Mithra could feel her face flush hot and her plump cheeks crimson more and more whenever she encountered Dhayabaran s piercing eyes .
Whilst Kathir and Mullai were still searching ( or else faked as if they were really searching ) for the ring inside the pot , Baran looked at Mithra multiple times and secretly pointed out at his ring that was now adorning Mithra s finger . She flushed and blushed more on remember how causually he slid his ring ,near the store room .Now that Parvathy and Murugan' had left to Musiri , ahead of the family members , Mithra got a little more liberty . She was still hiding behind the other cousins or tried tagging along with Uma or Saraswati , but her eyes frequently searched for her lad . Not disappointing her , he too threw liberal looks at her and they dwelled in their own small world .
Vikki who was busy coaxing Lekha didn't have time to spy his cousin .
Without her knowledge ,she carressed the thick stubby ring ,on her finger . A wave of happiness , ownership ,fear along with some unknown feeling swept through her . It was all knew to her but still she liked it . She had become friends with this cousins group , since the day she landed in Rangan Palace. Actually of all , it was Vikki ,whom she liked the most of the whole lot . But now she could sense that Baran meant something special to her . Though she felt those intricate feelings for him since few days back itself ,he turned out to be more special and someone more important in her life since the minute he slid the ring onto her finger and asked her reply , only after five years !!!
May be the ambience of that day along with the presence of the best couple before her ,made her more and more inclined towards the young lad . At the same time ,the basic alarming instinct of women kept her on check as well . She very well knew her limits too . When she was basked in her own thoughts , she heard a shrilled rather playfull scream .
Kathir !
It was the groom who had screamed ,
Kathir : Shh aah _
Vikki : Maams , paanaikulla mothirathathana potoom . Yetho nanda potta maathri kathuringa ?
Baran : What happened anna ?
Kathir : Kaiyya killi vidrada unga anni ,
Ninga vera , Nandu ...sindunu !
Mullai : Yenga ...naanga ennanga pannen , athu sangu maathri erunthuchu . Unga viral nu enaku epadi theriyum ?
She said with a sheepish smile .
He had been carresing her fingers on and on without bothering that they were surrounded with the whole family around . She had been really good and was trying for long to decently escape the wickedness of his stubborn fingers but in vain . His teases underneath the water didn't seem to cease that she pinched him wantedly .
He too knew it and playfully screamed on the outside but was still having her hand inside his tight clutch ,
Their eyes twinkled together and smiled secretly ,
He bent near her eyes and whispered ,
Kathir' : Enkitta thaniya sikkuvilla _ apo yellathukum serthu vackukren . Kaiyya va killi vidra _
Mullai : Enna pannuvingalaam ?
Kathir' : Ivlo peru suthi erukaanga . Enna pannuvenu sollava illa seyyava ? Enakum yethunaalum double ok !
Mullai s braveness took a backseat after hearing his declaration . He was always a man who stood by his words .
Fearing it she happily stepped back ,
Mullai : Yenge ...summa vilaiyaatuku pannatha poi ....she must have said it a bit aloud ,
Because the impatient voice of Vikki barged in ,
