Clashed destinies

Karn's master stroke

"You look very beautiful!" Vrushali exclaimed on seeing Meghna.
"Aww thankss babes" Meghna cried forgetting she is in dwapar yug.
"What is babes? And what is this 'aww'? " Vrushali asked genuinely confused by her choice of words.
"Oh I am so sorry. I am still not used to  dwapar yug. In our yug we speak like this. Babes means umm priye maybe...yeah priye...and aww is a way of expressing love and affection towards someone." Meghna said.
"Aww that's sweet" vrushali said smiling.
"You are one quick learner woman." Meghna said and both of them burst into laughter.

Karn was a bit bothered seeing the two of them conversing like friends. He just cant get it out of his head that he has applied sindoor on the forehead of Meghna and in the future he is supposed to marry Vrushali and here these two women are befriending each other.
"This karn is too complicated!" Krishna muttered to himself as he saw the scene's vision with his godly eyes.

"The marriage food is all left. And people are rushing in to have a view of the new girl emerged from the fire. I dont know how to handle the crowd." Radhama was worried.
"Pranipat maata. You seem extremely worried." A heavenly voice was heard.
Radha turned around and she was surprised to see the person standing in front of her.
"Vasudev krishna! Pranipaat maharaj" Radha greeted krishna folding her hands.
"Maata I am much younger than you. Please bless me" saying so Krishna bowed down and touched her feet. Radhama was taken aback by the man's humble nature  and sweet talks.
Radha blessed him with all her heart.
"Maata I am here to meet Meghna and you are her legal guardian I suppose and so I have some discussion with you too. Hope you can give me some time." Krishna requested.
"Yes definitely. I will immediately call Putri Meghna. Karn too should be a part of this conversation." Radhama said.
"Yes indeed." Krishna agreed.

"Pranipaat Vasudev" karn greeted Krishna.
"Pranipaat angraj" Krishna greeted him with a smile.
"Hiii Meghna" krishna greeted Meghna in the kaliyug way.
"Hey Govind! Its good to see you after so long" Meghna spoke in fluent english.
Radhama and Karn looked at them with confused glances.
"Maata mahadev has given her responsibility to you and I am extremely happy. You are a very generous soul and Angraj is a very kind man. You both will definitely take care of my dear friend." Krishna cried.
All three of them flinched at the word sister.
" Is Meghna your friend Vasudev?" Karn asked completely taken aback.
"Yes she is my dearest friend and she will come to stay with me in Dwarka as well but for now you have to take care of her maata." Krishna said as planned .
Meghna was genuinely shocked. What was happening. Why wouldn't Krishna take her to Dwarka? What the hell?!
"With pleasure Vasudev. But if she is your friend then wont she want to live with you ? And she will be far more comfortable with you in Dwarka" Karn asked hoping that Krishna will take Meghna to Dwarka quickly. Seeing Meghna in front of his eyes was weird for him. And he wouldn't be able to marry Vrushali  when Meghna is standing in front of him. Just a sindoor! But also it's never just a sindoor! Sindoor is pure!
"No Angraj. She will stay here for some time as she has some work here. I will come to take her when it will be time for her to go to Dwarka. But she is so extremely sweet that when she will be leaving for Dwarka you both will be in tears and you both wont want her to leave." Krishna said particularly looking at Karn who looked the other way immediately.
"I already don't want her to leave Vasudev!" Radhama cried.
Vasudev smiled looking at Radhama.
"Hope you will take good care of my sakhi Angraj Karn. I have high expectations from you." Krishna personally told Karn before leaving for Dwarka.
When Krishna and Meghna were alone in the chamber Meghna threw her big list of questions to Krishna.
" Why cant I go with you to Dwarka ? Who is my husband? Why is Karn so rude?  " all at one breath.
"This needs talent! Asking so many question at one breath! You are seriously talented my dear sakhi." Krishna said.
" In our last meeting you were calling me sakhi and now you are not taking me to Dwarka?" Meghna asked confused.
"Oh so Radhama is not taking good care of you? She will be very hurt if I tell her that you want to go to Dwarka leaving her behind. That's very unfair!" Krishna again outsmarted her.
" Very smart. Why cant I go with you to Dwarka? There must be a specific reason.  What is it?" Meghna asked.
"Because you have some work here sakhi. As soon as the work is done I will come back to take you along with me to Dwarka. " Krishna explained.
Meghna nodded accepting his words. He was God afterall.
And so Krishna left for Dwarka.

"She is such a sweet girl!" Vrushali praised Meghna.
"You have known her for barely few hours Vrushali. You are too kind and naive. I dont trust her. She seems strange." Karn said rudely.
"What is your problem with her? Why dont you like her? "Vrushali asked him.
Well my problem is I have applied sindoor in her forehead and now I dont know what the hell should I be doing. She is unofficially my wife and my mother wants me to get married to you . I am in a crazy situation. And this situation arose  because of her sudden arrival in my life. So yeah I kind of hate her, Karn thought to himself though he knew his hatred was baseless and it wasnt Meghna's fault at all.
"Nothing. I just dont like her nature. She is too playful. I mean this is not good for a girl.  She is extremely carefree and I didnt like her dressing sense." Karn tried to support his answer though in reality none of these features of Meghna disturbed him. He had no problem with any of these traits but he needed an answer to back up his statement.
"You are being mean Karn. She seemed like a sweet girl." Vrushali sided up with Meghna.
"I personally don't like her Vrushali. How is it bothering you? I dont like her playful nature. I think a girl should be quiet natured and soft spoken and she seems very prude and outspoken. So I don't like her" karn forced himself to say. He knew he was speaking nonsense and none of it was actually true but what was he supposed to say . That he doesnt like Meghna because he has accidentally married her? He was speaking utter nonsense and he didnt believe in the theory he was speaking at that moment but he has already spoken.
"Meghna..." Vrushali mumbled quietly as she noticed the girl standing behind Karn.
"Yes Meghna. She is prude and outspoken and too childish for her own good and I dont like her. How many times will I have to repeat myself Vrushali?" Karn said angrily.
"Karn...understand ...Meghna" Vrushali again tried to indicate Meghna standing there but Karn again failed to understand.
"I suspect something is wrong about her. She has trapped you and Radhama into believing her so easily. How is that possible. Something is definitely fishy about this girl." Karn went on saying.
Meghna didnt say a word. She didnt know why but her eyes were filled with tears. It was strange because she didnt cry this easily that too at the words of an annoying stranger but Karn's words affected her.
She was in a completely different era with no friends no similarities. She didnt know how to survive in this era. She didnt know what was expected from a woman in this era. Yet people were blaming her for being playful. Maybe she was a little cheerful and women in this era are supposed to be soft spoken but was it her fault?! She quietly left without uttering a single word.
" You idiot! She was standing right beyond you!" Vrushali shouted and ran to console Meghna.
Karn was speechless. Okay he messed up! He has hurt Meghna badly. Wait but that was a good thing. She will hate her. And if she hates her he may finally move on from that accidental marriage. Many people will say it was a mistake. He had accidentally filled her forehead with sindoor. But he knew the value of sindoor. He knew what vermillion meant to a woman. And it was a big deal. If Meghna hated her then maybe he would feel less guilty about marrying Vrushali . If she hated him and he hated her then he wouldn't care much about Meghna and he can marry Vrushali without Meghna disturbing his thoughts.
None of it made sense but according to Karn it was the best idea ever. He only had to make her hate him. Good idea Karn! Master stroke!

"What an idot!!!" Mahadev and Krishna  cried at the same time.