She looks at him fearfully and he feels awful about it but he has no other choice, there is no other way of getting her to listen to him. Anandhi is banging on the door and shouting at him to open it.
Mullai cannot believe that he really is here, she just stands there wringing her hands and looking around to see if there is another door to get out of there.
K: Mothala un friend eh kathava thatturathey nirutha soullu, yaarachom vantha solle sollu.
Mullai can feel the anger that is radiating off of him and she immediately obeys.
K: Aama theriya matha kekuren..unnaku arivae illaiya? Ippadi than irrutulae vara ambalaigala izhuthu kiss pannuviya? Athum yaaru nu pakkama...
Yes, he said it. His anger made him lash out.
Mullai's face burns in humiliation and tears start to flow..
K: Ndha....modhala intha azhuvurathe niruthu.
M: Naan unna Jeeva Maama nu nenachuten...nee than nu therinjiruntha pakkathala kooda vanthiruika matten.
It kills him to hear her say that but he steels himself for this.
K: Athu epadi di...nee yaro nu nenachu kiss pannuve naan mattum apadiye kai ye kattikittu summa irukonoma? Naan oru ambala di, kadavul illae. Nee koduthe, naan unnae niruthule... Modhala, enna enga pesa vittuae?
She begins to say something but he stops her..
K: Unmaiyae sollu Mullai, unkitta ithana naal pazhagunene oru thadava naan unkitte thappa nadanthurupena? Thappa unnae pathirpena?
K conscious: Dei nethu ava tankula irrunthu enthurichale appo un manasu rombha suthama irrunthucha?
He runs his fingers through his hair in frustration. How much he longs that he could erase it from his mind!
K: Naan ippadi unkitta entha velakamum kudukonom nu avaisiyama illai...yen na, ennai porutha vairaikkum naa thappe pannulae. Ennae pathi poi oorulae kettu paar...avlo ozhukamana paiyan nu solluvange...
Mullai bows her head down in guilt.
Kathir goes and stands right in front of her. He knows that it is making her edgy. He sees that Mullai is uncomfortable with his nearness, he goes even closer. He places both his hands on the either side of her trapping her in between.
K: Yen poi sonnae? Ithuku mattum pathil sollu...naan ingarunthu poiduren.
Mullai looks everywhere else but not at him.
K: Ennai paarthu sollu...unmaiyileye antha mutham unnakku aruverupa irrunthutha? (He asks her so softly that it is just a murmer)
Mullai's face in burning now, droplets of sweat form on her upper lip. The room suddenly seems to have shrunk, she swallows hard. A miniscule frission of heat travels down her spine. His eyes, countless women pray everyday for eyelashes like that and his mouth....was it always so appealing? She is finding it difficult to breathe, the initial stage of panic sets in when she realizes what is happening...
He is still waiting for the answer...
M: Aama...nallave illai....ennaku pidikevela (A blatant lie)
K: Marubadiyum poi.
This is another whisper, he is so close that she can feel his warm breath on her cheek.
Her eyes drop to his mouth...
K: Un vai poi solluthu ana un kan unna kaati koduthuruchu. Sathiyama sollu, nethu night nee oru thadava kuda itha pathi yosikala nu?
A pleasant aroma of sunshine and outdoors envelops her.
K: Un viral en mudiya pudicha vithathileya ennaku theriyum unnaku pidichiranthu nu, nee panna chinna chinna satham, innum en kadhule ketkuthu, unnoda uthadu...
M: (covering her face in embarrassment) please Kathiru niruthu...please, please.
But he doesn't...he wants her to know how much her words hurt him, he wants her to feel exactly how he is feeling. He wants to know if she is as affected by that kiss as he is.
M: (shouting) Aama...ennakum pidichiranthu...pothuma...
He smiles....but it is a sad smile. A smile that doesn't reach his eyes.
M: Itha eppidi naan avakitta solluven?
Aana onnu Kathiru, etho padathulae vara mathiri oru kiss pannathum ennaku un mela feelings vanthudum nu nenaikkathe..naan oru practical ana person. Ennakum Unakkum set eh agathu.
The words twist his heart
K: Antha mathiri oru mannum kadaiyathu.
M: Ennaku ennum Jeeva Maamava than pidikkum...itha pathi yaar kittaiyum muchi vidathe...
K: Avalo kizhthanama aazh naan kidaiyathu.
M: Thanni adichittu kooda sollidathe, approm ellarum oore kooti vechu unnakkum ennakum kalyanam panni vechuruvaha...vazhkaiye naragam mathri aiyudum.
He suddenly doesn't even have the energy to speak...he just nods.
He goes and opens the door and just as he is about to leave, she asks him a question.
M: Unnaku than naan nu theriyume, analum yen niruthalae?
He has no answer to give her, he himself has no answer for it.
How can he tell her that only because it was her that he didn't stop, that only because it was her, he gathered her into his arms.
He just walks out silently.
He can't hate Mullai but after that he develops a strong sense of dislike for her. She was the only woman who ever made him feel that he was never good enough.
The End.....
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