Mullai is just listening to the lecture..

Or trying to..

She feels bored..

She doesn't want to hear this lecture anymore..

But, she knows well that if she moves out of the class, it will be more pathetic..

The haunting memories will strike her again..

She can never forget them..

His breath..

His eyes..

His laughs..

His giggles..

His words..

His playful attitude..

Him, on the whole..

Those were the days she used to be very happy..

Happiest bride-to-be she was..

Those Saturday nights were the days which she never wanted to end..

And then..

It happened..

It drifted her life to some other place..

She doesn't want anything now..

But, going back to the place where she was isn't ideal now..

She has been smiling for others for the past two years..

She doesn't want to hurt anybody..

Mainly, Malar..

What she is today is because of Malar..

Glad that she survived atleast..

The more she is dwelling in her thoughts, the more painful it is..

Akhila taps her shoulder..

Enna pulla..

Andha amma nadathuradhu avlo pidikuma unakku..

Ipdi vaaya moodaama rasichu gavanamaa paathutu irukiye..

Adhaan..

M-Illa Akila..

Apdiye edho yosanai..

Ak-Happada..

Naan kooda nee class dhan gavanikkriyo nu bayandhuten..

M-Illa Illa..

Ak-Sari canteen polaama?

M-Polam di...Enakkum inga onnume pidikala..

Ak-5 mins wait pannu..

Break viduvanga..

Apdiye poiduvom..

Veetuku polama?

M-Veetukaa? Mothama bunk pannanume..

A-Ipo enna athunala?

Vaa polaam..

Adhan attendance iruke di..

M agrees and the bell rings..

They move out..

M-Veetuku venaam Akhila..

Vera engayavathu polamaa?

Akhila thinks for a min..

Canteen la poi 2 vadaiya sooda ulla thalluvom..

Apa dhan moola vela seiyum..

Apram yosipom adha pathi..

Enna solra?

M-Sari vaa..

They go to the canteen..

As Akhila said, they have vadas..

Ak-Sari koviluku polaama?

M-Meenakshi amman kovilukka?

Ak-Aama di..Unakku dhan pidikume anga poga?

Povoma?

M-Veetla..

Ak-Iru pesren..

She dials up her mom to inform..

She agrees..

Ak-Solliten di..

Pogalama?

M-Pogalaam...

They start from the college and go to the temple..

M doesn't know why the buried thoughts are coming out the pit today..

In these 2 years, she has been a nicer girl who wears a mask all through the time..

The smile has become her identity..

The eyes became intensified..

The sleepless nights..

The sleep that was compelled with a sedative..

The moodswings..

The devastated dreams..

Those 4 weeks were like hell..

She doesn't want to go back to them..

Yet, her heart, being so tender, can't come out of the turmoils so easily..

She doesn't know why her heart beats so loud and a tornado is forming in her stomach today..

Probably, a bad sign?

Hmmpphhh...inime pudhusa nadakka enna irukku?

She whines..

Adhan mudinju poche ellam..

Mulla... Vendaam..

Marandhuru..

Ellam marandhuru..

Ipa dhan konjam ellarum veetla nimmathiya irukaanga..

Venaam..

Venaam..

She shakes her head..

The temple arrives in the meantime..

Ak-Erangu di..

They go the temple..

The prayers are done and they sit on the mandapam..

Mullai sees the mandalas over the mandapams..

They are built according to the laws of symmetry and loci..

Unlike her life..

It has no symmetry..

It goes in it's own way..

She is slowly becoming a puppet in the hands of life..

She can't shed tears anymore..

The lacrimal glands have become dry..

Akhila sees her..

She has been knowing her for a long time..

Around 10 years..

She knows her in and out..

Mulla..

She calls softly..

M-Sollu di..

A-Naan solren nu thappa nenachikkadha..

Ipdiye evlo naal iruka pora?

M's face falls..

She is running just to avoid this question..

Ak-Illa Mulla.. Thappa nenachikkadha..

Unna kashtapaduthanum nu naan kekkala..

Un friend nu nenachu dhan kekuren..

Nee inga enga veetla irukradhunala kekkala..

Unna enga ellarukkume romba pidikum..

Adhu unake theriyum..

Aana..

Ipdiye veetuke pogama, ponaalum 2 naal kooda thangama, odi vandhu, epodhum adhaye yosichitu irukradhu..

Nallava Mulla iruku?

M-Poga koodadhunu..

Illa..

Her hands fidget the end of her shawl..

Aana, anga poganum nu nenachaave..

Mandai ellam vedikra maadhiri irukku..

Marupadiyum edhachum onnu na, avanga thanga maatanga..

Her voice breaks..

Adhoda illa..

Avanga..

Avanga..

Takes a deep breath..

Kalyanam pannika solraanga..

Adhu..

Ennala mudiyaadhu..

A-Ipa mudiyaati enna..

Adha apa paathukalam..

Veetukachum poi avangaloda 1 vaaram irundhutu vaa Mulla..

M-Naan pogala Akhila..
Please..

Ennala, anga iruka mudiyaadhu..

Andha ooru, anga irukavanga..

Ellarum..

Ellamum..

Edhaiyume paaka mudiyama dhan inga iruken..

Ipove adutha sem mudinjita enna panradhu nu yosikanum vera..

Ak-Nee solradhu laam sari dhan di..

Aana, avangala pathi yosichu paathiya?

Aishu va pathi yosichiya di..

Athai, Athai nu yengi poitaa di pulla..

Oruthavangalukkaaga yengradhu evlo kashtamana vishayam nu unakku naan solli puriya veika vendiya avasiyame illa..

Idha naan unna kaaya padutha sollala sathiyama..

Aana, nee..

Mathavangala purinjikanum la di?

Adhukkaga solren..

M-Ennatha solradhu naan?

Aama, Anni edhachum sonaangala?

A-Malar enna solla pora..

Akka onnume sollala..

Varutham dhan pattaa..

Oor thiruvizha ku nee varala nu sollitiyame..

Avanga vandhaalum nee un room laye dhan pazhiya kedakkra..

Avanga enna dhan pannuvaanga..sollu..

M's body gets petrified..

Naan..

Inga..

Irukradhu..

Kashtama iruka ungalukku..

Her eyes are brimming up..

Adha naan yosikave illa Akhila..

En suyanalathukkaga..

Cha..

A taps her shoulder..

Loosaa di nee..

Nee ipdi pesina nu therinja amma avlo kova paduvaanga..

Avanga unna apdiya paakraanga?

Illa naanga yaarachum unna apdi paakroma?

Apa nee engala purinjikala apdi dhana?

M-Illa Akhila..

Apdi illa..

Ak-Yamma thaaye.. Nee ooruke poga vendaam..

Enakkum idhukkum sammandhame illa..

Naan poi prasaadha stall la edhachum vaangitu varen..

Nee ingaye iru..

Saaptu povom veetuku..

Sariya?

Enna pechu pesra di nee?

M smiles..

A tooooo weak to smile kinda smile..

A-Vaangitu varava?

M-Hmm poitu vaa..

A-Dho varen..

Ingaye iru di..

Kochitu kelambi karaikkudi poidaadha dheivame..

She chuckles and moves..

After sometime, she feels bored..

Queue perusa iruku pola..

Pogadha nu sonna adhukkum kochippa..

Pesaama nammalum angaye poi nikkalam..

She stands and moves after noticing that she didn't left anything behind..

As she moves a bit forward, she bumps over someone and her legs flutter..

She turns just to apologize..

Sorry nga..

Gavanikala naan..

Edhavadhu vittutoma nu paathute vandhadhula..

Iam sorry..

Thappa nenachikaadheenga..

She smiles with an apology in her face and moves towards the stall..

Loosu Mulla nee..

Enga paathu nadakkra?

Nalla vela..

Edhuvum sollala..

Inime aachum ozhunga paathu nada..

She goes to Akhila..

A-Enna di..Ingaye vandhuta?

M-Unna aalaye kaanume nu dhan..

A-Hmkum..Vittutu vandhu 5 nimisham dhan aagudhu..

Adhukkulla..

Yen di ipdi..

Sari, veetuku polama?

M-Hmm polaam di..

A-Neraya iruku..Veetuku pona ellarum sapdalam..

Adhan..

M-Adhan polam vaa..

They go out and start back to home..

Tbc..

I know,.. I know...

Author is evil😈