Meendum Oru Murai (an ashaangi os)

Meendum Oru Murai

!!! DISCLAIMER!!!

It has been years since I have written something and please excuse my grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. Not so good at language so please bear with me. Romba dialogues eludhi bore adichalum mannicchuuuuu……

Also do see this as just a fictional story. It is in no way related to what's happening in real life

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Ashwin doesn't know what he is feeling right now. There are so many memories and bottled-up feelings coming back to him standing in the familiar set, which gave him rebirth in his hopeless life. If someone said he will have the life he is having now eight months back, he would have laughed at them for being delusional. Last November he is no one, and now he is an upcoming hero of a well-known production house with fame, money, fans, friends, and love. He will forever be thankful to the show Cook With Comali for giving him life and HER, for bringing magic and luck into his life. He is back on set after four months of show end to shoot their Special Celebration Programme. After the pack up of tiring and fun filled day with his favourite people who became a family to him in due course, he was standing near a secluded corridor revisiting a memory where some things were unfulfilled.

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He was standing in front of the judge's table with Pavithra, his co-contestant after the final cook-off of elimination round awaiting the result. Although he was tensed, not knowing who will go to the next round, he was more worried for the girl standing beside him. He could sense she was dreading the result more than himself. Is she breathing? How he wishes he could hold her and calm her down. But how could he do that in front of these audiences? That's when Chef Bhatt announced,  "Innakki safe zone ku poga poradhu Ashwin", after frightful few minutes. 

(It's Ashwin who is going to the safe zone today)

After 30 mins the shoot was wrapped, and all were called for dinner. Shivangi was still in a shocked state. She is behaving like a robot. The chirpy girl in her is missing. She was fiddling with her food. It pained him to see her like that. He remembered her saying she was famished an hour back, and here she is looking blank at her plate, not even touching the food. What pained him more was her not looking at him. After the handhold, she avoided him altogether, not meeting his eyes. He must do something.

“Enna kanna saapdama irukka? Saappadu pidikkalaya?” Kani akka asked concerned. 

(Why aren't you eating dear? Are you not hungry?)

She looked up from her plate and gave a faint smile to Kani and answered her question, "Pasikkala akka. Tired aa irukku. Veettukku poganum." After scanning the surrounding she inquired, "Pugazh anna enga?"

(I'm not hungry. Tired. I wanna go home. Where is Pugazh?)

“Avan Pavithra va samadhana padutha poirukkan. Konja nerathula varuvanam.” Sarath answered.

(He is consoling Pavithra. Will be back in few minutes)

“Ok. Appo naan poitu change pantu varen. Anna vandha sollunga naan appa koodave veettukku poiren nu”, she left to the changing room informing them.

(Ok then. I'll change and come. Inform him I will go with dad)

When she was about to enter the changing room, she heard him call her from behind.

“Shivangi ma”

She stopped in her tracks not turning back answered him, “Change pantu vandhirren Ashwin”.