"Will you Keep smiling and looking at yourself in the mirror like this all day long ." Mitravinda said from behind to which devika response shyly " Didi , you also use to do this before your marriage , lost in the thoughts of bhrata krishna."
"Well you are absolutely right , and I see lost in thoughts of jyeshth , aren't you?" Mitravinda asked smiling keeping her hand around devika's neck from behind while devika nodded with a blush.
Mitravinda thought to tease her dear sister a little more. " Seems like I'm disturbing you , let me take your leave and go to jyeshth to tell him that ...." She said taking a step back . " Nothing leave it."
" Didi , where are you going and what will you tell him " devika asked holding mitravinda wrist. A mischievous smile played on mitra's lips " He was asking after you when I met him a while ago , he want to meet you once before you leave for shivi , but as now you are busy let me tell him you can't afford to meet."
" Who said I'm busy , I'm not." Devika said quickly arising from her seat. She faces mitravinda " didi you should have let me know this earlier , now tell me where he is?"
" So excited to meet him" mitravinda chuckle looking at her impatient sister.
"Where else devi , don't you know?"
Devika knew it well , the place were it all began , near the quite sea where there is no one , but some divine spirits to hold their conversation , beneath the dark blue waves.
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Devika was happily going to meet yudhishthir , but her smile fades as she saw kotikashya.
"Surprise to see you again in dwarika , kotikashya. I thought you must have went shivi." She said with cold expressions.
"Devika I love to surprise people , specially to those who are my dear ones , like you my sister , and many surprises are awaiting you at shivi."he said while smirking.
" I know you very well , don't worry if anything goes wrong I won't be surprised I know you will be the reason behind it" she stated with much confidence. " And you know what I too care for my dear ones , you should have present in dwarika at the time of marriage , those whom you're accompanying now a days are just fair weather freinds."
" Look devika , I don't need any advice from you and who are you to comment on them , and it's my choice to stay here or went there."he said making face.
"Stop making faces at me , fine I nevermind where you go or wherever you stay , just want to let you know that one should have fellow feelings for all , you can not always make up such silly excuses for your absence."
" Again you held forth on your favourite topic , I'm not a kid , I don't need lectures from you , I'm tired and really need some rest , so princess devika let me take your leave." Saying thus in anger he left.
Devika shook her head in disbelief , is this her brother , who was never like this before. He backed out of the promise he had given to her. She was regretting that she could not keep her brother away from those evil minded peoples even if she wanted to.
Seeing such behavior of his brother her eyes got moist. She sent back her tears and went to meet yudhishthir.
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" Will you keep staring at me like this?"
"Yes , don't I have right to admire my beloved?" Yudhishthir said making devika more blush.
"Is this just why you called me here , don't you have to say anything?" She manage to say. " What shall I say now , when you can read my eyes perfectly and I too can read yours. Is there any need for words dear." Her face turn red hearing him , but she manage to speak " so you won't tell , then let me tell you I'm getting late" she said and turn to leave from there but he hold her wrist and make her look at him in amusement.
" Fine , I just want to meet you once before you leave for shivi. Devi, now keep your all worries aside your yudhishthir will soon come to take you along with him." He said assuring her.
She noded with smile " I know you will."
"And one more thing, tell the worried princess inside you not to bother my to- be - queen even a little." He said. " As you wish maharaj." She said in dramatic manner and both them laughed together.
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At the palace gate
" Don't forget to invite me in your marriage rajkumari " valandhara said while embracing devika. " Will definitely send invitation to you , after all we have become so good freinds and moreover I feel a sisterly bond with you " devika said caressing valandhara's cheek.
" And what about me?" Vijaya wiggled her eyebrow making a pout. "Jaya without you the celebration is incomplete , you will have to come whether you get invitation or not." Devika said making vijaya giggle.
Devika bent down to take Krishna's blessing. " Shall meet you soon in shivi , devi." He said smiling.
Before proceeding towards her palanquin she looked at yudhishthir. Both of them shared a eyelock , but not so brief. A pair of eyes wrathfully kept looking at them from a distance.
" Let's go " nayantara's voice bring her back. As she was about to sit in her palanquin she saw fury in kotikashya eyes , he should be happy as they were finally leaving but what made him so angry.
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