Pyaar, Prema ..... Friendship?

🖤Chapter 9🖤

Ashwin stops his car at the entrance of his house and then unlocks his car, waiting for Shana to get off. For a while nothing happens, and everyone just sits silently in the car before Ahana clears her throat "Shana you can get down" she says and Shana looks up from her phone "Yen?" she asks irritatedly "Naanum Ahana vum velile porom" Ashwin answers and Shana looks at him surprised "Apo naanum vaaren" "Ei, naanum Ahana vum private ah pese porom, nee angge vanthu yenna panna pore?" "Hello naa onnum avalo chinna pule ille, naa ipo degree padichikitu irukken-" "Degree padikire le, apo oru vaati sonna purinjikoma. Illena unne poi LKG le than vidunom" Ahana snarks and Shana rears back. Shana grumbles and gets out of the car and then slams the car door before storming inside the house. "Aapa, utta car eh odechiruva pole" "Odachithan paakatum, naala kasa seleve vekamaya poven" Ashwin answers before putting his car in drive and driving off to their frequent meeting place. 

Ashwin glances at Ahana, who has been silent throughout, her head bent and her fingers typing faster than he has seen her type messages. Her lips are curved into a small smile and the occasional giggles and huffs she gives makes him suspicious. "Yaaru?" he prods gently not wanting her to think that he's questioning her. Ahana hums and looks up at him, an eyebrow raised "Ille, yaaru nu keeten" "Oh, Sebby" "Sebby ah? Yaaru Sebby?" "Eh, yennode ex da-" "Innuma avaru kude contact vechiruke?" "Aama, just cause we broke up doesn't mean we lose touch. Ena irunthalum I'm going to act with him at any given point of time, so yeah" she nonchalantly gives him an answer and is back to typing her replies. Don't get Ashwin wrong, it's not like his judging her for becoming friends with her ex boyfriend, but there is this small, very tiny part of him is jealous that her attention is elsewhere right now. And now it's Ashwin and Ahana time, not Ashwin and Ahana texting her ex time. He sighs and huffs as Ahana is still texting him and then decides to distract her with music. He opens his bluetooth and connects to his phone and taps on the Spotify app and sees his last heard music is an A.R Rahman music.

'Vennila velichcham
Kinnathil vizhundhu
Nirainthaal valindhaal magizhchi'

'Vennilaa velichcham
Kinnaththai udaithaal
Uyirai udaippaal oruthi'

Ashwin increases the volume slowly and just as he predicted, her typing slowed down and instantly she locks her phone and starts singing the female portion of the song. Ashwin mentally air pumps and then silently enjoys her singing. It's not a very known fact to all her fans and the media personals that Ahana is a very good singer, taking classes since she was a kid, her voice is something that moulds perfectly with any genre of music, be it folk with a deep voice or a melody like this with a sweet high-pitched one, she does everything. It was a surprise when he himself heard her singing when he came to her house after the third week of the CWC shooting. It was a tiring day since he was roaming around the set in traditional veshti and shirt. With the scorching hot weather and the material of his clothes, he immediately packed up from set and drove his way to her house, one cause she's at home so her house would be cool from her AC and second he has no energy to cook and is extremely lazy to order and he knows that she's cooked something. He's about to enter her house when he hears a sweet melodic voice coming from the kitchen, assuming it's the television he shrugs and then proceeds to lock the door and walk inside the house. He dumps his car keys and wallet on the coffee table and realizes the television is off and it's actually real time human voice. He follows the voice and sees Ahana singing her favourite A.R Rahman song while cutting up a few fruits, and that's when Ashwin realised that his best friend could sing beautifully.

'Kandukonden kandukonden, Kaadhal mugam kandukonden....' Ahana's voice brings him back and he smiles as he drives. "Pa" Ahana suddenly calls and he lowers down the volume "Yenna da?" "Apdiye on the way le, ice cream vangitu povuma?" "Ice cream ah? Cheri iru, naa paakeren yenge kadaikumnu" "Mmm" Ahana hums and then continues to sing. Fortunately, Ashwin manages to locate a small ice cream cart and parks opposite it, rolling down his window and asking the boy taking orders from the customers "Thambi, oru chocolate ice cream, oru-" he looks at Ahana "Vanilla" "Ah, oru chocolate oru vanilla ice cream" "Cone ah ille cup ah sir?" the boy asks "Uhh, da cup ah cone ah?" he asks as he looks back again to Ahana and she stares at him, thinking "Cup da, yenna nambe cone yeduthuna melt airum, so cup, aana konjum perusa kelu" she says and Ashwin nods before telling exactly to the boy. The boy nods and walks off to the ice cream vendor and conveys his order. He then leans back and realises the song has changed but he doesn't change it so he enjoys it nonetheless. After a few minutes the boy hands him two ice cream cups and Ashwin pays it before handing them over to Ahana before driving off.