Ruhani went on stage and she felt her body becoming more lighter.
"Ruhani,are your parents accompanying you today?" Rajiv,one of the judges asked her
"Nope sir,My mumma got an appointment with the dentist" Ruhani replied
"And your Dad?" Shreya,the other judge asked this time
"About that,I do have some daddy issues" she blurted that out and regretted seconds later
Whole audience cracked into a laughter
Ruhani continued again even before Judges could come out of their horrified mental state. WELL,Miss Oberoi wasn't surprised at all.
"I meant...my papa had an important meeting"
"Oh..ohkay then...So,what are you going to do today for us?" Rajiv asked with a blank face..as if he has already given up on ruhani. Not expecting anything from her.
And probably,most of the audience presumed the same. Another shitty contestant on stage meaningleslly trying with their life.
"Sir,rather than answering that..I would like to show you.." Ruhani answered with a calm smile. She knew she could do it
"Please do that fawwwst" Rajiv yawned before completing and shreya,the other judge bursted into a laughter and probably the whole crowd as well
And Miss Oberoi..well,Ruhani wasn't looking at her now. She took a deep breath and stepped onto the centre stage.
"Can I please have a collar mike and Theatre lights just focused on me..with the whole room turning dark?" Ruhani moved her head, looking over her shoulders
"Yes,we can do that" A girl from behind the stage said on the speakers
All the arrangements were made
A Voilin was playing in the background. The whole room was dark except Ruhani with lights bestowing upon her cherry brown eyes and shredded salwar kameez. Silence took over the little whispers in the room and now everyone could hear her breath inhaling and exhaling on the speakers. Her eyes were closed
ACTION
Her expressions suddenly changed and a tear fell down her eyes.
It was Raghavi now.
Raghavi slowly opened her eyes and made eye contact with the audience. She had a confused expression on her face
"Itne saare log..yahan kya kar rahe hai..(What are so...many people doing here)"
"Han,mai tujhse puch rahi hoon..tu ...aur haan tu bhi(Yes,I'm asking you and you also)" She pointed towards people in the audience with an eyebrow rolled up
"Arre koi toh kuch bolo...kya kar rahe ho yahan?(Will anyone answer something...What are you doing here?" She screamed loudly with tears rolling down her cheeks. Her scream jolted the whole theatre room
"kal..kahan the tum log..haan..jab mera rape ho raha tha? (Where were you guys yesterday..when I was being raped?)" She asked with rage and many questions in her tone
Ruhani,wrote this monologue from Raghavi's perspective who was raped by two men in broad twilight. She suddenly found herself midst hundred of people and were asking them questions. Her monologue included poetry,rage,emotions,sadness,tragedy and most of all betrayal. The accused were roaming freely and the victim was suffering.
Raghavi was mapping the whole stage from one end to another through her steps. She was connecting with everyone through her eyes who alone were speaking a thousand words. Raghavi was pleading,she was crying,she was angry..she was asking for help.
Raghavi was sharing her sorrow. She was hoping for someone who would step by her side. But she guessed no one would dare to step against a noble..would they?
Expressions were taking over her face as effortlessly they could. Raghavi wanted to express and Ruhani was doing that perfectly.
CUT
There was silence after her performance ended. A few seconds later when audience could get the grip of what just happened,A large auditorium of two thousand people bursted into claps. They were hooting ,cheering,smiling..it was phenomenal.
Ruhani touched the stage and tapped the same hand on her forehead being grateful and thanking her art. Amidst all the hooting and praiseful noises,her eyes were searching only for one face. And there she was.
Smiling,like genuinely smiling. Smiling at her. Ruhani made eye contact with her professor and Miss Oberoi mouthed a 'BEAUTIFUL'. She felt a whole zoo jumping in the pit of her stomach and the sensation jolted her whole body making her break the eye contact with shyness. Her not so old gorgeous Professor bursted into a cute chuckle after watching the young girl being so shy.
As much as Ruhani wanted to go and talk to her,it was announced that she was the last performance for the day.All the participants were kicked out of the hall and unfortunately she had to head back home.
She still couldn't get the thought of Miss Oberoi smiling,like smiling at her..and calling her 'BEAUTIFUL'? Well,no no no..she called her performance beautiful..why will Miss Oberoi call her....
Leave it
She was in her blankets now. It was 12am and she uploaded her performance online on her youtube channel,edited clips on reels and youtube shorts.
She slept, all lost in dreams of her favourite professor.
A/N - I LITERALLY KEPT YOU GUYS ,CONVERSATION DEPRIVED BETWEEN THE MAIN CHARACTERS FOR 8 FUCKING CHAPTERS .....I HOPE IF ANYONE'S READING,PLEASE KEEP READING THIS STORY..I PROMISE YOU'LL LOVE THE UPCOMING CHAPTERS . IT'S A SLOW BURN,I WANT TO KEEP THE AWKWARDNESS AND REALISM AS MUCH AS I CAN
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UNETHICAL (Teacher×student) (Indian Sapphic romance)
RomanceRuhani is a teenager who has always been insecure about her looks and her personality. She has an immense talent for writing poetries and has always been appreciated for the same since childhood. She isn't sure of her future which seems more darker...
