Thanks for the amazing response....I have been blessed with for the previous parts.....

I have seen many readers fall for this seperate K and M....even the great KM fans ...and I cannot feel more overwhelmed more than this .....

But then I dont really know what disclaimer to be given to the readers who cant accept the flow of the story.....

Kindly avoid the story.....is my one n only request and advise.....

As mentioned in the before parts, this story is not for ardent KM lovers.....

This story has a strong use of language suitable for adult and mature readers....

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Somewhere along the lines of sharing her sorrow and him observing it, the distance between two hearts were reduced.....her head rested on his shoulder and his arms around her and head over hers....and sat two souls ........with the crescent moon and twinkling stars witnessing the silent bond formed between two pure souls.....

The serene beauty of the flash lights owing to the traffic on the Gemini signal had almost settled paving way to the silent beauty of the midnight....

When the silence was too much to bear, he looked down to see the image of an angel sleeping keeping all her worries at bay, a serene nap....

He had no mood to wake her from her beauty sleep but he knew she had to be awaken up...

He caressed her hair and patted her cheeks...calling her out slowly .....patting her up....."Mullai"...

Mullai who was in a calm slumber after ages...heard a small caressing of hair and pats on her cheek....

She opened her eyes to come in view of a pair of eyes looking at her with all the affection in the world...

Embarrassed with dozing off in his arms, she tried wiping off the inexistent drools....she resembled a small kid to him....she realized this from his giggle.....

He was a lively guy, his eyes smiled more than his lips.....Now, seeing him giggling at her, she closed her eyes with her hand....

Rio: paravala vidu...mullai.....ipo nee better a feel panriya....

Mullai merely nodded her head.....

Rio: mullai.....naan onnu sona kepiya.....?

Mullai looked at him quizzically.....she gave a small bob of her head....

Rio: unaku nadandadu edume seri illa.....ellame thappu,,,,drogam dan......aana adha nenachu nee ipdi irunda....adu unnaku thappu panavangaluku nee kudukura vetri...

Avunga kudutha tholvi lendu nee vetri aa kandu pudikanum....

Sonna konjam over dan....aana nee oru "Phoenix" parava madiri iruka venama.....

"Phoenix" brought a smile back on her face....the one she believed had become extinct.....

Oru naal unaku kadacha vetri...nee irukura edam pathu....avunga unna mei marandhu pakanum.....adan enaku aasa...

Apdi panradhu dan nee unga appa amma ku kudukara vetri...kuduukara mariyadhai....

Thala guninju nee anda ooruku po koodadhu....thala nimindu poganum.....thala nimindu nadakanum....

Puriyudha?

He enquired...

Mullai nodded her head....wiping her tears.......

Rio: That's my girl.....he said hugging her......

Mullai hugged him back....her almost 2 months of misery had started becoming light.....

She looked ahead...noticed the deserted road ....and looked at her watch...and squealed on how she is already late ...

Rio comforted her telling there is nothing to worry and that he would drop her back to hostel.....

Mullai had one question to ask him....she didn't know if she could ask this....will it hurt him.....today morning this guy was a mere stranger to her....but, now she knew he was someone to her.....he meant someone to her...

And so she didn't want to ask anything stupid and hurt him.....\

God knew how, Rio had guessed some confusion on her face and asked her....did she want to share something else? Ask something else....

Mullai was a bit hesitant asking this question....but she asked "Nee yen inga ipdi confectionary la vela pakara" and closed her eyes....anticipating a worst reply...

But all she heard was a tiny laugh...a small giggle....

Rio: "oh...unaku enna pathi theriyadu la......naanum unna madiri inga part time aa dan vela pakaren"

Mullai: "ohhh"

She wanted to ask then whats his main work, but she didn't want to pry more into him...

Rio: "naan Indian Intelligence Bureau eam ku padichitu iruken"....idu chumma oru part time....en friend kada than....vera edum illa....

Mullai looked at him admiringly.....This was the first time in her life she had heard someone telling IB as their dream...

This guy was someone special!!!!Something special!!!!

Mullai: "Nee kandipa Intelligence Bureau officer aaguve....paaren" she said....smiling....

Rio: "apdi naan ana unaku oru gift iruku paaru..." he said...

Mullai: " enna gift" the little girl inside her resurfaced....

Rio: " naan dan anda gift eh" he teased back....earning a laughter from her after long......and a small smack on his shoulder.....Rubbing off the nonexistent pain, he started

Rio: " seri kelambalama?

Mullai: " hmm....kelambalam......nalaiku morning poitu ticket book pananum"

Rio: "eppo ooruku pora"

Mullai: "nalaiku dan...oru maasam achu ena pathu nu amma solranga"

Rio: " wow....nalaiku naanum en friend oruthi kalyanathuku karaikudi poren......"

Mullai: "Karaikudi aa" she was happy....she will have a company she felt....

Rio: "hmmm aama....friend kalayanam iruku.....adan....yen.....ama nee enda ooru"

Mullai : "naanum karaikudi dan.....anga Kunnakudi...."

Rio: "sooper...apo enaku nalaiku company iruku"

Mullai hmmed in response.....

Rio "sooper apo Parveen travels laye book panu.....enakum company iurkum.....and he took his laptop from bag and booked the ticket.....inspite of her protest....She refused telling she can manage but then he didn't budge and got her ticket telling she can pay back the money if that's the isuse....

Rio and Mullai started back to her hostel, after ensuring she entered and waved her hand off from her second floor room he went back to the room he was sharing with his cousin cum bestie Kavin....

Kavin had enquired what caused the delay of more than 4 hours and Rio just shrugged telling had been with a friend....He wont share Mullai issue with Kavin, even his bestie,....for she had trusted and confided in him....

He will make sure she doesn't repent sharing it with him....

Next day, Kavin and Rio met mullai in ICAT entrance...Kavin had a mini attack seeing a normal morning wish from Mullai...and the friendly talks between these both...

What shocked him more was her friendliness towards him as well...

Well, may be Pakistan and India had made a silent truce he thought.....

Even in class, he saw a more vibrant mullai...the one which was invisible from day 1....

At around 8pm,

"Adisayam dan" was Kavins words to Rio when he came to drop him off in CMBT, but then he felt earthshaken seeing Mullai joining Rio and telling how Rio had booked the ticket...

Mullai talked pleasantly well with Kavin and he waved his hands off to both these people....

"Machan...nee nadathu machan....nadathu"....Kavin teased earning a glare from both Rio and Mullai....

Kavin : "ada chumma sonen ma" he teased off......

Rio and Mullai started their bus journey.......

Their seats were not together they were rows apart...but rio spoke with the conductor and sat next to her....

Rio "naan inga unga kooda ukaralam la mullai"

Mullai "adan ukantingale" she giggled...

Rio smiled back....They started the journey in silence......she looking out of the window.....thinking how to face the same people.....

Him lost in the songs of the mobile, occasionaly throwing a glance at her....

Few tens of kilometers passed, the bus left the outskirts of Chennai.......He noticed she had dozed off keeping her head on the window glass.....He also rested in deep sleep...

At around 5am, he woke up to see that they were only some 30 minutes away from Karaikudi.....

He shook her aswell, so that she could be awake by the time they reached KK...

Mullai woke up and thanked him for waking her up on time....but he strictly said she is not allowed to thank or apologize to him...and she nodded promising she will keep in mind about this in future....

At around 5.30 am,

He and Mullai reached Karaikudi....she saw her father waiting for her....

Mullai happily introduced Rio to her father....Murugan was happy really pleasantly happy seeing his daughters genuine smile after long and the father in him realized it had something to do with the boy infront of him....

48 hours passed away in a jiff for her with her parents being genuinely happy on seeing the old mullai coming back, she was pampered by her mom and dad...

Even Kasthuri athachi and Jega mama had come enquiring about her wellbeing.....Thank goodness, they hadn't mentioned about PS family...

What surprised her was when she had stepped out of her house few hours before her return bus.....for meeting her bestie Nithya who had given her the idea of engaging in something...

She was surprised to see her enemy cousin Kathir....he was busy delivering some good and she tried her best dodging away from him...though she had patrtially got out of her mental trauma, she felt she was not yet ready to face his family....

She saw him staring at him accidently and she saw a sudden change of emotions on his face even from distance....from the no nonsense face to a mild calm one...the one having a tinge of guilt...she saw him coming towards her with an apologetic face......

But she rushed from place not wanting to meet him....even if it was for apology.....she wasn't ready for meeting it yet....

She reached her home, her mom was waiting for her with her favorite plate of Paal Paniyaram...She relished it and started packing her bag for her return to Chennai.....

Her father had offered her money for her monthly expense, but now she could tell with pride that she was on her foot...she could manage her self with the money she made from her part time job....She saw her parents eyes welling up in pride.....That was a moment she would always relish in her life....

Her father dropped her in Karaikudi and she got into the bus.....And almost a minute later, she saw him getting into the bus giving her a small tiny smile......and moving towards the conductor asking for a seat change....But, this time luck was not in his favor and he didn't get to sit beside her.....

She noticed that even seats and rows apart, his eyes sought out to her....looked out for her.....She was happy internally seeing this...though she didn't let it out of her face....

Every time his smiling eyes met hers, she didn't know she had a small smile rising in her lips....

She would have dozed off into sleep when she felt a shook on her shoulder....

It was the anty siting before her calling out to her.....

The bus had broke down in the middle of nowhere and all were asked to get down.....

Wow......Perfect" she grumbled and got down....

She was standing in the middle of nowhere, deserted road with other fellow passengers......and him right behind her...

She felt a courage seep into her with his presence....why....how.....she didn't know.....she didn't want to dig it up.....

The conductor came telling that it would take more than couple of hours for bus to be back on roads....and the time being almost 1am, the last option present for everyone was that there is a motel about some half kilometer away......they could all rest and by morning 3 or 4am, they could resume back the jounry....

He came to her, walking side by side....surprisingly he was quiet today...she felt....Most of the passengers were family and destiny had set a single room left for both of them...

"Nee anga thangu mullai....naan inga sofa la paduthukuren" he offered being the gentle man he is.....

But, Mullai conscience didn't let him stay in the lobby for her selfishness and so she replied its fine for them to stay in the same room for some hours....she trusted him with her virtue for sure.....

They went to the room and both sat in silence......She saw the ever confident him having a small hesitation and she knew it would be the awkwardness to stay in the same room with her....

She had gone into the washroom for freshening herself and the lights went out....

The last thing she wanted was that....It was not like she fears darkness like the heroines in movie but then staying in a room with a guy almost her age was a bit awkward no matter even if she knew him...adding to it the current cut and darkness was a bit uneasy.....

She opened the washroom door and saw him entering the room with a candle in his hand......He looked different to her eyes......it was may be the soltitude....or the life in his eyes......or the atmosphere or the candle light...

The room gave away a setup for her desire inside to awaken....She was a women and her desires were generally hidden but today, God knew whayt had possessed her....

She couldn't look into his eyes....for she feared her desire would be clearly visible......

She sat on the bed with downcast eyes......He moved towards her kept the candle on the stool nearby the night lamp...

"mullai" she jumped in fear...

He was surprised seeing her reaction.....he kept his hand on her shoulder "Naan dan bayapdatha...ivalo koda nambikai illaya enna" was that hurt she saw in his eyes.............

Mullai shook her head in a no....and something inside her asked her to go into his arms....to assure she didn't mean to hurt him.....He took her in his embrace...sushing sweet nothing into her.....consoling her....

She looked up from his embrace and both their lips met....who moved towards one another none knew.....none wanted to know either....

They had a doubt if this will keep a setback in their relationship, but none wanted to dwell into it now.....

She felt secured inside him inside his embrace and he felt like its his need to give her the security it needed....where words failed....action spoke louder....

His hands caressed her hair in one hand and the other hand around the shoulder, their fused lips spoke......

When the lips parted each other, they followed the trace of skin of the body.....Her fingers removed the buttons of his pant while his removed hers.....

She pushed him onto the bed and crept up above him...over his naked body....

Two naked bodies in each others embrace rolled over the bed....He was gentle in his touch, in his moves.......

Her lips had moved the parts of her chiseled chest, she never knew he was this well built....

She had guided his hands into the velvety folds of hers....His pupils dilated when he felt his fingers caressing her treasure....guided by her fingers....... .....

He had found her sweet spot and heard her small whimpers and whispers.....may be the past of her demons were leaving her keeping only him and them in her focus.....

When his hands had their fill, they moved to her sweet melons while his hardness touched her down.......she was wet from her ministrations and his head of shaft glided into her.....tearing her channel up for him to settle....for him to fill her......

They had found the pace of age old rhythm and came out in each others arms panting for breath....

Before they could come out of this moments, there was knock on the door....it was the call for the bus passenger....it was supposed to start in some 15 minutes.....

Neither of their eyes spoke guilt ...but they didn't have the courage to look into each others eyes....

They got dressed.....both wanted to talk to each other,....clear this out....but before that they had to settle into their respective bus seats....

The weary tired bodies gave away into slumber.....

Almost at around 8am, they reached CMBT....She got down from the bus...she wanted to wake him up....but she didn't gain the courage......

She started back to her college knowing nothing will be same henceforth....

She didn't go to college that day....nor to the café...she was afraid to face him.....What will he think of her?

At around 5pm, she saw him standing before her hostel....She turned face and tried walking back to room ...

She noticed him standing in the same place....she got down from her hostel....

She sat next to him in the bench in the bus stop ....Neither knew how or what to start....

Finally, she started...

"Sorry Rio, nethi night.......naan apdi yen.....therla......"and she teared up in broken words....

"Ey....mullai....Naan thappa nenaikala......unna thapa nenaika maten" were his words and his eyes smiled.........

A big weight lifted off from her heart....hearing his words......

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