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With a small shy embarassed smile, he left to wash hands leaving the other three to get the glares from her...

Mul: ennn da chumma soningala sapadu nala iruku nu...

Sar: illa ka...unga manasu kashta padum nu dhan...

Mul: romba naladhu da...

And she walked away feeling embrassed on how her first try on cooking came out...

She came across Kathir who was coming out washing his hand..

She gave a small embarassed smile...

Mul: aaman.......avunga moonu perum sapadu nala iruku nu sonapodu neenga matum yen nala illa nu soninga...

Kat with a teasy smile: illa avunga enaikachum oru naal sapdaravunga...

Poi solalam....

Aana naanum nala iruku nu solita vazhka muzhusa sapadu nala iruku nu poi solanum parunga....

Aduku inaiku nala illa nu unmaya soli....

Vazhka muzhusa nala sapadu sapdalam nu dhan....

And he left with a cocky smile leaving mullai in a peddle of shock and surprise and a stupid goofy smile on her face unknowingly....

In hall,

Sar: anna....nala engala kothu vitu poitingala ??

Kat: dei unmaya sonadhu oru thappa....

Sar sisters: nala soninga annan....

Kathir gave out a chuckle....

Mullai came from the kitchen with 4 glasses of something....

Mul: falooda...

Seeing their bewildered reaction,

Mul: nambi kudinga....idu college time laye seiven...

And forwarded it to everyone....who though picked it with tinge of uncertainty, but it vanished the second the sweet got travelled down the throat...they relished it to their heart's content...

It tasted really good....

Sar and co: semmaya iruku ka.. .

Mullai had a full on smile on her face...but unknowingly her face and eyes rested on kathir....may be for his compliment or review on her dessert...

But seeing him relishing the dessert, without uttering anything, she was really getting riled up which was against her character.....

Mul: .....falooda epdi iruku....

Seeing him keep mum, she asked once more....

Mul: falooda epdi iruku nu keten....

Even Saravanan and co were surprised seeing mullai all expectant about hearing his review on her cooking...which was quite opposite to her " I dont care nature" they all knew of...

And they were more surprised seeing Kathir sitting as if he didnt hear anything....

Sar: annan....akka un kita dan kekudu....

Kat: ohhh en kita dhan kekarangala....naan kooda yaar kita kekaranga nu yosichitu irunden....

Mullai gave him a scrutinizing look...

Kat: illa motta kadidhasa keta naan epdi purinjipem....

Mul: romba than nga.....

Kat: neenga en pera kooptu ketirunda naan purinjirupen....

Mul: seri ipo solunga....falooda epdi iruku....kathir....

Kat mv: ayyo apdiye kaadula then vandhu paayura madiri iruke.....

Aayusu muzhusa kekalam pola....

Mul: kathir ungala than....

Kat: aaan....falooda dhane....

Summa apdi iruku....

Mul: epdi??

Kat: apdi iruku....

And he gave out a tiny naughty smile....

All of them relished the food....

Sar sis poongodi: akka edachum padam pakalam vaanga ka...

Mullai instantly liked the idea ...and she nodded her head...

Kat: seri neenga padam parunga.....naan kelamburen....

Falooda ku Mikka nandri.....

Poongodi: neeyum ukaru annan...padam pakalam....

Kat: namaku padam lan seri patu varadhu....

Naan kelamburen.....

Varen mullai....

And he left with a small satisfied feeling which was evident through the additiojal hop in his steps...

The three were enjoying the movie but somewhere into the movie, she had lost the interest of the movie as she had watched the movie multiple times....

And so had settled with a book....and was reading them with utmost attention....to the particular scribbles in the middle...

She somehow felt her attention more on the small scribbles more than the book as such, a recent sort of addiction of hers...

She didn't know what made her stupid heart have this sudden wish blooming into her...on reading or enjoying a book with him...

She wanted to know how his mind works while reading a book to create these small scribbles....

She looked at time it was 4pm, she was drowned in the book for more than couple of hours...

She saw that the three had dozed off on the sofa...she didn't want to disturb them.

She simply walked out of the house closing the door and took the staircase upstairs and knocked on his door..

He opened the door in less than few minutes as if he was expecting her...

Mul: thondaravu paniteno....

Kat: neengala...cha cha....illaye....ulla vanga....

Mullai stepped into the house without any hesitations....

Kat: oru nimisham...and she saw him going to gas stove to off something and then pour the cup of hot liquid into two small glass....

Kath: indanga tea....kudipingala....

Mul: theneer nu sola matingala....

She asked tongue in cheek modulation.....with raised eyebrows taking the offered drink and sipping on it....

Kat: ennanga oranda izhukuriyala.....

Mul: oranda izhukurena.....ayya ku veedu chettinad pakam polaye....

Kat: paara....josiyam lan theriyum polave....

Mul: enngaaa....

UG Roommate karaikudi dan....ava soli ketruken adhan keten....

Kat: naan kekave illaye....

He teased....

Mul: romba thaanga...

Kat: aama enna vishayam aa vandinga.....rathri sapadu ku koopda nu solidadinga....

Mul: illanga....

Naan padichitu irunden....unga thundu seetu padivu laan padichapo...

Unga kooda ukandu oru puthagam padicha epdi irukum nu oru yosana vandichu....

Adhan....

Honestly speaking, he didnt expect this....

Kat: epdi nga ipdilam....

Mul: kathir kalaikiringa pathingala.....

Kat: ada nejama nga....thonichu adhan..

Inga irundha andha puthagamum naan padichitene....

Mul: illa .....idu naan anaiku pudusa vangunadhu....

And extended a new book to him....he was surprised....

He accepted the offered book and opened them......

The smell of a newly printed book made him happy like all times....mirroring it on her face as well...

Though her proposed idea was to read the book with him, all she did sitting next to him was gaze at him, his features and the way his eyes moved over each line, the way his fingers flapped the pages of the book....

She herself didnt realize when she had focussed her focus from the reading to admiring.....

Kathir was too much engrossed into the book for quite sometime to realize her gaze, but her constant gaze made him to turn to her to see her lost in him...

A pride, an happiness never before experienced filled the void in his heart.....his heart fluttered, shyness encrypted onto his soul for the first time....it was may be a feeling he had read multiple times in books, but the experience was altogether a different feel...

He didn't know how to respond back...the books and novels he read had given vivid range of response from behaving like he didnt notice it and bask in the wonderful feeling to the famous lip locks....

Now the ball was in his court to decide which of the response he was supposed to retort to....

To ignore her gaze and enjoy it or hold her close to him....

He decided to go ahead with the mid path....

Mustering all the courage in the world, his rough palm sought her warm soft fingers....

He was all ready for expecting the coldness once she withdraws her hands but nothing of that sort happened....

She sat enjoying his hand on hers....she was for sure not in a trance....but she liked the feel....she liked this guy....

Love, no....

But, like....yes....

He continued reading the book and she continued her gazing job.....

May be hours later, Saravana came searching for her....informing her parents had come back and for a minute all were shocked on not finding her...

Mul: naan kelambaren kathir ...

She left giving a warm smile to him....

Mul: enna pa nalaiku varen nu soli inaike vantinga ...

Ivunga thoongitu irundanga....adhan naan kadhir oda book padikalam nu ponen....

Mullai was a girl who was very close and open to her parents, she never felt the need to lie to her parents and since she did no mistake she didnt fine the need to lie either....

But, that day she shocked her mother asking her to teach her cooking...

Par: enna didirnu....

Mul: adha yen ma kekura ...

And she recounted the tale of kathir teasing her worst cooking...

Mur: enna pulla ma nee....veetuku alungala sapda kooptu ipdiya panuva....

Andha thambi namba veetla modha mura sapdudu....enna nenachicho....

Mul: rnaku enna pa theriyum ivalo kevalama varum nu....

Aana Romba kalaichitanga adhan....

Par: edhu epdiyo nee samaika kathukita sandoham dan...

The next few weeks went about in a good pace for both kathri and mullai....they used to talk everytime they meet...

The tease and talk were forever their companion, she would give him a lift or would offer him to drive everytime she sees him walking....

Knowing his self pride, she knew he would never accept food from their house...

But everytime she tried a dish which was almost every alternative day she offered him, which he happily accepted...mostly to criticize her cooking.....

Mul: romba than ennaya kalaikiringa....oru naal neenga samachu naan saptitu solren....

Idhe madiri....

Kat: sathyama unga sapadu vida nala irukum mullai

And she would whack him on his shoulder as a reply....

It had become common for mullai to hold his shoulder when he was driving scooty....or for him to gently hold her fingers during their casual talk....

Their point of talk used to be books or the language....mullai had those small inhibitions to probe into his personal things especially after she once saw his eyes tear away.....

It was may be a couple of days after her first cooking experiment....

She was walking around his house looking for one particular book of hers when she came across his certificates....

It all had distance education written on it right from higher education....

Mul: enna kadhir ellame correspondance la iruku....

Adum ellathulayum nala mark vangi yen correspondance la padichinga.....

Kathir's eyes had instantly glistened remembering his dad's demise, the shop, him stopping his education....

Everything....

Mul: kadhir enna aachu yen kan kalangurinha....

Kat: illa naan 10am vagupy padikarapo appa thavaritaru....

His voice choked...

Aduku aprom....

Mul: kathir....azhada.....

She held his shoulder.....he gained strength similar to the one he gets in his mom's grip....

And he smiled a teary one.

After that, she refrained asking about his family.....