Vijay arranged for a reception after a week to announce their marriage to friends and neighbors. He gave a week gap, so that Anitha can adopt a bit more. Since both Vijay and anitha didn't have family relations, the function is only for Anitha's office friends and neighbors, and Vijay's office friends, business contacts and neighbors. He booked a small party hall well before their marriage, it's a part of his plan, because booking party Halls not easy now a days, as we have to wait so long to get one. As usual Gayatri appreciated this, "mm.... well planned", whereas Anitha rolled her eyes.
Everyother details taken care of by him including arranging a perfect fantastic banquet dinner for their special evening.
Both Gayatri and Aparna struggled to convince Anitha, to make her ready for the function by a beauty parlour lady, as she doesn't have interest in such things.
On that day after finishing up, the parlour lady left earlier as because she was having another appointment. Anitha was standing alone in the bride room, as Gayatri gone to washroom. She was leaning on the dressing table and as usual she was lost in thoughts.
When Vijay came to call her to start off the function as the guests are started arriving, he was stunned and forgot to blink, because an absolute 'apsaras' was standing before him, like just now arrived directly from Lord Indran's kingdom in heaven. He didn't move his eyes an inch out of her. The endorphins secreted like a waterfall inside his brain which enlightened each and every cell of his body. He was standing like a statue, looking at his newly wed, non interested, heavenly pretty wife.
Anitha's head lowered down automatically by the look in her husband's (although yet to accept by her it's a fact now) eyes, she just wanted the Earth below her to get apart and engulf her inside. When Gayatri came out of the washroom and laughed at the very sight, she teased them, "please both of you come down to earth from your state of cloud nine, there's a world here too".
Vijay blushed, with a cute smile he came near to Anitha, and held out his hand for her. Gayatri placed anitha's hand over his, the very moment of the touch jolted anitha which is perfectly felt by her meticulous husband. He gripped her hand tightly as though to reassure her, as well as taken care of not too tight to hurt her. He started towards the stage proudly to announce the world, this adorable woman is my life partner, not better, best half...
They made a perfect couple on the stage. By looking at Anitha, the crowd was talking "where this girl has hidden her beauty in all these years?!"
Most of the men's (mainly Anitha's office staffs) stomach burned into fumes when they saw Vijay standing beside 'apsaras' Anitha whereas it's vise versa for the girls ( including Parvati aunty's daughter Swetha) when they saw Anitha standing near the young and energetic handsome Vijay in his grey suit.
Of course there were murmurs about their marriage here and there, which were washed out by a tongue licking dinner and precise handling of troublesome guests by Vijay himself. The manner and behavior exhibited by him attracted everyone. Gayatri and Rajesh also helped a lot in attending the guests. The function got over successfully.
After they came home Lakshmi ma took some dried red chillies and rocksalt in her hand circled the bride and groom's head 3 times with them and put them in the burning flame, as it's a habit of Tamil culture to get rid of the people's evil eyes.
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It was past 11, all of them gone to sleep with much tiredness. Anitha was removing her make up standing in front of the dressing table in her room, Vijay came and stood beside her. He was looking through the eyes in the mirror image of hers and said, "you look gorgeous" in his deep husky voice which made her feel something rolling inside her gut. He placed a small jewel box on the table and said, "this is for you, a small one since it's from my first profit in the business, which I wanted to share with you". He admired his wife's beauty for few more minutes, after all sighting her is the only chance left to him as for now and left the room.
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Days were passing by without much difference in their life. It's going like the same as it was before their marriage.
It was one fine early morning, sun not yet arrived still sleeping inside his blanket, the air was filled with mist as winter started, anitha after getting ready, was busy in the kitchen preparing both break fast and lunch for the day ahead. Vijay just now came out of the bathroom after getting his shower, drying his hair with towel in one hand, entered into the kitchen for his cup of coffee.
There was a small pool of water in the kitchen floor, Anitha didn't notice it, she wrongly placed her foot into it and got slipped out, lost control over her steadiness and started falling. In a single swift she was caught hold by Vijay encircling his arm around her waist and was hampered from falling down.
Both of them facing each other so close, their breath hitting one another. With that Anitha's two dark eyes like grapes, eyelids fluttering like butterflies, butter nose, cheeks like cusp of mango, the perfectly placed 2 orange slices like lips which were now wet and trembling, Vijay unable to control himself anymore he just drew her close and instantly placed his hot humid lips on hers. He was slowly melting in this excellently felt kiss, as he was longing for it many years, he totally lost his control and got deepen inside her mouth.
As for as Anitha is concerned, initially she is just a passive participant as it happened all of a sudden, she didn't have time to think, when her mind started realizing, she regained herself, got control and with full force she pushed him away from her. With this sudden unexpected force, who already lost his control and balance, Vijay fell down on the floor.
Vijay was sitting on the floor, he can't see anything, it was dark all around, slowly he came out of his sleepiness and realized that was a dream, due to that he rolled over the sofa which he used to sleep in Anitha's apartment and fell down on the floor in living room. "Oh my...what a dream.." he thought, with a sheepish smile, "when will it come true.." he sighed. He again clung over the sofa and started sleeping.
