As he entered the room , Moorthy "s words echoed in Kathir s ears.

Kovathilla antha pulla munna pinna vaarthai vittalum , konjam poruthu poda Kathiru . .

Paavam athu .

Antha pulla , eni namma mama ponnu mattum ella , unoda pondati !!! 

He remembered every advice given by his brother ; the fault was on their side , so he decided to bbe quiet to whatever she says.  ..

Mullai was soaked in distress , she hadn't had food properly & already was in a bad temper .

As soon as she saw him entering & latching the room ....she got on her nerves .

Yov PS directoru , onumae nadaka porathillanu therinchum , yethuku Kathira kaathulla thaal poda vachinga ? Dell ... Authoru wants to know.

M : Nillu ...

K : He paused ...yethirpaathathu thana

M : Nee ..? ( Aiyo , enni mariyathaiya vera sollanumae )  Neenga enga vanthinga ?

K : Naana varala , ulla po nu sonnanga , vanthen. 

M : Awuga sonna ? Odanae vanthruvegaloo ....velila ponga !!

K : Yei enga paaru , kathatha . Apdi ella ....naa ..vanthu ...
Ama ,namma yethuku evlo thadumaaranum ?
Clearing throat...
Ithu enga veedu ...naa enga vena varuven . Puritha ?
Arambichutaainga da ...😭

M : Yetha paarunga, epo varaikum ennaku paithiyam puddikaama epadi erukunu therla ....avlo kulappathulla eruken....

K cuts off ...

K : Inga paaru , naa unaku mela kolaputhulla eruken .
Naa epayum solrathu than . Ennaku unnaiyum pidikaathu ,un kudumbathaiyum pidikaathu ...sariya ?

M : Athan ,avlo pidikalala ? Apuram yethuku enaku thaali kattina...correction ...thaali katuninga ? Pali vaangiyachunu santhoshama ?

K : Yei ....ethellaam enaku theritaathu ...pali vaangrathellaam en palakam ella ? Athuvum unaku thali katti ....!!
Enna pathi enna nenachu kitu eruka ?.

M : Romba nallavan maathri nadika vendaam .

K : Snarls

M : Yenna ?

K :  He gets angry ,but controls for her sake
Antha ponnu , kalyanam pannama manadapatha vitu poga koodathu , kudumbathoda mariyathaiya kaapathanum .
Kalyanam panni ko nu sonanga _ pannikithen.
Avlo than ....

M : Apo anni sonnaga;  Anna sonaaru nu,en kita vantha naa kondruven ungala !! 

K : Nee kolra varaikum en Kai poo parikumo !
Naa  avlo kevalamanavan ella .
Pudikaatha ponnu mela paaya !!
Paapoom paapoom
Athuvum ellama , nee Jeeva annana ......he cut off ...but it was too late .

Mullai turned really furious .

M : Itha paarunga ? Nammala pathi pesitu erukoom ...atha mattum pesunga . Unga annan ..... breathes heavily ...all her wounds opened up ...
Unga annana ...annana pathi pesavendaam .
Awuga naala , ennaiku ennaku evlo avamanam ? asingam ?
Paathitu varuthu ......

K :   He really felt uncomfortable .
Though he didn't like her ,what she said was true .
Unaku mandapathulla nadanthatha paathu , kastama than erunthuchu . Aana entha ponna erunthalum ennaku apdi than thonirukum .
Udanae enaku un mela paasam vanthruchu ; Anbu vanthruchunu nenaikaatha .
Epovumae ennaku unna pidikaathu .!!

On hearing these words , she felt hurt .

Hurt again for the second time , the same day .

Yen , yaarukumae nammala pidikala !!

Though she didn't realise what it was , she felt hurt when he said those words .

Somehow she cudnt brush him off , like before .

She self pitied her for a minute.

Next she stood tall ,for her height & looked straight into his face ...

M :
Unga annana enimel ennala apdi nenaika mudiyaathu , purinchuhtha ?Naanum avlo kevalamana ponnu kedaiyaathu .
Jeeva mama oru vaarthai , pidikalanu solliruntha ,naa othungi poirupen .
Unga anniyaachum ......cries .....

His tone softened a bit , on seeing her .

M : Jeeva mama epo vera ponna kaathalikurenu , ennaiya thooki erinchutu ponnaroo , apo vae ...ellam mudinchaachu .

Pothum .... She held both hands in front of him ....

Ennaiya apdiyae vitruntha kooda nimathiya erunthu erupen polala ...

Enga appa vanthu kenchi ..kathari ....intha kalyanam ....

Athan unga yaarukumae ennaiya pidikalala ? Apuram yethuku intha kalyanam ?

The rock started to melt ...in some corner but ...then she said ...

M :Velila ponga ....

Velila ponganu sonnen ....

The rock which started to melt , went back to form .

K : Yei kathatha ...kathatha nu solren .

Velila Anni Anna enum thoongala ....

Enaku than unmela yentha aasaiyum ellanu solrenla ?

Enaku entha yethir paarpum kedaiyaathu ....

Velila , awanga enum thoongama erukaanga. ....

Ennaiku mulluka avanga patta kastam pothum ...

Na velila poi thirumba avanga nimathiya kolaika vennaam .

Unaku oru vaati sonna puriyaatha ?

Summa ninnu kathi kitu erukaatha ....

  Unkita kekurathu athu than . Sandaiya kelapatha ...!!

He just went away from her , switched off the light & lay down on the mat .

Mullai stood rooted to the place .

Evlo thimiru ?

Awanga Anna anni thoonganuma . Avanga nimathi mattuma pochu ? Enga oruthi , epdi erukaalae nu koncham koodava thonaathu ?

Evan. .....cha ...correction ...Ewuga enga eruntha ,naa epdi thoongurathu ? Sidu ..sidu nu .... konjam kooda yenna pathi kavala padama ?

She didn't realise she hurted hum with her own words. 
Actually he started to pity her  while she was crying her heart out .....
When she said , she didn't care about Jeeva anymore , he felt something turned up inside .
A peculiar feeling struck him on hearing it ...
He just cudnt frame it .... 
But , both of them failed to realise it .
Next minute ,she asked him to get out of the room that triggered him ...
He yelled at her .

She didn't know it . As she was fuming inside , she didn't know what she was doing ...
He isn't going to go out of this ro for sure .
Fine _ She can't do anything about it. 
But ,
But to sleep peacefully as if nothing had happened ...was something she cudnt digest .

She just reached out & put the lights on .

M : Naa enga oruthi kathitu eruken?
Unak.....ungalkku thoonganuma ?

K : He didn't expect this from her .
Getting up furious , Yei ...loosa nee ?
Yethuku kathura ? Sonna puruyaathu ....

Naa enga than erupen .
Vera valli ella .

Athan sonnenla , unna onum seyya maatenu. 

M : Athuku ! Yethachum vera seivveegaloo ?

K :  adingaa ... evala !!
Enga paaruma , nee un manusulla enna nenachutu eruka ?
Periya alagi na ?
Ennavo unoda alagulla naa mayangi poi vantha maathri ...pesitu eruka .

Till then , Mullai had been acknowledged by everyone as beautiful . Though she didn't have headweight over it , she was confident of her beauty.

But after today's rejection she was lil shaken .

She had asked Kathir to get out of the room as she felt uncomfortable .

But she didn't bear any pride on her beauty .

But , he was targeted her , mentioning her beauty as something useless .

That hit her hard  .

Un moonjiya paathalae pidikala de....

Unna mothama paakavae sakkikala de ....pothuma ?

Epdi laam kathina , evanum un kita kooda vara maatan .

Jeeva annavum vera valli elama thana  unna kattika sarinu solluchu ?

Ennavo romba alatra ?

That was it. 

He had touched the wrong nerve .

She turned red angry .

M : Her voice was shaking miserably ...

Kathiru...  ...... She didn't realise she shouted out his name .

M : Yenna sonn..na ? Yenna sonniya epo ?

She had almost caught his tee by the neck ....

With so much pain in her eyes & fury ..... panting heavily .....

She started ...pulling him by his tee & started hitting himm .....

M : Enna soninga ? Jeeva mama pathi yethuvum pesavendaamnu sonnenla ?

Apo ,Kathiru sollalaama?

She was insane .

His words had hurt her way too much ....

Her ego was hurt .....
 
She touched & brought out her thaali ....

Yethuku artham theriyuma ? .

Naa alagu.... ellaiya ? Ellaiya .....?

Atha solli katanuma ? 

She didn't realise ,that her priority had totally shifted focus. 

She didn't know why she wanted Kathir to go out of the room .

Again ,she didn't know why she couldn't accept him to go to sleep peacefully ...when she was fuming inside .

She didn't know why it hurt her ,when he said she wasn't beautifull..enough ..... attractive enough ...for him .

She was the one who had asked him to stay away from her. 

But she didn't get it why she got mad at his rejection ....his words !!

Crying like a lost child , she was hitting his chest & rocking his tee ....with the same question .... repeatedly !!!

Enna epdi apdi kekalaam ?

Kathir was taken aback by her behaviour . She was behaving totally insane. 

K : Alaga ellanae nu sonnathu ku evlo alatala ? ..

Yei ...loosu ...enna panra . Adikaatha ....

Nee thana noi noi ,nu , kita varatha kita varatha , kondruvenulaam sonna ?

Thirumba thirumba  athaiyae sonna ,, vera enna solluvaangalaam .

He hissed back equally ...

Naa paatuku amaithiya thana ponnen ?

M : Athukunu ? Odanae yethukeduthaalum Jeeva mava yen yelukanuma ?

Awuga yaaru enaku ....epo ?

Naa alaga erukena ellaiyana avar enna karuthu sonnaga nu ketena ?

Ennakum unga annanukum entha sambanthamum  epo ella _ Puriyutha unnaku ....

Chaa ....

It was then he knew why she behaved so crazy .

So it was it.

Suddenly he could figure what that peculiar feeling he felt then & now ...

It was Relief.

He felt relieved , everytime she mentioned she had nothing to do with Jeeva , or their previous wedding plan .

She wanted to erase it out ....for good. 

Her problem now was getting along with Kathir _ Jeeva was no were in the game anymore .

Kathir , cudnt figure out ,how suddenly , this sense of relief , cleared the air ,that was confusing him since their wedding .

He realised he had hurt her ....

She was continuing hitting his chest feebiliy ...no energy at all .

His tone softened ....

  K : Athu , naa ...vanthu so..sorry . .....naa anna pecha yeduthathu thappu than ....sollikaatiten .....venumnu pesala ....aana ....

Nee ennaiya enum adikrathuna kooda paravala .... adichuko .....Mullai .

But , unexpectedly:  those words spoken in a kind tone , from a person who hated her for life , calling her by name so soft ,literally broke her. 

With a sudden outburst, she collapsed into his arms itself , resting her head on his shoulders , almost clinging to his chest , she started crying insolably .....insolably as a baby .

Kathir got into the second shock ...of the night .
An hour ago , she yelled at him to go out , didn't allow him to sleep , shouted at him , unnecessarily  accused him , they spit words at each other , she was hitting him & now , almost buried into his chest ,she was crying ...

He didn't realise any indifference whilst he caught hold of her wrists apart when she was hitting him ,but now , she was almost leaning into him body on body , that was sending shivers right into his body .
He hadn't experienced such a closeness with any woman .
This was very different .....
He cudnt categorize what he felt ....but whatever ...his body waz burning ......
But ,
But so were her tears .
With much difficulty , he pulled his senses out to hear her ranting ....

She was speaking in phrases ....all unconnected pieces .....
She was pouring out all her agony that she had been holding till then .....

Yen , epdi kekranga ?

Naa oru thappum Seyyalla ....aana yellarum yethayae ketu avamanama paakranga .....

Intha veetuku marumagalla varanumnu aasa paathen_ athu oru thappa ?

Enaku pudichu erunthuchu , apa kita sonnen .

Unga Anni kitayum sonnen.....

Namikai kuduthaaga _ aasaiya valarthu kiten. 

Athu than ,naa sencha ore thappu .

Vera yethuvum Ella .....

Unga annavo , anniyoo solliruntha , naa enga vanthu asinga patruka maaten la?

Yenn ....neeyae.... ( Intha correction ku onum korai ellla Unaku) ... .neengalae kooda evlo vaati ennaiya asinga paduthierupiya ?

Ellam mudinchu , kadasi nimishathulla , ellamae maari poochu ...naa enna than seiven ?

Sethu poga kooda ennaku thairiyam ella ...antha room kulla pootikitaalum , bayama erunthuchu ....romba .....

The rock totally melted at these words _ bayama erunthucha ?

He was slightly holding her elbow till then ....

On hearing this innocent confession , his hands gripped her elbows tight , as if he was protecting her against it. 

Enaku anga eruka eruka awamanama erunthuche , athan poga paatehen. 

Enga appa ,kaal la Villu thaaru .....

Naa enna seiyatum ?

Ennaiya than ungalkku pidikaathulla ?

Epo kooda athana sonniya ?
Kathiru _ epo sonnom ?

Atha angaya solli erukulaam la ?

Atha vitutu , epo ellarukum kastam .

She continued crying .......

Yethellaam manasulla karam vachukitu neenga nenaikra maathri naa palivaangavoo , sanda podavo maaten .

Naa athu maathri Ella .

Naa kolaputhulla eruken _. Yenna panna pooramnae therla ....

Ungalkku ennaiya pidikaathu : intha room kulla vantha odanae, yetho bayama erunthuche ......

Unmaiya sollidren naanu : 
nee....neenga ....moratuthanama nadanthukuvingaloo nenachen .....athan velila poo sonnen.

Enaku epdi , yennu , purila _ epo rendu vaati Jeeva mama pathi nee..neenga sonna pothu ...kathi vachu nenacha kilikra maathri eru thuchu .....

Uyir varai vallikuthu .......

ROCKU TOTAL FLATU........

She paused after that .....

She could sense his muscles stiffening under her face ....

Till now she was comfortable ....she didn't even realise that .....

It was after that movement of his, she came to her senses .....

Her sobbing had reduced .....

Shame swept over her .

M :  Chaa...kita ...vantha kondruvenu dialogue pesitu , epo nammalae epdi ondikitu erukomae .....

Konjam kooda yosikalayae ....

Aana......

Kathiru yen evlo amaithya eruku ...erukaaga ....
(mindvoice la kooda Mullapoo correction pannikuthu pa ....😜)

Aana aruverupaavo , ella asingamavo ellaiyae ....

Oru Vella namma nenacha maathri ellaiyoo kathiru ?

Appa sonna maari konjam nallavano ?

Enna nenipaaga ? Avan Sorgathulla erukan .

She dared to look up at his face. 
He sensed ,she had stopped crying ...& looked down ...
He was dumbfound by her open confession .
She was simple ...in her wishes ....her desires ...when they  weren't fullfilled , she accepted her fate ; bore no grudge against them too
.
A very rare & treasurable quality .

K : Looked down at her ....

She looked serene ....a worn out look . But honest .

Namma than evala thappa nenachutamo ?

Loda loda nu pesuva

Aana awanga Amma maathri ellaiyoo .

Sanda poda maatenu solra.

Anne Mela than thappu .

Aana , Anna pathi sonna kovam varuthu _ athu kooda varalana ,epadi .

Eva , prechanae namma mattum than pola .....

Thitaama , nithanama pesina , purinchukuva .

They both had shed their first shield :the armour of hatred they both were wearing till then .

They broke apart .....a little awkward though ......he then ...made her sit her may below ....in that small room .

It was just enough for two persons ......

Umaru .... konjam pesanum.

Tbc