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ishita / jai
i'm sorry but there's a question i desperately want to ask you
what is it now
why were you there at blue light the other day? i mean, there are so many other fancy restobars out there.
it's almost always empty at blue light. it gives me some peace. the other night was a nightmare but i desperately needed a drink.
can i ask why?
no
you're supposed to say yes, you asshole
no
you know my sob story. it's only fair i know yours
who's deciding this?
i am. i want to know what is turning a rich and successful businessman like you into an alcoholic
i'm not an alcoholic
you fucking bought a whole ass bottle of whiskey. i didn't even know they were allowed to hand it to you like that
i pay extra for it. and if i remember correctly, you finished more than half of the bottle that day
what are you implying?
maybe you are the alcoholic.
thank god. i thought you would ask me to pay you back for it.
because i have no money.
i know.
tell me why you were there, jai
do you know that the engagement with sahana was my second attempt at a marriage? first one fell apart because of me. i wasn't doing great and my parents forced it on me. with sahana, i had accepted it and i was trying but she asked me to break it off. two failed attempts is bound to leave a mark, right?
what kind of a mark are you talking about?
the bad kind. the beginning of rumors.
oh
people think there's something wrong with me.
that you can't make babies? no good swimmers in you? or that you're gay?
pretty much
is it true?
no, ishita, i am perfectly capable of reproducing. and i'm not gay.
but you know, so what if you cannot? it doesn't make you less of a man. why are people like this? they make everything a problem just to have something to whisper about
you don't have to comfort me
trust me, that's not my intention. don't think too high of yourself.
i just don't understand it
it's the way the world is
so what's happening right now?
there's a shit load of pressure on me to get married as soon as possible
i'm sorry i drank your alcohol. i didn't realise you desperately needed it
let's be honest. if you'd known, you would have emptied it faster
okay, let's not be honest.
good talk
my time is over? already?
i have work to do unlike you
ouch, sir, you're brutal
get a job and stop texting me
yes sir, right away, sir. your wish is my command, sir.
if only it was that easy, you moron
you fucking seenzoned me?
excuse me?
how dare you!
fucking asshole.
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1.3 | Cellophane
Short StoryIn which, spontaneous Ishita agrees to work for the methodical businessman Jai to prove him wrong and put him in his place.