M : neenga nethu trichy la irunthu kelambum bothe theriyum..

K : appave ah....

M : aama....

K : appuram enkita yethum kekave ilaaye...

M : neengala soluveghala nu paathen.. aana neenga solra madhiri ilaa... athan ketuten...

K : kovama...

M : intha nimisham varai illaa... yena enaku nadanthathula oru 10 percent kuda theriyathu... mulusa therinja than kovama illaya nu sola mudiyum...

K : athu... sola kudathu nu illaa... yethuku kashtam nu....

M : antha arjun vishayam than nu theriyum... ithuku melaiyum maraikama, poi solaama mathathelam neenga than solanum...

Kathir nodded his head as ok as his memories drifted back before four days....

(Authors note : Sorry dears... Iam not going to show any conversation between kathir and mullai here.. It is just brushing up the three days from kathir's view so that we get to know what happened exactly in these days.... So we might miss our darling mullai.... )

Day 1

The treat day....

After dropping mullai at home,kathir reached his house jumping out of joy... He could feel happiness bouncing inside him spending the entire day with her... He settled down in his room as his mom told to skip the shop giving a reason that its pouring out heavily... He enjoyed the newly imposed restrictions for the soon groom-to-be a lot... It gave him lots of time to spend for mullai....

He sat on his bed listening to his heart which fluttered with every single moment of the day starting from a small detail how she searched for him longingly in the morning... He moved to his wardrobe, took their book of firsts and started penning down....

The pleasant bike ride, sweet talks, lovely touches, the chirpy friends gang, their beautiful questions, his answers, some important and much needed revelations, the drive in rain and time spent in the shed....
There were lots to explore on tat single day...

Apart from all those, there were many special things that made his day....
Her reactions, her little irritation with possessiveness, her admiration on seeing him, her hold on him, her feel of missing friends, her tension ,her fear, her childishness, her shyness, her love....
A lot, lot ,lot more to mention....

He fell for each and every bit of her...
He smiled at the thought how he agreed for this marriage just by seeing a picture..
Just eyeing mere beauty when there were bunch of more specialities to explore in her... Her beauty was just a tiny part of it comparatively....

He closed his eyes thinking about her state of mind thoroughout the day... He was so much glad that he could give her happiness as much as he can... The scenes of her smiling with bliss crossed his mind...

His eyes fell on the brown cover in the shelf....
He smiled at it which held the application form for her higher studies...

In the urge of keeping everything she wished under her feet, he had bought it a week back and then procceded with informing his family on the same... He wanted to make the information sound more like permisssion to create a first and best impression about her... It all ended well in his home with a happy note and yet to be conveyed in her home once her dad return back from his work...
He was eager to see the happiness in her eyes that he saw today....

His mind jumped to again to the treat memories....

He remembered apart from the happiness, her eyes that reveal everything perfectly showed a little fear when her friends spoke about that guy... Was she afraid of that guy ??? Or afraid of anything else.???

What ever this thorn had to be thrown out...

He picked up the phone, pinged swarna if he can call her if she is free.... she messaged him to call...

(Darlings, This is swarna for you for easy imagination... please imagine her dialogues in her voice)

K : hello...

Swa : hello...
yenna ne permission elam ketutu... apadiye kupidunga ini... ketta kashtama iruku...

K : illama mullai ku kettutu kupitutu palagiduchu.. athan..

Swa (laughing) : anne athu aaluku kupidum bothu than veetula yena nenaipanga nu yosichu kupidanum... thangachi kelam ilaa....

K(smiling) : sari ma.. inime apadiye kupidaren...sari ah...

Swa : sari ne.. yena ne vishayam.... antha arjun ah...

K : aama ma... enaku avan kuda pesanum... athuku than kupiten....

Swa : avan number anupuva ne...

K : anupu ma.. aana athuku munnadi ne avankita pesariya... avan yena manasula vechutu irukan nu konjam clear ah therinjukanum enaku...

Swa : pesaren ne... neenga wait panunga...

K : na line laye iruken ma... ne pesu...

Swa : anne aana neenga ethum react panida venam...

K : illa ilaa...na mute panikaren... appuram inime avan kuda pesum bothu konjam call recorder potukiriya....

Swa : athu yethuku ne..

K : illama thevai padum...

Swa : sari ne...

Swarna called arjun while kathir muted his call....

Ar : hello...

Swa : hello arjun...

Ar : solu swarna...yena thidirnu phone paniruka... mullai yetha sola sonala....

Swa : yenamo oru oru thadavaiyum ava unkita yetha sola solara madhiri kekare... ava yeppo unna pathi pesina...

Ar : sari sollu yena vishayam... ne kariyam illama kupida matiye...

Swa : iniki nanga friends elam mullai oda treat ku karaikudi ponom... appo anne kuda vantharu.....avaru unkita pes....

Ar : yenathu... mullai karaikudi vanthala... Enkita solirukalam illa... enaku avala pakanum... paathu pesanum.... na avala pakanum nu try panren...aana mudiyala....

Swa : Ne yethuku avala pakanum... ne thirumba thirumba thappu panre arjun... ithelam periya prachanai aga poguthu...

Ar : athelam na paathukaren... yena pananum nu enaku theriyum.. na pana vendiyathu yellam panitu than iruken...

Swa : yena panre.... avaluku phone pani torture panriya inum...

Ar : ava than unknown numberla irunthu call vanthale yedukarathu illaye.. yellathaiyum block panitale.. ava kita pesi use illaa...

Swa : ithula irunthe ava enna nenaikara nu puriyalaya unaku... vitudu ithellam..

Ar : chumma vitudu na... anniki janaki kalyanathuku vanthapo mela padikaren nu yellar kitayum solitu iruntha than eh.. atha nambi than na paatuku irunthen.. ipo yenadana oru maasathula nichayam, kalyanam nu panuvangalam.. moonu varshama wait panravan loose ah...

Swa : ava yenamo unna wait pana sonna madhiri pesare... antha first year thavira ava un pakkam kuda thirumbinathu illaaa...

Ar : Ava enna pakala othukaren.. ipo paathuruka mapillai ah mattum avala mudivu pana.. avanga appa amma mudivu pananga.. iva othukita...athe madhiri avanga othukita ennaiyum othupa...

Swa : loose madhiri pesare ne... intha kalyanam ava appa amma sonathala othukita nu vechukitalum ipo epadi unna othupa...ava appa amma yethuku unna othukanum...

Ar : athuku than ava veetuku poi pesinen...

Swa (Shocked) : yena da solre.. ava veetuku poniya...

This was a complete shocker for kathir too.. He didnt expect this anytime....

Ar : aama.. rendu thadava ponen...

Swa : arjun... velaiyadathe.. ne yethuku pone... yena panne..

Ar : mudhal thadavai avanga veetula yarum illaa... rendavathu thadavai ava amma irunthanga.. avanga kita pesitu vanthen...

Swa : avanga kita ne yena pesina... ini pesarathuku yenna iruku...

Ar : mullai ah enaku kalyanam pani kuduka ketten....

Swa : yen da solre... avanga amma yena sonanga... appa unna chumma ah vitaru... mullai ku theriyuma ithu...

Ar : athu yethuku unaku...na yethum solratha illaa... ne enmela iruka akkarai la kekala nu enaku theriyum.. appuram yena... na nenaikarathu kandipa nadakum... ne paaka than pore... enaku velai iruku.. na appuram pesaren....

Arjun dropped the call leaving kathir and swarna in call alone...

Kathir unmuted the call...

Swa : anne....ithe na nenachatha vida vera madhiri aguthu...

K : nanum neenga sonapo vera madhiri nenachen ma... ithu vera madhiri iruku... nichayam aana ponnu veetula vanthu pesirukan na kashtam than... mullai ku theriyuma nu theriyalaiye...

Swa : theriyalaiye ne.. uncle aunty yena sonanga num vera theriyala... pesama mullai ku kupitu kepoma...

K : ava iniki romba santhoshama iruntha ma... avaluku theriyathu nu nenaikaren... namma yethuku ma solanum... thevai illaama varuthapaduva...

Swa : appuram yena ne panrathu... arjun kandipa sola mattan.. avanuku theriyum nan avanuku complete ah against nu... avan friends kita kekatuma...
Yena panalam??? Neenga solunga...

K : illaa ma.. anga inga nu kekarathuku pesama atha kitaye kekalam...

Swa : aunty kitaya... athu sari than... na pesitu kupidatuma...

Kathir thought for a while...

K : illa ma...nan eh pesaren.. athu than sari...

Swa : sari ne...ithelam thevai illatha prachanai... yen than avanuku buthi ipadi pogutho.. nalla paiyan than.. aana mullai nu varum bothu matum ipadi agidaran...

K : vidu ma.. sari panidalam...
Na atha kita pesitu kupidava unaku....

Swa : sari ne...

Kathir just went to dhanam,gave some lame reasons to get parvathi's mobile number and came back to his room calling her...

P : hello...

K : hello...

P : yaarunga...

K : atha.... na kathir pesaren...

P : ada solunga mapilla... nalla irukengala... veetula elam nalla irukangala...

K : elarum nalla irukanga athai... nanum nalla iruken... neenga elarum epadi irukenga...

P : elarum nalla irukom mapilla...

K : appuram mulla pakathula irukala...

P : illaye mapilla.. oru nimisham ava kita kudukava...

K : illaa illaa.. na unga kita pesa than kupiten.... avaluku sola venam atha...

P(worried) : yena achu mapilla...yethum prachanai ah...

K : athu... arjun nu oru paiyan... mullai oda college mate...avana pathi pesanum...

Parvathi is frightened to the core hearing those words... Her mind wandered around the world imagining arjun has spoke with kathir regarding mullai and kathir wants to check on it... She got alarmed if he doubts mullai... She couldn't control her thought process....

P : mapilla... mullai mela thappu yethum illaa mapilla... neenga avala thappa nenaikathenga... avaluku yethum.....

K : atha.. Pls..pls... avanala oru prachanai nu therinjuthu... atha sari panalam nu kupiten... mathapadi enaku mullai mela yellam yentha santhegamum illa ... apadi yelam enaku yethum varavum varathu... neenga enna ipadi yosikarathe enaku kashtama iruku... avalo cheap ah enna pathi nenachurukengala nu..

P : manichudunga mapilla.. en nilamai apadi... ungaluku epadi theriyum nu theriyala enaku... nethu antha paiyan thidirnu vanthen.. Yena yenamo pesaran... mulla appa kuda oor la illaa.. na avarkita solavum illaa.. anga avaru velai vishayama romba alanjutu irukaru...kalyanathukana pana vishayam... athunala mudichitu vanthathuku appuram tha solanum... ipo sona pathari poiduvaru...iniki vanthuduvaru mapilla.. vanthathum pesikalam nu irunthen... jega, sankar kita kuda solala... aana enaku enakulaiye vechutu paithiyam pidikara madhiri iruku.. athan yosikama pesiten...

K : paravala vidunga atha.. neenga pathata pada venam... yenna vishayam nu solunga paathukalam...

P : athu vanthu... yepadi solrathu nu theriyala mapilla...

K : unga paiyan madhiri nenachu sollunga atha.. mapilla ah nenaika venam... athum illama mullai pathina vishayam therinjuka enaku yella urimayum iruku...

Those words were so soothing to her tensed heart giving some heartsease....For a second, she remembered the moment kathir stood with her and her husband in the engagement as a succour and how mullai turned to tears seeing them...

The feeling of strangeness left her... She felt he is her family...
Also Nearly a day's long anxiety was eating her brain... She couldnt hold on for long... She blurted out...

P : mullai ah moonu varushama kaadhalikaren, nichayam pana kalyanatha niruthitu avanuku kalyanam pani veinga apadi ipadi nu pesaran mapillaa... ava appa illanathum inum rendu,moonu naal la varen mullai kita pesunga, yosichu solunga nu solitu poitan... nichayam aana ponna pathi pesara vishayama ithu...yaravathu itha ketta mullai ah than eh mapilla thappa nenaipanga...

K : avala thappa nenaika yena iruku atha.. yaro yenavo pesina ava yenna panuva paavam...

P : yellam alaga nadakuthe nu santhoshapaadum bothu ipadi oru prachanai... manase sari illa mapillaa..(crying)

K : yenna athai ithu.. thayavu senju alathenga...alara alavuku ithula onum illaa... avan vanthu sonnan.. namma sari varathu nu puriya vekka porom... avalo than..

P : nichayam aana ponna vanthu kekarane.. avan purinjupan nu nenaikarengala neenga...athan bayama iruku mapilla....

K : athelam puriya vekkalam atha... na intha vishayatha paathukaren.. neenga itha maranthudunga... avan ini anga vara mattan... neenga santhoshama kalyana velaiya parunga...

P : muyarchi panren mapilla..mudiyala...

K ( in a reassuring voice): na paathukaren atha... enna nambunga... mudhala alathenga...

P : saringa mapilla... aana ithu ungaluku epadi theriyum... ithu mullai ke theriyathe.... avan yetha ungakita pesinana...

K : illa atha.. athu swarna sonna... antha paiyan sonan nu... swarna ku bayam etha prachanai agidum nu...athan sona..

P : oh saringa mapilaa...

Parvathi didnt get how swarna and kathir are in touch..Mullai didnt even show any signs of speaking with kathir till now.. Maybe she is speaking with him so he knows her friends too.. That was the conclusion parvathi could come up with.... What ever she felt like she got immense strength all of a sudden after a day's struggle all alone...

P : mapila anga namma veetula yarukum??

K : yarukum theriyathu... theriyavum porathu illaa... bayapadathenga....

P : sari mapilla... yena pana porenga ipo...

K : nalaaiki antha paiyan kita na pesaren atha...

P : sari mapilla.. ungalaiyumm paathukonga.. yetha prachanai agida poguthu...

K : na paathukaren atha... neenga thairiyama irunga...

P : saringa mapilla...

M (screaming) : ammaaa ammaaaa ammaaaa... sikiram inga vaaaa... ammmmaaaaa....

Parvathi rushed to mullai hearing her call extremely tensed so was kathir....

P : mullaa yena ma achu...

M : aama intha sky blue color la oru pudavai venum ma... (pointing to TV) vangi thariya...

Parvathi and Kathir laughed at her question forgetting the current problem....

P : ufff.. ithana... nee irukiye... vangi tharen de...

M : en chellaa amma....

She came back to kitchen with a smile...

P : iva ipadi than mapilla... sila samayam ivaluku 20 vayasu nu enaku maranthuduthu....

K (smiling) : ava ipadiye irukatum atha... neenga intha prachanai pathi ethum ava kita solathenga...

P : kandipa matten mapilla... namaku ava santhosham than eh mukiyam...

K : nichayama athai...

They didnt know there was a bond flourishing between them unknowingly as they wished to keep up their gal's peace and happiness...

What Next????

TBC....