Aanal en idam nandraaga sirithu pesinaal, appozhuthu pechu thanthukonde keezhe guninthu velai seithaal appozhuthu avalin mulai pilavai paarthu en sunn... angaiye viraithathu. Paathi viraitha nilaiyil sunni irunthathu, naan mulai pilavai nandraaga paarthukondu irunthen.Velaikaari vendum endre guninthu aval mulaiyai enaku kanbithaal, unmaiyil neengal neril aval mulai azhagai paarthu irunthal mayangi viduveergal. Amma vanthathum aval apadiye veru idathirku sendru velai seiya aarambithaal. Veetil. Her squared shoulders screamed her disquiet. I stepped forward. I turned to Kia.“Kia, thank you. That was very sweet,” I saw on their faces that my words punched Xiomara in the gut and my tone twisted Kia’s insides. A tear was forming in the crook of Kia’s eye. I started speaking quickly, tumbling each new word out of my lips almost before I finished inflecting the last. I had to say something. I had to be the bigger man. The only man. I was terrified, I hurt and I wanted someone to hold me so. Looking ahead she noticed a couple making out and shaking her head she turned to Anna, ‘Isn’t that Vicky?’ Anna looked and nodded, ‘yeah.’ ‘I thought she just broke up with Mike this morning.’ ‘She did.’ Carmen shook her head. Yet as she did a profound (yet not new) thought occurred to her. She had witnessed in life many situations both on movies/tv and in real life where women who had recently broke up with a boyfriend or had been sadly disillusioned in love try to ‘get back in the game’. So there I was, extremely happy to reach home early. I knew I would find my mom worshipping; a peaceful whacking-off session was waiting for me on the other side. So I drove my bicycle faster than usual and reached home. I parked my cycle and climbed stairs peacefully, I never liked it when someone asked if I had bunked school or something. I would tell mom upfront, they left us early today.Then I opened the grill quietly and placed my bag on the sofa. Looked like no one was home and everything.