Will you marry me?

13 | Happy Days

Its been  8 months since Keerthi and Vasan are married. They are now on their way to Keerthi's house to celebrate Thala diwali. Before that Keerthi suggested going on a road trip to ECR and then besant nagar and finally to their house. 

Spending a good amount of time enjoying the beaches and serene surroundings, they booked a resort and stayed there for a day. Keerthi and Vasan spent time strolling around the beaches, taking various photos, swimming, playing Shuttle and so on. 

Evening checking out the hotel, Keerthi and Vasan had a bike ride to Keerthi's house after spending few hours in besant nagar beach.

With the sudden lag of continuous talks from Keerthi, Vasan turned his head slightly to see her sleeping.  Extremely tired with the day's activities, Keerthi fell asleep on Vasan's shoulders. . Though she has banded her hands on his waist tightly, Vasan drew the bike slowly for her careful enough not to fall.

Vasan had a smile remembering their first night after marriage. Keerthi was dressed in elegant dark green soft  silk saree  with a simple necklace along with the golden nuptial chain tied by Vasan. The saree was selected by Vasan specifically with the pallu having the words "My Life" engraved on it. 

She came in closing the door with a silver sombu(jug) in her hand. Keerthi looked different for herself with the new born shyness and nervousness she is experiencing right now.

She stretched her hands that was holding the milk to Vasan. He was seated on the decorated bed wearing Silk white dhoti and shirt. Vasan was trying really hard to suppress the laugh that was trying to emanate from his mouth. 

Placing the milk on the nearby table, Vasan just looked at her. There was a silence. "Do the namaskaram(get bleessings)" spoke  Vasan who showed his legs slightly lifting his dhoti for her to fall on his feet. Keerthi was fidgeting her pallu and took time not yet bending herself to get blessings.

"ahemm.." Vasan cleared his throat. " How long I need to lift my legs, get blessings from me soon. Its paining "

With slight shock evident on her face, Keerthi stepped backwards to bend. But he was quick enough to hold her by arms in the middle. Lifting her up, he made her sit on the bed beside him.

"no need of all this formalities"  Vasan spoke. Again there was a silence. "namaluku set agadha vishayatha yen pandra Keerthi ma??" asked Vasan (why are doing things that does not suit you?)

Keerthi looked at him in utter confusion. Understanding her reaction, he continued, "my wife does not know even the meaning of shyness. She is devoid of silence. A person capable of making a new born deaf with her talks. But here she is sitting like the symbol of silence"

Keerthi smashed his strong biceps and arms hard at his statement.  Vasan caught hold of her hands. ". Seeing your shyness I thought at once you have changed after marriage"

Hitting his arms again playfully, Keerthi spoke. " nothing just nervous" 

"why do you want to? Its not like we are entirely new to each other. May be this is the third time we both are in the same room, but the difference this time is we are married"

Keerthi laughed at his statement and rested her hands on his arms holding them. Vasan side hugged her shoulders. Lifting her head Keerthi started, "drink the milk before it becomes cold, and give me half"

"nahh.. I am already full. you drink"

"I can't drink that much amount of milk."

"if you don't drink it , it might get spoiled tomorrow"

"no problem, I will make palkova for you"

"what???"

"ya palkova is made from spoiled milk"