Mounamey Aval Mozhi

The Confession

"Enna da Solra" Adi asked with his mouth wide open while Ajay remained silent drowned in his thoughts fiddling with his fingers

"Mild symptoms nu enaku thonala Adi" Arjun sighed
"We have to take care of her more like a baby.. Oru 5 vayasu kolandhaya epdi treat pannuvomo precise ah namma apdi dha avala treat pannanu"

The three boys hung their heads low with their brimming emotions

"Ippo enna panna poro Anna" Adi asked starring at the wall
"Kalyanam panikongalen" Ajay voiced making the other two swap their heads towards him

"Already unga appa amma romba kavala padraanga neenga kalyanam pannikadhadhuku kaarano Priya vishyathula irundhu neenga move on aagala nu nenechikutu.. Ipo neenga kalyanam pannikuteengana avanga baaro erangidu.. Adhey maari Sara va unga koodavey vechu neenga paathukala.." Ajay put out the logic behind his words

"Enaku ennamo idhu dha correct nu thonudhu" Adi agreed while Arjun raised his head to see his brother whose eyes held a strong gaze and understood what it meant

Adi might seem to be a clown to the world. But he is the most smartest and the most dangerous one who knows nook and corner of anyone around him. Even if it's a stranger for a few minutes!

Any random person would raise up thinking Adi and Sara are in Love. Arjun himself has done it! But the way he remained glued to Sara was the siblingly attraction which held him to her

Adi claims to be a non- biological twin of Sara. His eagle eyes turn much more sharper when it comes to her. He knows what she goes through and what was upcoming. But he never stops her. He lets her live her life in her own way. But assures his arms hold onto her when she stumbles or gets herself wounded

There were random teasings about their bond yet it never led to the concept of love, feelings and desires from the either of them because it transpired to be a bond likely to that of a twin sibling bond and they cherished it

Adithya's eyes made Arjun admit that now it wasn't his brother his eyes were witnessing. It was Sara's non-biological twin

Ajay left the room to grab some snacks after being called by Janani continuously

"Unaku ena thonudhu Adi" Arjun asked
"She had enough.. Idhuku mela nama avala thalli vekuradhu seri varadhu.. Rendu varsho ava Mumbai la dha iruka nu therinju avala vitu vechadhuku kaarno she was doing good away from all this drama.."

Adi paused and continued
"Thanks to Siddharth.. Payyan nalla paathukutan.. Ava recover aaga maata nu enaku theriyu.. But I wanted to keep her away from Priya.. Illana naa unna niruthiruka maaten" Adi sighed burying his head into his palms

Arjun starred at him for a brief moment and settled beside him as his fingers brushed Adi's locks

"Adi" Arjun whispered "Adhukapro enna nadandhuchu?" Adi asked Arjun looking into his eyes

"Sara ma" He shook her. "Coffee" he said showing up her coffee cup and handed it over. His fingers moved to caress her hairline while Sara sipped on her Coffee slowly calming down

"Dhruv ah paakalama?" Arjun asked letting her think for a while. She nodded and jumped down the counter making her way to the living room

Taking baby steps Sara climbed the stairs and reached Satya's room. Hesitation took over as she blinked looking at the door and raised her hand to knock while the door went wide open as Priya muffled her tears and rubbed off her eyes

The women blinked at each other while Arjun intervened "Dhruv ah paathutu polam nu vandho.. Paakalama" he asked in a calm and composed tone. Priya moved aside letting them in to have a look at Baby Dhruv who rolled his eyes and watched his 'Chithi and Chitthappa' coming

The way he swayed his hands and kicked his foot vigorously made her smile. Sara caressed his cheek with her thumb making him giggle. She badly wanted to raise the baby into her arms and coo him

" But it's Priya's son.. Do remember it.. " her mind chided her. Priya picked up Dhruv in her arms and passed to Sara. Sara raised up her head while Priya raised her cradled arms around the Baby once more

Sara in a reflex softly cradled Dhruv into her arms while Priya cleared her throat
" Naa keela poyi Coffee eduthutu varen"
"Illa naanga kudichuto" Arjun replied immediately making Priya nod "Paathen" she said and moved out

Sara brushed her nose with Dhruv's making him catch her baby hair and push it off. She giggled and kissed Dhruv's palms making him giggle more

"Arjun can we talk?" Priya whispered from the door while Arjun looked at Sara who was busy playing with the baby. He nodded as Priya left and followed her to the kitchen

Confronting each other after years wasn't really a good idea but it has to one day to clasp off the baggage they carry

Standing parallel to each other leaning towards either side walls of the kitchen they starred at nothing in particular while Priya broke the silence
"Naa yen Satya va kalyanam pannikuten nu keka maatiya?"

He didn't actually want to know her reasons but nodded so that she would be guilt free after spilling out her feelings
"Arjun.. Naa unna unmaya Love pannen da__"
"Nee ena evlo Love panne panre nu la keka varala.. Edhuku Satya va kalyanam pannikute?" He asked gritting his teeth

"Arjun.. Unna annaiku Sara voda close ah irundhadha paathadhukapro I went mad.. Anaiku nee enga irundha nu ketapo you lied.. Enala accept pannikave mudila__"

"Nee avlo dha enna nambuniya Priya?" Arjun asked painfully "Sorry.. Interrupt pannadhuku.. Continue pannu"

"Arjun.. Naa unna trust panla nu illa.. Apo naa paathadhu en mindla already irundha ella insecurities everything added up and I ended up agreeing to Satya's marriage proposal.. I know it was too foolish of me but naa apo irundha mentality apdi" She broke out her part of the story while Arjun chuckled dryly

"Every coin has two sides Priya.. Now listen to my part of the story.. Anaiku nee paathadu ella unma dha"
He said shocking the hell out of Priya

"Anaiku naa avala yen kaikulla nenjoda saachu vechirndhadhu ellamey unma dha.. Adhukapro I leaned in and kissed her adhuvu unma dha.. But you know ' half truth is venomous than a lie' .." He told looking into her eyes for the first time in the whole conversation

" Sara had an anxiety attack" He told making Priya gasp "Normalah anxiety attack vandha patient polambitey irupanga kathuvaanga thenaruvaanga thembuvaanga.. But unluckily she is vocally challenged.." He said smiling dryly

"Avalala kathi ava anxiety ah thoonduna vishyo ennanu sollavu mudila.. Adha vent out um panna mudila.. Which ends up in her breathing difficulty" he paused making her realize what happened exactly

"And that's why I ended up kissing her.. According to me It was not practically a kiss.. But a way to save my patient's life as a Doctor" he stressed the word Doctor bringing her back to her senses

He walked the way out only to stop on his tracks and continue
"Enna oru ponna kiss panni paathu nee insecure ah feel pannadhu thappilla.. Nee enmela kovama irundhadhu thappilla.. But you could have confronted me atleast once right?" he asked feebly

"Oru vaati sattaya pudichu yen Arjun enna emathuna nu sonna kooda valichurukaadhu d" he paused wiping his tears
"Enakey Surprise kudutha paathiya en friend engagement la avanuku fiancé va ninnu.. Life la marakavey maaten Priya" he muttered and left behind a Guilty Priya who crumbled up hugging her knees close to her bossoms

TBC