Tangle of Emotions

Missing You

Khushi and Preeta look at Ansh in shock.

Preeta: Tere parents bahar hai matlab?

Ansh: (nervous) Woh grocery shopping kar rhe hai yehi pe...

Preeta: Unhone kya kaha tujhe?

Ansh: (looks down) Unhone mujhe dekha nhi... I got away as soon as I saw them.

Khushi: What?

Ansh: I can't face them after... jo kuch bhi hua.. woh toh meri shakal bhi dekhna nhi chahte hai. It's better I stay away from them and go our own separate ways.

Preeta looks at him sadly as Khushi stands up from her chair angrily.

Khushi: (angrily) What nonsense! You're just going to hide away from them for the rest of your lives?

Ansh: (pleading with eyes) Khush...

Khushi: (angrily) No Ansh! I can't let this happen! You can't just run away from your problems! You have to stand up and face them! Tumne toh kuch galat kiya hi nhi! If they think following your dreams is a crime then your parents are idiots!

Preeta: Khushi sunn..

Khushi: (angrily) No! Ansh Aggarwal you will face your parents today, understand?

Khushi grabs Ansh's hand angrily and takes him out of the restaurant. Ansh tried to talk some sense into Khushi, but she was in a rage at the moment. The two spot Ansh's parents at a vegetable stall. Khushi brings Ansh to his parents, Viraaj and Neeta. They see Ansh standing in front of them, and their expressions turn to one of anger.

Viraaj: (to Neeta angrily) Yeh yaha kya kar rha hai...

Neeta: (dragging Viraaj away) Aap chodiye, chaliye aap mere saath.

Ansh looks at his parents who were not even acknowledging his presence. Khushi looks at Ansh and sees tears well up in his eyes. Seeing him her eyes start to reflect sadness. She angrily looks at Viraaj and Neeta who were leaving.

Khushi: (angrily) I beg your pardon Mr and Mrs. Aggarwal... Lekin kya aap iss ladke ko nhi pehchaante?

Viraaj and Neeta turn looking at Khushi who pushes Ansh in front of them.

Viraaj: (coldly) Hum nhi jaante iss insaan ko.

Khushi: (sarcastically) Oh really? Toh kyu naa mai aapki introduction karwa doon? Uncle, Aunty, ye hai mera dost Ansh Aggarwal. In other words, (angrily) aapka beta!

Neeta: (angrily) Aye ladki! Tu hoti kaun hai humse iss tareeke se baat karne waali? Aur humare family matters mai apni naak daalne ki koi jarurat nhi hai!

Khushi: (laughs sarcastically) Family? Really! (pretends to search) Mujhe toh kahi family nhi dikh rha? (with hate) I only see two heartless parents and one heartbroken son.

Viraaj: (shouts angrily) Teri itni himmat! Hume aise naamon se bulati hai? Arre hai kaun tu?

Khushi steps towards Viraaj angrily. Ansh tries to hold her hand, pleading her to stay back. But Khushi wouldn't listen, her fire was too much for even Ansh to handle. She shakes off his hand.

Khushi: Ansh ki dost hoon... aur mera pura hak banta hai ki mai uski taraf se baat karu. And I just want to say, on behalf of Ansh, ki aap iss duniya ke sabse heartless, cold-hearted, disgusting, aur failed parents ho!

Viraaj: (shouts angrily) How dare you!

Viraaj angrily goes to slap Khushi, Khushi closes her eyes when she feels no slap on her cheek. She opens her eyes to see Ansh holding Viraaj's hand, looking at him with blood-shot eyes. Ansh's parents look at him in shock.