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

tell me it is delicious.” Caroline gave the bowls of soup and left the place with a smile.
Sipping the soup, both of them talked their heart out. Reema kept on talking to him which sounded endless for Vel. Will he be lucky to hear her throughout his life time?

“Have you spoken whatever you wanted to speak?” Caroline asked Reema. “Your brother has come to pick you up.”

Reema got up from the sofa.

“How can you contact you again?” Vel asked her with a concern.

“Convey your messages through Caroline; she will come home to meet me every fifteen days.” Reema left the place half heartedly.

“Reema, I will keep in touch with you. Don’t worry.” Caroline assured her. They all then sat together to have their food.

With tears, Reema left Caroline’s home with her brother. Reema’s brother could find out instantly the budding love between his sister and Vel. Without their knowledge, he kept on watching them. Those five minutes told him how deeply Reema loved Vel and if she gets married to him, it will be a perfect gift from her brother.

On their way back home, Reema’s brother Satish enquired her. “Who was that guy sitting along with you?” he asked her casually.

“He is from the same office where we worked earlier. We are all friends.” Reema answered him.

“Ok, nothing specific, I simply wanted to know who he was.” Satish did not ask her anything further about Vel. Though Reema did not know her brother had been watching her talking with
Vel, she did not find anything different in the way he enquired her about Vel.

Whenever Vel came to Trichy he never failed to drop at Beena’s home and meet their family. But his visit that time turned out to be something different. Initially Vel did not realize it, but when he left for Chennai, things changed greatly and he did not know how he was going to handle that delicate situation.

“Will you allow me to hold your hand?” Beena looked at him.

Her soft words did not reach Vel’s ears for he looked pre-occupied and lost in some thoughts. Beena could not read his mind. But could understand his thoughts were deviated and her presence did not mean anything special to him. She is just another member of the family at home.

Beena looked at him once again. Unmindful of her sharp gaze, he was busy with his work and he kept on scrolling up and down the document which he was reading through. After speaking to Caroline, Beena felt a sort of affinity toward him. Though they are related to each other and have the liberty to spend time together as they know each other from their childhood. Yet, they never thought to unite in life as husband and wife. Whenever Beena needed some help related to her studies or visiting the British Council Library, he was always there to help her. No one in the family objected to that and gave her the permission to go along with him.

Until she heard about Reema, Beena did not think him to be an eligible bachelor who can be a better understanding husband to her and a close member of the family who knows all about her. Now in the corner of her heart, Beena started to think about Reema to be a rival, a competitor in the game of love.

Beena cherished every moment spent with him, and she started to watch him closely. Though she knew him from her childhood, the focus she started to have on him became distinct and sharp.

Not knowing about the changes within Beena, Vel continued to move around her as usual. He failed to notice, every day spent along with her brought some delicate changes within her that brought happiness on her face whenever she saw him.

Vel lifted his eyes from the monitor and looked at her.

“Yes, what did you ask? Sorry, can you tell me again.” Vel asked her.

“Nothing special, I asked you will you allow me to hold your hand.” Beena told him.

“What a big deal. Here it is.” Vel gave her his right hand. He voluntarily took her right hand in his and smiled at her.

“You need not ask permission to hold my hand. Why are you asking like that suddenly?” Vel asked her with a doubt.

“Nothing, I just wanted to hold your hand for a while.” Beena felt Vel’s hand pleasantly cold. The soft touch of his inner palm slowly took away the heat that evolved from her right hand.

To avoid nervousness that started to build in her slowly, Beena took away her right hand from his hand.

“How can I allow you to take away my hand like that?” Vel teased her.

Beena did not reply his question but looked into his eyes directly.

“Please.” Beena tried to take her hand away from his.

“I don’t know what is happening with you. I can feel a change in the way you behave to me. Let me know the reason.”

“Do you love me?” Beena asked him directly.

“You are my uncle’s loving daughter. How can I tell I don’t love you?” Vel replied her back.

“Think and tell me. I don’t want you to tell an answer immediately to me. Take your time but you must tell me before you leave for Chennai.” Beena placed this request to him and left the room without waiting for his reply.

This sudden development hit him like electric shock. He never expected such a question from her. He never thought her more than a close family member and never felt an emotional bond to Beena, though he had spent more time with her.

Vel started to Chennai, his uncle called him. “I have something important to talk to your parents. Tell them I will call them.”

Vel immediately guessed it must be regarding him and Beena. Beena already knows how to take hold of things in her hand. She did not want to lose him and she started working on it without wasting time. But at heart, Vel did not want to marry Beena. He never wished to get married to a girl within the family. His thoughts went to Reema. Will I be lucky to marry her? Or will I be forced to marry Beena? Without knowing the answer for this question, he boarded the train to Chennai.

Meeting Reema at Caroline’s place cleared most of his doubts about their relationship. He was so glad that Reema also loved him as he loved her. She was deeply in love with him and the circumstances in her life made her love toward him stronger.

Reema had faced serious life threatening situations twice, and her deep love for him only helped her to survive and come back alive. Deep at heart she yearned to win Vel’s heart, get married and live together. Even when she was unconscious, her sub-conscious mind thought about Vel and the life with him. As an inner instinct that love gave her heart the strength to overcome such hurdles.

The next day while having breakfast, Vel’s father spoke to him about his marriage with Beena.

“Please excuse me for not saying yes.” Vel bluntly replied to his father.

“Why?” Vel’s father did not expect such a reply from him. He thought Vel would tell him to do whatever he wished.

“It is me who is going to live with her. I don’t want to get married within the family. I am very clear in that.” Vel answered him strictly.

Vel’s father looked at his mother. Though she supported Vel in this regard, she could not tell anything at that time.

“Vel, please consider what your dad tells. It is for your good only. Beena is definitely a good choice to be your wife.” His mother tried to convince him.

“I am very clear. I don’t want to get married within the family. Why don’t you understand me?” Vel got irritated and angry. He did not expect such a turn of events when Reema had accepted his love and the future looked colorful and bright. When he was thinking deeply how to open the topic with his parents, they have opened up with a new issue.

“Are you in love with anyone?” His father asked him directly.

“Yes.” Vel replied to him.

“So, now this is your problem. Do you want us to approve it or you have any plans of your own?” He questioned him.

“Without your consent I will not marry her. I want you to go and talk to her parents.” Vel requested his parents.

Both of them did not know how to proceed further in this issue. Vel’s father thought it would be better if he waited for two more days and decide. In the mean while, he decided to enquire about Reema’s family and fix a date to go and talk to her parents about this proposal.

Vel felt relieved after confessing his love to his parents. It is now left to them to decide if he can marry or not. Vel’s father felt in one way Vel is correct. Marriage within families is not advised by the doctors also as it can affect the future generation in all aspects. Though it may be delicate to talk about this to Beena’s parents, he wished they will understand. He decided to call on Reema’s parents and meet them in person regarding that.

“Reema, will you please go to the Aavin parlor and get some ghee? I need it now.” Reema’s mother called her.

Reema reached the parlor in five minutes. After getting the ghee she walked to the exit gate. As a surprise, Vel stopped near the gate and got down from his bike.

“Hi, Reema, What a surprise?” Vel called her with a surprise.

“Hi.” Reema could not reply him back.

“Just wait, let me get some milk and come.” Vel rushed to the counter and got two milk sachets and a few bottles of flavored milk. He returned within two minutes.

“I want to talk to you. Let me drop you at your place.” Without replying him she followed his command.

“I spoke to my parents about our marriage. They may come to your home anytime.” Vel informed him.

“What?” Reema could not believe his words. The sudden revealing made her feel excited. She blushed with a soft smile.

Looking at her blushing face in the rear view mirror, Vel teased her. “Oh, sweet heart, you are such a beauty.” He exclaimed.

Instead of stopping the bike near her house, he drove faster and reached his home. He parked the bike in the stand, and asked her get to come inside.

“Me! No, I will come some other day. Please.” Reema started to feel nervous.

“No one is at home. Only my mother, come inside. I want to introduce you to her.” Vel insisted.

“Please.” Reema still stood at the steps and pleaded him.

“You have come so soon.” Wondering Vel’s mother came out of the house. Initially she did not look at Reema standing down the steps.

“Ma, this is Reema.” Vel introduced her to his mother.

“Oh!” Vel’s mother looked at her sternly which checked if she is suitable to win his son’s hands. She did not tell anything more but simply asked her to come inside.

Reema