The First Encounter
"I'll bring you a new phone. A better phone than that one. Then you can talk to him all you want."
RK spoke sternly as Madhu picked up the pieces of her broken phone off the ground. She stood and faced him with a face full of rage.
"No thank you. I don't need your help."
She walked past RK while nudging him on the way by. He turned to face her and noticed all the eyes on him. He acted oblivious to all the eyes and went to take his place back on set as he kept his eyes on Madhu who stood by her bag.
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"Aryan. Why are you crying?"
"He said I'd never be able to walk again..."
"Who said that Aryan?"
"...R...K..."
Rage took place on Sultan's face as he heard the name of one of his rivals. He stood enraged and loaded his gun. He turned to see Aryan's caretaker.
"You're going back there Sultan?"
"No one. NO ONE. Tells my kid that."
"But Sult..."
"Watch Aryan."
And with that Sultan stormed out of his home.
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RK kept his eyes on Madhu as she placed curls in the heroine's hair. She glanced up and noticed his eyes on her but she pretended to act indifferent to him. She looked away.
RK stood to approach her but suddenly Bittuji went running towards him.
"Chief! Someone's asking for you...he doesn't look happy..."
Madhu overheard Bittuji and couldn't help but worry. She wondered if Sultan had found out about her spilling the beans to her mother.
Then suddenly she heard his voice. His loud, enraged, roaring voice got louder and louder. All heads turned towards the entrance to the studio.
"WHERE IS HE?! RK!"
Suddenly a familiar torso came into view. His back was towards all of them as he held a gun up at the guards in front of him.
RK watched as he remembered back to seeing that man's back before...when that man had walked away with Madhu the day before. Then suddenly he turned. RK recognized the eyes, which had dropped off Madhu that night. The eyes which continued to haunt RK in his dreams. As RK realized that the guy who stood before him was also the one he had assumed had a relationship with Madhu, he looked him up and down. Jealousy built up in RK as he noticed how buff and handsome this guy also was. He didn't notice the gun until Madhu ran in front of him.
"SULTAN!"
Sultan? RK thought to himself as he watched Madhu walking up to him. Bittuji's eyes widened at the name. The name which had once threatened to take his chief's life.
Sultan held the gun straight at RK as Madhu walked up to him.
"Please don't."
Sultan didn't budge. He kept his stance and his eyes on RK.
"I'm sorry! But please don't hur..."
"YOU! HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO MY KID?!"
Madhu's face turned to show confusion as she wondered what he was talking about. RK's expression turned to show shock. The gun didn't bother him once he heard the word kid come out of Sultan's mouth. They have a kid?! No...that can't be...she loved m...
"RK."
RK's thoughts were interrupted and he came back to reality. He straightened his posture and stepped forwards. He pushed Madhu out of the way gently and she stared with wide eyes as RK went to stand in front of Sultan's gun.
"So you're the one who's always taking her away."
Sultan kept his straight face and his gun pointed at RK.
"RK?!"
"Shut up Madhu. Two men are talking."
"RK, you don't know wh..."
"SHUT UP MADHU!"
Madhu was startled by his voice.
"How dare you threaten to break my kid's legs?! No one threatens Sultan's kid. NO ONE."
Madhu and RK both thought back to the conversation RK had, had on the phone earlier. As RK realized he had been talking to a child on the other end, he turned to look at Madhu. Madhu's eyes were wide and she realized she was the only one who could do anything.
Madhu ignored RK's looks and went to stand in front of him. Sultan's gun was placed just over Madhu's head at RK. Sudden fear and worry arose in RK as he saw the gun and Madhu in front of him. He wanted to push Madhu out of the way, he wanted to protect her...but he contolled himself as he noticed Madhu's hands going to wrap around Sultan's arm.
She slowly pulled Sultan's arm down and he stared down at her with his furious, ivy green eyes.
"What are you doing?"
He spoke sternly once again as RK watched the both of them.
"Can I talk to you? PLEASE."
"No."
"About Arya..."
"NO."
RK felt angered at the tone of voice Sultan used with Madhu. He felt only he had the right to speak to her like that.
RK pushed Madhu out of the way again.
"Stay away from Madhu. Dare you t..."
"HEY. No one talks to Sultan like that!"