Before jumping on to the story!
This is my first attempt in writing something light hearted. So do forgive if you find any mistakes. Even if you find, put in comments, will change it asap.

Spread positivity. Love all! Hate none! 💯

Presenting you all;
Vikram - Saira - Preethi - Aryan 💙

Thanks to
soundarya23
divya_scribbles
For helping me through this one from helping me with cast names after all my attrocities to saying nice words when I shared about the story. ❤️

Onto the story.

11 Jan 2026

'Saira, Saira!! Enga pona??' Vikram shouted while searching his wife.

'Enna Vikram, mela cupboard arrange pantu irundhen.'

'Adhalam vidu, idha paaru.' Vikram pointed out to a frame that was hammered on the wall in front of them.

'Happy 5 Years Of Togetherness Saira.'

As the date dawned upon her memory, she pulled him for a hug immediately.

'Love you Vikram.'

11 Jan 2021, 12:30pm

(A tempting sweet you were
When you entered my life
Not wanting to feel high I moved away
But at the end
As a butterfly losing to flower
As a bee losing to nectar
I lost myself in you
- Amyra)

A fond smile grew on his face followed by a lone tear that escaped his eyes as he folded the paper and placed back in it's cover. Everything in his life was soo perfect that there wasn't even a single knot tied with misery or mystery. He was pursuing his dream course in his dream college, he had his own company in form of his girl bestie who made him comfortable enough to explore his own talents in the campus. He had a topper name & image and what not. He was a young adult who focused on his goal and nothing else until the current academic year started.

He was a perfectly fine with himself unless Saira entered his life.

'Vikram' he felt a tap on his shoulder.

'Inga enna pannitu irukka? Professors are hunting for you da.'

'Mood seri illa Preethi. Some void.'

'Saira or Amyra?' Preethi questioned Vikram only to receive a glare.

'I don't want to force myself on her. Avaluka thonattum.'

'What if she thinks the same? Irukra time waste pantu, years later regret panradhu useless Vikram. As a friend ah solla vendiyadhu ennoda poruppu. Solliten. Decision is yours.'

'Hmm' that was all she got as reply.

'Vikram nu peru irundhaale confusion la than suthuvaanunga pola.' Sighing to herself, she left him giving some space for him to drown himself in his thoughts.

July 2020, PSG College Of Arts & Science

Saira. Saira & Aryan, BA Tamil 1st year. It all started, when the monotonous life of Vikram started to change with the entry of 2 more souls into his small world.

But that was not the end.

His life took a beautiful and sudden turn with the entry of letters. The ones from 'அமைரா'. Being a ardent Tamil lover, he was attracted to those tiny poems being written to him from the almost invisible Amyra, but unknown to him, he started to fall in love with not only those words but also towards the one who wrote it.

Though he tried to mask up his feelings, Preethi deduced it from his eyes that awlays sparkled and twinkled on reading those cliche lines and confronted him about the same. At the end of conversation all she did was encouraging him. Afterall, finding an unknown girl amidst the thousands, without knowing anything about her is quite a herculean task.

19 Oct, 2020

'Sai eppa itha nee nirutha pora?' Aryan asked with a tinge of resentment in his tone.

'Aryan, not again!'

'Saira! Unna yaarum letter poda venam sollala, but why don't you do from your name? Adhuku dhairiyam illana yean pannanum. Andha manushanah you are, you are literally fooling him.'

'Aryan...pazhi podatha, I know okay...Like, none of my seniors or batchmates were cordial enough with me which made me an introvert. 11th la unkooda naan close aaga nee patta paadu unakke theriyum, apdi irukrapo do you think I am brave enough to go and confess or be open with admiring and desiring him from my own name? Apdiye pannalum, he won't reject me or cut ties with me nu enna urudhi?'

'Appana innum ethana naalaikku illadha Amyra irukka nu avara namba vaika pora? What if he gets stuck?'

'Amyra would never be a hurdle for him. And moreover, Amyra va avar life la meet panna poradhilla ennaikume, she is just an element, a beautiful pigment in his life who will stay as an admirer forever.'

Aryan shook his head in disappointment as he walked towards his class from canteen. He was tired of having the same conversation almost everyday, but still he could stop himself from being a good friend to his bestie.

11 Jan 2021, 11:30am

'Senior, ellam okay thana?' Aryan questioned Preethi for the nth time.

'Dei. Nee nalla friend than othukren. Irunthaalum, ennaya ennoda free day va enjoy panna vudama yeanda saavadikra?' Preethi asked Aryan, while sighing to herself.

'Seri seri kochikaatheenga. Just a tension. Sothapira maatangala rendu perum?'

'Nambikaiye vaazhkai Mr. Junior.'

They both headed back to meet their bestfriends respectively with a hope for wellness for the 2 souls dwelling in their hearts.

11 Jan 2021, 12:30pm

'Sai, koodiya seekram sem. Start aaguthu.'

'Aama, theriyum.'

'Seekramave Vikram bro vum Senior uhm busy aaiduvaanga.'

'Aama. Ippo athuku enna?' She asked while rushing her writing to submit her assignment.

'Onnuilla sonnen...kaalaila oru quote padichen, "nothing is too late" nu...sollanum nu thonuchu, solten...seri naan kelambren.'

She stopped writing and looked at his retreating figure after realising the intention of his words.

'Oruvela namma than overthink panni ellathayum spoil panroma? Should I open up to Vikram?' thought Saira to herself.

Seeing his friend thinking deeply, Aryan hoped it was a positive sign and left to text his Senior.

3 Nov 2020

'Senior. Ungalta oru vishayam sollanum, ping me when free.' Aryan texted Preethi, after finally being able to take a photo of Saira's bag which had poem cards with the name Amyra in it.

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'So Amyra = Saira, Saira = Amyra. Right?' Preethi asked unable to come out of the light shock she experienced.

'100 vaati ketalum seri, 1000 vaati ketalum seri, rendu perum ore aal dhan Senior. Yean ithana vaati? Neenga yean bro silent ah irukeenga? Neengalaachu avalta itha pathi pesungalen.'

'Aryan. Ithula pesa onnuilla. Unless she opens up I cannot force myself. Ithu ego illa, but I don't want to look like a macho who is open about things, which am definitely not, infront of her. Thonum, ennaikaachu oru naal avaluku, appo sollatum.'

Saying this Vikram started to walk away with a slight blush for finally finding out his Amyra to be Saira, the girl who managed to attract him while managing to have crawled into his life filled with strong bricks. Being attracted to Saira while loving the faceless girl never felt wrong, since he thought it was a mere admiration for Saira. But still, on hearing this information, he felt lucky enough to have loved the girl who made him happy with her presence and made him fall for her admiration on him.

11 Jan 2021, 3pm

Vikram went to his favourite spot in the college, the bench near the fountain. He started to think, if he should make the first move as Preethi hinted or wait until Saira opens up. As he closed his eyes leaning on the bench, he felt a presence around him. He could sense his olfactory senses going high with the lavender fragnance around him. His lips jerked on feeling a drop of water falling. Opening his eye lid, he saw the sky turning into a light grey shade indicating a drizzle.

'Vikram.' He heard her voice. The one who put him into confusions. The one ray of hope that would take him out of the thoughts. The one who made him go high just with her lavendar fragnance. The one who made him fall hard for her words. The one who made him get awestruck on seeing her.

'Sollu Saira.' All the way from class to bench, she felt like a deceitful person, who was deceiving a good soul with 2 names. She was doubtful of how it is all going to turn out. But on hearing his voice, she felt a surge of energy.

'Vikram!' 'Saira!'

They both heard their names being yelled by their annoying companions.

'Mazha vara mathiri irukku, vaanga namma en veetuku polam.' Preethi said as she felt the regular hang out place would give Vikram and Saira the space they need.

11 Jan 2021, 3.30pm

Leaning on the terrace, the gang of 4 enjoyed some light hearted moments.

Soon Preethi left into the house under the pretext of preparing coffee, followed by Aryan who excused himself saying that he has to call his mom.

The sun was slowly going down allowing the chill breeze to sway the elements of earth.

There was a kind of quite, comforting silence, before Saira parted her lips to ask a question.

'Ungala oruthavanga emathitaanga nu therinja enna panveenga Vikram?'

Knowing that she is pouring out her self doubts, he said;

'Yaarundratha poruthu irukalam maybe. Maybe, I wud give a thought of why they did. Situation poruthu than.'

'Naan panniten nu therinja Vikram?' she mustered all her courage to put forward this question.

'Panniya?' he asked blankly expecting her to open up.

'Naan...adhu...' her eyes started to brim with tears. All she wanted these days was to keep admiring him, but now she is sitting on the terrace, crying silently with the thought not to lose him.

Sensing her discomfort, Vikram held her hand and squeezed it giving her the assurance. She looked up to see his eyes only to drown in the ocean of love. She opened her mouth only to utter words in a state of trance,

'தித்திக்கும் இனிப்பாய்
என் வாழ்வில் வந்தாய்
தெகட்டிவிடக் கூடாது என நகர்ந்தேன்
இறுதியில்
பூவிடம் தோற்கும் பட்டாம்பூச்சியாய்
மகரந்தமிடம் தோற்கும் வண்டாய்
என்னை உன்னில் இழந்தேன்'

Saying this she let out the tears she had been fighting back. She revealed it to him. Now the ball is in his court. She kept looking into his eyes. She felt him leaning forward.

He slowly pressed his lips on her forehead while cupping her tear stricken face. With his lips still hovering over her skin, he said; 'I knew it Amyra.' He slowly took his hands and managed to take out a card from his pocket.

She recognised it to be the last card from her which had the words she said a while ago.

(Should I save or embrace you? You being the one lost in me.
- To Saira,
From Vikram)

She looked at him. Wordlesly, he pulled her close to his heart locking her with his arms.

Smiling with a blush in corner of her lips she snuggled closer to him.

This whole scene did not miss out the eyes of Preethi and Aryan, who shamelessly saw the 2 souls helplessly in love exchanging few words. Though they didn't hear them, they were able to find out what had transpired.

Heaving a huge sigh of relief, that did a victory sign while descending the stairs.

'Aryan, sometimes all it needs is a bit of push and courage to open up la.'

'True than senior.'

'Hmmm namakkulam eppo than intha mathiri nadakumo.' Preethi said with sigh.

'Athukunu oru luck adikanum senior, moreover ivlo complications oda love panrathuku, pannamaye irukkalam.'

'You know Aryan, ellarum love ah oru rocket science mathiri paakranga, enna porutha varaikum athula oru magic irukkum, atha namalala kandippa feel panna mudiyum.'

'Preethi ndra peru irukkunu ithalam sollatheenga. Naanum nethu than padam paathen. Ennavo ponga. Namma ivlo try pannom, paapom avunga nammaluku ethachu set panni nalla friend nu prove panraangalanu.'

Giggling to themselves, Preethi and Aryan walked down with a huge relief and happiness in their hearts.

On the terrace, sat Saira writing down something in the same paper she got a while ago.

(Embracing is the way of rescuing.
- Amaira @ Saira)

'Future la kandippa frame panni hall la maatiranum itha.' Vikram said while looking at the paper in hand with love in eyes and hand of his love in his other hand. She kept her head on his shoulder while fondly eying their entwined hands.

Slowly the rain started to drizzle showering out it's love through the form of water droplets for the 2 pure souls.

With that began the story of Vikram and Saira.

11 Jan 2026

'Maraka mudiyaatha naal Vikram. Most special day of our life.'

'Ennoda special day va ithu irukalam. But the best day was 3 November 2020. The day I found my girl.'

'Love you Saira.' Vikram said with a smile while joining their foreheads.

The End