The Birlas' - CHAKRAVYUH

Chapter - 3 : Impact

Outside The Rehearsal Hall:

Roohi finished her rehearsal, and the voice trainer praised her performance and voice culture. She was over the moon to say the least and was on her way to share her excitement with her family when Anya blocked her way. Roohi greeted her with a wide smile and Anya found it too pure to hold it against Roohi. 

Anya was in a constant confusion, but she decided to go with the flow. The smile on her face proved that Roohi was yet to see the video. So, she decided to show it to her. 

"Bahut acha perform kiya...... it seems! Rachana ne bataya. Apparently, the whole crew is impressed." 

Anya praised her genuinely because the crew was indeed happy with Roohi's performance. Anya really liked her voice too but she soon got back to business. 

"Maine hi miss kardiya Roohi. Shit yaar. Main break mein bas woh Akshara ma'am ka naya video dekh rahi thi. Sab baat kar rahe the uske bare mein and I felt left out. 

Jab maine dekha na........Mujhe unkeliye itna bura laga. I can't even say it. It took me some time to recover and itne mein I missed your performance. Sorry!" Anya conveyed Roohi about the video smartly without making it obvious. 

She was sure that Roohi's curiosity will force her to watch the video. Anya just wanted to see her reaction, but she had to hide her desperation and force herself to not push Roohi to watch it.

"Abhi mujhe kaam hain. I will make a move." Anya was about to leave when Roohi called her. Anya was jumping in joy internally but looked unbothered from the outside. 

"What's the matter Roohi?" She feigned ignorance. 

"Can you give me company? Mujhe woh Akshara ma'am ka video dekhna hain." Roohi requested. Anya checked the time for effect and nodded. 

"Jaldi dekhlete hain. Then I will rush." Anya answered. 

Roohi opened her phone only to find out that the video was everywhere on her feed. Only if she wasn't so involved in the performance and the preparation, she would have noticed it by herself. She nervously clicked on the play button. 

Roohi was mentally convincing herself that all this did not matter but by the end of it, when she wasn't even mentioned for a second, her pretense snapped. Her face was void of any emotion and she just bid Anya a goodbye and rushed to their suite. 

Roohi didn't give Anya any time to comment anything about the video. Anya was happy that she tried but things didn't cooperate. She had done her bit and now the rest isn't in her hands. She also noted that if things don't go their way and Abhir isn't called over, she will have to discuss this video with Roohi whenever she found her on her own. With that thought, she went on with her day.

Abhimanyu couldn't hold himself back anymore and was moving towards Roohi's rehearsal hall to break the news to Roohi. He knew that she will take it from him better. He was going to step out of the lift when he saw a blank Roohi waiting at the lift. She looked so lifeless that she didn't even observe Abhimanyu's presence in the lift. She just mechanically entered the lift and pressed on the floor number.