CHAPTER 8 : THE LOVE BEGINS

It's morning, Charu and Prasad stayed in the forest the whole night. Charu woke up and shocked to see Prasad sleeps shirtless beside her while his shirt is with her. She screams until Prasad woke up from his sleep.

"What happen!what happen? Did the goons found us?" he asked rapidly.

"No, why are you sleeping beside and why your shirts on me? What you do to me? She asked furiously.

"miss stingy, yesterday you were shivering in cold and I offer you my shirt. Then only you sleep peacefully. Now you are scolding me. you must thank me for not let you die in cold." he replied.

"Oh, Then why u sleep beside me?" she questions back.

"If the goons come looking for you and I slept a little distant from you, who will protect you then? So let's stop questioning me and get ready. We have to find the way out." he replied her

Charu blooms. Later after they roam in the woods for more than an hour, Charu's stomach starts to sound indicating that she is hungry.

"Oh my god. I'm damn hungry. I have to grab something to eat or I think I will collapse. It's all because of you Prasad. You asked you to ran into the woods? She scold him.

"Oh madam. Don't forget I stuck here because of you. Now you are blaming me for it. If I'm not there, you would've died yesterday. I sacrificed my life to save yours." he argues back.

Later he saw a mango tree with lots of mangoes on there and went there to pluck some for charu.

"Hey madam, see what we found?" he tells Charu while pointing his finger towards the mango tree.

"I asked for foods not fruits but its ok as I can't bear my hunger anymore, so its good enough we found some fruits ." charu complains

"Wait, wait I will pluck it for you," he said.

Later he pluck some ripe mangoes and give it to Charu. Charu happily eats them. Later she shared some bites with prasad.

"Nah, you have some. it's so yummy." she insisted on him to eat. "In cities, even ripe mangoes are sour but here, its damn sweet. I really love this place and this surrounding calms me down," she adds on while looking at Prasad. Later she fells and hurts her ankle. Charu tried to walk but she couldn't.

"Ouch, it's so paining" she screams.

"Now what?. you are such a trouble maker," he said

"It's ok I think I can walk," she replied

Later Prasad lifts Charu in his arm and they both looked at each other.

While on the other hand, Thamizh asks his dad not to worry about anbrassan treats. He asked his sister to stay at home for today. She agrees. Thamizh went to his office.while on his way, he saw the parks that yesterday him and Preethi went. He think about the moments with Preethi and he smiled.

"She just so crazy and a drama queen" he talked to himself.

He decided to buy Preethi a flower before he went to the office. So he stops by a florist and buy a rose to her. He went to Preethi's office and surprises her with the rose. She gets blush. While they talking, Thamizh got a call from his workplace. His boss informs him that an event will be held at 4.00 pm at Negeri Sembilan so he have to go and cover the whole event on behalf of their team.

"Hey thamizh, our team just got the news that a big event will be held today at Negeri Sembilan. Lots of big influencers will be present there and their VIP guest is our most lovable prime minister 'Datin Kanaga Muniyandi. So we think you are the best reporter for this kind of event. Even your dad is invited to the same event.

" Oh really sir,? I would love to join that event sir, I will be there on time sir" Thamizh tells his boss and cut the call.

"Preeti…" her office HR, Eswary called Preeti from behind. She informs about the same event to Preeti and asks her to join the event.

"Preeti, our chief ask me to inform you that there is a big event that will be held at Negeri Sembilan today evening and you are the right person to go there on behalf of our team Preeti, Eswary inform her gently and left to her cabin.

Thamizh started smiling as he knows that Preeti also invited to the same event at Negeri Sembilan. He also feels so happy that he could spend some time with her today.

" Oii, Thamizh can I know why are u smiling alone now ?" clamored Preeti with confused face.

" Nothing drama queen, actually just now my boss called me and ask me to go for one event at Negeri Sembilan this evening, I think your HR just now mentioned the same event" explained Thamizh happily.

"Oh yeah, what a coincidence, then I will catch u later at that party Thamizh, u move first, I also have some works to finish now, see u later" Preeti add on and try to leave the place.

"hey Preeti" Thamizh called her in high tone, "what?" she questioned back. Thamizh decided to give lift to her so that he could spend some time with her.

"well we are going to the same event at the same place, why not u follow me and we go there together? don't worry I can give lift to u" he laughed.

"no need, I can manage myself and my parents don't know that I'm still talking to you, I don't want to create troubles once again" she refused.

"Hey girl just don't make a scene, we are already friends now, and I guarantee that your parents will never know about this, ok" Thamizh insists Preeti. She argues then agrees to follow him.

"Ok monster, later pick me at LRT station near my house at 3.00 pm, please don't be late, we have to be there by 4.00 pm," she tells strictly.

"Okay drama queen" Thamizh agree and move from there. While in the car he realized that he started to fall for Preeti for real and he completely forgot about his plan to revenge her. He was confused about his feeling towards Preeti but he feels so happy that he can travel with her and spend time with her later.

On the other side, while arguing, Charu and Prasad found the way out. Charu gets happy and runs towards her car.

"Oh god, at last we found the way out. She said while running to her car.

Later she realized that the goons punctured her tires and she grab her mobile to book a taxi but Prasad offers her a lift as they are going to the same location.

"Hey miss stingy, there will be no taxi around here and we are both going to the same location so just let me drop you. Come sit on my bike," he asked her.

"No, it's ok I can manage myself onwards," she replied

"Hey, the goons may come back for you, you are safe with me. Don't worry, I will take care of you." he insisted her to come with him.

Charu accepts to go with him.

"Hey, I never had a bike ride in my entire life. My father never let me learn as he thinks it's dangerous and risky.so please be more careful," she said

"If you are so scared of falling, just hold my waist tightly." he teases her.

"hahaha, so funny, later remind me of this joke, I will laugh," she argues back

.Later she sits on his bike and hold his waist. She enjoys the ride. suddenly she asked him to stop the bike for a while.

"Hey.hey, hey! Can u just stop the bike for while." she request her

"Why what happen?" he asked back.

"I love the sceneries here. It's so awesome and beautiful. In cities, you will never able to find sceneries like this. So I just wanna take some pics as memories. Please, just 5 minutes." she pleaded him to stop the bike.

"Just 5 minutes. Then I won't wait for you" he replied.

Later he stops the bike and she thanked him. She went to take some pictures. She invites him to join her to take selfies.

"Hey Prasad, let's take some selfie together."

"Me! No way. I don't like selfies at all."

"Don't be a baby boy. Come let's have fun" she said and pulled him to take some pictures with her.

Later they both spend some quality time together and they tried different postures of pictures. They both laugh seeing the pictures. He smiled seeing her reactions.

"Hey charu it's getting late. Come on. We gonna have a long ride. don't waste time." he asked her to hurry up.

"OK, OK, I'm coming. She answered back.

Later she gets on his bike and holds his waist, he smiled. Charu saw this via his side mirror and ask him.

"Why are u smiling like an idiot," she asked.

"Nothing. Am I don't have the rights to smile too?" he replied

Later their silly arguments continue until they reached his village.

"Hey Prasad, please drop me at a hotel nearby. She asked him.

"Hey are u kidding me, here, there are no hotels in a 50km radius. U seemed like an intelligent girl. Why don't you learn about this place before come? Don't worry, I will drop you somewhere safer." he said to her.

Later he brings her to his house.

"Why you bring me here? Whose house is this? Is this a homestay?" she continuously asked him.

"No it's my house. Stay here tonight."

"Are u kidding me dude. How can I stay in your house." she sternly tells him

"Hey Prasad, why are you late. You supposed to be here yesterday. we were so worried about you. Your brother asked your friends about your whereabouts but no one knows you where you went." scold his aunt, Radha while runs to hug him

"Who is this girl? Why you bring her here? Is this your girlfriend?" she rapidly asked him happily expecting charu to be his girlfriend.

"No aunty. Yesterday some goons misbehave with me, then your son is the one saved me and we run into the wood. That's why he cannot come yesterday. I'm really sorry aunty." she apologized to her.

"What are u saying ma? Are u fine now? Why the goons are after you?" Radha asked charu.

"No aunty I'm investigating the murder case of Mr.Krisnanmoorthy. That's why they warned me to not involved in this murder or else they threaten to kill me. Thank god your son saved me." she explains her the whole scenario.

"What Mr. Krisnanmoorthy's murder. Why you want to dig up past murder ma?" Radha asked curiously.

"Last month, there was a murder in my city. We conclude that the killer is the same person. We got to see by the way he killed the victims. That why I'm here to investigate more about Mr. Krisnanmoorthy." she replied.

Later she welcomed Charu to their home happily. Prasad family greets her and asks her to be comfortable and make herself like home. She thanked them.

"Hey bro, where u went yesterday? I missed you a lot." his brother, Kumar questions him and later hugged him.

Later he take Prasad aside and asked him whether he liked charu or not.

"Hey bro, you like Charu right. I can see in your eyes. You kept looking at her." he mocks Prasad.

"No way I'm going to like the troublemaker" he replies

"Bro u already give her nickname and please don't pretend like you don't love. I know you very well than others. I'm sure you love her. It's so obvious u love her. The way you look at her, he way you care her" Kumar adds on.

Prasad just smile and went away.

Later Radha asks Charu to freshen up so they can have lunch together.

"Hey charu, sorry we don't have a guest room but u can share the room with my daughter, Swetha if u don't mind? Radha informs Charu.

"Its ok aunty, I can manage. I should thank you for letting me stay here tonight." Charu thanked her

"I can see why my son likes you. I'm sure you will take good care of him." Radha adds on

Charu gets confused.

Charu comes downstairs to have lunch with them. Later she see how the Prasad family playing with each other and have fun. Radha calls her to have lunch with them.

"Hey charu, what are you looking for? Come have lunch with us. Charu join them for lunch and had a nice chit chat with them.

"In my family, I'm the only child. I always wanted a brother or sister to play with . when I saw you guys I really got jealous," she tells them.

"Charu, you are a part of our family ma," Radha replied.

After a few moments, charu asked Prasad's uncle, Dhana some questions regarding Mr. Krisnanmoorthy's murder.

"uncle did Mr. Krisnamoorthy had enemies?" she asked him curiously.

"I don't know ma," he said

"Eat first, later we can talk about it further" he adds on

Charu noticed that Prasad's uncle, Mr. Dhana try to change the story whenever she asked about the murder. After enjoying the lunch, she went outside to integrate with the villagers about Mr. Kirsnanmoorthy's murder.

"He had extramarital affairs that's why his wife, Thilaga suicide because she can't bear her husband betrayal. Pity her." one of the villagers revealed about how Prasad's mom passed away. Then the whole village starts to gossip again about Mr. Krisnanmoorthy's murder.

Charu feels sorry for Prasad and realized that's why he keeps silent when she asked him yesterday. Later she request the villagers to stop gossiping about Mr. Krisnanmoorthy as it will hurt Prasad.

"Hey girl, yesterday you escaped from us but today you can't even think about that" the goons call Charu from behind. Charu turns back and stunned to see the louts with guns.

"What you want?" she yells at the goons

"I warned you to not investigate about this case further but you didn't listen to me and now u have to pay the price." he angrily replied to her. A kid who saw charu get beaten, ran faster to inform Prasad about this.

"Anne(Brother), Anne! Your friend is getting beaten there by some goons. Please help her. The goons have guns with them and they warned us not to interfere or else they will shoot us" the kid tells Prasad.

"What! the goons are back" he shocked.

Later he and Kumar ran to save Charu.

"I told you not to get involved in this murder but u didn't listen to me" the goons raised his hand to slap Charu.

"Don't you dare to touch her" prasad stops him from slapping her.

"If u dare, come fight with me now," he adds on

Later he alongside his brother fight them and successfully chased them away.

"Charu, did they hurt you. I'm sorry for being late." he ran to her and hugged her tightly and apologized for being late.

"They just slap me twice. I think it's the same goon that abducted me last month while I'm investigating this case," she informs him.

"Whaaat, they kidnapped you. Then why are u still handling this case? You are putting yourself in a risky position. What will I do if something happens to you" he scolded her

"I think something is really fishy about this case. That's why I'm gonna go to the roots to find the actual problem. I just want justice for the victims. I know this case lots riskier than the previous one but I'm sure I will solve this." she asked him to understand the seriousness of this case.

She thanked him once again for saving her life. Later they went to their house and Prasad asks her not to be worry anymore as the goons are never gonna come back. He asked her to get some rest.

Later Radha and Dhana are worried about Prasad.

"What we gonna do if Charu got the killer and tells Prasad. We will lose him forever." Radha tells Dhana while crying.

"Nothing gonna happen like that, our Prasad will never gonna leave us" Dhana console Radha.

"I just hope Charu to go faster from this village," he adds on.

Charu overheard their conversation and get shocked. She went to confront them.

"You know something about the murder, don't you?" Charu asked them. They both get shocked to see Charu and denies that they don't know anything,

"If u don't tell the truth now, I will call Prasad and tell him what I heard." she forced them to speak.

"Ok. Ok we will tell you everything. Yaa I saw the killer when he killed my brother and he was searching to kill Prasad but I managed to save him and flee from the place. Later we raised prasad like our son. And we don't want him to know that we saw his's father killer. It may break our bond and he will go from us forever. He is my child. I wont let any harm fall on him. That's why we didn't tell the cops or else the killer will kill prasad too. I begged you to not tell anything to Prasad about this." he pleaded her.

"If u want him to be happy like he always, please go from here as soon as possible," he adds on

"Ok uncle, I promise I wont tell anything to him. I don't want him to be sad," she promised them.

On the other hand, Thamizh prepared for the event and so eager to meet Preeti. He was wearing a Black suit and looking so charm. As he promised to Preeti he went to that LRT station near Preeti house around 2.50 pm. He could not find Preeti there.

"Thank god I am here before that drama queen, otherwise she will start nagging and blame me for coming late," he mumbled to himself.

Thamizh waits for Preethi and kept looking for her. It has been more than 20 minutes Thamizh waits for her but still she was not there, Thamizh gets irritated and called her but she don't answer. Suddenly he saw Preeti via his car side mirror and he was completely mesmerized with Preeti's beauty. She was wearing an elegant red dress and dolled up herself so pretty.

"Thamizh…Thamizh…" Preeti called him several times but he could not hear her because he was stunned by her beauty. Later she knocks his mirror, then only he comes to his sense and unlocked his car door.

" are u a deaf, I'm calling u so many times but u keep look at me, it was so creepy Thamizh," Preeti make fun of him.

"shut up, I was waiting for more than 20 minutes and see the time now, its already 3.10 pm, now we have to rush to the event," he scolds Preeti to cover that actually he lost in her beauty.

"if u stop fight with me and start drives we can be there on time, so please…, I am sorry for late" Preety apologizes. Thamizh started driving and they have cute arguments along the way as usual. Thamizh feels special when he with Preeti and he confused that he might fall in love with her without his acknowledge.

Later by 3.55 they reached the event. "Luckily we arrived before the event starts, otherwise I might kill u just now" Thamizh tease Preeti.

They both enter the hall together. All the boys there keep looking Preeti and fall for her beauty. Some of them even try to flirt with her. Thamizh got jealous when he saw them react like that towards Preeti but he has no idea why he getting angry if they flirt with Preeti.

After a small pause, he quickly grabs her hand and holds her hand in front of everyone while walk to their seat. Preeti got shocked and try to avoid him but he holds her hand tight.

"Thamizh, what are u doing…? They might think us as lovers, leave my hand" Preeti said with anxiety. Thamizh keep silent because that is what he wants actually. All the boys there assume them as couples and feel cheated and sad because they can't flirt with her.

Thamizh keeps looking at her throughout the function. A rising actor, Vishal compliments Preethi about her looks and Thamizh gets irked.

"Hye beauty queen, I wonder if you know how stunning you are. By the way what is your name gorgeous?" actor Vishal asked Preeti.

Before Preeti answered him, Thamizh interrupted their conversation. "Excuse me, Preeti let's go there and have some snaps" he bring Preeti from there. They helped each other to record videos and cover the whole event.

Some girls flirts with Thamizh but he didn't bother them and keep his eye on Preeti. Thamizh himself feels weird with his behavior and he sure that he falls in love with her. Without delay Thamizh decided to confess his feelings to Preeti later.

Later at night, someone blindfolded Charu and tied her hand and bring her to somewhere. Charu tried to scream and ask for help but in vain. The guy unfold her and she realized its Prasad.

"Hey what are u doing?" she asked him angrily.

"I thought the goons are back" she adds on scolding him for playing like this

"I just want to show you this night scenery of the lake," he tells her while asking her to turn around and see the nature's beauty

"Wooow, it's super awesome. Thank you Prasad for bring me here" she hugged him happily and he hugged her back.

Later she realized that she is in a relationship with Thamizh so she stands back. She then enjoy the scenery.

"Hey Charu, I prepared some dishes for you. I prepared it myself. Taste it and let me know how is it." he asked Charu to eat.

"Awww, so sweet, why you being nice to me even though I gave you lots of trouble?" she questions him.

He just smiled at her and say nothing. Later she enjoys his food and they both started talking and sharing their stories.

While on the other hand, Thamizh sister, Geetha sneaked from her house for a friend's party.Declin who has been waiting in front of their house since morning gets elated to see Geetha.

"I'm gonna enjoy the prey" she drive following Geetha's car.

Then Geetha stops the car aside and walks to the venue. Decklin decided to hit her and press the accelerator fastly. Preethi's younger brother Vasan who noticed it ran to save Geetha.

"Hey girl be careful"

"Hey girl listen to me" Vasan tries to alert her

Later he managed to save her in the nick of time. Geetha gets shocked and Vasan tries to console her. Geetha ask Vasan to accompany her to her home. He agrees. She thanked him for saving her life and tell him about Decklin and Anbrassan threats.

On the other side, Prasad and charu still at the lake enjoying the scenery. She leans on his shoulder and sleeps. He happily watching Charu's sleep and confessed to her that he like her since the second he met her. Charu opens her eyes and gets shocked but still pretend to be asleep.

Thamizh drop Preethi nearby her house.

"Hey monster thank you for the day and the ride. I really enjoy myself there." Preethi thanked Thamizh.

"Hey Preethi wait for a while, I wanna tell you something important," he replied.

"Hey dumbo mom already call me many times. I have to go now. Let's talk about it tomorrow at the park. Ok?"

"Preethi I love you" Thamizh confessed to her.

"Don't talk nonsense thamizh. I know you are just kidding. Haha. I don't have the time to hear your jokes. Bye" she replied thinking thamizh just teasing her.

"Preethi I love you since the day at the restaurant. The one kiss changed my feelings for you. I want you to be in my life as you are the colors of my paint. .They say Disneyland is the happiest place on earth. Well apparently, no one has ever been standing next to you. I felt so happy whenever I'm with you and I wanna be like that for the rest of my life. I know you don't trust me because I was a bad guy in the past and had lots of affairs with girls but now I'm changed. I get to know the real meaning of love. Will you be my girlfriend." Thamizh proposed her

"I don't wanna hear your decision right away. Think carefully and let me know tomorrow but I will eagerly wait for your decision," he adds on before leaving to his house.

Preethi still stand shocks and walks slowly towards her house thinking about what thamizh said.