Author's Pov
"dei Anna" shruthi and varshu entered shiva's room.
He was lying on the bed with his one hand under his head and the another above his eyes.
Hearing his sisters voice he got up and sat on the bed.
"dei Anna mithu va rendu Naazha paakave mudila enga ava" varshu asked.
"terila di" shiva replied.
"mmm love panra ponnu enganu kooda terila nalla varuva" shruthi said.
"mithu kitta Phone la Kooda pesalaya" varshu asked.
"illa" he said.
"dei Anna edachum problem ah sanda potingala" shruthi asked.
"illa" he said.
"ivan Ellathukum oru varthaila reply parang poda" shruthi facepalmed.
"phone kudra" varshu snatched his phone from him.
Varshu dialed mithu's number but her phone was switched off.
"ennachu di" shruthi asked.
"switched off" Varshu said.
All of a sudden Shiva lied on shruthi's lap. Shruthi and varshu looked at each other puzzled.
"anna ennachu" shruthi asked.
"mithu phone edukalanu kasthama iruka" varshu asked.
"naanum try pannen edukalam. Manasuku edo mathiri iruku di" shiva said.
"dei Anna feel pannadha Da kasthama iruku. Venum na namma inaiku evening mithu veetuku poi pakalam" varshu said.
"venam di" he refused.
"ok appo nalaiku ava paati or thatha Yarachum kovil la Patha kekalam. Engalukum mithu va pakanum pola iruku" shruthi said.
"mmm" shiva hummed in response.
The next day
Shiva and his family went to kovil today.
"shiva mithu va paakave mudila" his amma asked.
"terila ma naanum pakala" shiva said.
"anna mithu oda paati anga nikuranga paaru" shruthi pointed mithu's paati who was talking with someone.
They went to her but Shiva was hesitant to go along with them still he went.
"paati" shruthi called paati.
Paati looked at them and smiled but it didn't reach her eyes.
"ennachu ma orumathiri irukinga" anandhi (shiva's amma asked)
"onula ma" paati said.
"paati mithu vandhazha avazha paakave mudila" varshu said casually .
"mithu inga illa ma ava London poita" paati wiped her tears.
Shruthi and varshu looked at Shiva in a questioning way.
"mithu enga kitta sollave illiye" anandhi asked.
"engazhukum mudhal la teriyadu anaiku mithu ku vayir vali varala nu sonnen la anaiku veetuku poren naa nalaiku London poren nu sonna... Ava appa vum tickets potuten ava Amma avazha pakanum nu sonna nu sonnan. Aprom nanga enna solla mudiyum" paati said.
"romba kasthama iruku anandhi mithu irunda varaikum veedu kala kala nu irunduchu ippo orumathiri iruku. Manase sari illa" paati wept.
Anandhi consoled paati ma. Shruthi and varshu went near shiva.
"anna mithu london poren nu sonnazha" shruthi asked.
Shiva shook his head.
"unkitta kooda solla ma poitazha" varshu asked.
"anna nee mithu ku message PAnni paru" shruthi said.
"ava india number thaa enkitta iruku" shiva said.
"appo insta LA message pannu" varshu said.
Shiva was reluctant to message her. He was even reluctant to take his phone out. Seeing their brother standing like a statue.
Shruthi grabbed her brother's phone from the his shirt pocket and showed it to him to unlock the phone.
Once he unlocked. Shruthi opened instagram and looked for mithu's ID but it wasn't there.
"ID katala di" shruthi said.
"indha en ID la irundu try pannu" varshu handed her phone to shruthi.
She tried to find mithu's ID from varshu's insta account still her ID was missing. Shruthi searched mithu's account from her own ID too but all her efforts went in vain.
Shruthi got irritated.
"nammazha block paniruka nu thonudu" shruthi said.
"edunala di" varshu asked. Shruthi shook her head in response.
She looked at her brother. His eyes were brimming with tears.
"dei Anna ennada azhura" shruthi wiped his tears.
"mithu" shiva couldn't say anything further.
"dei Anna kavala padatha we will ask paati something about this" shruthi said.
They went to paati.. Shiva couldn't control his feelings. He misses mithu a lot.
"paati mithu London poitu kooptazha" shruthi asked.
"illa ma ava appa thaa pesunan mithu pesave illa" paati said.
Shruthi, varshu and shiva looked at each other...
Night (in shiva's home)
"Ennanga namma mithu London poitazham ava paati sonnaga" anandhi said to arulmozhi.
"eppo ma. Namma kitta Kooda oru varthai solla" arulmozhi said.
Shruthi, varshu looked at each other and looked at Shiva who was not even looking at them. His eyes were on the plate but he isn't focusing on the food.
"namma anna paavom di. Indha mithu ku ennada problem ipdiya sollama pova" varshu couldn't control her anger.
"sapadu aprom pesalam" shruthi whispered to varshu.
Shiva got up without even eating his food.
"enna shiva sapdama ezhunduta" anandhi asked.
"pasikala ma" shiva left to his room.
Shruthi and varshu both got worried seeing their brother's condition.
Shiva lied on his bed trying hard to sleep.... But he couldn't.
He closed his eyes tightly trying to sleep. Mithu's smiling face disturbed him a lot. The way she talks, the way she tease him... He missed everything about her. He regretted everything..
"please come back mithu" he mumbled.
The next day
Shiva called his friends and asked about their whereabouts.
He parked his bike near the kovil and ran to the place where his friends were.
"dei ennada odi vara" jagan asked.
"dei mithu va instagram la follow panringala" he asked
"ama ellarum follow panrom" arun said.
"please da phone ah kudu" shiva asked jagan
"dei ennada aachu orumathiri behave panra. Are you ok" kathir asked placing his hands on shiva's shoulder.
"please da phone ah kudu" shiva asked.
Jagan handed his phone to Shiva. Shiva quickly searched for her Instagram account but she has blocked jagan too. Not only jagan but also everyone.
"dei ennachu da sollu bayama iruku nee behave panrada Patha" sudeep said.
"mithu London poita da" shiva said.
"ava number irukum la pesu" jagan said.
"illa da. Ellar ID um block panita" shiva said.
"edachum problem ah machan." kathir asked.
"onula" shiva sat on the rock near.
I love you mithu...... I'm sorry........ Shiva closed his eyes and took a deep breathe.
Mithuna's Pov
I reached London. Appa and Amma are here to receive me.
I saw them waiting for me. I went to them.
"mithu un mugam yen veengi poi iruku" amma asked.
I hugged her tight but I controlled myself a lot not to cry infront of them.
"tired ah iruku ma. Let's go home" I started walking towards the car parking.
Appa and Amma came with me. They didn't ask me about anything which I'm very thankful about.
When we reached home.
"amma jet lag ah iruku Naa rest eduka poren don't disturb me. Aprom vandu india la epdi irunduchu nu solren." I went to my room. I didn't even have strength to take a shower. I changed my clothes and lied on my bed. I pulled the blanket over me and cried silently.
I didn't even know when I dozed off...
Author's Pov
" vignesh(vigneshewaran) , mithu looked very disturbed" Anjana said to vignesh.
"I noticed that but don't ask about it to her. If she wants to share it with us she will definitely share it. Don't worry mithu is a strong girl she can handle" vigneshewaran side hugged anjana.
Anjana went to mithu's room. She sat on the bed and pulled the blanket from her face.
Anjana gently caressed mithu's hair and placed a kiss on her forehead.
Vigneshewaran watched this standing near the room door.
The next day
Mithu woke up and looked around. Still she couldn't believe she is back in London. Her eyes burned from crying.
She got out of the bed and entered the bathroom.
She looked at herself in the mirror. Her face lost all its colour. There is no trace of happiness there. Tears rolled down her cheeks, she didn't wipe it she let it fall. Tears is her only source of getting rid of the pain.
She took a deep breath to calm herself down. She brushed her teeth and took a shower.
She quickly changed into a comfy wear and went to hall.
There she saw her Amma. She put on the best smile.
"amma" she ran and hugged her Amma.
She felt her Amma breathing in relief.
"mithu ma I was scared jaan." anjana said.
"kyun ma (why ma)" mithu asked.
"you looked so weird. Actually when you called us and cried to book a ticket for you. We thought you got into some problem" anjana said.
"maa mithu will get others into problem. She will not get into one. Actually I missed you so much maa because when I saw that people with family I was missing you guys like anything that's why I came back" mithu said.
"aththa and mama will be worrying bachcha" anjana said.
"they will Amma. But we will call them like we usually do" mithu convinced anjana.
"appa enga" mithu asked.
"office poitaru" anjana said.
"amma naa illama epdi time pochu. romba lonely ah irunducha" mithu diverted anjana.
"bohot miss kiya tumhe (missed you so much" anjana got tears remembering that days.
"aww... My Lovely Amma. Now I'm here I won't go anywhere leaving you here alone. I promise" mithu promised.
Anjana smiled hearing mithu's words.
"when you gonna join the college again" Amma asked.
"from tomorrow" mithu replied.
"you just got back mithu ma. Usually you will try to bunk your classes. I think someone casted a spell on you" anjana said playfully.
"po ma. Anga Oor la neraya per irundanga but ippo Inga vanda piragu yaarumae illiya adan boredom Ah kill PAnna college poren" mithu lied.
"anyway if you get good marks un appa kuthu dance eh aduvaru" anjana said laughing.
Both laughed...
"mithu ma India la irundu eduthtu vanda Pic kaatu. Mama aththa paakanum" anjana asked.
"amma, appa evening vandadhum kaatren. Ippo tired ah iruku edachum kudu Naa saptu poi thoonguren" mithu said.
Anjana made some sandwiches for mithu.
"amma naa sapten ippo thoonga poren don't disturb me" mithu said and she went to her room and locked it.
She took her laptop and saw the pictures she has already transferred to her laptop.
Her tears brimmed with tears.
She selected all the pictures she took with Shiva and the pictures she clicked of him. Her fingers were on the delete button but she couldn't delete those pictures. She put the laptop aside.
She rested her head on the headrest in the bed and relaxed herself.
She took the laptop again and created a new folder and transferred the pictures there....
Her fingers traced Shiva's picture.
(ignore the background and the colour pallette and brush in his hand)
Her fingers traced his face gently on the screen. Her heart felt heavy. She shut down the laptop and lied on the bed...
Here in shiva's home
"dei Anna ennada nee ipdi thidir nu chennai poren nu solra" varshu cried.
Shiva passed a plain smile and folded his clothes and placed it in the suitcase.
"dei andha mithu pona enna unaku naangalam illiya. Engala vitutu nee chennai poi enna pannuva" shruthi yelled.
"ava pona nu naa Pogala. Job thedavenama evlo naazh naanum vetulaye irupan" shiva asked.
"poi solladatha. Nee epdi nu engaluku teriyum" shruthi said.
"anna please na yosichu paaru" shruthi was trying to convince him to stay there but he didn't listen.
Arulmozhi entered the room and asked "ella certificates edutu vachutiya"
"ama pa" shiva said.
"neenga renduverum vezhiya ponga naa en paiyan kitta pesanum" arulmozhi said. Shruthi and varshu went out giving them some space.
"romba happy ah iruku pa. Nee talented illadhavan nu naa unna thittala. Talent irundum use panna matra nu thaa feel pannen. Ippo nee job poren nu sonnadu romba Happy ah iruku pa. Nalla job kedaikum. All the best pa." arulmozhi patted on shiva's shoulder and left.
" shiva unakulla talent irukum shiva. Neetha use panna matra. When the right time come everything will happen "mithu's words ringed in his ears.
He took out his phone and looked at her picture...
She was smiling wholeheartedly in the pictures.
" I love you mithu.... I want you.. Come back "shiva closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down.
" shiva idhula idly podi iruku idhayum bag la vai" anandhi entered the room holding a bottle of idly podi.
"amma idellam eduku." shiva asked.
"pasicha atleast oru dosa potu sapdalam la aduku thaa. Mithu Kooda En dosa podi recipe keta ana adha solli kuduka munnadiye London poita
" anandhi said.
"nalla ponnu da. Ava irunda time porade teriyadu.. Apdithane shiva" anandhi asked.
"ama ma" shiva replied.
"namake ivlo feel aagudu appo ava Thatha paati ku romba kasthama thane irukum" anandhi said.
"mmm" that how shiva responded.
"shiva ready ah pa. Kezhambalama" arulmozhi asked from the hall.
"sari ma kezhamburen" shiva said and hugged his Amma.
He went down taking his suitcase.
"shiva un friend anga room pathu vachurupanla??"... Arulmozhi asked.
"ama pa avan irukura room la thaa naanum stay panna poren" shiva asked.
"sari pa" arulmozhi replied.
Shiva hugged shruthi and varshu and joined his appa who was waiting for him in the bike.
Shiva sat on the pillion seat with his luggage. The bike left their home.
Arulmozhi dropped shiva in the bus stand.
"poitu varen pa" shiva said and got on the bus.
"I hope everything goes well" shiva prayed for that......
Shiva took out my mobile and went to gallary. He looked at the selfie mithu and Shiva took on the day she wore half saree for the first time.
Her eyes.... They speak thousands of words. Her eyes is enough to express her feelings. The love in her eyes made him scrunch in guilt.
He set that picture as his wallpaper and kept his phone back in his pants pocket.
He rested his head on the seat and closed his eyes trying to sleep..
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(London)
"mithu ma appa vandutaru" anjana said knocking on the door.
Mithu went and opened the door.
"face wash panitu vaa" Anjana said patting mithu's cheek.
Mithu went to the hall after freshening up.
"appa" mithu hugged her appa tightly.
"how's trip" vigneshewaran asked.
"semma fun pa. I saw a lots of things there. I met a lots of people. Ellarum enna edo heroine paakura Mathiri patanga teriyuma" mithu said excitedly.
"really... Aprom thatha paati epdi maa irukanga" vigneshewaran asked.
"ivlo feel panringale enkooda vandurukalame" mithu said.
"ummm.. Kandipa oru naazh polam" vigneshewaran said.
"mithu, photos kaatu mithu. I have been waiting to see it" Anjana said.
"one minute laptop eduthtu varen" mithu said and went to bring her laptop.
She set the laptop on the teapoy and opened the folder which contains the pictures she took in India.
"amma paarunga evlo azhagana veedu, makkazh... Aprom evlo Super sapadu teriyuma anga."mithu said showing the pictures.
Vigneshewaran's eyes watered seeing his parents picture....
" enna PA feel panringala" mithu teased him.
"yenna un appa azhurara. Enga papom" anjana joined mithu.
"podum enna tease panadu. Mithu idhu yaaru" vigneshewaran's pointed the picture which mithu took on the day paati invited Shiva and his sisters for lunch.
"idhu shiva, aprom shruthi, varshu... Namaku terinjavanga pa. Enaku Oor la suthi kaatunanga" mithu said controlling her emotions.
"oh idhan andha paiyana good good" vigneshewaran said.
They all talked for a while and they talked about the things happened in the thiruvizha how she devoured the tasty food there, Especially the food made by paati, anandhi etc.
They all had dinner and left to sleep.
Here in vigneshewaran and Anjana's room.
"vignesh I don't think mithu is happy" Anjana said.
"I noticed that too. Her smile isn't reaching her eyes... She is disturbed. I'm sure about it" vigneshewaran said.
"why she is behaving like this. What would have happened there. I'm worried vignesh" anjana said.
"hey kavala padatha. Oor la irundu thidir nu vandurukala maybe adunala irukalam. Don't bother about it." vigneshewaran said.
"namma mithu easy ah azhura type illa Yarachum hurt PAnna illati ava yaaravada hurt panna mattum thaa azhuva Adan edachum problem ah irukumo nu thonudu" Anjana said.
"problem irukalam ana namma mithu avazha handle PAnna mudiyaduna Namma kitta solirupa. Avazhala handle PAnna mudiyum nu thonunadu Nala mattum thaa She didn't talk about it" vigneshewaran said.
"edo solringa. Naanum ketukuren" Anjana said.
"sari ma thoongu morning ezhuba late aagum" vigneshewaran said.
Both welcomed sleep...
Hi makkazhe
Confusion ah iruka... 😅
Seekram santhippom
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