Sollaal Aditha Sundari

Oru Kal Oru Kannadi

It was her birthday after all and he knew she was very popular in college..so with a smile in his lips he waited

But when he saw her envelope the guy in a huge hug..he began gettimg uncomfortable..the possessive boyfriend in him reared its head..

He decided enough is enough and walked over with all intentions to break the private party this they were trying to have

When he reached within earshot he greeted her with a chirpy

Mullai..

Mullai turned to see him..but the smile from chatting with the other guy only seemed to fade on seeing him

In fact there was something amiss

Oh neeya Kathiru..vanthuttiya

He stood like he had been slapped..she never called him that..in fact if she called him by his common name it meant they were going to have an argument

Hmm ippo thaan

The guy with her flung his arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer to him

Kathir was getting irritated super fast..he raised an eyebrow and asked

Yaaru tilting his head towards the stranger

Ithu en maamaa paiyan Ashok..Singapore la velaiya irukkaan..

Hi and you are

Kathir Mullai oda athai paiyan

Ah right..hi Kathir..was there an edge to his voice

Singapore la velai na inga enna pandreenga

Yen Birthday nu paarkka vanthaan..inga paaren evvalavu gifts ..ithulla intha diamond pendant vera ..ethukku Ashok ithellam

Hey unakku pannaama vera yaarukku

Irunthaalum ivvalavu selavu pannanuma ..unakku kaasu samathe pothathu..naan thaan pudichu veikkanum nenaikkaren

Kathir felt like he was in a nightmare

Seri va namma saappida polaam..bye Kathiru she waved to him

Mullai he called

Sollu Kathiru

Standing to his full height he said

Pirantha naal vaazhthukkal.. santhoshama sirichukittu iru and he gave her the card and the box with the anklets in it

Enna as usual unnoda kavithaiyaa ah she said taking it from his hand..the box she did not even look at

Thanks Kathiru was all she added and made no attempts to read the card

There was an awkward silence

One where Kathir waited thinking she would open the card..and Mullai so obviously waited for him to leave

Ashok stood looking at his watch the impatience and irritation writ large on his face

Kathir's sense of self pride kicked in

Appo naan varen bye

And he walked head held high

He threw one last glance over his shoulder only to find his Mullai linking her arm in his and pulling him with her towards the canteen

Kathir zombied through the day unable to believe how he had imagined the day would be and how it had turned out

She was his girl..they had been in love for as long as he could remember..

Though they had professed it to each other only one day before she left for her undergraduation in Trichy

But they had grown up together in Kunnakudi and had always been the best of friends