When he completed speaking mullai was looking at him with a sense of astonishment.......
Kathir raised his eyebrows as if asking her "What??".........
Mullai unable to bear his looks bowed her head shyly........
Kathir felt a bit breezy within himself...........
K:Mulla.......
M:Hmm.........
K:Edhukku nimundhu apdi paatha???
M:.........
K:Solluma........
M:Adhu........Neenga........Engamma........Hmm..........
K:Marupadiyum type adikaraale......Puriyara maathiri pesumma..........
Mullai taking a deep breath started speaking........
M:Naa first time vayasukku vandhappa enakku ipdinnu theriyaadhu.......Apo ellarum geli pannaha...Akkaum andha school thaan.....
Ipdillam strain aagi.....Semma thittu ennaya....
Mythi mattum thaan enakku support panna........Enkitta aarudhalah pesuna........
Apram veetukku vandhum naa romba azhudhen.......
Enakku idhellam venaam...........Suthama pudikkala.........
Akka.......Akka solluchu.........
Asingama illaya.....ponna latchanama irukanum...Idhu kuda feel pannama.........
Sollitte adhu thaan napkin vekka solli thandhuchu........
Enakku adhu romba varutham.......
Ammakitta naa veetla vandhu sonnen.........
Apram sadangu andha mutta kudikka apdinnu llam vekka........
Naa venaamnnu azhudhen........
Amma paathuchu.......
Apram oru naal.........Looking at him..........Dho ipdithaan......Solla pona ennaya madila padukka vechu neenga ipo sonnadhellam solluchu..........
Enakku........Enakku............Neenga........
Engamma solra maathiri irundhuchu........
Idhey maathiri........Amma madi.........
Mullai leaned on his chest closely all by herself for the first time ever post their marriage.....
Kathir's heart skipped a beat.........
His mind then only registered their proximity........
He was not able to think or do anything.........
His breath hitched...........
Unable to do anything he sat there quietly.........
Mullai oblivious to all these things was dwelling in her own world remembering the past.......
Kathir thinking to divert the topic started speaking something randomly......
K:Hmm.......Modhalla appa maathiri nnu sonna......Ippo amma maathiriya??
He asked with a smile........
Mullai who was in her own reverie didn't properly take his question to her brain........
K:Mulla.......
M:Hmm........ennanga??
K:Ennama yosana??
M:adhunga.......kanna.........idhellam.....thappa.......ungalukku epdi........
She asked hesitantly......
Kathir gently smiled........
K:Sahana epdi kannakuda ivlo close aanannu theriyuma ma unakku??
Mullai said nothing but gave him a puzzled look which actually denoted "Why this question came now??"
Kathir smiled and said.......
K:Enganni kozhandhainga venaam nnu decide pannirndhaanga ma....Immediately after marriage.......So she resorted in pills........Adhanaala at one point.......She was not able to conceive normally........
This was a news to mullai and she looked up with a sense of shock.........
M:Apo akka treatment eduthaahalanga??
K:Hmm.......Ama.......Treatment layum initial success aala.......After lots of struggles thaan sahana kedacha........Infact, second IVF la thaan.......
Adhum rendu eggs vechu onnu thaan implant aachu........
Avlo injections, avlo medicines, avlo harmonal imbalances........
Literally naragam..........
Epdiyo sahana porandhuttannu paatha then started the next test for anna and anni in the form of this periods........
Already harmonal imbalance undu annikku.......
And now severe postpartum periods..........
Annikku harmonal variationsla paal kuda varla..........
So she got terribly irregular periods and everytime it will be more spilling in beds than in napkins............
Naanga paathom......
We cant take the struggles from her.........
Adhaan........
Sahana va paathu paal varlannu anni feel panni azhardhukku badhila andha kozhandha engakudave irukkatum nnu nenachom.........
Naanum Jeevannanum discuss panna start pannom.........
Aana kanna adhukulla poi midnightla anni struggle pannum bodhu ivala naa vechukkavannu kettu eduthaan...........
Annikku kanna nna romba pudikkum..........
Kozhandha avan....Avanga inga varumbodhu 2 yrs avanukku.....Sahi porakkum bodhu 12 yrs.........
Kettadhum irundha painla serinnu sollitaanga.........Sandhoshama thaan........
Ipdithaan sahi engakitta infact kannakitta valandha...........
Even after 2 or 3 yrs she was struggling with her periods like that.........
Apo engalallam koottu ammaum avangalum solli thandhanga whats all this nnu..........
Apothaan purinjudhu idhula embarass aaga onnumillannu..........
He completed with a smile.........
M:Amused tone Ivlo kashta patrukaagalanga akka???
K:Hmm........aama.......Ipo onakku vali paravaallaya??
Mullai then only gave attention to her pain as till then he was talking her diverting her........
M:Hmm.......paravaallanga.........enna kudutheeha marundhu??
K:Amma thaan ma naattu marundhu sonnaha.......Adhaan kuduthen.......Idhu odane kekkumam........Aana enna 4 thadava kudikkanumam......Onakku ok thaana??
M:Ahn........oknga........
She said casually.......
K:surprised tone Nesamaave okah onakku??
M:Ahn nga......en thirumba thirumba kekkareeha??
K:Kasakkara marundha kudikarennu solraale.....Avlo vali irukkumo.........Marundhu kasakkalaya ma onakku??
M:Adhu kasakkara marundhaanga??
Her words surprised kathir more that was evident from his tone........
K:En ma neethaana kudicha??
M:Adhu........
Mullai then only realised the fact that she didnt even pay attention to the taste when he fed her.........
Slowly and steadily her mind caught the fact how he took care of her since evening and the position they both were sitting by then........
Her girlish harmones woke up completely by then.......
Her usual harmonal fluctuations coupled with his new-found proximity and her newly yet frequently erupting girlish feelings confused her to the core........
She left his embrace and sat straight.........
Kathir too left her and sat properly.......
K:Sollu mulla.......
M:Adhu.......apo.......therilanga..........She said in a feeble tone.....
Kathir seeing her looking everywhere but not him understood the fact that she must be in an emotional whirlwind by then........
He chose it will be better for them both to analyse these things later rather than the heat of the moment..........
As usual he spoke something to divert her mood and it was not so difficult.......
K:Serimma idhellam vidu.....Nee rest edu......nightu idli saapttu medicine kudichuttu padikalam seriya??
M:Illanga enakku ippave paravaalla......evening timela naa thoongala.......
K:Padukka venna.......
M:Venaamnga.......
K:Ok.......ur wish.........Ama epome ipdithaan aaguma onakku???
Mullai as he expected forgetting the rest started speaking in a normal tone to him........
M:Illanga......Enakku usualah exam timela stress irundha periods munna pinna varum.....Munna vandhutta prlm illa........
Aana ipdi lateah vandha romba paduthum...........
Overflow, mayakkam, vomit, fever ipdi ellam varumnga.........
K:Oh.......Indha vaatti thalli vandhurkka?
M:Amanga two days thalli vandhale paduthum.......Kalyana kalavarathula 10 days thalli poi vandhurkku.........
K:Oh........Vidumma prechana illa......paathukalam........Drtta edhum ponuma enna?
M:Illanga......Amma idhukkellam dr venaamnnu avoid panna solvanga.........
K:Hmm......Seri ok.......Vidu paathukalam........Nee iru naa kannavayum sahanavayum anuparen.......padinga........dinner ready pannittu koopadren......
Mullai bowed her head in embarassment denoting the fact that she wont be able to face or answer them both..........
Kathir understood that.........
he simply got up and left the room taking the empty glass...........
In few minutes kanna and sahana entered........
while mullai was sitting there with bowed head...........
Ka:Anni.......Indha question solli thaangalen.........
He asked directly without talking about anything else........
M:Ka....kanna........
Ka:Anni seekram solli thaangalen......erkanave naanum sahium velila snacks saapadrennu velaandu romba late aayiruchu.........Please.......Indha subject vera onnum puriyaadhu........Seekram nni............
Mullai who was till then sitting quietly chose to teach him forgetting other things.........
S:Chithi mudichuttu renduperum ennoda velaadungalen,,.........bore adikudhu.........
Kanna and mullai looked at each other......
KaM:Bore adicha unga kathir chithappa oda poi iren.......Timepass aagum.........
They said in chorus with a naughty smile making sahana jerk and study........
With that mullai and kanna started laughing and tickling sahana to bring her back to form.........
Kathir who was standing near the door was watching all these with a smile and left the spot.........
K(MV):Paravaalla moonu perume vaalunga thaan.......Anyways solpechu kettu kannavum sahanaum onnum kelaraadha varikkum sandhosham..........
Aana indha sahana en nammaloda irunnu sollumbodhu jerk aanum??
Namma chumma thaana irukkom..........
Vandha edhaachum nalladha solli tharuvomlla??
Thats fine..........
Let it go.......
Aprama sahanatta pesalam idha.......
With that he went to carry out with his works........
Post cooking he called his tiny-bonny folks for dinner........
As mullai was still weak and was not able to walk kathir chose to have dinner directly on their room.......
With the other two agreeing for the same they all had an as usual quiet dinner in their room.....
When kathir and kanna went to clean the utensils and make next set of medicines mullai and sahana sat quietly in their room...
Getting bored mullai slowly asked sahana.......
M:Kuttyma.....
S:Enna chithi??
M:Ipo en inga saaptom Namma??
Sahana looked at her as if she's an alien....
M:Enna Kuttyma???
S:En chithi ipdi oru kelvi???
M:Nee sollen....
S:ungalaala anga vara mudiyaadhu.....so ungalukku company kudukka....
M:Illa kuttyma dining hallayum ipdithaan edho principal vandha class maathiri silentah saapduvom..
Ingayum adhaan....
Apram enna company????
Sirichu velaandu saapta thaana sendhu saapta maathiri???
Asking such a beautiful question mullai placed the bottle to drink water......
S:Ama thaan chithi...aana commando kku saapdum bodhu pesina pudikaadhe......
When she said those words mullai jerked because of which water automatically entered her nostrils......
Sahana patted her head gently.......
S:Enna aachu chithi??
M: Nijamave avughalukku pudikaadha kuttyma???
S:Illa chithi.....Namma anga irukaila note pannirndhingana kuda theriyum...
Almost amaidhiya thaan irupom....
Pesinaalum saapda aaramikkum bodhu illa mudicha peragu thaan saapduvom....
Neenga gavanichadhillaya????
M:Hukum engatha gavanikka......Namma veetla anga dining halla okkandhaale endha timela avughalukkum un kutty chithikkum sanda molaikkum nra beedhila sore erangala enakku...
Inganna yaarume pesa maatreeha........
Ingayum one month ah edho exam tensionla naanum vittuten....
Ipothaan note panren......
En kuttyma ipdi???
Before sahana could answer.......
"Adhaan nalladhu"........came answer from an unexpected direction.......
Saying so kathir entered the room.....
Sahana and mullai looked at each other......
Periya indha paarvallam illa...
Thiruttu muzhi thaan.....
Thinking......
Ivugha/chithappa epo came........
K:Sahana.......poi kanna chithappa kku help pannuma.......
Sahana "thappichom pozhachom nnu jute vittuta kitchenla kannakku paatharam thekka help panrennu avana seendi velayaada......"
Kanna romba nalla thambiya annava nee rest edunne marundhu kuduthuttu naa paathukaren ingannu solli anupchurkan nradhu vera matter.....
Adhanaala thaan marundhu glass oda unexpected timela kathir anga prakatanam aayitaan.......
Mullai was continuously looking at him with "thiruttumuzhi".......
Kathir unknowingly smiled on seeing her like that.....
He came and sat beside her.......
Both were quiet for sometime.....
K:amaidhiya saapta principal vandha classroomah???
Mullai's thiruttumuzhi increased in dimension..........
K:Idhula companyoda amaidhiya saapadradhukku thaniya saapadradhu better nra rangekku pechu......
M:😁😁😁😁
K:Ipo en ma sirikkara??
M:😁😁😁😁
K:Oh.....idhaan eeeee nnu samaalikkardha??
Mullai quickly nodded her head as yes.......
K:Sahanava kuttyma nnu koopadra.....
M:😁😁😁😁
K:Idhula commando nnu vera enakku per vechurkinga.....hmm.......
M:😳😳😳😳
Kathir looked at her hiding his actual mindset.......
M(MV):Ivugha mogatha paathu enna nenaikaraahanne solla mudilaye.......
K:Pendha Pendha muzhicha seri aayiduma mma???
He asked in a quiet yet stressing tone increasing her palpitations.......
K:En ma andha per vecha??
M: Naa illanga.......
She nodded a quick "no".........
K:Vera yaarumma vecha???
M:Adhu......ka........ closing her mouth and nodding her head as no.......Naa sollamaaten.......
K:En??
M:Naa promise pannirken sollamaatennu.......
K:oho.....ammava thavira kudumbame apdithaan koopadrangannu theriyum enakku......aana madam adha secret ah maintain parangalama.......yaarukku ma promise panna??
M:Adhu.......Ennga epdi kettalum orey meaning thaan.....
K:Apo epdi kettalum nee solla maatannu solra.....
Mullai closed her mouth again as if stopping herself from speaking further......
K:Ennama??
M:in a requesting tone with closed mouth Ennga pleaseunga.....enna nambi secret lifela first time sollirkanga.........
K:in a laughing tone edhu??? First timeah???
Talking so he handed over the medicine to her.....
Mullai who was on the course of her conversation didn't notice it's taste......
M:Amanga first time......enga veetla naa edhaachum sonna olariduven nu secret eh sonnadhilla.....first time inga.......ennaya nambi secret sollirkanga.......yaarukittayum solla koodadhunga........
K:Oho apdi........kathir got the empty glass quietly.......
M:Amanga.....please adhanaala kekkadheehalen......
K:Hmm........in a deep tone directly looking into her eyes..........enta kuda sollamaatiya????
Kathir asked her........
without thinking the fact why he wanted to be special to her......
Why he wanted her not to hide anything simple or complex from him........
M:Kannavum sahanaum thaan enta per sonnaha.....
Aana vechadhu yaarunnu therila......
She reverted back......
Without thinking why he is so special to her
Why she has given him all the rights to explore her inner secrets unknowingly.......
Biting her cheeks......
M: Aiyayo pochu pochu.....enkitta irundhadhu orey secret adhum pochu......
Ipo enkitta secret eh illaye......
She said sadly in a cute kiddish tone......
Kathir got attracted to her kiddish words this time forgetting the fact he hated that kiddishness in his life.........
K:in a secresive tone inga vaa...naa oru secret solren.......
Mullai wanting to get secret moved more near to him.......
K:Unnoda secret ah enta sonnadha yaarukkum solladha.....
Idhu periya secretthaana???
M:Ai....ama......neengalum solla maateeha thaana??
K:Mooch........ 🤐 Solvena naanu??
He smiled playfully.....
M:Ai jolly periya secretuh......Ennga.....
K:Hmm......
M: kannavayum sahiyayum thitta koodadhu idhukku......
K: Hmmm.....kootama commando nnu koopduveeha naa thitta koodadha??
M:Ennga naa koopadla nga........
K:Avanga koopadradha ketta.....adhaana???
M:😁😁😁😁
K:Aana oona indha reaction mattum nalla kudu.......
M:😁😁😁😁
Kathir smiled widely on seeing her reaction......
He checked the time and understood it's time for them to study.....
K:Sirichadhu podhum padi......
Naa kannana anuparen.....
M: Hmm...seringa.......
With that he left the room....
With a smile of course.....
There kanna and sahana who finished washing utensils were coming back towards the room saw him smiling and looked at each other with a sense of surprise.....
Kathir noticed it and raised his eyebrows in question.......
K:enna da?
Ka:Ennanne aachu?? Sirichutte vara??
K:Adhuva........he opened his mouth to say something but ended up smiling.....
His smile was contagious enough that the other two too started smiling....
Ka:Ennanne??
K:Ahn......secret solla koodadhu......
Saying so he left the spot with a smile leaving behind perplexed kanna and sahana........
Ka:Aah.........Ada vaanarame.......en d killi vecha???
S:Namma paathadhu unmaya chithappa??
Commando.......
Smile.....
Secret........
Play.........
Epdi kanna epdi???
Ka:gesturing like beating pottana theriyum......idhaan saakkunnu per solriya???pichu puduven........
S:Pinna epdi chithappa ipdi??
Ka: Adhaan d therila......annanoda kannula andha velayaattu thanam........
Naa kelvi pada thaan senjurkken....
Paatha nenappe illa.....
S:Enna chithappa solra??
Ka:Ad....adhu..... onnumilla vaa......pona commando mood maari dose kuduka vandhura poraaru.......
S:Ama chithappa......kathir chithappa Manasu maari odi varadhukulla Namma thaazhvaana pagudhiya nokki odanum.......
Ka:vaa odalam.....
With that they both left the spot........
Reaching KM room both sat down with their books without ranting anything and started studying......
While sahana slept then and there kanna and mullai were still studying..........
Kathir checked them out every now and then checking the shop's accounts in the middle.........
Meanwhile, Kanna and mullai spoke to lakshmi amma assuring her everything is fine and then continued their studies......
As it's their final exams the family too didn't bother them much...........
In the middle of the night.......
When kathir finally completed his accounts and came inside to check out his KIDS he found all of them sleeping with their books wide open........
Kathir hates such a sight usually.....
He being a perfectionist if wanted to sleep means places the books on their space and sleeps......
Here it's entirely different that day as all the three were tired somehow.........
Still......
That scene was not enough to reduce the wide smirk plastered on his lips since evening........
He entered and gently took the books away from everyone's hold.......
Kanna was sleeping leaning on bed while sahana over the bed on mullai's lap.......
Mullai holding sahana protectively placing her head over the kid.....
When he took the books mullai drowsily opened her eyes and reached for washroom in a slumberous gait with needed things.......
While kanna leaned on bed more comfortably and slept, sahana too followed the same.......
Kathir looked at them both for a moment.......
He then took a bedspread and spreaded it down there in their room........
Taking other necessary accesories from kanna-sahana's room he made kanna lay there in his pillow.......
He then placed sahana properly in the cot......
Mullai came from washroom sleepily hugged sahana and slept in her space.......
Kathir then laid beside kanna and looked at girls sleeping there.......
His hands gently carassed sahana's head........
He then caressed mullai's head too and Laid beside his brother........
When kanna landed his leg over his brother unknowingly, kathir who hates and shrugs it off gently caressed his head too and Laid there thinking something.......
TBC..........