BUTTERFLY FROM THE FLAME (JOY AND GENTLENESS OF THE FLAME)

Chapter 43

Its been few day since the pandavas went to war. Dushala and Draupadi were busy handling the household, abhimanyu and the kingdom. "Bhabhi!" Dushala called. "Yes?" Draupadi replied. "Lets go and visit shivi!" Dushala said. "Okay I will write a letter" Draupadi said. "No need bhabhi! I already wrote and its a surprise to bhrata." Dushala said. "When are we going?" Draupadi asked. 'Now! That's why I came to call you!" dushala said. "What?" Draupadi said. "Don't worry I have already made all the preparation now come.

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"He is so handsome and charming." a girl said dreamily standing by the window of her room standing under the moonlight. By dress she looked royal, she was beautiful with neat curls. "he is the most perfect!" the girl said in an admiring tone. "I want to meet him! But what excuse to make?" the girl said. "Lets see when we reach there. When will you be mine maharaj yudhistir?" the girl said turning around revealing herself to be the princess of Shivi, Devika. After saying that she and went towards 'his' room.

As she moved closer his room to find the sound of giggling and laughing of a male and female. "Who is it? Why do I hear female voice in his room?" Devika said. She peeked inside just to get her heart crush. Yudhistir was embracing a girl tightly by her waist and was flirting with her while caressing her hip and waist by one hand and her jawline and lips. Yudhistir playfully bit her nose making the female let out a giggle. Yudhistir's hand was roaming around the back of her blouse making Devika tighten her grip on her lehenga. "Who in the world is trying to seduce MY maharaj." Devika said to herself.

Yudhistir bent and kissed her neck while slowly moving towards her jawline making Devika go red with anger. Yudhistir then claimed her lips and bit her lower lips slightly entering his tongue inside her mouth. He relished each and every corner sending him pleasure all over his body. His hands traveled to her back and undid her blouse making Devika go furious. Not being able to handle the pain and anger she went towards her room.

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"Who was that vicious girl who tried to steal my maharaj from me?" Devika said while getting ready. "Just wait vicious girl. MY maharaj will be mine! No other can have him except for me." Devika said. "That girl seduced my maharaj? Wait vicious girl, tonight instead of you I will be there." Devika said and went towards the court as it was time. 

"Pranipat maharaj." two female said catching Devika's attention. She was mesmerized by the beauty of the girl at the left. "Pranipat maharani, rajkumari. Pranipat little prince." Shivi king said to Draupadi and Dushala and to Abhimanyu making him giggle. "Please take seat maharani." Shivi king said and Yudhistir stood up from his seat and went towards Draupadi and took her hands leading her to their seat. "Thank you for arranging everything at a short time." Dushala said. "Its my pleasure kumari. Plus I noticed maharaj being lost staring at maharani's portrait. I thought he was missing her." Shivi king said.

"Who else would I? After all she is my wife." Yudhistir said. "Wait! Meaning that vicious girl from last night was maharani?" Devika said to herself. After talking much they all retired to their chamber. Arjun and the rest were busy with Abhimanyu and Yudhistir was busy with Draupadi. "Arya eat. You have been working ever since." Draupadi said feeding him a morsel. As she was feeding him Devika happened to pass by, seeing her feed him Devika hid behind a pillar and watched them. "How much I missed being fed by you." Yudhistir said eating making Draupadi chuckle. 

"Was this all a misunderstanding?" Devika asked to herself remembering how once when she brought food for Yudhistir and tried to feed him by mistake. After Devika retreated her hand and asked for forgiveness yudhistir forgave her but longing and sadness was crystal clear in his voice. "Meaning he was not sad that I retreated my hand but was reminded of maharani feeding him?" Devika said. 

Few days passed since draupadi and dushala's arrival. "Bhabhi!" Dushala said. "What?" Draupadi asked. "Have you noticed that shivi kumari's behavior towards bhrata Yudhistir?" Dushala said. "Yes." Draupadi said. "Do something! She is trying to be your co-wife!" Dushala said. "Arya made a vow never to marry again. Don't worry, I believe in my arya." Draupadi said. "But I don't believe in shivi kumari's intentions. Is bhrata blind or what? If I was him I would straight say in her face that I am already in deep love with my wife, I don't love you." Dushala said. "This is called disadvantage of having a eligible and handsome husband." Draupadi said. "Still! I want you to be my only bhabhi." Dushala said side hugging her making her chuckle. Abhimanyu with his baby steps walked towards Draupadi and slammed his baby hands on her lap and rested his head on her lap making the two chuckle.

"Maharani? Can I talk with you alone?" Devika said entering the scene. "Dushala take abhi." Draupadi said and dushala went away. "Don't take me wrong maharani but I am in love with your second husband." Devika said. "I know and he is not my second husband he is my first husband." Draupadi said. "But angraj?" Devika said confused. "I don't love them individually but because of their unity and devotion towards me. Saying first and second sounds like rank and order of prioritizing. All of them are equal to me and are my first husband. All six are my first priority." Draupadi said.

"You know I love your husband, aren't you angry?" Devika asked. "Why should I be angry with you? Its a human emotion and feeling over which humans don't have any control. I don't blame you for being attracted towards my husband." Draupadi said. "You really aren't angry? Aren't you sad, furious or anything?" Devika said. "No kumari, I really am not." Draupadi said. "How?" Devika asked. "When you didn't knew that arya was married to me then what did you think him as? How did you feel when I was around him?" Draupadi said. "I felt like how every other feels when one is in love. I felt like who am I to him? Is he in love with me? Will he be my lover? Will he accept me as his lover?. And when I saw him with you I felt extremely jealous and angry. I felt like what's mine is getting snatched away from me. My world revolves around him. I thought him as only mine." Devika said. "Aren't you angry or jealous hearing this?" Devika asked confused seeing Draupadi calm.

 "This is the difference between us. I am willing to be and will be his lover until the end of the time. I won't make him my lover be be his instead. I won't stop loving him if he says he doesn't love me. My love will never decrease for him no matter what. My world doesn't revolves around him he is my world. I don't think or claim his as mine I think and claim to be his. I find happiness in him and everything related to him. He sees you as a good friend so how can I be angry or hate you? And same goes for my other husbands." Draupadi said. "Don't you fear me as being your co-wife? Don't you fear him loving somebody else?" Devika asked. "I surely do and alot than anyone can imagine. I believe my husbands devotion and love towards me, their love is deeper than anything in this world towards me. They made a vow not to marry anybody else." Draupadi said.

"And if they are forced? Stuck in such a situation?" Devika asked. "If they happily bring then I will happily accept them. But if they are forced then the bride will be very unlucky. They might be happy in the first few hours but will realize that arya doesn't love them and will get their heart broken. Remember Devika, if arya by his wish marries you I will happily accept you but if he is forced.. he will never love you back. You might think I am telling lie and being arrogant but the truth is the truth." Draupadi said and went away. 

"Our yudhi is now stuck in a love triangle." Karn said. the pandavas were hiding and listening to their talk. Hearing draupadi's description of her love and priority towards them made them feel proud but after the two ladies exited the pandavas found the love triangle funny except for yudhistir. "Finally! Now we found a solid entertainment!" Bheem said. "Just wait! I hope you too get trapped in a love triangle." Yudhistir said.

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Yudhistir suddenly pulled Draupadi to and embrace and attacked her neck and jawline. "Arya.." Draupadi lowly moaned. "Priye... I want a daughter." Yudhistir said. "What?" Draupadi said. "A daughter." Yudhistir said making Draupadi blush and slightly look away with a shy smile. "A mixture of you and me. Symbol of our love. Will you give me?" Yudhistir said making her shyly look at him in his intense eyes and nod shyly making Yudhistir smile in satisfaction and carry her in bridal style and move towards the bed.