New Beginnings....

The past and the present collides...

K: Ennae kalyanam pannikuriyah?

She looks at him gobsmacked as though he has just asked her to go pack her bags and move with him to the desert of Sahara.

He climbs down the stairs and reaches her...

K: Ippo bathil sollae venam Mullai... Take your time...

He smiles at her and arranges her messed up hair...

It takes her so much of effort just to nod, he wishes her once again and leaves, and it takes her three attempts to unlock the door silently.

Mullai sits on the bed... Her heart hammering inside her chest...

Not out of happiness or excitement...

But out of fear and nervousness..

Shouldn't she have jumped into his arms with so much of elation and said yes?

Instead, here she was, sweating profusely and biting her nails with trepidation...

The bracelet, catches the light from the bed side lamp and glimmers beautifully....

As though accusing her for being so senseless...

"Kalyanam"

That word terrified her...

Instead of bringing up images of flowers, jewelry and delight at her groom...

Mullai's mind immediately associates that word to shackles, restrictions and handing over the reins of her life to someone else.

Her independence was going to be robbed from her...

No no...

She tries to think rationally and calm down..

This is Kathir...

Her Kathir...

A perfect and an unblemished man...

And she was completely in love with him...

So why was she so afraid?

She wiped her sweaty face with her palm and changed into her pajamas...

Oh God...

What if he asked for her decision tomorrow?

What will she tell him?

"Naan unnae rombhae rombhae love pannuren Kathir... Aana inthae kalyanam mattum venam, please"

Those words sound lame, even to her own ears...

A few tears escape her eyes and roll down her cheeks....

She loves him... He has her heart in the palm of his hand...

Then why was this being so difficult for her?

But...

She hated that word right now...

But...

What if he changed?

That was her fear...

Of course, he wasn't going to become like Sathish...

Rendu perum orae inamae kedaiyathu...

She has told herself this so many times before ..

But this was just the proverbial tip of the large ice berg...

If she said that she was avoiding marriage all these years only because she is afraid that men might change after it, then she is lying to herself...