Raining Love for Her by Kalai Selvi Arivalagan (digital e reader .TXT) 📕

the cosmic show. The show provides a virtual tour of the night sky and cosmic shows on a specially perforated hemispherical aluminum inner dome. When the lights were off, the cosmic world revolves around showing the twinkling stars, shooting meteoroids, the rotating solar system and the rising and falling outline of the planet Mars in red color. The spectacular show also shows the city of Chennai with the brilliant stunning look against the night sky.

It was quite an unforgettable experience to watch the cosmic show. Vel had been there for a number of times. So, it was only another visit to the show. But for Beena, it was the first time she had been there. She was so amazed to watch the show. The entire place were filled with parents and kids and a very few youngsters were there. Vel and Beena took the last corner seat.

Once the lights were out, the revolving screen showed the beauty of the night sky, and the life took a different view for every one there except Vel. He felt bored and closed his eyes reclining comfortably on the cushioned sliding seat. In the next five seconds, Vel drifted into sleep and he slept till the show was over. He slept like that till the show was over, and Beena woke up him from his sleep.

As this was the first time, Beena was watching the cosmic show, it took her spirits high.

“Wow, what a wonderful show. It is amazing.” Beena turned and looked at Vel. He was deep asleep.

“So sad, look at him, he sleeps even here. Really something is happening with him.” She told herself.

For Beena felt that Vel was not in his usual spirits. He looked disturbed for he did not share any of his feelings with anyone.

The moment the show started he drifted into sleep. That showed the indifference he had to the surroundings. Now and then she started to watch him. Beena could not focus on the show. She wanted to talk to him and know what disturbed him and made him feel so broken.
Beena slowly placed her right hand on his left hand that was smoothly stretched on the left hand of the seat. There was no response. That did not disturb his sleep. Beena’s arm touched his hand with a concern. The smooth breathing that accompanied his sleep showed he lacked sleep for days.

“What is that disturbs him so much?” Beena had never been so close to any one and her nearness to him roused a comfortable feeling that was new to her. With a concern she gripped his hand for a while. With her long tender fingers she softly took his strong warm fingers in her smooth grip for a while. The masculine touch spread a few electric sparks to her heart and it slowly spread across her system. Vel did not move her away and in his sleep he failed to recognize her smooth touch.

Beena felt a tickle in her heart. “Will he be my Prince Charming?” The thought made her smile with love.

The show just went on for another fifteen minutes and Beena was happy it was over.
People started to move toward the exit door. Beena woke him up with a shake on his sliding seat.

“Oh, god, you are not watching the show. You are sleeping.” Beena called him with a surprise.

“Oh, sorry, I don’t know, I drifted into sleep.” Vel apologized.

“Hmm, let us move.” Beena started to walk toward the exit door. Avoiding curious eyes that looked at him, he slowly got from the chair and adjusted his shirt. He did not feel ashamed that he slept away during the show. For days, he had not been sleeping well.
Most of the nights, he spent disturbed sleep as he was constantly worried about Reema. He felt heavy at the heart as he failed to express in person his love to her. The days were not good for him as things turned toughed wherever he turned. Reema occupied his mind always and he could not stop thinking about her.

“Hmm, let me be normal at least for a while.” Vel told himself and followed Beena. Beena was much excited to describe the show to him and he listened to her without making any comments.

Then they went to watch the 3D show in another theater in the same complex. The show was especially for kids and everyone was given a pair of 3D glasses to watch the show. Every child in the show enjoyed by screaming aloud and Beena was also no exception.
It was five in the evening when they came out of the planetarium.

“Why don’t we go and have some snacks?” Beena asked him.

“Yes, I am also feeling hungry.” Vel took her to the famous hotel Sangeetha which was nearby.

They waited for more than fifteen minutes to get a place inside the family room. Beena looked around the crowd eating without even talking to each other. Nowadays in cities like Chennai people prefer going out and having food in a restaurant than cook at home. Most of the restaurants are crowded with women and children which showed that they don’t mind spending more money to eat. The shift in the look towards eating out literally brought out the women from the kitchen and they enjoyed eating varieties of food that saved their tough hours in the kitchen.

Apart from that, the restaurants provided hygienically cooked food with different tastes. People enjoyed eating all types of cuisine and experiment their taste buds with food from different parts of the world. When the whole world was talking about recession and shortage of money, these people never gave a second thought to spend more money to buy their food items. People wanted to enjoy life without much stress and strain and the money spent for life style expenses was more than the money spent on provisions.

Beena selected her favorites from the menu card. Vel told her that it will take some time for them to get the ordered food items as they were prepared once the order is placed. Beena took the opportunity to talk and know what is there in his mind.

“I found you sleeping during the show. Why? What happened?” Beena started slowly with that question.

“Nothing unusual, I was feeling tired. For the last two weeks I came late from the office and left for the office early. It is hardly two hours every day I slept.” Vel replied to her.

“Do you want me to believe that?” Beena’s question shocked him.

“Why? What is your problem?” Vel looked at her with a sneer.

“What is the need to lie to me?” Beena asked him again.

“Nothing to share,” Vel answered her back.

“That shows you have much to share.” Beena replied him back.

Vel did not reply to her question and looked away from her for a while. So many thoughts went across his mind. Will it be right to share whatever that is going on his mind? Will it be good if he shared with her whatever that happened between him and Reema? Vel could not decide. He somehow wanted to avoid this situation that put him into embarrassment. To save him from this trouble, they received the ordered food items.

Without talking, the next thirty minutes went on in silence. Both felt so hungry that they concentrated only on eating the food. Beena enjoyed her food for it tasted simple and delicious.

“Do you come here often?” Beena questioned him.

“I think this question you can answer.” Beena smiled at him.

“Yes, I often come here with my friends. Most of the weekends we spend here only.” He replied her back.

“Can I take this as a treat?” Beena asked him again.

Vel smiled back at her. “For what! Is there anything special to celebrate?” He questioned her.

Around 6:30 pm, both of them came out of the hotel. The day was tiring and Beena felt it would be good if they returned home immediately.

“Enough for the day, I am dead tired. We will go home.” Beena told him.
While they were walking down the steps, Vel saw Caroline walking up the steps.

“Hi, Caroline, what are doing here?” With a surprise he asked her.

“Do you mind introducing me to her?” Beena asked him immediately.

“Sure. Caroline, this is Beena, my uncle’s daughter. Beena, this is Caroline, both of us work in the same office.” He introduced both of them in a stretch.

“Hi, Caroline, Nice to meet you,” with a smile Beena shook hands with Caroline.

“Yes, it is a pleasure meeting you. How are you?” Caroline greeted her in her usual way.

“I think I can know more about him from you.” Beena’s request shocked Caroline for a minute.

“Sure, but that cannot happen now, some other day.” Caroline replied Beena.

“Let me have your number. I will talk to you later. We are feeling dead tired. Need some rest!” Beena apologized to her. After exchanging their mobile numbers, Caroline walked into the hotel along with her friends.

Beena waved back to Caroline and followed Vel to his bike.

The next day morning when Beena saw all the colorful roses in full bloom she shouted with excitement.

“Aunty, these roses look so beautiful?” Beena called her aunty loudly.

“Yes, it is so pleasant to see those roses.” Her aunty, Vel’s mother replied her back.

“Can I buy some rose plants while I return home?” Beena asked her.

“Yes, the nursery is quite near. We will go and get the plants tomorrow.” She assured that she will get her the rose plants.

Beena left Chennai in two days. Having her at home was a welcome relief to Vel’s mother. She kept on talking to her and helped her in doing all household chores. She even managed to bring Vel back to his normal mood. Though she understood that he was upset over something, she stopped questioning him about that. She kept on asking for one thing or other and diverted him from feeling lonely or dejected at heart.

Even Vel’s mother could not guess what happened with him. She told Vel’s father about his activities, but he asked her not to keep on pestering him with unnecessary questions.

Once while talking about him and his office work, she told Beena about the sudden change in him and asked her to talk to him and find out the reason for that. Beena promised her that she will find out, but kept on postponing it as she could not find the right time to start a conversation about that.

Even if she tried to ask something related to that, Vel was always hesitant to proceed further and avoided answering questions related to that. Beena thought it would be good if she don’t talk about it for a while. After meeting Caroline, she thought she would talk to Caroline about it as she worked along with him in the same office.

Beena called Caroline more than twice after their first meeting. But she could not ask anything related to Vel. Beena thought it would be ideal if they meet in person to know more. She tried her best to meet Caroline in person, but Caroline’s work hours came in between and prevented them from meeting in person.

Beena called Caroline after she boarded the train to her place. On the way,