The bus slowly moves..

Nobody wants to eat..

Nobody is in the mood to eat..

The bus stops at Trichy..

Vetri-Anna, enna na aachu?

Driver-Yaarume sapdalaye thambi..
Saapdanum la..

V-Sari na..Niruthunga..Ezhuppi vidren ellarayum..

He wakes up everyone..

They eat and they start back to chennai..

Since K and M are dull, and they are being tired, others also try to sleep..

There is a wave of silence in the bus..

K and M are together physically but the minds are at a different place..

The thought of the things that are going to happen in near future are lingering in their minds..

Unlike the coolness in the bus cos of the AC, they feel the torrid heat inside their minds..

They can't come out of the argument that happened sometime back..

Both of them don't want to break the ice..

Atleast for now..

They don't feel that compatibility between them even if they talk something else..

The bus slowly reaches chennai..

Malar and M leaves to the hostel..

M sees K for a moment before getting down from the bus..

K doesn't say anything...

He doesn't want to..

She takes a deep breath and nods her head..

She waves bye to everyone and leaves..

Rest of the people reach their places..

***

The next weeks are supposed to be very hectic..

The work pressure at the office makes M very exhausted..

So does K..

They work almost for 6 days a week..

They have alternate shifts too..

M has off on Wednesday and K has on thursday..

They can't spend much time on mobile as they did..

She manages to talk a couple of words to K before she sleeps..

They have plenty of things to talk..

To settle down..

But they don't have time now..

In the meantime, M books a ticket for herself to KK..

She wants to inform it to K..

She dials him up..

His mobile is switched off..

She knows that he might be attending some meeting or other..

She postpones and completely forgets it..

The wrong rhythm that started playing on the sunday is still playing..

They want to tune it back but, they have zero time now..

They can feel the void space inside their hearts..

They want to throw out everything and get back to normal life..

But, they can't...

Slowly days pass away..

***

Date- 25/ 10/2019
Time-2PM

M takes permission and goes to hostel..

She packs everything and gets ready..

She calls K..

He picks it up..

Hello..

M-Enna nga..Busy ah irukeeyala?

K-Illa illa..Apdilam illa..ipa dhan meeting lendhu veliya vandhen..Sollu..

M-Adhu onnum illa nga..Ooruku kelambiten..Adhan call pannen..

K-Ooruku poriya? Sollave illa..

M-Aiyo..Matandhuten nga inga velai la..

K-Sari..

M-Kochukaadheeya..Sorry nga..

K-Yen di..Pogadha nu avalo solren..Kekaama kelambi pora..Enta sollirundha naanum vandhurupen la..

M-Anniku call pannen nga..
Neenga edukala...Adhoda marandhuten..Sorry nga..

K-Atleast aprama sollirundha naanum vandhurupen la..

M-Adhan solren la marandhuten nu..
Venumnu pannuvaahalaa yaarachum..

K-Enmela iruka kovathula veembuku pora di nee veetuku..

Idhellam nalla illa..Solliten..

M-Ungalukku edhu dhan nalla irundhurukku?

Naan dhan poga poren nu munnadiye sollitene.

Ungala vaanga nu kooda sonnen..

Nyabagam irukka?

K-Nyaabagam illama illa..

Aana, apave naan maaten nu solliten..

She loses her temper..

M-Adhunala dhanga sollala..Podhumaa?

Epo paathalum ellathukkum edhavadhu sollite irukeeya..

K-Unna ooruku pogadha nu sonnadhu thappa..

M-Pinna illayo?

Yarachum ethachum solluvaaha..Kettutu enna poga koodadhunu solradhu endha vidhathula nga nyaayam?

Appa, amma va pakka dhana poren?

Ungaluku venumna neengalum vaanga nu solliyachu..

Neengalum varaama ennaiyum poga vidama enna nga idhellam?

K-Adhukku poga solriya veetuku?

M-Pinna ingaye olinjika mudiyuma?

Enniku irundhalum solli dhane nga aaganum veetla?

Enniku irundhalum therinju dhane aaganum avahalukku?

Sollama ipdiye iruka mudiyuma?

K takes a deep breath..

Sari.. Nee poitu vaa..

M-Neenga?

K-Naan paathukren..Nee poitu vaa..

Edhachum prachana na phone pannu..

M-Sari nga..

K-Hmm..Bus eritu msg pannu..

M-Hmm sari nga..

K-Vaikavaa?

M-Sari nga..

The call gets disconnected..

***