Dialogue-Only :) Short, and I hope, sweet! Written because I'm sleepy but I don't want to sleep (if that makes sense)
ArHi OneShot |Endurance|
"Stop it."
"Stop what?"
"What you're doing."
"I'm not doing anything!"
"Yes, you are. Stop...making that face."
"I'm not making any face."
"Khushi, I'm serious, it's getting on my nerves-"
"Arnavji, spare me, OK? We've been stuck in this traffic jam for two hours now- I'm cold, I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm sleepy, and I really don't want to fight you over useless things."
"Then stop pouting."
"-Pouting? That's what is annoying you?! Pouting?!"
"Like I said, it's getting on my nerves."
"I'd like to know how, exactly. I'm not making noise, am I? I'm not disturbing you, I've not said anything to you at all for ages now. Don't blame your bad mood on me."
"I'm not in a bad mood."
"Hah! I'm not blind, Arnavji! You've been fuming ever since we got into the car! If this bothers you so much, why did you agree to drop me off in the first place?"
"Di told me to."
"You could have refused! I could have taken a taxi or something to the party instead, and you wouldn't have to bother yourself with enduring my company-"
"I'm not enduring-"
"Yeah, right. That's why you've been so edgy this whole time- telling me off for pouting when you couldn't come up with anything else."
"It's irritating."
"Well, then don't look! Look at the road, you're the one driving!"
"The traffic isn't moving remember? Stop being so childish about it. And for goodness' sake stop pouting."
"No! I won't! I won't stop pouting. Why should I? Just because you're cranky doesn't mean you have to take it out on me-"
"You're cranky too, and you're taking it out on me-"
"-honestly, you didn't even speak to me properly, you've been so rude all this time-"
"You weren't talking to me either-"
"No "How have you been?", "Long time no see", no nothing-"
"You didn't-"
"Didn't even say anything about my new dress, or the way I wore my hair differently-"
"I didn't realise you were fishing for compliments-"
"I wasn't, but you could have been polite! And if you can't be polite, don't say anything at all!"
"All I said was-"
"No. I won't stop pouting. In fact, I'll pout to my heart's delight. I'll pout for this whole car-ride. And there's nothing you can do about it."
"...are you challenging me, Khushi Kumari Gupta?"
"Again with your challenges? Just because something doesn't go your way does not mean you're being challenged, OK? If it bothers you so much, don't look!"
"I can't do that."
"Gah! You're so infuriating! Look straight, look at your phone, call people and shout at them, entertain yourself however you please! Why are you being so ridiculous?"
"I don't think I am."
"Seriously? What kind of reasonable person gets so worked up over something like this? Nothing is going right, we're going to be late for the party, Jeeju will probably have received the award long before we get there, and I get frustrated when I'm hungry! I think I'm perfectly within my rights to pout as much as I want! They're my lips, I can do what I want with the- mmphh!!?!"
"..."
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"..."
"Well...now they're mine. And I can do whatever I want with them."
"..."
"..."
"...w-why...mph..."
"Because I get frustrated when I'm hungry too."
So...I hope that was OK. Hehe.
I would really appreciate your thoughts on this (really short) piece!
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