BREAKUP BY COMMITTEE

By: AMITA BASU

“I wanna see other people.” Kavya’s sitting on her bed, looking down at him on her MacBook. When she looks away, he thinks she’s looking at the wall, reflecting.

“Whatever you wanna try,” he pleads, “we’ll try together.”

Pallavi, on the floor, types on her iPhone and holds it up, Heads Up style. Smita, standing beside Kavya, mouths ‘Fuck him!’

“I’m unworthy of you,” Kavya reads thoughtfully from Pallavi’s phonescreen.

Finally it’s over. Kavya closes her laptop. The three girls embrace, weep, cheer. Then Pallavi fetches ice, Smita fetches towels, and they ice the last bruise he left on Kavya.

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