Friday morning...

Mullai home...
( Please imagine mullai's old house)

The day was so bright with rays of sun decorating the house for the entry of thier "kathir"....

Mango leaves and flowers were adorning the doorway while colorful rangoli was bringing smiles and cheers in the door step....

There were yummy smell of sweets and savories roaming around the house warmingly and smell of different flowers making the atmosphere so pleasant....

The house is all filled with sounds and laughs of cheerful relatives ( jega, jega amma, kasthuri,periammas, periappas, mullai's periamma daughters, thier husbands, periappa daughters, husbands and their kids....)....

The aunties and parvathy were busy in the kitchen preparing different dishes for bridegroom's family...

The uncles and murugan were busy running around, making preparations and having a chit chat in between....

Kids are playing running around the house....

In mullai's room,

Mullai was surrounded by her cousins teasing her and helping her getting ready....

Mullai is neatly drapped in a beautiful silk saree which enhanced her beauty more and more...

Glass bangles in hands overpowering the sounds around, jhumkas dancing in ears, necklace and haram hugging her tight, maang tikka prettify her face and anklets creating a poem when she walks...

Flowers in her hair make her more alluring...

More than everything, the smile she wore made her dazzle and her eagerness in her eyes made her sparkle....

Cousin 1 : mulla.. pothum de ithuku mela ethum panathe... ipove sema alaga iruke.. inum etha pana appuram mapilla ah thani thelichu tha elupanum.. aapdi mayangiduvaru...

Cousin 2 : athu kuda paravala... ipave kalayanam panikaren nu otha kaal la ninuta ena panrathu... prachanai ayidum mulla.. pathuko...

Ka : neenga vera enamo mudhala enaku kalyanam venam enaku kadai ah pakanum nu soli antha thambi adam panitu irunthuchu.. na kuda enamo nu nenachen.. appuram paatha night eh news varuthu.. ok solitaru nu... epadi iruku paaru kathai....

Cousin 1 : athachi ithu veraya... super.. anegama photo paathu mayangiruparu...

Cousin 2 : irukum irukum vanthu nerla pakatum appurm iruku avaruku...

All are giggling and having so much fun teasing mullai....
she is standing there blushing with a slightest fear what if he doesn't like her...
What if he dont like marriage now....

Je : kasthuri... moorthy veetula irunthu vanthachu...

Everyone except mullai leaves to entrance leaving the kids with mullai...

Mullai is all excited and scared now...

In the entrance,

L, Mo, D, J ,Me , kathir and ka arrives in the car...

They get down from the vehicle and greet everyone from mullai's house....

Kathir is dressed up in a shirt and dhoti with his signature thiruneer...

No special ornaments or anything, but he looks so striking and handsome...
His eyes are gleaming with delight to see mullai and a little fear about her acceptance for marriage.....

Mu : vaanga vaanga elarum vaanga...

Murugan and parvathi greet everyone and welcome to their house...

All get settled in seats and start the casual talks like introducing evryone, how they are related, their distant relationship, what all common marriages happened in their family, etc....

Kathir is totally losing his patience...

K mindvoice : pesite irukangale... mudiyala...

J, Me and Ka notice kathir's impatience and giggle among themselves...

J to Je : ( murmurs) mama epavo kudumbathula nadantha kalyanam elam thevai ah mama.. ipo nadakaratha pesa solunga...

Ka : aama mokkai podaranga.. poi ponna vara solunga... vita kathir anne ponnu room kulaiye poidum pola....

Je : (laughing seeing kathir)
Puriyuthu puriyuthu..

Je : chithapa... mudhala mullai ah vara solitu appuram ukkandhu pesalam.. 10.30 ku raaghu kalam vanthudum...

Mu : aama pa.. nala velai sone...

Kasthuri mullai ah kutitu vaa...

Kathir could feel palpitations and couldnot control himself off course inspite of all that running around his mind , his face was calm and composed as always...

Kasthuri and her cousins comes inside her room to bring her to livung room...
She is feeling so dizzy and scared... Dizzy to face a huge bunch of people who are going to analyse her and scared what if her guy dont like her...

Cousin 1 : ei aanavishayama pesathe.. kekara kelvi ku matum bathil sollu.. apuram mapillai ah paathute irukathe...

Kasthuri : aama de.. periyavanga etha nenachuka poranga... paathutu thirumbidu..

Cousin 2 : ei athukunu olunga paakama vituradha.. romba mukiyam..

Mullai nods head for everything and leaves with them...

She entered the hall with her cousins and greeted everyone in common...

Kathir as expected is dazzled by her beauty... He is seeing her eyeful intensely with a smile...

K mindvoice : photo vida nerla bayangara alagu than.. photo la paathathu aravasi kuda illa pola.....

He could feel the feeling of serenity completely on seeing her...

Mullai on the hand while greeting everyone throw a look at kathir, it did last for 5 seconds and turned other side with a smile which was seen very well by kathir... He had a feeling of pride somehow...

Dhanam being familiar made mullai sit near her and introduced meena and lakshmi...
Lakshmi started talking casually with her and meena too joined it...

Murugan sat near to kathir and started speaking with him about business and other topics... Murugan is satisfied with his knowledge level, exposure, way of thinking and way of speaking...

He could also sense though kathir is speaking with him, his eyes move to mullai once in a while...

Off course , the same with mullai too.. Inspite of speaking with lakshmi, Dhanam and meena , she peeps into kathir often...

Sometimes they look at each other in different times and sometimes thier looks dash leaving the adrenalin rush throughout the body....
When kathir wishes to maintain the eye lock, mullai just break it leaving him mad...

A few moments passed,

Kathir saw jega and signalled him to come near him...

Je : ena mapilla...

K : mama maranthitengala...

Je : ena da..

K : kalaila kupitu sonane...

Je : aiyo aama da iru...

A kutti flashback...

Kathir calls jega in the morning by 7..

Je : sollu mapilla...

K : mama enaku oru udhavi pananum..

Je : solu da.. ena udhavi nu elam...

K : enaku mull.. ( clears the throat) ponnu kita oru 5 nimisham thaniya pesanum..
Neenga tha yerpadu pananum...

Je : dei mapilla.. mama mama nu kupidarathala ipadi oru vela kudukariye da... ( laughs)

K : ada ponga mama.. neenga than eh avanga veetuku nerukam... athan kekaren...

Je : athu puriyuthu mapilla.. aana avanga elam romba strict da.. athuku elam anumathipangala nu theriyala.. na elam kasthuri ah paathathe illa kalyanathuku munadi... ipo epadi...
Na pakaren....

K : mama pls mama.. epadiyavathu...

Je : sari da.. panidalam vidu .. apuram mulla ah pidichuduchu pola... ipove romance ah...

K : ada chumma irunga mama... neenga vera...

Je : puriyuthu puriyuthu.. vaa paathukalam...

Flashback ends...

Je : appuram chithapa ponnu paaka vanthutu ipadi ukanthutu iruntha ena artham.. ponnu mappilaum etha thaniya pesarathu na pesatum...

Kas : enga ena pesarenga.. athelam namaku palakam illa...

L : athane... ena jega solre...

Je : illaa atha.. mapilakum ponnukum asai irukum illaa... intha kaalathula ithelam sagajam than eh...

Murugan notices the lit in both kathir and mullai's face when jega started this topic...

Mu : athum sari than eh... avangaluku asai irukum illa.. pesatum...

D : aiyo kathir ku athelam palakam ill...

Before dhanam completed the sentence, kathir got up from his place leaving smiles on everyone's face...

Kathir sat back with a shy smile...

Je : enthiru da kathiru.. athelam avan palagipan dhanam...

Murugan called swathi, a mullai cousin's daughter...

Mu : swathi papa.. mappilaya chithi room ku kutitu po...

And saw kasthuri and noddded his head to take mulla too....

Papa took kathir to mulla's room , left him there and ran around...

Kathir glanced her room which was so neat and tidy...
He noticed the big photo of mullai there and stood admiring....
He couldnt stop imagining having her picture like this in his room...

By the time, mullai came in with swathi...

They both see each other with a little smile for few seconds...

Maybe minutes..
Who knows...

Swa : mapilla sir... ungala chithi kita pesa than eh sonanga.. neenga en pesama paathute irukenga...chithi neengalachum pesunga.. mapilla than vekkapadararu ilaa...

Kathir smiled at her cute talks...

M : hey chumma iru de.. ne veliya po mudhala...

Swathi spoke a stage secret..

Swa : chithi una mapilla kita thaniya vitutu vara kudathunu ammachi sonanga...

Kathir started beaming more... Mullai is totally embarrased that kathir had listened to it... she bit her lower lips in embarassment...

Kathir looked her lips in awe and a different feel kindled in him...

M : athu ava etho chumma solra.... ( stammering)
Neenga thappa eduthukathegha...

K : ( all smiles) paravala...

A silence again with eye lock...

K : athu ..

M : athu..

Both started talking in the same time and stopped....

K : ne so... neenga solunga...

M : neenga elam venam... ne ne solunga...

K : ( smiles broadly) ne ena sola vanthe sollu...

M : illa neengale solunga...

K mindvoice : dei soli thola.. time waste panathe...

Athu ne MBA padikanum nu asai patte nu sonanga...

Mullai nodded in confusion as yes...

M mindvoice : athuku ena ipo..atha en kekaragha....

K : hmmm.... athan... vanthu kalyanam panikitu MBA padikalame.....

Kathir's eyes had so much fierceness and lips was on full smile mode when he asked it...

Mullai understood what he actually meant....

She was expecting a normal pidichuruka...enaku pidichuruku kind of conversations when she saw him seeing her in the hall.... But not this...

She didnt know what to reply...
She started blushing pink...
Her face turning different shades of pink every minute....

Swa : aiyo neenga rendu perum paathute irukenga enaku bore adikithu na poren....

Swathi ran off...

Mullai who was admiring his choice and expression of words came back to this world...
So did kathir who was enjoying her blush and smile....
He didn't need a reply from her in words as he got it from her eyes.... but....

K : hmmm ne etho keka vanthiye...

M : athu... neenga puthu kadai arambichitu kalyanam panikaren nu sonengalam... athan kalyanam panikittu puthu kadai arambikalame nu....

Her eyes had the same intensity and lips had the same smile which he understood completely......

Both of them were lost in the moment....
Lost in their eye lock...

Je : kathiru...

Moment broke...

Love blossomed...