28-10-2025, 10:33 PM
Scene 13
Rajiv stands there, breathing hard. He feels strong because he shouted. He said no.
He expects her to be angry.
But Anushka's cold face... changes.
It crumples. Her lower lip trembles.
Her eyes, which were so hard and cold, suddenly fill with water.
A single, large tear rolls down her cheek. Then another.
She does not make a sound. She just cries.
Rajiv’s anger stops. It just... vanishes.
He is confused. He cannot handle her tears.
Rajiv: (His voice is soft now, uncertain) Anu?
Rajiv: Why... why are you crying? You are the one who...
Anushka: (Her voice is a whisper, a sob.) You... you said...
Rajiv: (He takes a step closer. He feels like a bully.) I said it is perverted. It is!
Anushka: (She suddenly looks up, her face wet. She looks broken.) You don't love me!
Rajiv: (He is shocked. This is his great weakness.) What? What are you saying? Of course I love you!
Rajiv: I love you! That is why I am so angry!
Anushka: (She shakes her head, crying harder now) No! You don't!
Anushka: If you loved me, you would not call me disgusting!
Anushka: You would not call my needs sick!
Rajiv: (He feels totally lost) But Anu... what you want... it is not normal!
Anushka: (She is almost screaming now, hitting the bed with her fist) I don't care about normal!
Anushka: I care about being happy! And I am not happy!
Anushka: (She looks him right in the eye, tears streaming down) You just want me to be sad forever!
Rajiv: (He is crumbling. He feels deep, terrible guilt.) No... jaan... no... I don't want you to be sad... I...
Anushka: (Her voice is a broken whisper again) I am aching, Rajiv. Every night.
Anushka: I told you my deepest, darkest secret...
Anushka: And you... you just... hate me for it.
Rajiv: (He reaches out a shaking hand) I don't hate you... I...
He stops. He does not know what to say.
Her tears are calculated.
They are a weapon. And they are hitting his heart, breaking his resistance.
He is not angry anymore. He is just guilty.
Rajiv stands there, breathing hard. He feels strong because he shouted. He said no.
He expects her to be angry.
But Anushka's cold face... changes.
It crumples. Her lower lip trembles.
Her eyes, which were so hard and cold, suddenly fill with water.
A single, large tear rolls down her cheek. Then another.
She does not make a sound. She just cries.
Rajiv’s anger stops. It just... vanishes.
He is confused. He cannot handle her tears.
Rajiv: (His voice is soft now, uncertain) Anu?
Rajiv: Why... why are you crying? You are the one who...
Anushka: (Her voice is a whisper, a sob.) You... you said...
Rajiv: (He takes a step closer. He feels like a bully.) I said it is perverted. It is!
Anushka: (She suddenly looks up, her face wet. She looks broken.) You don't love me!
Rajiv: (He is shocked. This is his great weakness.) What? What are you saying? Of course I love you!
Rajiv: I love you! That is why I am so angry!
Anushka: (She shakes her head, crying harder now) No! You don't!
Anushka: If you loved me, you would not call me disgusting!
Anushka: You would not call my needs sick!
Rajiv: (He feels totally lost) But Anu... what you want... it is not normal!
Anushka: (She is almost screaming now, hitting the bed with her fist) I don't care about normal!
Anushka: I care about being happy! And I am not happy!
Anushka: (She looks him right in the eye, tears streaming down) You just want me to be sad forever!
Rajiv: (He is crumbling. He feels deep, terrible guilt.) No... jaan... no... I don't want you to be sad... I...
Anushka: (Her voice is a broken whisper again) I am aching, Rajiv. Every night.
Anushka: I told you my deepest, darkest secret...
Anushka: And you... you just... hate me for it.
Rajiv: (He reaches out a shaking hand) I don't hate you... I...
He stops. He does not know what to say.
Her tears are calculated.
They are a weapon. And they are hitting his heart, breaking his resistance.
He is not angry anymore. He is just guilty.
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