The heart wants what it wants..(NiVi FF)Cht 7 pg 23 - Page 5

"What the hell are you doing?" he got up instantly.

"What I am doing? What were you doing out there!" she yelled back at him.

On the other side, a similar situation took place in Nia's changing room where she and Nishal were in an argument.

[Bold - Ravi Shagun Convo, rest Nia-Nishal Convo]

"I was doing my job, unlike you!" she was angry now.

"Really, Nia? You want me to believe that that was your job?" he asked her holding her shoulders tightly.

"You knew it from before, didn't you? Why are you getting mad now?" she removes his hands off her and pushes him away.

"Yes I knew it from before, but what you did out there... I couldn't bear it.." her voice started cracking towards the end as she got teary.

"I told you not to come, but you did anyhow! Now, please..." he closes his eyes trying to control his emotions.

"Don't create a scene over here. This is my work place. We can talk about this later." she turns and takes her costume which was hanging on the wall.

"Nia, I want to talk about it now!"

"Well you can't! Some people have work to do. I don't want to discuss my personal life here anymore."

He walks out dejectedly from her room, as she was about to shut her door she notices Shagun leaving his room in tears. From the other end, Ravi spots her peeping from her door and their eyes meet each other. Nervously, both of them shut their door before their eyes could give away their heart to each other.

[ FLASHBACK :

"Nia, are you ready?" asked the director and she nods her head in response.

On asking Ravi, he shows a thumbs up to him, "Get into your space as Siddharth and Roshni, just before we roll it" he calls out.

Nia chews her gum nervously, "Excuse me, I am not going to kiss you while you chew your gum." he whispers to her and then smiles as Shagun was looking at them.

"I think you need some for yourself too" she muttered sarcastically back at him.

"No, thank you I am perfectly alright!" he faked a smile at her.

"Rolling..." called out the director, which usually meant that they were ready for the shot. Nia takes off the gum in a piece of paper, while Ravi closes his eyes calming his heartbeats.

"And...action.."

"Siddharth tumhe andaaza bhi hai mere upar kya beeti thi? Maine ek ek pal saalo ki tarah bitayi hai tumhari yaad mein! Main roti thi Siddharth tumhare yaad mein aur tumhe zara sa bhi taras nahi aaya?" she hits him on his chest with teary eyes.

He looks guiltily at the ground as tears rolled down his cheeks, "Siddharth, how could you do this?"

"Roshni main.." he whispers but she cuts him off again.

"Nahi Siddharth, maine itne mauke diye tumhe bolne ke liye tab kyun nahi bole? Kyu itna tarpaya mujhe?" she grabs his collar coming near to him. He tries to speak again, but she hits him on his chest,

"I hate you Siddharth, I hate you... I hate you Siddharth!" she pushes him away.

I am Siddharth. She is Roshni. All those words were for Siddharth not for Ravi, but then why is it creating a torment in my heart that it's pinching me hard! No.. no no.. I cannot think like this, I am Siddharth... I am...

"Ravi, you need to pull her into a kiss.." he heard someone shouting it from afar.

He tunes out the rest of the noise, the many people that were staring at them, the lights, the artificial air that was being blown towards them and just concentrated on her lips which were uttering the words that he did not wish to hear anymore. He pulls her towards him, making her collide on his chest - cupping her face with his hands he whispers a soft Nia to gain her attention, before he pressed his lips on hers.

Nia was numb for a few seconds; she didn't know how to react since she had heard him. She tried not to give in to this kiss as she knew this was not Siddharth kissing his Roshni, but it was Ravi who was kissing her. She was struggling with the conflict that had risen between her heart and mind, but Ravi's warm lips on hers was making her weak, when she thought, "f**k it"

She closes her eyes and kisses him back; she clutches his shirt on either side of his torso pulling him towards her. Seeing her response, his hand reaches the back of her neck making her come close to him. They break apart even though they were in no mood to, but they had to for the much needed air and the director shouts, "Cut!"

They keep staring at each other even after the shot was cut; their eyes gave away what their mind was thinking at that moment - "I want more!"

"Excellent shot... I was just hoping for a small peck on the lips but you guys really went into the emotions.. that's great..." the director was out of words.

"Thank you Sir!" they replied at the same time which made them look back at the other.

Breaking their unsaid conversation, the director informs them that they had to do another far shot of the scene as well.

"Ano...Another one?" stammered Ravi.

"Yes, do you have any problem?" asked the director.

"No..No sir.."

While Nia and Ravi were waiting for their scene to be ready, they sat in silence pondering over the kiss they shared. They were still in their own trance, unknown of their surroundings, unknown to who might have watched them, unknown that it was not just the two of them that were thinking about the kiss but there were two more people in the room who were trying to find the inner meaning of that kiss.

They are called up again for their scene, and that's when Nia notices Nishal quietly observing her from a distance. The moment their eyes meet, she could see the judgment he had in it for her. She freezes in her pace; Ravi turns around to see her standing still, he looks in the direction she was staring at. But he was not looking at Nishal, he saw Shagun standing at a distance - hurt evident in her eyes.

"Ravi, Nia.. we are ready" called the director.