En Uyir Ninnathandro

Nadunisi Natpu

She smiled at him her wide open friendly smile..

Ithulla yosikka enna irukku...enakku santhosham thaan...un kooda irukkara friendship enakku romba pudikkum...so friends...and she offered her hand out for a shake...

He took the proferred hand and shook it

Ippo padu...naalaikku rendu perum samaichu asathalaam

Neeyum en kooda samaippiyaa...athai ethaachum solla poraanga

Athellam onnum solla maattaanga..namma pannalaam..

Hmm oru pathu nimisham..innum onne onnu mattum baakki irukku..athu mattum paarthudaren please

Hmm seri...paaru...naan poi oru tea pottuttu varen...unakku venumaa..

Ille venaam

Hmm seri...naan itho varen

He came back in 10 mts..with a piping hot cuppa...

Mullai was a sucker for a nicely brewed cup of hot beverage...to her coffee tea it didn't matter

And the smell wafting from this one..unmistakably a Masala tea..

Azhaga ketta pothu venum solli iruntha..ippo intha kashtam thevaiya..she sat thinking

Kathir sat sipping the beverage..sip by sip..the soft slurping sound...and soon Mullai could take it no more

Kathiru enakku oru sip please

He was visibly surprised seeing how desperate she was

Ennaachu...

Ennaala oru hot cup of coffee or tea resist panna mudiyathu..athulla ithu masala tea vera pola..vaasam summa appudi irukku..athaan..she said with a doleful expression

He chuckled handing her his cup...kitchenlernthu innoru cup venumaa..

Ille parava ille and she drank with so much relish...

After 3 sips she handed the cup back to him

Ille neeye kudichu mudi

Ille athu parava ille

Kudi Mullai...nee thaan school girl kanakka homework ellam pannikittu irukka nadu rathiri la he grinned

Mudinjuchu ...avvalavu thaan she said closing the laptop

Hmm appo padu...morning enthirichathum oru list pottu kudu...naan poi fresh ah vaangittu varen...

Seri...ippo thookkam pochu ..naan anga table la ukkanthu list podattuma

Ey ithe ivvalavu serious ah ellam edukkathe...thoongu

Mullai sat looking tensed

Kathir realised she was not going to be able to sleep

He slowly sat up and said seri vaa plan panni list podalaam

Ille nee thoongu...naan pandren

Ada konda..

He took the laptop from her...kathir took a look at the list of items on the menu...and he chuckled to himself...he thought to himself...oru varushathula vittuttu poga maatta Mullai...appudi ishtam illenna yen ivvalavu aasaiyaa samaikkanum...enna periya list uh...ore naalla motha kudumbathayum samaichu kavukka plan thaane ithu...

For Mullai this was no plan...she was happy with this marriage...one word she heard and she had consciously taken a rash decision and discussed it with him as well...but sub consciously she was embracing the family...the ramifications one year down the line was not even in her radar...