Thoovanam ena thooralgal villa

Thappana yennam manathinil..

Yelugirathaae !!!

His grip around her waist tightened more .

The cool breeze along with the drizzles that showered on her from the veranda made her shudder and shiver heavily , making her take shelter within the thick curls of his chest .

Having her within his tight grasp he smiled once again .

She could very well see him in the lightening that flashed .

That same heart warming smile with a twinkle in the eyes too !!!

Gosh !

All the barriers that she had erupted around herself all these  months fell down breaking into thousands of pieces .

He had the ability to make her fall for him just like that .

A simple heart warming smile that pierced straight into heart along a puppy face was all that was needed for him _ not to forget the twinkling eyes that smiled along ,

Now that his fingers and hands too seemed to join along side playing patterns across her soft flesh .

Yenginen. ....

Naan thenginen,

Yenada ?

Pothum un imsaigal !

The more she tried to wriggle and free herself from him ,the more he pulled her into his clutch .

As shameless as ever she too pressed against his chest with a racing heart .

The pouring rain and his appearance in that odd time of the hour was blunting her senses also .

Vaanamum ....intha boomiyum ,

Unthan thootramum ,

Un per sonnallae ullae thithikuthaae !

Chee ...ennavo ,ennaiyae panninaai neeyaae !!

With another thunder her lips trembled ,and managed hard calling him ,

Kathirrr !!

She tried to utter his name with sternness but it flowed in as sweet as from a well trained flute ,

Kathir : Yes madam ....came the answer with respect .

For sure he was hell drunk _ otherwise when did he address her with such respect .

Mullai : Naan onum madam illa ....she said in a small voice remembering that he hadn't even called her once by name .
Hmm....no use of thinking over spoilt milk , she said to herself strictly ..

But his hands and fingers that were causually playing with her slightly plump waist and that damn smile of his were transporting her to some other world she hadn't known untill then .

Nope !

This isn't going to continue ,

He is drunk _ she reminded herself and decided to put an end to it ,at the start itself .

Because , today she she herself wasn't in her control .

She tried hard to speak in a strict tone , his drunken funny antics had given her enough courage to speak to him in an interrogative tone .

Mullai : Chu ...mothala yelunthringa .
Evlo kuduchurinkinga ....she said with agony for which he answered sincerely ,

Kathir : Uff ... neraiya illa madam . Hmm...he removed one hand from her waist to tap his forehead as if thinking seriously and then as whilst she  was watching his funny antics he declared aloud , hmm just 2_4 snifter of scotch...you see !
I usually go up to even 8 in low ball shots  .... ....he said with a triumph leaving her in absolute confusion .

How the hell will she know what nonsense he was telling with so much triumph .

Her knowledge was limited only to the green coloured glass bottles filled in with a dirty golden brown liquid , as showcased in films .

She didn't even know there were specific names for the even the glasses of the drinks .

Mullai : Apadina ? She asked as if it was the most important question right then ,

Kathir : Apadina....he started explaining in detail ..... pulling her pallu directly and wiping his wet face once again not bothering about her screaming , catching hold of her pallu that was about to come off from her shoulder .

He had really pulled it so swiftly and unexpectedly that the pin it was secured gave way .

Mullai : Aiyaayooo ...en sellai ...... she screamed back securing it enough to hide her bountiful baubles from his sight .

He wasn't bothered about her fear and went on

Kathir : Apadina ....athu..kutty kutty .... viral size tumbler   !
Inaiku .... vanthu .....Haan , round ah , perusa ....unna maathriyae.....

Mullai : Enathu ?

Kathir : Tumbler ... thumbler .....he stammered again ... snifter ...nee thana ketta , sorry'neenga thana ketingaa . ,athanga explain pannitu eruken .
Actually you see ...I do ...mcccchhh ....his mouth was again closed by a soft palm .

She couldn't bear his stammer .

Mullai : Pothum vilakinathu . Sonna varaikumae enaku onum purila. Kudichutu vanthu ,perumai vera .
Yenge .....awweeee....enna panringa ,she said squirming in the brush of his moustache against her palm .

Was it a kiss ?

He brushed once accidentally against her palm and now was wantedly repeating it again , holding his palm tight against his mouth .

Kathir : Hm....smmppp ! He exclaimed once and then announced ... you are so soft . Not stopping with it ,his lips slightly pecked the inside of her palm that sent electric signals down her spine .

All of this was new to her !

Slowly ....very very slowly she pulled away her palm from his clutch and asked softly ,

Mullai : Yelunthukalaama ? Ninge inum saapdalaiyaae !

Kathir : Oh no ... Ipdiyae nalla erukaae.  Naan than kudichutenae !

His voice came like a grumpy toddler .

She sincerely answered ,

Mullai : Saapidanum la ? Kaalaila erunthu onum saapdala .
Ipo ithu vera ivlo kudicha ......kodal venthu pogaathu ?
Vaanga .... please!

Saying so she managed to edge off him , got up herself shaking in the cold breeze ...

On seeing he had no idea of getting up she bent again and slid her hand around his shoulder as causual as ever and tried pulling him up .

Mullai : Ennala mudila ....yelunthukonha please ...

Kathir : Oh ...naan venumna help pannava !  Yen unnala yelunthaka mudila ?
Naan paaru evlo samartha nadakren !

He blabbered absolute nonsense that brought a smile in her face .

Mullai : Ama ....naan than keela vakanthukittu aluchaatiyam pannren !
Neenga samarthu paiyyana nadakringa , pothuma ?

Saying so affectionately she once again ran her fingers through his hair and re arranged his wet forelocks , setting them along the hairline .

He suddenly went quite _ did it remind him of somebody !

He went still and quiet closing his eyes for a moment .

His lips murmured ....

Kathir : Mmmaaa !

Mullai heard it faintly and asked in doubts ,

Mullai : Kathirrr .... she shook his shoulder slightly and asked again ennachu ?

Kathir : Mmaa.....was the answer again but with his eyes still closed .

Mullai s heart softened instantly .

She realised that somewhere , deep down he was yearning for his mother and had related her gesture to his mom's .

She didn't disturb him for sometime and continued easing his forehead  with her fingers and as on impulse she bent down and kissed his forehead .

Damn !!

She didn't know why she was so emotional with him and behaving so but she couldn't herself from kissing him .

Gently pressing onto his forehead she looked in for him to move _ atleast open his eyes .

Nope !

There wasn't an iota of movement from him nor did his eyes open,

Instead ....along the edges of his closed eyelids .... tears flowed down as pearls .

The already tender heart of Mullai softened more .

Mullai : MV : Iwanuku aluga kooda theriyuma ? Manasulla evlo varuthum eruntha ipdi ,anaatharava theriyuraanga .
Ithu maathri eruka Naanum oru kaaranamoo ? ..she remembers Uma's  words . He had asked them not to come . It pained but she didn't bother about it then . Amma nyabagama Kathir ?

She asked very very softly ,

Kathir : hmm.....he stirred and opened his eyes on realising that soft palm had stopped it's carress .
Looking around he blinked once again and rubbed his eyes ... and asked her ...enna ketta ?

Mullai : Amma ...amma nyabagama nu ....she couldn't complete .

He wasn't indifferent _ the liquor had somehow blunted the arrogant proud master and had transformed into the goodie goodie young lad !

Kathir : yup ...he said in a low tone , she left me ...he complained ...she left me all alone today ,
Ennaiya thanniya vitutu poitanga en amma !

Mullai : Chu ...apadila ..

Kathir : Apdi than ! The answer came in a broken crying voice ...he added ...thaniya vitutu poitanga rendu perum .
That's why I got myself drunk .....

Mullai : Athu thappu !

Kathir : No no am correct !
You know what ...ipo kooda ,ipo kooda inga than erunthanga ....see my hair ?
Kanna thoranthu paatha aala kaanoom !
Athan thappu ....!

The way he said it made her both laugh and cry at the same time .

Mullai : Ama ama periya thappu than !
He didn't know it was her or jad he imagined her to be his mom ? She didn't know ...she playfully said , athan ipo thalailaam kalaiyaama alaga erukaae !
Athan awanga varala ...so ...she stopped on seeing him ,
what the heck was he doing ?

He raggled his hair wantedly again ,that she had set so long meticulously .

Kathir : See my hair now ! Kalanchu poiruchulla ....vara sollu !

Mullai : MV : Acho Iwanga enna chinna paiyyan maathri ivlo settai panraanga .
Normal eh erukrathuku apadiyae opposite ah behave panraanga. 
Kastapattu thalaiya sari pannina , kalachum vitutu amma vara solluna , naan enga poven ?

Kathir : ...he smiled unnecessarily !

Mullai : Ithu onnu ,aana oona alaga sirichu vaika vendiyathu !

She said it off ...

Kathir : What ?

Mullai : Haan...onum illaiyaae. Chu ...ipo yen mudiya kalachu vitinga ?

Kathir : nee thana , apo than amma varuvaanganu sonna !

Mullai : Aandava ....enala mudilla , ithuku neenga epaiyum pola kadu kadu naae erunthu erukalaam .
Sathyaama enaku samaalika mudilla saami !

He looked keenly at her words and caught hold of that one word alone and started a new rant ,

Kathir : Yaa ...Saami ! Awar kitta than poitaanganu ,ennkitta evlo varshama solli vachruthanga theriyuma ?
Every year ....this day ...this day ...he cried aloud leaving her absolutely shocked and then continued , Naanum ovavaru varshamum intha naal la Amma thirumba vanthruvaanganu nenachu wait pannitaae erunthen !!
But she never turned up !

Mullai : Ka..thirr ! She said in a shaky teared voice ,

Kathir : Hoo.....then you know what happened ?

Mullai : Enachu ?

Kathir : Naanae valarnthuten ,  apuram therinchu pochu ....that she will never ever come to see me again !

Mullai : shh ....

Kathir : Apuram palagi pochu ...am not a small boy after all !
Kathirangan of Ranghan industries !
Damn ....my foot !!he scoffed aloud not bothering about himself ... and continued ranting ... apuram naan awangala thedala ...miss pannala ...pannavaae illa ...illa ,
He cried again ... until...untill ....,

She guessed what was to come ,

Kathir : Until today !
Bloody ....hell .....innaiku en Ammava thedinen , I badly missed her .
Ammava theditaae erunthen ....inaiku mulluka .., you know what ?

As he was speaking he suddenly ebbed up to her and pulled her down on her knees and grabbed her face within his palms together and looked straight into her eyes .

Eye to eye she looked up to him to see his eyes tear more and more , with the droplets falling straight on her cheeks .
He was still crying .... as raw as ever no pride nor arrogance to shield him off from her !

Kathir : Innaiku ....inaiku awanga..... aniversary .....de.. death anniversary ,

Tears from his cheeks strolled down onto hers .. he was pressing her face too close towards his that her cheeks brushed against his tears .

She murmured his name ....that was all she could do right then ,

Mullai. : Kathir ...vendaam , alathinga ,

Kathir : No ...aluven , naan nalla aluven !
Kaalaila erunthu alaren .....yennu theriyaamaiyaae kaalaila erunthu alaren ,he sniffed ...

It was her turn to tear up now .

Was it because of her ?

Was she the reason ?

Mullai : ennala than ....

Kathir : inaiku mulluka amma va thediten ....kedaikala ,
Kedaikka maatanganu theriyum !
Am such a fool ....apadi thana ?

Mullai : Illa ... Apdilaam la , what to say for this

Kathir : Illama ponavangala theduravan muttal than penne !

Surprisingly mother tongue sprang up ;

Kathir : Athan .....he pressed his lips onto her ears ...she didn't know whether he kissed her there or smooched ....but a wave of fire gushed in right through her ,
Awanga kedaika maatanga ...I know !
So I drank ....illala ....kudichen nee solra maathri , nalla kudichen ,

Not knowing what he was doing he said those brushing against her ears and then suddenly turned her face , facing towards him and pressed his lips over hers .

Mullai  was first ever kissed ....like that ,

Kissed full on her lips by a man ,

By her man ,

That was totally a new sensation she had never even thought of after knowing him fully .

But now ,

She couldn't help herself .

She shivered as hell and billowed over him  hugging her arms around his neck and gave in to his teasing lips .

Smoochhe ....smoochche ...!!

He didn't stop with just kissing her lip lines .

He smelled of both liquor and peppermint _ strangely which ignited her as hell .

She did allow his darting tongue to explore the warmth of her inner mouth .

He bit in her teeth mercilessly before sweeping in along curve of her jawline drinking in her salivae before tangling his tongue with hers once again .

She was almost sitting on his lap , legs criss crossed in some pattern, her saree more than dishevelled .... sticking onyo his wet shirt ,hands wrapped around his neck , and her  lips still captured between his !!!

He seemed to drink her again as thirsty as ever .

None of them seemed to be in senses .

The sound of a horn somewhere far away brought Mullai back to her senses .

He still hadn't let go of her lips and waist .

She had to wriggle again as before !!!

With a fear that he might have recovered back to his senses she looked at him only to notice he looked more intoxicated now ,

His sheepish grin was back ...with that smile .

With ease he once again took her pallu and wiped both their wet lips and cheeks .

Mullai didn't know whether what she was going through .

Her body was trembling with waves of heat surging in through and through her ,

Nope _ this has to stop !!

She told herself ,and asked him,

Mullai : Saapda polama ? Neram aachu !

Kathir : Naan than kudichutenae nu ...he sought her lips again.

She gave in ...but pulled herself after another fresh kiss and made him stand up .

Mullai :  Saapdama paduka koodaathu ...vaanga ,

Kathir : Haan...what ?

Mullai : Vaanga nu sonnen !

Kathir : Un koodaiyaae varava ... ....he asked with absolute lust in voice ...she didn't know whether he realised what he was doing ....he was kind of tormented and raggled ....but for sure lust had stepped inbetwn them somehow .

After all he was her husband _ she couldn't refuse him even though she very well knew the consequences .

Anyways ,this is not going to contact further _ she decided .

She is gonna feed him , get him uptill his room ,tuck him to sleep and walk off .

He definition needs some comfort now _ she decided to provide it without exceeding the limits .

Mullai : Ama ...en kooda than vaange !

Kathir : Good girl ....vaa en kaiyya pudichukoo ,yepadi thadumaari thadumaari nadakra paaru !!
I ll help you to walk straight.....he grinned ,

Hitting her forehead she neared him , allowing him to hold her waist , then sliding her arm around his neck she walked nope swayed along with him in staggered steps until finally they reached the dining table .

Somehow she managed to shhhh him and made him sit in his chair and arranged the table for him ,

His face displayed dried streaks of tears that made her feel bad once again .

She asked quietly ,

Mullai : Enna saapdringa ?

The answer came in unexpectedly ,

Kathir : Anga saaptenae ....give me that ! He pointed to the veranda and her lips but said all this with a puppy face ,

Mullai : MV : iwana ...! Her cheeks flushed and face reddened ,
She decided not to give him more space ..,
So in an artificial strict tone she asked ...Athelaam Inimel kedaikaathu .
Inga enna saapdringa .... Kathir ...she shook his shoulder and distracted his eyes that were glued onto her bossoms .

Damn !!!

With the rain and sweat her saree was almost stuck as a secret skin ,threaded between her bossoms .

She had real difficulty in covering her up .

Did his eyes  now glow like red forest fire ?

The soft twinkle was gone now !

Mullai was a little scared looking at the way his eyes  looked ....nope scanned every inch of her .

Kathir : what s the menu ? He asked with a cross smile looking straight at her exposed hip .

Mullai : Chu ...she pulled her saree down and said full mealsum eruku , tiffin num eruku ! Aana ellam namma ooru samayal than .
Non veg kedaiyaathu .
Saapadu podava ? Illa ....vera yethuvum ....she stopped seeing his eyes roam all over her ,
Ennanga venum ?

Kathir : Haan ....enna ketta ...wait paathutu solren , ( whom / what did he mean ? Poor Mullai didn't know )
He scanned both her as well the platter on table and finally opened his mouth again with that boyish grin ,
Haan ...that one , anga ....vellaiya , soft ah ....sponge maathri , urundaiyaa....erukulla , athu than venum !!

Her eyes widened in the manner he said .

Mullai : MV : Enna Iwan ...vitta overa thappu thappa pesitaae poraan ! Pecha paaru .... Mullai ithu thappu , odanae cut pannu _ illati unaku than nastam .
Enna than husband naalum .....ithu sari illa ,
Shp ....saapda enna venumnu keten! She asked firmly

He replied the same with a baby voice ,

Kathir : I want it ..soft and spongy ! Enaku rombalam pidikaathu ....but en amma atha than kudutha nyabagam ,
So atha thaa !

She looked around to see what was that !!

Uff !!!

Idli !!!

Mullai : Ada cha ....itha than sonnangala . Namma than thappa nenachutoom pola .

Kathir : Yaar kooda pesitu eruka ?

It was only after him asking she realised she had blurted out ,

Mullai : Onum ...onum illaiyaae . Haan ...thoo idly , vachaachu ... Sambar eh illa chutney ah ,

She asked causually for which he sincerely answered ,

Kathir : Nei _ sakkarai !

Mullai froze for a second on hearing that _ definitely it wasn't a food of choice for grown ups especially for this huge a man .

Then ?

Why does he ask specifically in such a puppy voice !!

Lust was totally absent in his eyes and voice now !

She remembered it was the favourite food for her siblings when they were toddlers .

Gosh !!

Does he recreate something .... trying to recro some lost time he spent with his mother, long long years back ?

Or why else would he ask for it ?

Sometime back he openly expressed lust and now he is behaving like a toddler !!!

The effect of alcohol had blinded his senses totally ! 

She couldn't understand his thought process fully but could very well sense that he was too too disturbed with his mother's absence .

Maybe he remembered traces of her ,

Traces of her hugging her son ,

Feeding him ,

Something of that sort !!!

And he is expecting everything of it from her ?

She didn't know exactly !!!

But ,

She did exactly do as he had asked so .

Idli with ghee and sugar ,

She fed him ,

Kathir : Aah ...?Me ?

Mullai : Ama ..ungala than !

Kathir : Enaku ooti vida pooriya ? That voice came with an expectation

Mullai : Mm..ama ooti vidren , vaaya thoranga !

Kathir : Really ...hmm...

He obeyed without any objection .

Kathir : Nee saaptiya ?

Mullai : Illa Inimel than !

He had finished by now .

Kathir : Oh that's too late .....vaa ,ipo naa ooti vidren,

Mullai : Aiyo ... vendaam vendaam ,

Kathir : Food eh vendaam nu solla koodaathu ,

Mullai : Naan saapada sollala . Oota vendaam . Naanae saaptukren !

Kathir : Uff ...unala than sariya nadaka kooda mudilayae ,naan thana pidichu kootitu vanthen?

Mullai : She threw a stare for which he shamelessly grinned wide .

Kathir : hi...hi ....ok ok , fine ! Naan serve panren ....nee saapidu ?
Deal !

He showed a thumbs up and really made her sit down and served her .

Dinner was over in silence .

Then ,

She somehow managed to get him from seat careful enough not to get too close with him once again .

They reached the lift for good finally !!!