Lost and Found

45. Bleed red

Rudrayani's point of view

My mind was bubbling with only one line...
"I love Ranvijay "

I was till now running away from this truth but now I have accepted it. I was going crazy with thousands of thoughts....

I was brought back in reality when payal shook me. Only payal, surjeet and I were still at the polo championship field bleachers... But all the royal ladies and their family were going towards their loved ones who played in the match...
Ranvijay's teammates were proudly standing with their family or loved ones and talking about the match...

But I couldn't see Ranvijay .... my eyes were restlessly shifting from here in there ... just in search of those deep  green oceanic eyes. I was sure I almost looked like a ghost with pale face and tear laden eyes. But I can't help it.. I just want to see Ranvijay. Maybe I was thinking of confession my heart to him..

But Payal was now panicking after seeing my pale face...
Payal- "Yuvrani?  Are you ok? Are you feeling unwell?  Do we need to return to devgiri palace?.... wait just a minute I will call himmat kaka.. he'll get the car and we...."

I immediately cut her,
Rudrayani- "NO! I mean... we cannot return just yet. I meant we are yet to Congratulate Ranvijay and bid a good bye to raksha... if we leave suddenly then it might look rude , right?"

Surjeet - " your highness,  please... if you dont feel well... its OK. I can convey your farewell to princess Raksha. And about our Yuvraj sa..."

Why was everyone trying to send me back I couldn't even understand. I was now getting restless seconds by seconds.

Rudrayani- "umm... no surjeet... I will stay.. just call raksha and infom her that I want to meet her. And also tell raksha that i want to talk to Yuvraj Ranvijay... in private..."

Surjeet stood there without any expression for a minute and then he smiled at me politely,  and said,
Surjeet - "As you wish your highness.... let me inform this to princess raksha and also call our royal attendants to arrange your meet with Yuvraj in royal rest house."

I nodded quickly. He bowed down respectfully and I flinched. I thought that I might take some more time to get used to this.

He excused himself to call raksha.

But I was distracted in a back when payal cleared her throat. She was looking at me expectantly.

I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion . Payal huffed in defeat and asked me,
Payal - " what are you thinking, Yuvrani?  You yourself asked to arrange your private meeting with kawar sa...."

Payal was my closest friend.  She must have felt my changed thoughts....i wanted to tell her what I was feeling but I held my heart. Beacuse I wanted to tell my feeling to Ranvijay first. I could see her worry for me since the moment she saw me upset over that princess ruchi thing. So I just patted her shoulders and said to her,

Rudrayani's- "don't worry, I will tell you soon. But let me talk to Ranvijay first."

Payal returned me a comforting smile and nodded in agreement.

Till we were talking, surjeet came back and he handed me a mobile phone and said,

"Your highness! Princess raksha wants to talk to you . Princess is on the line.."

I gulped and nodded at surjeet. I said a meek hello over th call and a loud excited voice of raksha boomed into my ears...

"Wow... rudra di.... I knew it... this day will come for sure.. when you will talk to dada ... you know what? When i told dada that you wanna meet him.... he got so happy and excited. He has not stopped smiling like fool since then....I was yarning to see my dada this happy...you ... rudra di you are his happiness......finally you are listening to your heart... finally you decided to trust dada.... and trust me he will never break your trust ... and ummm .... whatever you want to talk to dada... I am sure will strengthen your bond with him...."