Lakshmi and Raji are surprised that they were actually there for Valentine's day celebration...
Raji: enna Karthik idhellaam?
Karthik: ingeye ninnuttu kelvi kekkuradhukku ... ulla ponaa therinjida poguthu...
Lakshmi: naan innum namakku promotion vandhadhai thaan celebrate panna vandhom nu nenachen...
Vishnu: adhuvum thaan Lakshmi...
Raji: build up laam bayangaramaa irukku...
Karthik: dei... machaan ... vandi edu daa... ivangalakkku pidikkalai pola... naama kovilpattikku kilambalaam...
Lakshmi: hey... enna Karthik tension aagare?
Karthik: pinna ennanga? pathu nimishamaa kelvi mela kelvi kettukittu
ingeye nikkareenga...
Raji holds Karthik's hand and says..."sari edhuvum kekkalai... vaa
polaam..."
All of them go inside...
From the arch, till the entrance a special passage was beautifully arranged with a red carpet on the ground and red heart shaped balloons on the sides of the artificial walls...
They reach the reception and the receptionist welcomes them with a
flower bouquet and chocolates. Karthik shows her a e-voucher and the receptionist gives him a register to fill up. As Karthik completes the formalities... Raji and Lakshmi take a look around. The resort was built in Royal architecture and ambience... Karthik gets the keys and..
says " vaanga polaam."...
From the reception... they walk through the beautiful garden... the entire view of the resort was visible then...
There were beautiful cottages on the right side... built in L shape... on the left was an artificial partition ... looked like some events were
being organised behind that. A banner was hanging with "VALENTINES DAY CELEBRATIONS ... THIS WAY... =====>>>" written on it..
In the centre there was empty space that lead towards the sea. Waves
were visible from there itself. The entire ambience was awesome and
so romantic.
They reach the cottage and Karthik unlocks the door. All of them enter
inside. There was a small living room with couches and a dining table in a corner. There were two rooms on the right side. It was well maintained and looked neat and tidy. All of them keep the bags aside
and sit on the couch relaxedly...
Karthik: Raji... Lakshmi... neenga oru room eduthukkonga... naanum ,
Vishnuvum oru room eduthukkarom... fresh aayittu vaanga...
Vishnu: dei.. ennadaa ... ippadi sollitte?
Karthik: yen? ennaachu?
Vishnu: neeyum , Rajiyum oru room... naanum Lakshmiyum oru room nu nenachaa... ippadi kavuthutte?
Karthik: dei... naama Valentines day celebrate panna vandhirukkom
daa... Honeymoon ku varalai...
Vishnu: (disappointedly) rite uu...
Karthik: Raji... Lakshmi... periya plan laam onnum illai... ippo time 7.30
aaguthu... inga valentines day kaaga edho fun games laam arrange
panni irukkaanga... 8 mani le irundhu start aagum... ungalukku
viruppam irundhaa adhula participate pannalaam... illa amaidhiyaa
kadaloram spend pannalaam... 9.30 ku dinner... inga vandhu buffet la
saappidalaam ... illennaa oru 15 mins time kuduthaa ... naama solra
edathula table arrange panni kuduppaanga... enna pannalaam nu
neenga rendu perum thaan sollanum... it's absolutely your choice...
Lakshmi: intha maathiri edhaavadhu plan pannaa modhallaiye sonna
dhaane Karthik...
Vishnu: ennaachu Lakshmi?
Lakshmi: naan kovilpattikku porome... Raji veetla yaarum thappa
nenaikka venaame nnu chudidhaar, sari eduthittu vandhen... oru jeans oh illa casual wear , party wear edhuvume eduthittu varalai...
Karthik: pudhusu pudhusaa yosichu kavalai padaradhula unga ladies ah adichikkave mudiyaadhu...
Vishnu: Lakshmi.. engalukku eppo enna mood varum enna plan pannuvom nu engalukke theriyaadhu...adhanaale engaloda kilambum
bodhu ellaa type of dress layum oru set eduthuu vachikko...
Lakshmi: ennadhu? mood varuma? adinga...
Lakshmi chases Vishnu to beat and he runs from there.
Karthik and Raji laugh ...
Karthik:Raji...dinner late aagum edhaavadhu fresh juice... illa coffee
order pannavaa?
Raji: enakku coffee podhum juice venaa...
Vishnu and Lakshmi come back gasping...
Lakshmi: enakkum coffee...
Vishnu: machaan... mahabalipuram experience ku appuram ... Raji resort ku vandhaa Juice naale alarraanga...
Raji: Vishnu...
Karthik: sari ... pesitte irundhaa... time aayidum ... rendu perum fresh
aayitte decide pannunga... naan coffee solren... vaa daa...
Karthik takes his bag and goes to a room and Vishnu follows him.
Lakshmi and Raji too take their bags and go to the next room.
Twenty minutes later, all four of them elegantly dressed come to the
living room. A room service boy comes there and gives them a tray
with a flask and four mugs and goes away.
Karthik pours the coffee from the flask into the mugs and asks.."enna
decide panni irukkeenga?"
Lakshmi: modhalla inga poyi parkalaam... enna games irukku nnu...
edhaavadhu fun aah interesting aah irundhaa participate panradhu...
illennaa sea shore...
Vishnu: super Lakshmi... Raji neenga...
Raji: enakku game ellaam venaa... amaidhiyaa kadal oram konja dhooram nadakkanum...
Karthik: done... Coffee kudichittaa ... kilambalaam...
All four of them have coffee and come out of the cottage...
Vishnu and Lakshmi go to the celebration area and Karthik and Raji
walk towards the sea holding each other's hand.
VALENTINE'S DAY CELEBRATION AREA:
There were almost twenty five couples dancing to the instumental
music being played.
The event is presented by some Event Management Group it looked
like, as the resort staff were busy helping them...
Lakshmi and Vishnu take a look around and someone announces in the mic aloud...
"Attention everyone... the valentine day celebrations will start in a few
minutes... enjoy yourself till then and rock the dance floor... Happy
Valentine's Day for the lovely couples over there..."
Lakshmi asks Vishnu for a dance and he immediately grabs her hand
and they start dancing along with the remaining couples.
Few minutes later, the music stops and all the couples stop dancing.
The announcement starts..." Attention everyone... now we start our
valentine's day celebrations... I request all the pretty ladies and
dynamic gentlemen to form separate lines please... so that we can
start game one..."
All the men form a line and women form another one. Now some
volunteers get some ribbons and blindfold the women. The event
comperer says in the mic..." Here we go with the first celebration
couples... All the men will be standing besides each other in a row, all
the cute ladies will come in a line in ballet dance posture with one hand folded behind and the other raised above their head. The gentlemen are supposed to hold the raised hand with your fingers and rotate them. so the lady will take a round and the next gentleman will hold her hand and rotate to the next man. No gestures of any form is allowed to hint. every one should maintain absolute silence. The task is our cute ladies should identify their partners with the mere touch of their fingers. once you feel it is your partner .. don't rotate and remove the ribbon off your eyes... if the person in front of you is your partner... then you win... if he is not your partner... you should go back calmly without disturbing the moving line and your partner also moves back from the line...Understood... now here we go... 1... 2... 3... ladies move..."
Ladies start moving and the first person rotates her and she moves
on... Fourth lady in the queue stops at a person and removes her
ribbon only to find someone else. She quietly moves back from the line and her partner who was standing first also gets back. Vishnu is
standing almost in the middle and a lady stops at him and removes her ribbon. Vishnu smiles at her and she moves back and so does her
partner standing next to him. As Lakshmi comes nearer Vishnu feels
little nervous and there she comes rotating and he holds her hand with his fingers and before he could spin her, Lakshmi removes her ribbon and smiles . Releived from the tension Vishnu hugs her and the comperer signals them to move behind, they obey and the queue
continues... ten minutes later, Vishnu and Lakshmi are announced
winners and another couple as runner up.
Next celebration starts...
heaps of gloves are placed in the centre and all the couples are asked
to make as many pairs as they can and the winner would be the one
who makes max no of pairs . game time was 10 mins and Vishnu ,
Lakshmi make 14 pairs ending up second.
Another game was making Flower bouquets... Vishnu and Lakshmi
come third there...
And the celebration continues with Vishnu and Lakshmi actively
participating with so much of enthusiasm and enjoying each other's
company...
ON THE SEASHORE:
Karthik and Raji walk towards the sea holding hands. Both of them keep quiet relishing the serene atmosphere in the moonlight. As the sea gets nearer the waves of the sea echoed. Raji feels a little jerked and holds Karthik's hand tighter and moves closer to him.
Karthik: ennaachu Raji?
Raji: ennamo thideernu alaigaloda satham adhigamaa ... oru maathiri
echo aagara maathiri ... ennamo bayamaa irundhuchi ... oru second...
Karthik: sari appo kadal kitta pogavenaa. ... ingeye ukkanthukkalaamaa?
Raji: mmm... sari...
Both of them remove their footwear and sit on the sand.
Raji sits closer to Karthik and puts her head on his shoulder holding his hand between hers. He turns and kisses her forehead.
Raji: I LOVE YOU ... Karthik...
Karthik: I LOVE YOU TOO...
Raji takes her head off his shoulder and looks into his eyes...
Raji: Karthik ...
Karthik: enna?
Raji: idhu ellaam eppo plan panne?
Karthik: kaalaile office ku vandhappuram dhaan...
Raji: promotion announce pannadhukkaa?
Karthik: mmm... hmmm... (he nods a NO)...
Raji: vera edhukku??
Karthik: ippo therinjikittu enna panna pore?
Raji: sollu Karthik... please...
Karthik: solluven... aanaa nee kovapada koodaadhu...
Raji: maatten... sollu...
Karthik: kaalaile unnai antha pink color pudavaila parthadhum angeye appadiye alli anaichikkanum pola ore aasaiyaa irundhuchi... bus stop aache nnu control pannikitten... appuram kovil la nee chain pottu vittappo nenachen... inge irundhu office ku poyittu appuram kilambi oorukku ponaa thaniyaa irukkura vaayppu kidaikkumaa nnu ... sari nnu yosichu ippadi plan pannitten...
Raji: kallan daa.. nee...
Karthik: aanaa enga nee antha celebration la participate panlaam nu
solliduviyo nnu tension aave irundhuchi...
Raji: yen? solli irundhaa enna aayirukkum?
Karthik puts his arm around her waist and draws closer to him and...
Karthik: unnai ippadi konja mudiyaama poyirukkum...and kisses her.
Raji pushes him back and tries to free herself but of no use. He holds
her still firmly and closely, looks deep into her eyes and says "I LOVE
YOU"... AND SHE BLUSHES...
Karthik kisses her again and says ..."idhu azhagaa naaan vaangi
kudutha pudavai katti enna surprise pannadhukku..."
He kisses her again and says ..." idhu valentine's day ku kudutha
azhagaana gift ku..."
He repeats to kiss her saying... one by one..."idhu en chellam T. L
aanadhukku"..."idhu enakkaaga lunch saappidaama wait pannadhukku"... "idhu ennoda manasa purinjikittadhukku" ... and she stops him gasping for breath...
Raji: podhum... ennaala mudiyalai...
Karthik: sari... pozhaichu po...
Raji: ppaah... mosamaana aalu nee...
Karthik laughs and says..."naan nallavan nu unakku yaaru sonnaa?
Raji: yaarum sollalai... naane nenaichikitten...
Karthik: adhukku naan poruppu kidaiyaadhu...
Raji: adhu sari...
Raji's mobile rings... her appa is calling...
Raji: hello... appaa... aamaa paa... inga reception la irukkom ... innum
saappidalai paa... saringa paa... mmm... kaalaile pathu padhinoru
manikku vandhiduvom paa... sari paa... kaalaile kooppidaren... vachidaren paa...
She cuts the call and Karthik's mobile rings... it's Vishnu...
Karthik: sollu machaan...
Vishnu: dei ... enga irukkeenga?
Karthik: kadal pakkathula... yen daa?
Vishnu: dinner ready nnu sonnaanga daa...
Karthik: ore nimisham daa... naan thirumbavum call panren...
Karthik cuts the call and asks her...
Karthik: Raji... buffet ready yaam... Vishnu vara solraan... polaamaa?
Raji: ingeye saappidalaam Karthik...
Karthik: sari iru... avanukku sollidaren...
He calls Vishnu ...
Karthik: dei... neenga saappidunga... engalukku inga anuppa solli solriyaa?
Vishnu: Ok... daa...
Lakshmi: ennaachu Vishnu? Karthik , Raji varalaiyaa?
Vishnu: illai... angeye anuppa solraan...
Lakshmi: Ok... naama saappidalaam vaa...
Vishnu: iru avangalukku anga anuppa solli sollittu varen...
Vishnu goes to a counter in the buffet and asks them to arrange dinner for Karthik & Raji on the sea shore and joins Lakshmi for dinner.
Lakshmi: Vishnu...
Vishnu: sollu Lakshmi...
Lakshmi: nee enakkaaga plate fill pannu... naan unakku eduthuttu
varen...
Vishnu: OK...
Both of them go in the line of buffet , select items, fill the plate come
and sit on the chairs provided and exchange their plates and start
eating.
Lakshmi: Vishnu... saaptadhum ... naamalum oru walk polaam...
Vishnu: Ok... done...
The resort staff come to the place where Karthik and Raji are sitting
and arrange the dinner and go off. Raji serves in a plate and gives to
Karthik and sits beside him.
Karthik: ey... unakku...
Raji: nee ootti vidu...
Karthik smiles and starts feeding her. Suddenly... the waves start
swaying higher and Raji feels scared and gets closer to Karthik.
Raji: oru maathiri padapadappaa irukku...
Karthik: nee thaane sonne... pournami aanaa alai adhigamaagumnu...
Raji: innaikku pournami yaa?
Karthik: mela paaru...
Raji looks at the sky and the full moon was glowing with its silver
lining spread all over the sky ...
Raji: super aah irukku... illai?
Karthik: mmm...
Raji: Karthik...
Karthik: sollu Raji...
Raji: life long... eppo ellaam mudiyudho... pournami annaikku ennai
sea shore ku koottittu variyaa?
Karthik: done... ovvoru pournami kkum koottittu poren... oru prachanaiyum illai...
Raji: thank you...
Karthik: aana oru vishayam...
Raji: enna?
Karthik: in case... oru velai ... eppo aavadhu miss aachu nnaa kovapada koodaadhu... prachanai panna koodaadhu...
Raji: mmm...hmmm... maatten...
Both of them happily finish dinner in the moonlight...
Chapter 73... coming soon...