The Tea Trail

Kan Kalangi Pesum Unathu Paasam

Mullai entered the room with the tea

Kathir : ada..rathiri velai masala tea venaamnu black tea thaane kuduppa

Mullai : athu Birthday ille athaan

Kathir : aana innikku athaan yen birthday illiye

Mullai : ahn athaan naanum solla vanthen..innikku unga birthday ille..yen birthday annikku mattum thaan kondaadanuma..ethir paarkkaama ethavathu oru naal kondaadalaam ille

Kathir looked at her with a smile..

Kathir : oh appudi..nee paartha athe padatha naangalum paarthom..pala thadavai..

He laughed

Mullai : nejamaave sorrynga..eppudi maranthenne theriyale..

Kathir : ey athe vidu..4 kazhutha vayasaavuthu enakku..ippo Birthday thaan mukkiyama

Mullai : neenga enna sonnaalum enakku romba varuthama thaan irukku...

Kathir : ntha naan eppudi da ore naalla ivvalavu azhaga oru plan pottennu brahmichu poi irukken..sooper ah irunthuchu..naan cake ellam chinna vayasula appa iruntha pothu vettinathu..innikku ellar munnadiyum ithana vayasula cake vetti vekkamaa pochu...aanaa oru mathiri nalla irunthuchu

Mullai : saappaadu ellam pudichutha

Kathir : romba..yaaru sonna ithellam thaan enakku pudicha saappaadunnu

Mullai : athai kitta ketten..avanga thaan sonnnaanga

Kathir : amma sonnangannu ellathayum ore naal pannanuma

Mullai : athu enna periya vishayam..

Kathir : ethukku ivvalavu menakkedra..etho oru item ille 2 item panna pothaatha..

Mullai retrieved the gift that she had bought for Kathir..

Mullai : pirantha naal vaazhthukkal..she said as she gave it to him

Kathir : ada ithu ennathu

He opened the gift and was pleasantly surprised..Mullai was looking at his reaction keenly

Kathir : oru vazhiya antha button phone ah ozhichu katta oru vazhi kandupiduchitta appudi thaane.. he laughed

Mullai : appudi ille..aana annikku kooda kodaikanal photo laam anuppichu pothu neenga mattum enna pandrathunnu theriyama iruntheenga ille athaan

Kathir : hmm seri thaan..amaam ethu kaasu ithukku

Mullai : (face fell on that) kadaila vanthu maamaa kitta vaanginen

Kathir : yen anni kitte veettula avvalavu panam irukkalayo

Mullai : (not wanting to make an issue) hmm..

But Kathir could make out the change in her once he asked her about this

Kathir : eppo kadaikku vantha

Mullai : oru 12 mani irukkum

Kathir: marupadiyum uchi veyyilla..yen ipudi pandra

Mullai sat there saying nothing

Kathir : cake, night saappaadu ithukku mattum veetlernthu kaasu eduthuttu intha phone kku night annan kitta kettu naalaikku vaangi irukkalaam ille

Mullai again sat there saying nothing

She remembered the conversation they had the earlier after dinner was ready

A kutty flashback

Dhanam : paaren naan kooda namma Kathir Birthday va maranthutten..

Mullai: amaam ka naan kooda..unga kalyaana naalnu velia ponom ille appo thaan nyaabagam vanthuchu