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

nervously followed them inside. After asking her to sit in the hall, Vel’s mother went to the kitchen to prepare some coffee.

“How is my place?” Vel looked at her and expected her to answer him. But Reema had not come out of the nervousness and she did not know how Vel’s mother would take this sudden visit.

Reema could not sit peacefully. Her mother will be expecting her within five minutes, and after a long time she had come out alone. If it is getting late, her mother will be tensed and may come down to the parlor searching for her.

“Please, my mother will be worried. Let me come another time. Please, let me go.” Reema pleaded Vel in a whisper.

“I think this is the best time to introduce to you. I don’t want to miss the chance. Please understand me.” Vel murmured to her in a lower tone.

Vel’s mother handed over the cup of coffee to her.

“How are you? How is your health?” She enquired her casually.

“Ok, aunty. I am good. How are you?” Reema enquired her.

“We are all good. Are you working now?” She could feel the nervousness in Reema.

“No, aunty, the doctor has asked me to take rest for a while.” Reema drank the coffee in one gulp.

“Excuse me aunty, I need to go home now. My mother may search for me. Let me come home some other day.” Reema stood up with a request to Vel’s mother.

“Ok. Do you live nearby?” Vel’s mother asked her again.

“Yes, aunty, it is getting late, let me go.” Without waiting for her respond, Reema started to walk to the door and climbed down the steps.

“What is the need to hurry?” Vel questioned her.

“Will you please drop me home?” Reema requested him softly. She still felt nervous before his mother and she feel her palms became chill with sweating.

“Mom, I will leave her and come.” Informing his mother, he started the bike.

“Ok.” Vel’s mother went inside the house without asking any more questions to Vel.

“I never expected you to take me to your house like this. I feel so nervous.” Reema told him angrily.

“Cool, cool. One day or other this should happen. I let it happen today.” Vel replied to her with a cool tone.

“I am still feeling shaky.” Reema replied to him.

“Shall I tell you a way to feel strong?” He asked her with a mischievous tone.

“Hmm,” Reema answered him back.

“Hug me tight.”

“You are, you are…” Reema stammered for words.

“Yes, I am a rascal.” Vel replied her back.

In the meanwhile, they reached Reema’s place. Dropping near her home, Vel turned his bike and rode fast before she replied with some nasty comment.

Reema’s mother came out and saw Vel moving away.

“Who is that?” Reema’s mother queried her.

“He worked with me in the office. I saw him at the parlor. He dropped me home.” Reema replied her back.

“I was worried. It is more than half an hour. Usually it takes only ten minutes to go and come back.”

“Today there was more crowd in the parlor.” Reema replying her went inside and took the story book to continue reading.

Reema still felt nervous. It took another fifteen minutes for her to settle down. She felt dizzy as her heart palpitated faster. Reema rubbed her hands together to feel warm. Riding with him in the bike turned out to be a cherishing moment. She felt thrilled like a small kid on her first ride on the bike.

Meeting Vel at that time was the first surprise. The next surprise was Vel taking to his home and introducing her to his mother. She never expected him to act so fast and get things moving on. That itself showed her that he loved her wholeheartedly and wanted to get married to her as soon as possible.

Reema did not know how her parents will take it once they came to know about this. Reema’s mother knew Vel only as her colleague, but her brother knew about her wish. At Caroline’s place when he looked at both of them sitting and talking together, he had a doubt if they were in love. Reema decided to talk about this to her brother as he may be able to help her out if Vel’s parents started to talk about their marriage.

“Mom, do you like her?” Vel questioned his mother. At heart he expected that she will tell him that she liked her very much and she is suitable to him.

“Who you are asking?” she questioned him back.

“Reema who came today with me in the evening,” Vel replied her.

“What to tell? She looks good.” Vel mother replied him back.

“That’s all. Do you like her?” He questioned again.

“Do you like her?” Vel’s mother asked him back.

“Yes. I want to marry her.” Vel answered her with a firm tone.

“So, you don’t want to marry Beena.” Vel’s mother looked at him.

“Ma, marriage within the family is not good. It can affect the children. Do you know that?”

“Yes, I know. But this is not new in our culture.”

“Beena is beautiful. It will not be difficult to find a groom for her. Why do you insist me?” Vel got irritated.

“Because, we want her to be your wife,” Vel’s father replied to him from the hall.

“Dad, leave this to me. Let me make the choice.” Vel requested him.

“So, you have become a big shot in a day to decide your own life. Sorry, I didn’t know about this till now.” Vel’s father sarcastically answered him back.

“I did not do anything without your knowledge. I want you to take the efforts and get us married. This is my request.” Vel replied him.

“If I don’t take the efforts, will you carry on with whatever you wanted to do?” Vel’s father questioned him in a serious tone.

Vel kept quiet for a few minutes. Without answering him anything, he went to his room and switched on his music system. He did not want to start an argument with his father so early. To get things move on his favor he decided to keep his mouth shut.

Vel looked out of the window. It looked dark and cold outside. Usually nights during November are quite lengthy and dark. The nights set in early and days started late. He got up and opened the window doors. When he removed the hook and pushed the window door, freezing chill air brushed his front curls and made his facial skin shrink in the cold. He rubbed his hands together and made it warmer. Then he pressed his hands on the face and relished the warmth for a while.

The kitchen contained all things to make a good breakfast. He checked the fridge and pulled out a sachet of milk. He poured the milk in the pan and kept it on the induction stove on the kitchen slab. Within minutes, the milk got heated. He took another pan from the shelf and poured equal amount of water and milk. After adding two teaspoons of tea and crushed cardamom to it, he set the stove to boil. In another two minutes, the flavor of the tea filled the room. He strained the tea and served it in two cups. Vel then added sugar to taste. He kept the tea cups on the tray and took it to the front room. He kept the tray on the table over there. Sipping the tea he switched on the television.

Suddenly his nostrils sensed the sweet fragrance that the cold air carried toward him. His bundle of joy comfortably tucked in a woolen shawl was dozing away in the corner at the other end of the sofa.

“Hi, sweetheart, you are up so early.” Without lifting her head up, Reema nodded her head.

“Oh, it is so cold over here. I am freezing.” Reema replied him through the shawl.

“You must have asked for my service.” Vel replied her.

“What?” Reema could not understand him.

“I will be very happy to make you feel warm. I am always at your service.” Vel got up with his cup of tea and sat near her. With a force he cuddled toward her and hugged her tightly. Reema did not tell anything but moved closer to him.

“Thanks. Now I feel so warm.” Reema replied with a smile. Vel took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

“How do smell so nice? What is the secret?” Vel questioned him.

“Hmm. That is a secret. I know you will like this.” Reema replied him back.

“I have prepared tea for both of us. Why don’t you have it?” Vel whispered to him with love.

“Let me enjoy this bliss for some more time. The tea can wait.” Reema smiled at him.

Vel kept the empty tea cup on the table and pulled her out of the shawl.

“Come out and feel the chillness. It is heaven to feel the cold air. The air here is so pure and full of energy.” Vel took her shawl away.

“Oh, god, what are you doing? It is freezing.” Reema screamed at him.

“So, today you have plans only to stay inside and no sight-seeing?” Vel asked her eagerly.

“Not so early. We will go once the sun is up.” Reema answered him.

Vel broke out into a loud laughter. “The sun will never be up. It will be chilly like this throughout the day.”

“I don’t know how I am going to manage this cold. Shivering, shivering, throughout our stay here.” Reema complained him.

“That helps me to explore more.” Vel replied her with a smile.

“You are always naughty.” Reema blushed with a smile.

Vel woke up early morning with this dream. Usually early morning dreams come true. Vel wished his early morning dream will also come true.

“What will I do if I don’t marry him?” Beena tossing on her bed kept on thinking about it. She felt restless and wanted to know why Vel does not give in and give his consent. Beena never thought of marrying him, but on the day when she learned about Reema and experienced in person the protectiveness and the pleasant company of Vel, she started to think about him.

Thinking more and more about him finally left an impact on her heart and she started to love him deeply and wanted to be united in life with him. Beena did not hesitate to share her liking with her parents immediately. She did not want to wait and miss him forever. She thought things will work out good if she followed the traditional way. Stand firmly behind the screen and get things done as you wish.

Beena was anxiously waiting for the call from her uncle. Both of their parents did not stand in their way and they accepted the marriage proposal between the families. But Vel’s reluctance to marry her hit her heart. When she overheard the conversation between her father and her uncle, Beena felt jealous of Reema. She did not think about the valid reason that Vel kept on telling his parents.

Beena could not over come the fact that what she wished to be hers is at her arm length, but