INT. BUILDING TERRACE

Shanmugham and Anand goes to the terrace of Anand's 24 floor building. They stand at the wall, looking at the sun slowly disappear from the sky. Strong winds haves blown away the white skies and are replaced by the black blanket.

Shanmugham
"Nice view."

Anand nods.

Shanmugham
"So....what is it? Why do you hate so much about being a looser ?"

Anand
"All my life, I had been a looser."

Anand cont'd
"I tenth, I was considered to be in the Top 10 students list to score maximum marks but, I was in the 20's. In 12th, I completely fucked and made myself a joke."

Shanmugham nods.

Anand
"Later on....when everything seemed to be becoming perfect I watched 'The Da Vinci code ' and decided to be a script writer.  By the time this decision was made, I had already wasted a lot of my years"

Anand cont'd
"I wanted to be script writer....I worked hard for it, still working. But, it seems like it won't work out "

Shanmugham
"C'mon, everything needs some time."

Anand
"Nope. You know, sometimes the simplest questions like 'How are you?' becomes unable to answer. We know that our answer will be 'Fine' even with a million things wrong in our life. But, in that moment....even lying becomes hard."

Anand cont'd
"I dedicated almost a decade for it and what did I get ? Nothing."

Shanmugham puts his hand over Anand's shoulder. A drop of tear falls on the concrete from Anand's eyes.

Anand
"I had a 9 to 5 job. Everyday I would catch the 7:15 local to reach my workplace and would reach home at 8 pm. Every day I worked for 12 hours....sat on a chair scrolling through the Excel sheets and one day, on my way back home I felt like jumping in front of a truck and end it all."

Anand cont'd
"But everytime things got tough and life became unbearable, I used to get some small packets of joy. That would be a reply to my query letter or a mail asking for my script. I used to think about these to be sign to keep hanging to my dreams, but in reality it was all my coping mechanism. I used all these to make me feel less sad."

Shanmugham
"Look at myself kid."

Shanmugham shows his hands to Anand.

Shanmugham
"I smell blood. No matter what I do, the smell won't leave me and that's a curse I live with."

Shanmugham cont'd
"I never wanted to be a killer. But, sometimes life doesn't give what we want."

Anand
"Then what's the point of living such a life."

Anand cont'd
"Why do we have dreams of a better life only for someone to wake us up and tell it's all just a dream?"

Shanmugham
"Because that is life!"

Shanmugham cont'd
"Sometimes we walk through the darkest paths only to find nothing. We have to change the path, if their is darkness, we have to bring light to it. No matter how long you walk, if their is no end to the cave....you won't find the light."

Shanmugham walks a few steps away from the boy with his hands in the pocket. Anand turns around and looks at Shanmugham.

Shanmugham
"If you want the light, you have to change your path."

Shanmugham cont'd
"You wanted to be a script writer and all you do is sending query mails. If that is not working, change the plan. Try building a team of similar people like you."

Anand
"It's not that easy."

Shanmugham
"It is..... Everything is easy if you find the right direction to look at."

Anand
"I have made up my mind. I don't want to live anymore."

Anand cont'd
"I know the time for magic to happen is long gone."

Anand looks at the empty sky.

Anand
"I have lost everything while chasing this dream. I lost friends, I lost my love, I lost a better life and now, I'm loosing my self."

Anand cont'd
"This world, everything around me has changed. All my friends are having a better life and I'm here setting the example of a looser."

Shanmugham
"It's not..."

Anand (interrupts)
"And I'm done with it. I don't want to be a looser anymore."

Shanmugham walks closer to Anand.

Shanmugham
"Is their anything I can do to make you feel better?"

Anand (with his eyes filled with tears)
"Just kill me.."

Shanmugham nods.

He takes out the pistol and points it straight at Anand's head.

Shanmugham
"I'm sorry."

Shanmugham keeps his finger on the trigger but, he is unable to pull it.

Anand has closed his eyes and he waiting for his death.

Shanmugham (lovers his gun)
"I'm sorry, I can't do it."

Anand opens his eyes. He grabs the gun from Shanmugham's hand and point it below his jaw.

Anand
"Fine, I'll do it myself."

Shanmugham (scared)
"No, no, no ...no kid. Don't do that."

Anand
"I'm done man.... I'm done."

Anand pulls the trigger.

The gun's safety was on hence it didn't fire the bullet and it gave enough time for Shanmugham to tackle Anand and get back his gun. Shanmugham tackles Anand. They both fall on the floor.

Shanmugham quickly grabs his gun. He gets back on his feet.

Shanmugham
"Enough with this shit."

Shanmugham cont'd
"I can't live a peaceful life after killing you."

Anand gets up. Shanmugham puts his hand inside his jacket pocket and takes out 30,000Rs cash.

Shanmugham throws the cash at Anand.

Shanmugham
"Here's your money. Hire someone else."

Shanmugham marches out of the terrace while Anand watched him leave.

****************THE END*****************