Paisley Prayer
"We cannot allow this Seshadri growled
"He is a grown boy... Man... he is 30 years old
"Vasudha is happy he is not saying yes to marriage?
"After whatever happened she has completely drowned herself in temples and religious activities Srinivas fought the feeling of shame valiantly
Seshadri sensed it, and turned to his computer
"These days, the new computer programs require me to go back to college joking
"I agree... Vikram wants to study more. Anirudh is saying "Let him go Appa I will be here no
"Ask him to travel... go to Wisconsin Seshadri whispered, scanning Srini's table for any more paan
Srini rang for Charu
"What Mama?
"Kanna can u please order some... he laughed
Charu nodded and snuck out
"What about her da? Seshadri quipped
"Ivala? Her? She is barely 20 Seshu... 21... or something. Umm... no... Srini's face took on an aloof look
He was extremely status conscious and class obsessed
"Seems like a good girl Cheenu
"Umm... good girl seri... OK... but... umm... uhhh Srini grunted and rubbed his greying hair
"Has Vasudha seen her?
"Umm...hmmm Srini laughed
"What is her opinion? I will have to talk to Manni" (Bhabhi)
"Chancey ille da "
no hope
"Why?"
"He is THIRTY kanna. Umm.. inda kalathu paiyan (boy of these times) "
Srini grunted pausing meaningfully indicating Anirudh might have had relationships
"Let me try"
"No... paavam she is only 21 "
Srini sighed and leaned back and switched the play list to Sikkil Gurucharan
The men worked away for the next 4 or so hours
Anirudh peeked around 4 "Appa naa varen... see you"
"Kanna!!!" Seshu uncle hollered
Anirudh paused
"Charu pidichirkala? "(do u like her?)
Anirudh gasped quickly shutting the door, letting himself in
"She is as old as my daughter, so no I haven't thought about her"
"Idu romba extreme da that's an exaggeration" Srini scolded his son
"and the Suggestion isn't? "Anirudh bristled
"Its OK kanna... just head to the temple " Srini approved
Anirudh rolled his eyes and turned to the door
Amma came from home and he drove up from OMR road, it was almost 6:30 when they entered Kapaleshwar Temple in Mylapore and took the footwear off
He bend down to turn down the faucet as the tiny stainless steel nozzle sprayed everywhere, soaking his mother's peacock blue silk cotton saree
He noticed a foot adorned with the most gorgeous paisley patterned anklet on clean scrubbed feet with no nail color, her orange underskirt soaked from the spray from his faucet, he quickly twisted it down or atleast tried to
Couldn't help let his eyes, follow the glistening foot all the way up to the flawless face hidden under oversized glasses
She had seen him before he had
She turned her faucet off, staggering back as a man's strong arms steadied her
Not as tall as him but he too had mickey ears Anirudh noticed
A heat wave surged inside him as his heart raced
"Meenakshi? Epdi Iruke? " Anirudh growled with proprietorial familiarity
She turned crimson when she heard her name being called
"Hmmm... neenga? (yourself) she asked instead, respectfully inserting that distance
Vasudha Varadan looked like she was about to have a heart attack...
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