Few days went like that. He always shows her the cold showers. She is not so less than him as she gave counters not in front of him but at his back.

Vijay: Ne edhuku en vengayam edutha.

Kaveri: onu than eduthan. Oorla irunthu kondu vanthathu gaali kada enga nu therila. Na engayume veliya pogala.

Vijay: Places familiar aaganum nu than ipave vanthan nu sonna, nee vanthu 15 days mela aaguthu. Engayum poi familiar eh aagala.

Kaveri remained silent.

Kaveri: Ore oru vengayam edutha.athukaga ipadi pesurathu lam nalla illa.

Vijay: Apdi enna nee senjita kitchen la…nasty panra kitchen ulla ponale. Bread panra, edho chutney araikura…avlothan…vera enna.. Ilana Kumar Annan kitta mess number vaangi vachi vaangi sapidra.

She glared. She pulled her purse and placed a 100 rupees note in the dining.

Kaveri: Oru vengayam ku intha 100 rooba adhigam than.. apdiye amikidathinga. Meedhi kaasu eduthu vainga.

Vijay: Hey onum theva illa eduthutu po.

She shrugged.

Kaveri: Enaku loss illa. Kanjoos..

She said and moved out, taking her purse. He pressed his lips into a thin line, smiled and moved out closing the door.

She turned on the map, how her friend taught her and moved to the nearby shop. She got the needed things and returned back. It was just a walkable distance of 10 minutes.

She saw Vijay sitting on the sofa eating his lunch and other hand scrolling the phone. she kept the things on the table and moved to the kitchen to cook something for her.

She doesn't know cooking.

Vijay cleared his throat.

Vijay: White rice hotbox la iruku. Sambar antha silver Bowl la, rasam antha red bowl la, sidedish antha kutty plastic bowl la iruku. Sapidu.

Kaveri: Enaku vendam. Na manasthi. Enaku samaika therium. Hmmkumm..

She carefully opened the 1kg box and stocked the rice, she organise the things she bought in the space she had.

Vijay: Ipave mani rendu. Epa samachi epo sapiduva. Scene podatha okay.

Kaveri: Unga kandraviyana karisanathuku mikka nandri..vanakam….

Vijay: Kozhupoda than poranthiya..ipa porantha aprm tha Kozhupu kooducha..udambu poora Kozhupu….

Kaveri: Nandri. Vanakam.

Vijay: Kitchen ah nasthy panatha.

Kaveri: Mm.

She cooked something seeing the YouTube, it was 4 when she finished cooking. She placed a morsel of food in her mouth and it didn't tasted well.

Kaveri mv: Thankgod naraiya samaikala.

She adjusted and emptied the little food and curry she made.

At evening.

Kumar: Ma…vera veedu lam Ila ma. Intha oor la lam veedu kidaikurathe periya vishayam.

Kaveri: Neenga olunga solla maatingala…veetla oru paiyan thangirkan nu…advance vera en appa anupi irukaru.
Seekram atha ready panitu…enaku vera veedu vaangi kudunga..chi paathu kudunga.

Kumar: Vera irukathu ma. Un office ku poga  oru bus eruna 1½ mani nerathula ne anga irupinga.

She felt that it was waste of time in arguing, if she was earlier to this place, she would have wandered here and there, as it was a new place, she had a conscious to not get lost.

First day to go to her office.

Vijay: Evlo neram kilamba…? Enna paatha vela vetti ilathavam maathriya therithu.

Kaveri: Neenga kilambunga. Enaku poika theirum.

Vijay: Edhu nethu Kovil poren nu tholanji poniye Athuva…

Kaveri: Aioo..please

She shouted from inside as her head was already banging with pain.

She came out wearing a pink salwar suit. He stared at her with her beauty.

Itha pink nu nenachikonga pa

K

averi: azhaga irukena enna.

She twirled showing her dress.

He cleared his throat.

Vijay: Panji mittai color la dress potruka. Panji mittai kuchi pudichi vitha nu super ah viyabaram aagum.

Kaveri: Ungala ketan paaren. Kaveri naale azhagu than.

Vijay: Ama azhagu than. Athan rendu oorum adichikuranga.

Kaveri: Enna politics pesuringala?

Vijay: Ithalam unaku theriyumaa?

Kaveri: News paapen.

Vijay: Seri kilambu. Edho ooruku pudhusu Kumar anna sonnathala unaku route vida varen.

Kaveri: Enna?

Vijay: I mean route kaata varen.

They reached bus stop.

Kaveri: Bus uh epo varum kumareyy?

Vijay: What Kumar? I'm Vijay.

Kaveri: Vijay nu per vacha..epadi irunthalum. Vijay Kumar apdithana varum.

Vijay: But I'm just Kumar.

She laughed.

Aioo..I'm just Vijay.

Vijay mv: Enna iniku romba jam aaguthu.

The bus came.

They boarded.

Kaveri: neengalum vareenga? Tholanjida maaten.

Vijay: avvava..aasa than. Un office thaandi than en office iruku.

Kaveri took her purse to get the money for ticket.

Vijay: Edhuku purse.

Kaveri: Parvala unga kaasu la lam ticket eduka vendam. Unga nalla manasu purithu.

Vijay: Ada aarvakolare…bus ku munala lipstick adicha maari pink color la irunthuchi la…itho un dress color uh..

Kaveri: Ama ..

Vijay: Apdi iruntha athu ladies ku free bus uh. Kanna enga vachirka…naala pakkamum pakanum.

Kaveri: Ohh…apo mens ku

Vijay sighed.

Vijay: Nanga lam enaikume paavapatta jenmam la..nee free ah ukantu varuveengalam..aana nanga kasu kuduthu ticket eduthutu nintu varuvom ahm.

Kaveri: Athu stomach burning tha vera onum illa. Ipa ukantu thana irukinga. Vidu.

Vijay: eve tholanji kilanji poidatha rendu naal pick drop panren.

Kaveri: Hmm nallavaru than neenga.

Vijay: Apdi sonna nambatha.

He said sternly and looked forward.

In the evening, she waited near the gate and he came by his friend's bike and reached her.

Vijay: hey vaa polam.

Kaveri: hurt panathinga.

Vijay: mad’dam vaanga polam. Ithu podhumaa.

Kaveri hummed. They reached home.

Vijay: Po poi gadagadanu samachi mudi…nan samaikanum.

As she was already tired, she quickly refreshed and scrolled through some easy recipes. She already bought the idli batter and poured it in a plate keeping it in a water filled stand placed in a kadai and closed with some lid.

Then she made some onion curry.

She came and sat in the dining room, resting her head on the table. She slept. He went to the kitchen and took the idly and filled in her plate. He voluntarily made some sound to wake her. She groaned and saw her plate with idli and curry.

He moved to the kitchen to cook for him.

At night, she moved to her room with a headache. He doesn't know that. He sat on the living couch and connected his laptop with speakers.

He increased the sound, there she closed her ears feeling the severe headache.

“Pada Padakkum Kannaala
Ena Meratti Konjam Maathitta
Manasodanju Pogaatha

Un Veral Pidichu Naan Karai Yaeruvaen”

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