Ashwin was back in her living room where he was only a week ago. It looked almost the same as it did years ago. Not much changed except for her awards galore that had exploded in the last few years. He stopped to look closely at the newest addition, Filmfare Best Playback Singer Female.
That night just to be there for her, he had travelled across the globe in the middle of his shoot. Disguised in the crowd as one of her millions of fans and cheering for her as she went up the stage to collect the award from her Idol Shreya Ghoshal was a dream come true for him as well.
Her words from that night were still fresh in his memory. "I dedicate this award to the person who dreamed this for me even before I was a playback singer". When the world assumed that it must have been her parents, he knew exactly whom she meant.
All of it rushed back in a fleeting moment.
He mentally slapped himself at the thought. She never failed to express her feelings for him. It was him who was just too blind to see past her age.
She stood there not able to take her gaze off his thrilled face, which was all aflame with the ardor of love. She revered it with all her heart.
How much she wished for him to be there with her that night?
"Ani: Yaara Sivu thedite iruka? Nanum rombha nerama pakren.
(Who are you searching for? )
How could she tell him that she was missing the person who broke her into a million little pieces? The only one who could put her back together with just a single smile of his.
Sivaangi: Siva anna varen nu sonnaru. Adhan.
(Siva Anna)
Ani: Un first Filmfare. He won't miss it for the world.
(Your first Filmfare)
Though she knew Ani was talking about Siva Anna, there was only one person who filled her thoughts.
Sivaangi: I guess he won't. "
As he scanned across all of the awards, his eyes widened as it fell on something too special. Their award. The Trending pair award.
He turned to look if she was still there, and saw her being completely casual and composed, as she took slow and steady strides towards him.
Sivaangi: Ippo en ivlo surprise?
(Why are you so surprised?)
Why wouldn't he be?
The award was to celebrate them. A souvenir to all the memories they had created in a few months that changed their lives forever. Looking at it every day would be the worst kind of torture after knowing that they could never get back to it.
Ashwin: Idha paakum bodhu lam....
(When you look at this..)
Sivaangi: Happy ah irukum. Evlo awards vandhalum... idhu rombha special.
(I feel happy. Many awards may come, but this is always very special)
Ashwin: Epdi Ma?
(How?)
Sivaangi: Neenga enaku edhuvum kuduthadu illa. Not that I expected anything from you. But unga kaiyaala enaku kedacha ore vishyam idhu dan. Pakra apolam.... I remember all the smiles I shared with you. Happy ah dan irukum. Ungalku apdi irukaadha?
(You haven't given me anything. Not that I expected it. But this is the only thing that you gave me. So I remember all the smiles I shared with you. Don't you feel the same?)
