The next day in the middle of the flight to Chennai, sivaangi woke up to go to the washroom. When she returned, she saw her manna patiently waiting for her. She took her window side and with 20 minutes still remaining for the flight to land, a sleep starved her and thus she took another power nap, this time holding ashwin's left hand more firmly.
When the flight landed at the Chennai airport early morning, sivaangi felt uncanny...her excitement seemed replaced by an unknown fear that she found very difficult to decipher. She thought it must be due to her mood swings.

They both separately came out of the airport lobby so that they can avoid unnecessary attention. Sivaangi got into a cab and head to her home while ashwin get back to his home. Lock down in Chennai was released and they both had to get back to their work from the next day onwards again making it difficult for them to catch up together.

Sivaangi was pleasantly welcomed by binni ma engulfing her into a hug. The family had missed the chirpiness of her in the home. Sivaangi then sent a message to ashwin about reaching home and went to get freshen up.

She took a small nap and  by 2 in the afternoon she woke up and was arranging her things inside the cupboard. In between she received ashwin's message.

"Hey dora...Next week is amma's birthday. Shall we plan that surprise?

This weekend I'm free so we shall meet at my place for the planning"

That's when she realized that they had planned to surprise his mom on her birthday. She immediately called ashwin and fixed their meet up on Saturday as even she was also free on that day.

The whole week they both tried not to miss each other by face timing, chatting but they both were internally missing each other's presence.  And finally it was Saturday and both ashwin and sivaangi had planned to meet at his place. Sivaangi by 10 in the morning was at the front of his home.

When the doorbell rang, Ashwin was busy getting things ready for the lunch. He had promised sivaangi that he will cook for her today. Wondering who had turned up so early, he grumpily went to the door. It was sivaangi. She was again early this time as she couldn't wait to see him.

"I'm here to help you," she said with a smile, holding forward a single white rose that had a long, slender stalk, she bowed dramatically.

Ashwin happily took the rose from her. As his hand brushed through her tiny fingers it send chills over their body. Both stood there for a minute reminiscing their first meet when she cheerfully gave the red rose to him that changed their life. They have never left each other's mind since the day they met. It was not love at first sight for them but definitely there was a spark that instigated magic and it was all kadavul setting thereafter.

Ashwin still have kept that rose in his favourite wooden trunk where he has kept even the smallest things related to them. Typical 90's kids, for him even the little things matters.

"Enna manna ulle koopda maatiya?" sivaangi asked an overwhelmed ashwin

He took her hands and led her inside his home shutting the door. She was blushing thinking how ashwin will lead her the same way after their marriage into his home.

"Enna manni orey blushing ah?" ashwin asked and she just nodded still in her dream world.

They both settled in the couch and started planning for his mother's birthday surprise when sivaangi uttered making ashwin surprise at her comment. "Neenga enna ippadiye kalyanathakku approm unga veetukku kootittu varuviya?"

"Aama unne ippadiye namma veetukku kootittu varum" he stressed the word "namma"

"Namma veetukka?" Sivaangi asked him back amazed

"Aama namma veetukku. Ashwin and sivaangi's sweet home" before he could even complete he was engulfed into her embrace breaking down.

"I love you ashwin" that was all she could say as she was out of words. It was her wish to build a home of her own and that too with the person who feels like a home for her is cherry on the top.

Ashwin caressed her back letting her pour her feelings out. "Namma onna sernthu oru kutti veedu kattalam okay va?"

Sivaangi nodded her head positively. She was never vocal about her wish to build a home for them but ashwin was way ahead of her in planning their future together. The foundation of their relationship is that they are each other's home, each other's ray of light.

They finally planned for a small birthday celebration with just their close family. Sivaangi already had made all the necessary arrangements for the application and it was almost set. The next week they both along with sivaangi's family will accompany his family at Coimbatore for the birthday. So the planning was all set now only the execution was left.

"Shall we prepare lunch?" he said as he lift her in bridal style as if she was as light as a feather to the kitchen and carefully placed her in the kitchen counter.

Sivaangi was carefully watching him proceeding to take all the ingredients for the lunch as she was cheerfully swinging her legs and humming to "Neeyum naanum serndhe sellum neramae"

"Ma, wheat flour eduthu kudu" ashwin asked her as he chopped all the veggies

"Athu ellam mudiyathu" she said as she continued swinging her legs

He held her wrist and said looking into her eyes "Eduthu thara maatiya" in his base voice.

That's it his husky voice did the entire job. She flushed as she jumped off from the counter and searched for wheat floor. They were living in that moment when he had asked the same in the first episode of cwc that changed their life just in a swift of moment.

"Ungalkku nyabagam iruka? neenga first time en kitte kettathe wheat flour than" she voiced as she hand over the wheat flour tin to him.

"Atheppadi ma marakka mudiyum? That moment when I felt the spark" he answered as he took all the ingredients and started preparing.

She just smiled and observed him cook their favourite veg au gratin. The lunch was ready and they happily spent time having lunch together. She went to the balcony feeling full in terms of her satiety and emotionally. She was holding the railings and feeling the cold wind brush her free hair just when ashwin hugged her from back extending his hands with a white cover.

She unfolds it to see a paper which seemed like a land document. She asked him with an amused smile "Ashwin, are you serious?"

Ashwin said with all smiles as he cupped her face and said "Yes! The first step to our future"

Sivaangi stood their startled with her twinkling eyes and as always the girl who could speak nonstop felt choked at the myriad of emotions she felt as she squeezed him into a hug.

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