New Beginnings....

Aftershocks....

Kathir locks the door behind him, steps outside and sits on the steps taking in lung fulls of the sea breeze... That was the hardest thing for him to do, to walk away, when his entire body and mind was screaming for release...

But he knew the repercussions of unprotected love making...

What if in that moment of madness he listened to her and she ends up getting pregnant?

For a moment, his heart leaps in joy...

Then she will have to marry him, no other go.

But the next second, that thought deflates like a balloon...

He wants Mullai to marry him because she loves him and not because she has to.

The breeze brings along with it the faint smell of flowers nearby...

And he pines for her..

He still can't believe that he did that to her...

It takes months, sometimes even a year for couples to reach that level of intimacy, some couples don't do it at all...

Would she believe him if he told her that this is the very first time he did it?

He feels as if he has been in love with Mullai for years, that for him, it felt absolutely natural to kneel in front of her and pleasure her in that way...

After his last relationship ended in such a brutal manner...never in his life did he imagine that he would fall in love once again... He was all set for being a life long bachelor and being a fun uncle to his brother's kids. He had been so cynical and embittered... Until Mullai came into his life.. She was like the sweetest honey to his bitter soul, that he felt that he could finally move on, and the most amazing thing was, that act of betrayal didn't hurt as much... That was a sure sign of him moving on..

He feels that this act of total intimacy would somehow make her realize that he loves her...

K MV: Ada cha...vaiyae thoranthu sollu... Adhu eppadi nee sollamae avulukku theriyae varum?

Why was it such a struggle to say it to her?

Three words...

How many times had he said it Radhika!!!

And look how that turned out...

He is not a superstitious person...but a tiny part of him believes, that to say it aloud would jinx it.

How dumb is that?

Cursing, he rises up...

And wipes his face...

Kathir knows that he is a coward, when Mullai was telling him, that in the past, she really liked him, it would have taken him, an extra two minutes to tell her that in the present, at that very moment, he loves her... But he didn't...

Instead, he kissed her...

He doesn't know if there is a man alive on this planet who could have done what he just did...

He deserves a crown for choosing to leave her when she was so willing...

He looks at his watch...

2 o clock..

Nalaikki Mullai avae Amma kitte ennae solluva?

That thought makes him sweat...

He starts jogging to her room, some sort of mad half story already forming in his mind.

An extremely bleary and annoyed Paarvathy opens the door...

Kathir glances at the other bed to make sure that he hasn't disturbed Mahi, and she doesn't even stir