Mullai was in a trance looking at Kathir and the baby playing.

As kathir continued playing the baby started moving throughout the hall ..anywhere and everywhere possible...and he literally crawled along....

Baby's amusement grew multifold and she started giggling at him..whatever he did..

Kathir enjoyed playing with her... Her giggles and mischieves kept him hooked in the game..

The food in Mullai's hand was quite hot...and it brought her out from the trance...

She couldn't get enough of the sight of kathir alongside the baby.

She kept stirring the food to make it lump free and let it cool off..

Settled near the pillar and called for..

M: eanga ...avala Inga kootetu vaanga....

Saapada kuduthuruvom...

K: just realized he had been playing with her....for quite sometime....

Ahnn...idho varean...

He lifted and brought the baby near Mullai

She checked the cerelac to see if it is warm enough for the baby....

M: ennada chellam..sapadalama...

Inga paaru ....kutty ma....

She brought the spoon near the baby's mouth...

The baby was hungry and mouthed it ..

She was happy...which was evident from kathir's view...

It was a great accomplishment..it was her first time she prepared cerelac....and fed a baby... all by herself...

Ofcourse for most, it is a new experience unless they have had a sister or cousin whom they have assisted....😜

She was anxious if the baby would eat...and she turned a happy freak when she did..

Kathir could understand the excitement in her...as she looked at him...with those large eyes dialated and her eye brows mimicking a bow....her expression said it loud..💞

He smiled at her and raised his brows to appreciate her...

She continued to feed the baby..... As she put her hand out ..near the baby's mouth... inadvertently her mouth opened too..while asking the baby to take the morsel in...

He kept observing her cuteness and she seemed more beautiful with every act..

while she was cautious and engrossed in feeding... He smacked on her cuteness😛

After a few morsels the baby became playful as her hunger settled down...and started moving around the hall...

Followed by Kathir and Mullai....trying to feed the rest of the food.. desperately attempting to entertain the baby.... Together in the mission.

It was the most beautiful time of the trio...the hall was filled with the commotion of the baby trying to flee away from the desperate KM trying to achieve their mission....

M: ennanga....iva enna anju vaai sapta...appuram pasiyae illadha maari...ipdi attam kaamikara

K: hmmm...ennanu puriyala...enna pannalum sapda mateengara... Epdi dhaan dhenamum ootaraanga....

Oru nalaikae namaku naaku thalludhu...

M: aamamga.... mudila....ana vitura kudathu..edpiyaadhu sapda veikanum....

K: ei...ava sapda mateengara...nee enna na...

M: illanga ...rendum kaatan ayirum...konjam saptruka..apurma avanga Amma kootetu pogum podhu pasinu azhudha .. avangalku kashtamayirum...

Adhum illama...sapadu Vera waste pandra maari ayirum... Idhellam romba vechu kuduka mudiyathu...

He understood her concern for both the baby and her mother and he felt it was valid.. he was even more indulged when she spoke about food becoming a waste ..

All of these made him wonder...how much fore thoughts she applies and how witty and intelligent she is...

Kz mindvoice: iva verum azhagi mattum illa... ivalukku arivum jaasthi...thaan....

Adhu therinjadhu dhaan ..ana...sila samayam.... He was a little confused...

munnadilam namakitta sila samayam edhumae theriyadha maariyae nadanthukuva...

Sila samayam ivalam epdi degree vangina lam yosichirukom...sila samayam namalayae asathara maari paneerka...it was a sun n moon moment....

He remembers the day they built the room....'indha tape ah koodava use panna theriyadhu...' apdinu thonuchu...

Idhula edho iruku... Enakennavo iva..idhellam chumma paneerpalonu thonudhu.... Edhuku apdi paneerpa...

nammala verupethava...illa namala seendi paakava...pesavekkava... Illa oru vela apdi irukumo........ayyoo ... His imagination rode a  high speed racing car..

cha edumae puripadalayae...

Orae kozhappama irukae...avaltayae kepoma.... edhum thappa nenachupalo...

Venda venda..ippa vendam....innoru samayam kepom...

Enga poira porom....

He came out of his thoughts...

They both indulged in feeding her a little more, as much as they could and then at a point exhausted when the baby would take no more...

M: seringa podhum...oru alavukku saptrukaa....idhuku Mela Ulla thala mudiyadhu... She sat down... opposite to him...

K: mmm..seri... He nodded

He was too much in awe looking at the motherly nature in Mullai

She seemed to glow more with her intelligence, affection, care, motherly aura, her swiftness, perseverance & what not..😍

After a brief moment of rest..she moved on to clean and wash...

While kathir's eyes traced her till the end..until she disappeared from his vision...

He kept an eye on the baby....who was busy with her toys...and noted that she was sitting a little farther from any obstacle..

so he was just eyeing her and the pathway to the kitchen which will bring Mullai back to him....😝

His eyes were far focussed, at the end of the tunnel...and his pupils dialated suddenly as an image appeared at the end.... and his pupils slowly shrunk back to its normal state as Mullai neared him...but never once did he shift his focus from her...

Mullai brought back water in a cup to clean the babys face..which was covered in cerelac...a result of their desperate attempt to feed her...

She wiped the baby's face clean and tried moving back to the kitchen to dispose it..

K: Mulla...enga pora...adha ingayae vei...

M: illanga..Kai ellam...

K: paravalla..ingayae kai kaluvi cup ah vei..apuram Ulla eduthu vechu kalam

M: ayyo illanga...ingayae vechha..kaanjurum..poochilam varum... Adhumillama.... papa thati vitta avlodhaan...oru velaiku iruvela....

K: though he wasn't convinced..the possibility of the baby toppling it... hit him hard..and she was gone by....

Iva oruthi...visuku visukunu....ingayum angayum nadanthu kittae....

Engayadhu ukkarala......

His heart went out to his mistress.. he sensed how much she has strained herself...not resting a moment....

He felt exhausted himself ...so he knew what it could be for her...

She returned back and sat opposite to him...

She took her pallu and wiped her hands and then patted her face and neck...and let out a sigh.... She then looked at him....

Eanga apdi pakareeya....

K: he handed over some water....without taking eyes off her ..

M: mmm...kudikanumnu nenachean..Nalla Vela nengalae kudutheeha..

She got the water and drank....

He was spectating how the water travels down her neck line as she stretched it up...and then back down as the neck came back to normal.

There she was.....his darling lady love... sitting upright and looking at him as she finished drinking the water.

K: romba kalaipa iruka....??

M: mmmm...ammamga...konjam...
Ungalukku....

K: smiles....hmmm konjam...he nods as well

They both look at the baby.....who doesn't seem to show any signs of tiredness....sitting bright up with her toys and wearing a cute smile.🚼

TBC.