Mullai didnt have strength to hear more.... She did cut the call abruptly....

She wanted to cry sitting alone.. But she couldnt.. She had to chip in with her mom for household chores sametime murugan needed her help with writing names on the invitation...

Everytime she saw their names on the invite, her eyelids became wet...

To test her self control more, kasthuri and gayathri had come home to join parvathi for inviting for marriage....
She had to pretend being happy and peaceful like a usual day, blush when they tease about kathir and look interested when they spoke about kanchipuram trip... Somehow she managed to stay normal till they leave and came to her room again pondering over the fight...

She hadnt ate anything from the morning after the coffee...
Empty stomach and moist eyes made her head ache grave...

She just lied down ignoring calls, pings for sometime..
Off course obviously none were from kathir....

She wanted to hear
His voice...
His husky Oi....
His naughty talks with a concealed smile...

But very sure she is not going to get anything she needs even if she calls him...

Instead of thinking about what dhanam said, she started thinking about kathir...
It bothered her why he is so rude and angry all of a sudden....
Shouldn't she be the one who should be angry for what she heard....
But he looks angry more than her...
Did she do anything to provoke him....
There had been fights between them, he had got angry and irritated but nothing lasted more than five minutes...
It used to be just petty fights for silly things...
But this seems to be very serious...
It crossed nearly 12 hours and still going on...
She has a reason to be angry but his reason is unknown....

When head ache was smashing her from one side, this missing detail is killing her from other side...

She did shut her mind and heart for sometime and started seeing their photos in the hidden folder....

First...

The first picture together near the tea shop...

They were close enough but little far not to be touched by eachother...
There was a exciting smile on their faces...

Moved on to the Next...

Pictures taken in the engagement hall guest room....

They were close than the previous pic with his hands brushing her shoulders light with a blushing and thrilled smile....

Next....

Picture taken during first bike ride with her hand on his shoulder....

It looked like a adventurous smile...

Next.....

Picture in the treat with the girls....He had his hand on her shoulders... It was not just a posture... It did feel comfortable inside out ..
They had a smile with pride that they belong to each other...

Next...

Pictures in the rain in the shed....

The hottest pictures of them till date which gives her impulsive blushing anytime looking into it and makes her think how did they take pictures so close and intimate....

Their smile was like they were on the top of the world....

Next...

Pictures taken with dheena, manju while they left to chennai...

The day he returned from trichy...
The day he came to see her in the midnight..
The day he adviced her change is inevitable and he is changed too after engagement...
The day he listed out his changes...

She remembered so well...
He did say he never thought even once about the shop when he committed to kanchipuram trip...
Didnt he leave to trichy for two days just for her leaving shop and family behind...

How come it changed all of a sudden??.
How come he says all others are important than her???
She didnt understand anything about his current anger...
But she had some positive thoughts now...

From her understanding, What ever told by dhanam, need not be true....
She said her views about kathir and mullai had overreacted for it....
May be her reactions made him angry....
She very well remembered he was casual while he called up first...
Only after she started the blame game, he changed...

She wanted to apologise for jumping into conclusion without knowing what happened....
She decided to call kathir to apologise and speak up about whats bothering him and reason for his anger..

She called up again and again but he was on another call....

She tried for three times and waited for sometime...

No calls...But received a ping....

K msg : Iam in mill.. msg me...

M msg : msg la sola mudiyaathu...pesanum...

K msg : paravala sollu...

M msg : sorry...

K msg : yethuku sorry...

M msg : nethu mudhala kovapatathuku...

K msg : oh ho...

M msg : yena oh ho... athan sorry solren illaa....

K msg : sorry sonna????

M msg : olunga pesanum....

K msg : pesalam...

M msg : eppo...

K msg : Will call in an hour..

M msg : ok...

Little by little, mullai became normal....

She remembered the start of this problem, meena's dad's accident....

She called up meena in a gesture to convey her regards to her dad......

Me : hello mulla...

M : hello akka.. periappa ku yepadi iruku....

Me : paravala mulla...naala velai perusa ethum illa.. kaal than fracture agiruku... athunala complete rest la irukanum... saintharam veetuku kutitu porom...

M : sonagha ka... nalla paathukonga... periamma va thairiyama iruka solunga... sikiram sari agidum...

Me : sari mulla.. apuram nan eh kupidalam nu irunthen... sorry... kanchipuram vara mudiyala engalala...

M : paravala ka.. athunala yena...neenga mudhala periappa ah gavaninga...

Me : hmm...jolly ah irunthen senthu polam nu.. ipadi agiduchu... nalla velai... atleast kathir varapla...nalla enjoy panitu vaanga...

M : hmm sari ka.. namma yelarum oru thadavai onna pogalam... neenga ipo vara mudiyala nu varuthapadathegha...

Me : hmm senthu than poganum... thaniya poga vituduvangala akka...

M : yen ka... vida maatangala...

Me : ne vera.. kandipa maatanga... nan yelam honeymoon eh kudumbathoda than ponen....

M(shocked) : yena ka solregha... honeymoon ku family ah...

Me : aama thaniya honeymoon pona kudumbam pirinjudum theriyatha unaku...

M : kudumbam pirinjuduma... puriyala ka...

Me : ipo puriyathu... nee veetuku vaaa.. apuram puriyum...

M : solunga ka pls....

Me : ne kathir kitaye kelu.... solavaru kathai kathai ah.. yen nethu kathir kanchipuram varathuke aayiram thada potanga... kathir ku bore adikum, kadai la velai irukum, kathir kuchapaduvan, kathir thaniya poga mattan athu ithu nu...

M : oh appuram yepadi ka othukitanga...

Me : kathir ore poda potutapla...

na poren onum prachanai ila... kadai velai yaravathu arrange panidalam.. ava kudumbam namma kudumbam madhiri than.. appuram yena thaniya porathu nu yellam cut and right ah pesitaru...

Athai konjam sensible ah yosipanga.. athai ok sonathum othukitanga vera vali illama...

M : oh ho....

Mullai was jumping out of joy.... Her smile became wider... The tension in her face eased up in a second.... As alwayz she felt she is the lucky one in the entire world...

There was a second call... It was kathir....

Mullai's grin became more prominent now.... She brought back her thoughts to meena...

M : oh apadiya ka...

Me : yetho kathir strong ah ninathunala paravala... illana valakam pola avangale mudivu eduthurupanga...

M : oh enaku ithelam theriyala ka...

Me : therinjuko... appo than inga vanthu set aga mudiyum... na elam padatha paadu patten....

Kathir's call again....

Now mullai became restless.. She wanted to speak with kathir immediately....

M : sari ka.. athelam inoru naal solunga... ipo neenga periappa ah paarunga... na appuram pesaren...

Me : sari mulla... nallapadiya poitu vanga... photos anupu sari ah... na appuram pesaren...

M : sari ka... bye...

Me : bye...

M mindvoice : cha nammakaga avalo pesirukaga... ithu theriyama sandai potta kovam varatha... athan kovam pola... paavam... thevai illaama thiti kashta paduthiten....

She called him immediately...

He attended the call and she waited....

K : sollu....

M : ipadi than phone pesa arambipeyala yepavum.....

K : yepavum madhiri ah iruku ipo... chhhh... yethuku thevai ilatha pechu... yena pesanum....
Yerkanave velai vetti vitutu anju nimishama call panren....

M : oh oru anju nimisham wait pana mudiyaatha enakaga... 10 mani neram elam wait panirukeya...

K : athelam yethuku ipo... velai iruku enaku...jeeva anne vera ila.. nanum rendu naal iruka maaten... yela velaiyum mudikanum inikula... ithula ne vera late panitu....

M : sorry nga...puriyuthu.... meena ka kuda pesitu irunthen... athan udane vekka mudiyala....

K : oh... nethu veetula nadanthatha sonangala...

M : aamanga... romba sorry... neenga enakaga avalo pesirukeya... aana na unga kita kovapattu thititen.... sorry inime ipadi pana matten...

K : athan eh paathen.... super... ipadi than irukanum.....

M : yenanga....puriyala....

K : oruthar kupitu enna pathi thappa sonathum nambittu sandai pota...
Ipo inoruthar kupitu nallatha sonathum sorry kekare...
Nalla iruku... romba nalla iruku.... unaka sonthama yethum thonatha...

M : aiyo promise ah illanga... na sorry ketathuku appuram than meena ka ku call panen neenga kupida one hour agum nu... avanga sonathunala elam illa...

K : itha enna namba solriya.... ne enna nambu... nambama po... enaku oru kavalaiyum illaa... thayavu senju vitudu.... ayiram velai iruku enaku... ithai pathi yosika kuda mudiyathu... vekaren....

M : yenga yenga....

Kathir had cut the call....

Mullai called him again and again... But he didnt pick up....

Having no other option, she pinged him...

M msg : yenga na promise ah solren... enake unga mela thappu irukaathu nu thoni than sorry ketten... sathiyama meena ka soli illaa... apuram than avangaluku call panen.. pls purinjukonga....

It got delivered....
It was read...
No reply...

M msg : dhana akka sonanga nu unga mela kovapattathu romba thappu than... pls... kovapadatheya... romba sorry... inime ipadi yosikaama yethum pana matten....

It got delivered....
It was read...
No reply...

M msg : pls pesunga.... kashtama iruku....

It got delivered....
It was read...
No reply...

M msg : nan venama....

It got delivered....
It was read...

K msg : nan ah unkita vara varaikum enna en pokula vidu....

Mullai's eyes filled again with tears.... It did ache inside badly...
But she didnt disturb him as a penance for what she did...

Night 9 PM...

P : inikavathu sikiram paduthu thoongu de.. kalaila anju maniku kelambanum....

Mu : aama ma.. appo than neram sari ah irukum... yelarum anju maniki vanthuduvanga.... na mapilla kita soliten... yethukum ne oru thadavai niyabagam panidu.... sari ah...

M ( with a fake smile) : sari pa...

She came to her room and looked into her mobile just to see his last message...

"nan ah unkita vara varaikum enna en pokkula vidu...."

TBC....