Disclaimer: As mentioned in the previous chapter. Present will be the main story flow, hence I won't be mentioning it explicitly.
Sivaangi got down from the cab and came jogging towards Ashwin who was waiting in front of the school
"Ennachu?" she asked catching for her breath.
"First moochu vidu, onnum illa chinna scratch dhaan, edho kids kulla sandai, since you were not reachable, Nethra gave my number and asked them to call me, I already saw them from a distance, they look fine, but they refused to let me near them as I am not there in the family list" replied Ashwin his voice dulling at the last part
"Ava kitta unga number eppadi? .. Seri vaanga polaam, I was busy with a class, I didn't notice the call" she replied, walking inside too stressed to notice the change in his tone.
"Naan dhaan kuduthen last time when they were with me, just in case of emergency" replied Ashwin, but Sivaangi ignored his answer completely.
"Hi, I am Sivaangi, Nethra and Mithra's mother, I got a call from the school" she enquired at the office room.
"Oh Hi, they are in the principal's room, you can go inside" she replied, her eyes clearly ogling Ashwin.
She knocked the door and both of them went inside.
Both Nethra and Mithra were standing next to the principal who was sitting on her chair behind the desk. Mithra was having a small plaster near her elbow.
"Hello Nethra and Mithra's mummy, please come, take your seat" said the principal with a warm smile
Both of them went inside and sat in the chairs in front of the desk but Sivaangi's eyes were on Mithra's hand.
"And you are? " asked the principal looking at Ashwin
"Ms Tan, that is our Ashwineyy, he is a big actor in India and our father" chirped Mithra happily
"Hello, I am Ashwinkumar, rest, what she said" said Ashwin extending his hand, introducing himself formally
"Please to meet you Mr. Ashwinkumar, an actor is it? good! figures why you are not available much, you must be quite busy" replied the principal clearly trying to establish a communication with him
"Mmmkkkkkum" Sivaangi fake cleared her throat
"What happened Ms. Tan? " she asked looking at Mithra's hand
"Well Mrs. Ashwinkumar.." started the principal
"Ms. .... Ms. Sivaangi, we are not married" interrupted Sivaangi
The Principal paused for a second but continued like it is none of her business
"Well Ms. Sivaangi, I have no idea how you manage these two in your house, but here they are quite a handful, today Mithra hit a boy" said Ms. Tan
"She hit him? I see that she is the one who is hurt" interrupted Ashwin
"Well, Mithra, do you want to tell your father what you did?" asked Ms Tan looking at Mithra
"Ashwineyy, that boy called Nethra a pig head and tried to pinch her shoulders, so I hit him like you taught" replied Mithra proudly
Both the principal and Sivaangi looked at him shocked, but he himself looked shocked
"Naan eppoma teach panninen" Ashwin asked calmly
"In your latest movie where you acted as police, you taught that girl to kick the boys in their chu cha area if they behaved bad, so I followed the same when Li behaved bad with Nethra" answered Mithra very proudly
"I swear Ashwineyy, I did not ask her to" added Nethra fearing she might get in trouble with her father.
"Now you see the problem, she had kicked a 3.5 year old boy in his private parts, he reacted in pain and pushed her back, she fell down and scraped her elbows" Ms. Tan finished explaining what happened
Sivaangi looked at Ashwin accusingly as if it was his mistake
"Hey, enna en muraikara, I did not make them watch" said Ashwin defensively.
"Sorry Ms. Tan, I will talk to them and make sure it doesn't happen again" said Sivaangi
"This is not the only problem, there is one huge issue here " said Ms Tan giving a dramatic pause
"Impersonation" she finished making Ashwin choke on his own saliva making him cough, while Sivaangi looked shocked.
"Yes, that is one of the main reasons we put them in different sections, but still they manage to cheat. The other day, we had small story telling to encourage kids to talk in front of crowd and develop their speaking skills, Nethra came prepared, but Mithra did not, so Nethra did her story telling during the first period in her class, then went to Mithra's class and re did it again impersonating as Mithra. Same way Mithra goes to canteen, get her free yogurt as Mithra and goes again and get another one as Nethra. We have no idea how to stop it, as they are extremely identical" said the principal looking at both the parents, one of whom was embarrassed to the core, while the other was suppressing a chuckle.
"Oh you cannot, trust me, I tried, forget two sections, even if they are in two different cities... " Ashwin started enthusiastically but dragged and stopped when he received a death stare from Sivaangi
"Well talk to them, do something, at least make them wear different type of clothes, so that it will be easier for us to identify" said the principal
"Sure Ms. Tan, will do, thank you for your time, I would like to take both of them home with me now, if you don't mind" said Sivaangi getting up, while Ashwin too got up.
"Sure Ms. Sivaangi and nice to meet you Mr. Ashwinkumar, let me know when your movie releases in SG, I will definitely watch it" replied the principal getting up
"Ms Tan, it is there in Netflix, you can watch anytime" said Mithra again very proudly.
"Oh is it? will do, meanwhile you be a good girl" replied Ms Tan waving them a good bye
"Thanks for the help Ashwin, naan paathukaren inime, bye" said Sivaangi not wanting to have any sort of talk right now
Ashwin who was happily talking with both girls while walking along stopped in his tracks and looked at her confused.
"Illa Sivaangi, let me come until the house and drop you" replied Ashwin
"Romba varushama ah indha country la thaniya dhaan irundhirken, thaniya.. I can handle myself and my kids, so bye" she replied curtly hurting Ashwin
"Naan enna panninen ippo? sorry if I did anything" he said with the same expression that Nethra has when she apologizes, which melted Sivaangi but she stood her ground.
When he didn't get any reply.
"Seri ok Sivaangi, bye Nethra, Mithra, I will see you all later" he said and started walking away from them while Sivaangi started walking towards her house in a swift walk holding both of them in her hands
Both girls kept on turning back looking at their father's retreating figure, but were too scared to say anything that they silently walked with Sivaangi.
Sivaangi was having a huge turmoil inside, more the people comes to know about Ashwin, more his presence becomes permanent in her life. Now everyone in their school knows Ashwin as their father, which she hated.
Sivaangi's mother who opened the door looked at them surprised and confused, but Sivaangi silently went inside and started helping the girls to wash themselves and change out of their uniform.
Once she left to refresh herself, her parents called the kids to know what happened and they explained every detail happily and things they heard made both the parents happy.
"Sivaangi, saapda verum rice dhaan ma irukku, vera edhavadhu pannatuma, neenga varuveengannu theriyaadhula" asked Sivaangi's mom
"Illama rice podhum, curd rice saaptukalaam" she replied and started mixing the rice with curd in a bowl for the kids.
When she came inside their room, they both were busy playing some game in the tab and Sivaangi started feeding them silently.
She sat down in a chair in between them and started talking.
"Kuttimas, amma sonna keppeenga dhaane? yaarayum hurt panna kodaadhu ma, whether it is physically or through words, naalikku andha payyan kitta sorry kekariya?" asked Sivaangi very politely
"I will, after you do" replied Mithra curtly her eyes still concentrating on the game.
"Naana? Naan edhukku sorry kekanum?" asked Sivaangi confused.
"You say we should not hurt others with words amma, but you keep doing that to our Ashwineyy" said Nethra shocking Sivaangi
"Adhu appadi illa, you don't understand Ma, that is totally different" replied Sivaangi trying to convince the kids
"How different? I felt very bad today, you know I only called Ashwineyy , when you did not answer your call. He came immediately and then you hurt him and sent him away" said Nethra her eyes filling up with tears
"Seri de ippo enna enna panna solra" asked Sivaangi irritated because she knew Nethra was right
"Ask sorry to him and invite him today evening, let us all go somewhere out together" replied Nethra
"Seri kekaren podhuma, ippo nee saapdu" replied Sivaangi
"No, ask him right now, then only I will eat and so will Mithra" said Nethra looking at Mithra.
Mithra who was busy with the game and relishing her favorite dish looked at Nethra shocked but then nodded her head as yes looking at the determination in Nethra's eyes
"But he might be busy in the evening " Sivaangi tried rationalizing
"No, before you asked him to leave, he was asking us whether we want to go out with him in the evening" replied Nethra her eyes locked with her mother's
Sivaangi looked at both of them, knowing how stubborn Nethra is, she silently left the room to get her mobile.
"Adhey stubbornness, appadiye appa maariye porandhu vetchurkku" murmured Sivaangi while trying to take the mobile out of her hand bag, while her parents who were listening to all the conversations sat there silently chuckling with happiness
"Ma, I am hungry, are you coming or not? " came Mithra's voice from the room frustrating her even more
"Idhu adhukku mela, enna marariye soru dhaan mukkiyam category, ayioooo!" she sighed and rushed to the room with her mobile.
She dialed Ashwin's number and switched on speaker, he answered within single ring
"Sollu Sivaangi ma" he answered in his base voice which created the same butterfly effects inside her as always
"Evening engayo polaamanu keteengalaame kids kitta, enga?" she asked with lot of hesitation
"Singapore flyers, en enachu? " he asked confused
"Illa ungalukku ok na, we can go together adhaan" she replied with even more hesitation making it the best day for Ashwin that he almost jumped inside his cab
"Seri ok, what time should I come?" he asked very casually
"5:30?" she asked.
"Sure, varen" he replied trying his best not to show his over joy in his voice
"Ask sorry! " nudged Nethra
"Apporam sorry, you came to help and naan konjam rude ah nadandhukitten" said Sivaangi meekly
"Othukkamaaten" replied Ashwin curtly
"Yen? " Sivaangi asked confused
"Nee eppovum ippadiya en kitta sorry keppa? nee eppayum kekara maari ketta I will accept, illa mudiyaadhu" he said in his warm tone making her turn pink
Both Nethra and Mithra looked at her confused not understanding what is happening.
"Adhellaam mudiyaadhu, ivalo dhaan keka mudiyam venumna accept pannunga, illa pannadheenga" she tried and replied sternly but her voice melted and clearly reflected her blush which made him break into laughter.
"Ayo Ashwineyy, please accept amma's sorry, I am hungry and this Nethra is not letting me eat until you accept the sorry " came Mithra's voice making him laugh even more
"Seri ok, ippodhaikku indha sorry vetchukaren, but evening ask your mother to ask sorry properly like she used to, appo dhaan full ah accept pannuven" replied Ashwin make her insides warm again before disconnecting the call.
Her hands continued to feed the kids but her mind went back to how she used to ask sorry. She used to spell each letter with a kiss, S on his forehead, O on his nose, R and R on his cheeks and Y on his lips which will go on and on until either of them breaks it for air.
The mere memory made her go weak on her knees that she blushed very hard.
Even though she will never agree out loud. She actually started waiting eagerly for that day evening.
Author's note:
Hello, a breezy simple chapter to revive my energy after few chaotic roller coaster ones which drained me completely.
I read all your comments for the previous three chapters, the way you guys connected with the story blew me away, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, that is all I can say.
Love you all, so as a treat, this fun chapter. Enjoy !! and don't forget to let me know how much you liked it or how much boring it was.. whatever fits.. 😂😂😂 in the comments section.
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DV