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Dinakaran patted her palms softly and said,

“No Thulasi, I am not. Aunty was very much worried about you… She was not happy with your decision to marry Ranjan… She shared her concern with me and I asked her to leave the subject entirely to you… We all know that you are intelligent enough to take a correct decision…”

“But…”

“Wait, wait, I am coming to the point… Aunty told me that she can’t resist talking on this subject with you, so that’s why she decided to keep mum for a week… I guess Kavya is also following the same thing…”

“Hmmm…”

“May be this will give you some comfort… Your friend Seetha amma is not talking to me for a week now…”

“What?”

“Yes, she feels that I am torturing you…”

“Oh! I am sorry, I was not aware of that…”

“That’s ok Thulasi, she really has a point… I shouldn’t have let you worry like this for a week… Even Krishna was worried about you… I thought you can handle it, I am really sorry…”

Thulasi looked at her palms wrapped in Dinakaran’s hands. She felt very comfortable… A smile appeared in her face.

“It’s ok… “ she said in a low voice.

“Thanks Thulasi…”

“But why are you angry with me?”

“You really don’t know?”

“No…”

“Thulasi! Ok forget about it, you tell me why you are angry with me?”

“First you tell me your reason…”

“Hmmm… I never thought you are so adamant… You looked to be very soft natured…”

Again Thulasi gazed at him quietly.

“And even now, no one would believe that Thulasi can behave like this to someone… I am the only lucky person, am I not Thulasi?”

Thulasi continued to look at him quietly.

“What happened Thulasi, why are you looking at me like this?”

“Oh no Dinakar, almost a year back I met a gentleman and he gave a similar contempt stare at me… I am still not sure why he did that… And now I am trying to imitate him to irritate you…”

Dinakaran’s smile disappeared but his face softened.

“Thulasi, did I hurt you so much that day that the initial few meetings masks all other memorable meetings between us…”

“…”

“I am sorry Thulasi. It was my fault. I shouldn’t have thought bad about you and your family without knowing anything about you all… I want to apologize not just for giving you that insulting gaze but also for yelling at you like that at my home and then doubting your intentions for getting closer to my mom… I know I can’t justify any of those actions in any way… But please just for my sake think once from my side… Right from my college days I have seen many type of girls Thulasi. I am not going to say that everyone is bad and everyone came after me… But most of the girls whom I met were like that… In a way, that’s what made me run away from girls… Krishna is a small kid for me… Really speaking, before Abi aunty called me and shared the news about Kavya with me, I didn’t even realize he is 25. Based on my experience, I assumed that it’s just the same thing with him… I know it’s my mistake… I have realized it long back and have felt myself ashamed… I am really sorry Thulasi. Here afterwards I promise you I will not have any pre-conceived ideas about anyone…. Please…”

Thulasi interrupted before he could finish his sentence.

“Oh no Karan, whatever you did was not wrong… I have thought about it many times… I know you did that for your Chithi and brother… mmm… It’s… mmm…. just that I am not able to accept it… I am sorry about it… You need not apologize to me like this…”

Dinakaran smiled and said,

“Thank you Thulasi, I know you are kind… I know if we talk about it, we can sort it out…”

There was silence for a few seconds. Dinakaran kept playing with the small ring in Thulasi’s finger while Thulasi kept staring at him. When Dinakaran looked up and caught Thulasi’s eyes, color rose in her face and she looked away. Dinakaran continued to glare at her for her few more seconds and then said,

“We don’t have much time Thulasi, we need to continue with our discussion… We were talking about why we are angry with each other… Ok I have two questions. Why did you behave like that on the day I proposed to you? You don’t like me?”

Thulasi looked into his eyes for a few seconds and decided it’s time to come out of the shell.

“Don’t you know the answer for this Karan?”

Her tone and words made him feel so happy. He held her palms tight and said,

“I know Thulasi, but why did you do that?”

“Oh, I wanted you to propose more formally with a rose and a ring Dinu… How can you propose like that?” said Thulasi with a wink.

“Hey… Come on tell me the truth, is it because of Misha or is it because of my kiss?”

“Pch… No both are incorrect… “

“What?”

“Yes Karan… You shouldn’t get angry with me…”

“Me getting angry with you? Come on Thulasi…”

“Oh! So you will never get angry with me?”

“No Thulasi… I can never do that…”

 

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