Disclaimer: This work is a piece of fiction based on author's imagination and has nothing to do with the real lives of Ashwinkumar and Sivaangi Krishnakumar. Keep that in mind while reading.

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Ashaangi TS En Sandakari Neethan

Part One

"Eii Sivaangi endhri di"

Sivaangi woke up with a startle as Binni Krishnakumar pulled the blanket away from her daughter and shook her. Still in half sleep, she sat up and frowned at her mother before she blinked away her sleep and glared at her mother.

"Maa, ipo ethuku ena ipdi elupura?" Sivaangi huffed before lying down on the bed again.

"Mani ena nu paru, Sivaangi. Morning session ku late aguthu" Binni said but Sivaangi covered herself with a blanket

"Eii endhri nu solren. Marubadiyum thoongura. Endhri di" Binni Krishnakumar said as she poked her daughter's arm continuously.

Growing tired of her mother's administrations, Sivaangi groaned as she sat up and glared at her mother who glared right back at her.

"Koncham achum ena thoonga vidringala. Cha" Sivaangi said rolling her eyes at her mother.

"Nee kannu urutuna bayapadurathuku na Ashwin ila di. Olunga endhrichu va" Binni said pulling the blanket away from her daughter.

'Ama avaru apdiyeh bayandhutalum' Sivaangi thought as she pursed her lips together.

"Nee ethuku ipo kaalankathala andha manushana nyabagam paduthura" Sivaangi said making a face as she pushed the duvet off her legs and sat crossed leg on the bed.

"En mapillai pathi na pesure. Unaku ena di? Ama nee oru varama Ashwin ku weekend break nu solitu thulli tu irundha. Ipo enada na avara anga vitutu nee inga vandhu okanthruka. Ena vishayam? Sandai ethuvum potiya?" Binni asked as she studied her daughter's face.

"En? Sandai pota dhan inga varanum ah ena? Ithu en veedu ilaya Maa?" Sivaangi asked as she narrowed her eyes at her mother.

Before Binni could respond Sivaangi, Krishnakumar hollered for Binni from downstairs. Sighing to herself, Binni shook her head and looked at her daughter.

"Seri, aprm pesalam. Nee endhri. Poe kulichutu session ku seekiram va. Na poren" Binni said as she shook her head at her daughter who rolled her eyes at her mother.

Sivaangi stretched her arms as she blinked away the sleep in her eyes. Last evening's events rushed to her mind. She pouted when she recalled how Ashwin shouted her last evening and she left from their apartment to stay at her parents' place.

(A/N: I didn't want to dwell on fight, so a shorter version)

It was around six when Ashwin came home exhausted and in a bad mood. When Sivaangi welcomed him cheerfully, he was silent putting her at a fix. Ever since he came home, he sat on the dining table chair and was going through the script sheet of his current movie.

Sivaangi realized Ashwin was tensed. She knows he will tell her on his own. He has been coming home the same way for past one week. Even though he comes home silent, he would ease up by night.

Ashwin told Sivaangi that it has something to do with issues at shooting spot when she asked him three days back. So, understanding him, she gave him space and went back to kitchen where she was preparing Elaneer payasam.

Sivaangi was appreciated at studio for her singing today and so, she came home in a good mood and decided to prepare her favorite dessert. But looking at Ashwin, she now decided to prepare it for him to lift his mood.

Sivaangi has learnt how to prepare Elaneer payasam from her Perimma, the same one who was the part of her mango pickle vlog. She still doesn't know how to cook much but she has aced Elaneer payasam. It is not only her favorite but also Ashwin's.

When Sivaangi took the payasam in the bowl to Ashwin, her clumsy nature kicked in and she ended up spilling at least half bowl of payasam on the script sheet. She bit her lip and was about to apologize to him but what followed stunned her.

Ashwin, whose pent-up frustration for a week acted out and he ended up scolding Sivaangi leaving her stunned and in tears. By the time he gets a grip on his anger and realized what he did, Sivaangi looked at him with tear-filled hurt eyes.

Before Ashwin could say anything, Sivaangi rushed inside their room and closed the door behind her. He himself was stunned by what he did and rushed to the door, knocking it and asking her to come out as he constantly apologized.

When Sivaangi asked him to go away, Ashwin run his fingers through his hair in frustration and sat down on the sofa, burring his face inside his palm. He knew he messed up with Sivaangi.

Ashwin wanted to talk to Sivaangi right away but he then thought to let her cool down before they speak. He himself need time to clear his head. So, he left the apartment for a drive.

When Sivaangi came out, she noticed that Ashwin has left. She had her own bad days in the past one and half week and she was really feeling good today. Ashwin has scolded her lot of times on little things. But outburst like today happened only once and that too Ashwin scolded her for having too much fast food and ended up on hospital bed for food poisoning when he was away for shooting.

Sivaangi knew Ashwin just took his frustration out. He needs to clear his head and so, she decided to head to her parents' until he calms down. They had plans to spend the weekend together but with his messed-up mind, it is important for him to reflect and recover.

It is not like Sivaangi's leaving to her parents' house because she's angry with Ashwin. She doesn't care much when he scolds her because if he scolds her one moment, the next moment he pampers her. Yes, she's hurt but she decided to give some space to Ashwin and that's the only reason she went to her parents' place.

As Sivaangi sat on the cab, she texted Ashwin that she's off to her parents' place for the weekend. When Ashwin came back from the drive, he was greeted by the empty apartment. He then read Sivaangi's message, sighed and left her text on seen as he pondered on his actions.

Yawning, Sivaangi stepped out of the bed, picked her clothes and sulked all the way to the washroom thinking had she stayed at her home, Ashwin would have let her sleep more.

Sivaangi came back dressed in fresh clothes. She walked over to the dressing table, get her hair done, placed a small bindhi between her brows and put a pinch of vermilion in her partition. Smiling at her reflection and air kissing it, she walked down to meet her parents.

Krishnakumar and Binni were already seated in the session. Vinayak was nowhere at sight. Stretching her arms, Sivaangi looked around the house. A meow sound grabbed her attention as a smile made its way to her lips.

Sivaangi followed the sound and took in the sight of the cats. Three of them were sleeping while one that just woke purred at her. She took out her mobile and clicked few pictures of the cats that are in the basket at the backside of the house (the free space and the wall where she usually takes vids of cats).

The cat that was awake, Kutta, meowed at Sivaangi making her smile in excitement. Kutta wiped its face with its paw, meowed at Sivaangi before making a jump and climbed on the wall. She took a video of it and admired Kutta from distance.

Not wanting to disturb the sleeping cats, Sivaangi walked back inside the living room. She sat on the sofa and put on two Instagram stories. First one was the picture of cats with #Home and next one was the video of that one cat #KuttaAttrocities

Just as Sivaangi put on the story, Krishnakumar came there and took her along for the session. She gave a wide smile to the students and sat down with one of them. The session went on for forty-five minutes before they call it a day.

Sivaangi was famished. She bounced on her way to the dining table to have breakfast. But she found no vessels on the dining table. Scrunching her eyebrows in confusion, she went in search of cook aunty inside the kitchen but couldn't find her.

"Maa, cook aunty enga?" Sivaangi asked.

"Avanga inaiku leave uh Sivu" Binni replied as she and Krishnakumar walked in.

"Apo breakfast yaru panuva?" Sivaangi asked with a pout.

"Vera yaru, naan dhan inaiku samaika poren" Binni said with a casual shrug.

"Neengala?" Sivaangi asked with wide eyes.

"Ama, naan dhan" Binni said and walked inside the kitchen while Krishnakumar sat down on the couch and gestured Sivaangi to come sit beside him.

"Appa, amma samaika porangalam pa" Sivaangi said in a hushed tone as she sulked.

"Epdiyum upma dhan panuva." Krishnakumar replied in a hushed tone scared that his wife might hear him.

'Upma va? Ithey na en veetla irundhrundha pancake, French toast nu vidha vidhama saptrupen. Cha! En Ashwineyy ena thitna!' Sivaangi thought as she zoned out.

"Ena achu Sivu? Ena yosichutu iruka?" Krishnakumar asked his daughter on seeing her zoned out.

"Avaru saptara ilaya nu yosichutu irundhen pa" Sivaangi said as she leaned back on the sofa.

"Nee Ashwin ah um un kuda kuptu vandhrukalam la Sivu" Krishnakumar said as he adjusted his glass.

"Avar ku velai pa. Enakum shoot, recording vera ilaya. Athan na weekend anga thaniya ena pana nu inga vandhen" Sivaangi replied as she averted her gaze perfectly covering up Ashwin's absence and searched for her mobile.

"Appa en mobile ku call panunga. Kanom" Sivaangi said looking around.

Sivaangi heard her ringtone from dining area. She asked her father to hang up and bounced on her way to her mobile. When she opened her mobile, as usual notifications were piling from her official social media handles.

Pouting on seeing her message still on read and no response from Ashwin, Sivaangi closed her whatsapp as she sat on dining table chair. She was about to press on Instagram but notifications from twitter kept piling making her curious.

'Inaiku ethuvum trend panrangala ena?' Sivaangi wondered to herself as she opened her twitter handle.

As Sivaangi went through few notifications, she was taken aback by few tweets like,

"Enga Mannar pavom, Chellamma @Sivaangi_AK 🥺 Naangalum ongala miss panrom. Vegama vanga #Ashaangi"

"Epo chelamma thirumba varuva? 👀 Anga onga avaru waiting eh 🥰 @Sivaangi_AK #Ashaangi"

"Ena Ashwineyy, orey missings of India polayeh 🤭 @I_amak @Sivaangi_AK #Ashaangi"

"Anga oru manushan una theduraru. Ena ma nee, aprm vandhu I missed you too Ashwineyy nu solrathu 😏 @Sivaangi_AK #Ashaangi"

"Ena Maamz, PS repair ah? Bore adikuthu na space vandhutu ponga. Maja va irukum 😉😜 @I_amak @Sivaangi_AK #Ashaangi"

"Mannar MV be like: Orey oru story dhan poten. Motha fandom um kalaaika vantanunga 😋 #Ashaangi @I_amak @Sivaangi_AK"

'Story ah? Indha manushan kaalangathala apdi ena potruparu?' Sivaangi wondered to herself as her eyebrows scrunched in confusion.

Sivaangi gave it a thought and all these tweets it clicked her. She now had an idea of what this whole thing is about. She didn't thought that she going to her parents' place would create such a thing among her fam HT. Fighting her grin, she visited their home HT and was surprised on finding what the story thing is about.

The HT was filled with screenshots of story from official Ashwin's Instagram Id making her eyes go wide. He did not! Damn! She immediately closed Twitter and opened her Instagram account.

Sivaangi was greeted by Ashwin's story at the front. She clicked on it and there it was! Ashwin's reel on New York nagaram with #missingmyhome, her tag and few stickers stared back at her. It was posted some forty minutes ago, meaning minutes after she posted her story.

Sivaangi flushed as she now gets a clear picture of what this whole thing is about. She quickly went to their HT. Everyone knows that reel was taken years ago. With Ashwin putting it in his story, putting two and two, they realized that Sivaangi's at her parents' place and Ashwin is missing her. And so, HT was full of memes, teasing and fun banter among the Ashaangians.

"Chellamma, nee paduratha kekama thoonga mudiyala nu solrapla. Indeed a valarndha kolandha pa namma Mannar 😍 @Sivaangi_AK #Ashaangi"

"Iceyy, sorry, Mrs. Kulu Kulu, #Avarukedakaru 😒 Neenga enjoy panunga 😌 @Sivaangi_AK #Ashaangi"

"Avaru chellamma ta iruki anachu etho kekurapla. Namaku ethuku. Kandukatha mathiri povom 🚶🚶#Ashaangi"

"Mannar manna, Manni vara varaikum PS PS nu irukama HT pakkam apo apo vandhutu ponga. Last month mathiri #Ask_AK vaipom. Kissa va irukum 😋 @I_amak #Ashaangi"

"Ashwineyy ena coffee kudukala nu complaint uh 👀 Seri onga morning romance kula naanga ethuku third wheeling panitu. Nadathunga nadathunga. 🚶🚶 #Ashaangi"

"Suma va sonaru ulukula neraya romance iruku nu. Ashwin the romantic hero!🥰😍 #Ashaangi"

"Oru naal key ipdi ya nu neenga nenakalam. Valarndha kolandha pa enga Mannar uh. Sivaangi Maa ilama ivarala epdi Iruka mudiyum 😜😁 #Ashaangi"

"Ada lyrics ah ketu inum ah puriyala? Manimegalai madasambranisgala 👀 Namma Adipoli ku miss aana name dhan. Iruki anachu oru...🙊
#HowdoItellyou #Ashaangi"

'Aiyooo, Ashwineyy ena pani vachuruka!' Sivaangi thought to herself as she mentally facepalmed herself on reading tweets from HT while a wide smile unknowingly bloomed on her lips.

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Hey guys, hope you all are doing good. I hope you enjoyed reading the first part of the story. Inspiration for this one is AK's reel on New York Nagaram. Wanted to post this as a OS for Onam and Adipoli celebration but was busy with works, twitter trend and streaming Adipoli. So, here's the first part. Hope nothing's overboard with the imagination tweets. Again just a product of my imagination.

So how's the story? Any word on that?

Next update vegamaga varuvathu ungal kaiyil dhan ulathu. Do read and leave behind a feedback. Helps me write better.

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Thank you.

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