CUT! - Rishbala FF UPDT: Part 19 - Page 124 (END) - Page 21

"I wonder what sh...what's my line again?"

"CUT!" Karan looked towards Rishabh and smiled, "Mr. Rishabh, it's 'I wonder when the right time will be' got it?"

"Oh, right." Rishabh suddenly remembered his lines.

"PLACES!...ACTION!"

"I wonder when the right time will be..."

RK sat on the edge of his bed and sipped away at his tea. He got to the bottom and noticed the extra sugar.

"Perfect" he spoke out loud.

As he put his fingers in the cup for the sugar, Madhu walked in.

"RK?"

RK suddenly looked up at his wife and put the cup down.

"I...Biwi, are you going to follow me to set today again?"

"You know me so well!" Madhu smiled as she went to pick out his clothes.

"CUT!"

Madhu and Rishabh turned to stare at Karan again.

"Are we done yet?" Madhu asked, tired from the long hours.

"Actually, I'm tired. And when I'm tired, shoot gets cut short. PACK UP!"

"That's my line!" Rishabh joked.

Madhu laughed as Karan gave Rishabh his "don't even think about it" look.

Rishabh turned to stare at Madhu.

"That man's a work of art Madhs."

"I love him for it!" Madhu said as she laughed and walked towards her dressing room.

Twenty minutes later, both Rishabh and Madhu exited their dressing room.

Madhu dressed in her usual jeans and tank top and Rishabh in clothes similar to RK's.

Rishabh ran towards Madhu and tapped her on her shoulder. She turned to face him in question.

"You dropped something."

"What?" Madhu looked down.

"Really Madhs? You fell for it again?" Rishabh laughed.

Madhu punched him in the arm as he continued to laugh.

"Rish, you suck."

"Love you too Madhs!"

Rishabh walked off in laughter as Madhu watched him leave.

Love you too...the words rang in Madhu's head.

What did I just feel when he said that? she thought to herself. Why did I like that...

She stood there, staring straight blankly. What she was feeling, even she didn't know.

She decided it'd be best to forget about it and so she left the studio as well.

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Madhu's phone rang just as she was about to get into bed.

"Hello?" she wondered who it could be so late at night.

"Madhs!"

"Rish...I was just goin..."

"Remember how I said we'd pick up the dropped conversation tonight?"

"Yes, but I didn't think you meant so late! We have shooting tomorrow and I'm tired," she yawned to emphasize that fact.

"Just hear me out."

"Make it quick, or I'll fall asleep on the phone."

"Ahahah! Do it! I'll record your snoring..."

"I don't snore!"

"That's what they all say!"

"Really!"

"Yeah yeah Madhs, just listen. You asked why I cut the intense scene short right?"

"Yeah..."

"Well, it was because...I don't know how to say this..."

"Just say it," Madhu was becoming impatient and just wanted to know what was on his mind.

"It was because...you..."

"I...?"

"You...SMELL! AHAHA!" Rishabh burst into a fit of laughter as he heard silence on the other end.

Within the next second he heard the beeping of an empty call. She had hung up.

Rishabh looked at his phone with confusion. He wondered what was up with Madhu. Usually she would've said something back, but she was silent. For the first time, she had hung up on him. Why? he wondered to himself.

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The next day, Rishabh watched as Madhu entered the studio. She looked like a mess. Almost as if she had just woken up. Her hair was up in a messy bun and the puffiness of her eyes was visible from far. Had she been crying? Rishabh wondered as he ran towards her.

"Madhs!"

She ignored his call and began to walk towards her dressing room.

"Madhu?"

She stopped in her tracks. Hearing her full name from his mouth after so long slightly shocked her.

Rishabh ran in front of her and she didn't make eye contact.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm late. I have to go get changed."

"No."

"Move."

"I'm not moving until you tell me what's wrong."

"Rishabh. Move."

"Rishabh?"

"That's your name, isn't it?"

"Yeah but..."

Rishabh watched as she walked past him and into her dressing room.