DCA that too to his girl, who was a reporter.

None of this was planned, not even a tiny bit.

All he wanted was to come back to home today and let them know.

Proudly let his family what he had achieved, while keeping what he had lost hidden.

Come clean about his job and after couple of days, once Mullai gets back as a reporter, to fess up about their love, to both family.

Now, he sat in his car, his head on the steering wheel, broken, not knowing how to face his family, when he felt a caress and a tiny peck on his head

Mul: enna aachu kathir, en ipdi iruka?

Kathir lifted his head from the steering wheel, and shook his head in a mere nothing, not knowing how to convey to her.

Mul: onnum illa nu thala aatadha kathir, something is wrong nu un posture soludu...is everything fine?

En ipdi odanju poi ukandiruka?

Kat: ellam fine aakanum mulla....he said in a calm voice, terrifying her.

Mul: ini enna aaka iruku...purila enaku....Nama job aa pathi solanum adhum innaike...before they know of it from some one else, and everything would be normal, avalo dhane....

Kat: veetla kalai la CNN paathutanga nu ipo dan kanna phone panan..

Mullai's eyes teared up involuntarily.

Now, she knew what made kathir lean onto his steering wheel, the little bit she knew of the family, they trusted him too much and wouldn't take it lightly.

She had seen how hard it was for kathir to bring kanna back to normalcy with them.

Now, the entire family and she didn't know how or what to do...

Mul: paathukalam kathir, veetuku po...

Nama sonna purinjipanga...

Kathir nodded his head in a no

Kat: maatanga mulla....naan emathiten nu matum dan nenaipanga....adu oru vagaila unmayum kooda....

Aana....

Naan innaiku ellame unmai aa solaradha dan irunden...

Idha ipo poi sonna, naan sakku ku solren nu thane thonum....

Kanna va purinjika vekka 4 maasam aachu unaku nyabagam iruka...

Mullai nodded her head, and held his shoulders comforting him.

Kat: ipo motha kudumbamum....

Mul: sorry da....

Kat: neeum en di ipdi sorry soli savadikara....

Mul: oru vagai la naanum dane Karanam....kanna ku unmai therinjapove nee um kanna um veetla solalam nu dane soninga...

Ellame solidalam....

Unna pathi, enna pathi, ellame....

Aanaa naan dane unna vidala...

Partly force um panen, soladha nu....

Kat: azhadhu kolladha mulla, enaku theriyum nee en apo apdi sona nu...

Ipo nee soniya naan panena nu laan blame pani endha use um illa...

Mul: illa naan blame eduthuka sollala...

En sola mudiyala nu ella unmai um solidalame kathir?

Kat: mulla, therinju solriya illa theriyama solriya di...

Enna di sola solra....

Loosu madiri pesadha...

Ella unmai um sona, nama veetla unaku enna mariyadha minjum nu edachum idea iruka unaku?

En veedo un veedo avalo open minded kedayathu for them to accept we were man and women in all sense, in a live-in relationship for fucking three years, no matter what so ever the reason was.

Aprom ella unmai um sonna, namaku pudicha indha vela namalala pana mudiyum nu nenakriya...

Ipove naan Intelligence bureau, Defence Cyber Agency nu sonna, risk ayyo amma evalo risk nu solvanga...

Ella unmai um solla sonna, en pirinjom nu solanum....

A terror struck her thinking of uttering to everyone what happened and subject to their pity or judging looks.

Adhu therinja aprom en veetla illa un appa amma vum othuka maatanga to continue our jobs...

Avunga epovum oru bayathoda vaazhanum...

Chumma ella unmai um solalam nu loosaaatam pesadha...

Hearing no reply from her, he turned to see her almost in the verge of losing her consciousness.

Kathir quickly held her patting on her cheeks and quickly sprayed some water on her face.

Kat: hey mulla, enna di aachu....

Mullai saw the worried look on his face..

Mul: am fine....dideernu oru nimisham ellam nyabagam vandichu...

Kathir held her close to his chest and patted her, pecking and soothing her.

Kathir knew that black day might forever haunt them, but he didn't know revisiting it could bring her to this situation.

How happy were they? True, Kanna proved a hard nut to crack, and had given them a hard time.

But, later wasn't it too good?

The three of them, and the occasionally joining abhi in weekend, were a family.

Their sneak outs for their private moments, all went on like a bubble.

He wanted to cherish those memories, before coming clean with the necessary truths.

He wanted to relive those moments atleast in his head if not in reality.

TBC...

From next part, past would continue....based on votes...

Sorry for the filler short chapter.