1108. Airtight!

"A lot of people will come between two lovers" said Sundar.

"Who? Only the parents. But, we have told our parents about our love and got their consent for us to marry" said Priya.

"It is not just the parents. The society will also cause hindrance to the lovers."

"Whom do you mean by society?"

"Society encompasses a lot of individuals and groups. It includes our neighbours, relatives, friends, colleagues etc. Some of them will advise us, intending to safeguard us. They will say things like 'Love is a myth,' etc. The girl's friends will tell her that her lover will deceive her."

"Yes. Some of my friends told me things like that. But I didn't take such advice seriously. I believe that some of your friends would have told you that girls shouldn't be trusted!"

"Yes. Some of them said that the present day girls would love several men at the same time!"

"What was your response to that?"

"I asked them whether it would be okay, if a girl loves various men at various times!"

"Should you not have told them that your lover was not like that?"

"Why should I tell others what kind of a person my lover is?"

"Okay. Let us go back to the topic of people coming between two lovers. Who else will come between two lovers?"

"If we are sitting in a park or on a beach, sometimes, a policeman may come and check whether we are genuine lovers or we are people with a sinister agenda! Fortunately, such an experience did not happen to us."

"Have we not crossed the stage of facing these kinds of obstacles and moved to the next stage? Why do you keep talking about people coming between lovers?" asked Priya.

"We have managed people who could have caused obstacles to our love. Now, we should manage those coming in between us, the lovers" said Sundar.

"Who is going to come between us?"

"They have come already!"

"Who?"

"The wind! Though it is soothing like a breeze, it is coming between us and trying to separate us!"

"What can we do about it? We can't stop the wind, can we?"

"We can't. But can deny room to it. I am going to hug you so tight that there will be no space between us, for the wind to enter!"

Sundar hugged Priya tightly.

"My goodness! This is really airtight! Be careful. You may end up crushing my bones" said Priya, enjoying his embrace.

Thirukkural
Section 3

Love

Chapter 111
The Joy of Being Together in Love

Verse 1108 (in Tamil):
vIzhum iruvarkku inidhE vaLiyidai
pOzhappdA muyakku.

Meaning:

It will be a pleasant experience for the lovers to embrace each other so tightly that there is no space between them, even for the air to enter.

(This is the English version of the Tamil story 'kARRu veLiyidai' by the same author.)

Verse 1109
Verse 1107