Chapter 2 : Banter With Both

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" O! Maharani vrushali, shall you do the honours of bringing some water from the river or shall I bring the river to you!" said a woman, precisely vrushali's mother latha, grinding wheat.

" oof ma stop it! I am getting up" said the girl, irritatedly rubbing her eyes, disturbed from her beauty sleep. " ma! It's still Dawn! Why do I have to get up at this ungodly hour while he gets to sleep!" she said pointing to her brother, satyasena, who was sleeping.

" because he was working hard all day and let my baby boy rest! Now do what I told you! O Rama! This generation doesn't listen to any of their elders " said latha, being a little over dramatic.

Vrushali skipped off clutching a mud pot in her hand, deaf to her mother's complaints, she halted in front of a little, neat, white washed house

" sakhi Urvi! " she called and earned a groan in response.

" what is it vrushu! It's barley Dawn" out came a frustrated Urvi, stretching her hands, yawning.

"it's time for bringing water! Otherwise it will get too crowded" she smirked "my mom woke me up so it's my duty to wake you up na?"

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Dawn in hastinapur was a beautiful scenario, the air was cool and the suffocating summer heat was cooled down, the roads were usually empty and they could only witness few women , sweeping their homes, preparing for the Pooja first thing in the morning .

" Sakhi , where's Supriya? " urvi raised a brow as to why their friend wasn't there .

" girl , don't you remember, it's her father's death anniversary, she has gone to her native place with her mother, I feel very sad for her ! Afterall I can't imagine a day without my dad !" Said vrushali, being extremely grateful to God at that moment.

"Hmm .....your right!" Muttered urvi as she stepped on the lush grass of ganga

Vrushali stood there and started to soak in the beauty of ganga
The gushing water made a beautiful orchestra, and the chirping birds joined them to make the most melodioust of melody's

Vrushali inhaled and exhaled repeatedly and smiled. The air smelled of damp wood and fresh flowers, vrushali absolutely adored that scent.

" sakhi you gonna keep sniffing the air or are you going to finish the job for which you actually came here!" said urvi, irritatedly rubbing her throbbing temples

" ah-- sorry" muttered vrushali as she dipped her pot into the cool water, when the ice cold liquid made contact with her skin, she exhaled deeply, relaxing at the feeling.

" Vrushali? Urvi? What are you guys doing here!" Came a deep voice from behind, both of them turned around to find the familiar face of Radhey Karna.

" oh! Good morning vasu!" said vrushali

" Morning! " he greeted smiling " need help with that?"

" no problem vasu! Thanks for asking though!" said urvi and the girls went away, bidding him a goodbye.

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" sakhi, mind me asking you a question?" questioned urvi as the pair of them were heading back to their homes, vrushali just hummed in response, nodding her head and telling her to continue.

" do you really not have a crush on Vasu?" she qurkied a eyebrow up

" W--What  of course not! " vrushali protested, her cheeks heating up.

" Ah! Is that so, then why were you blushing like a tomato when all he said was good morning!" smirked urvi.

" shut up! I wasn't blushing! " she said and by that time they had reached urvi's house

" whatever vrushali your mind may keep denying it but your heart knows the truth " sighed urvi as she waved to vrushali

On her way back, vrushali's mind was constantly in war with her heart. She finally decided to let urvi's words go and have a peaceful day.

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" ma! Radha ma! " vrushali called into the seemingly empty house.

" Yes vrushali? Coming! Just a minute"

" pranam ma!" She exclaimed as she saw Radha ma

" hello vrushali!" Smiled Radha ma" thank you dear for coming, just get me a few things from the market!"

" wheres Radhey? " She asked

" oh he must near the river, practicing " said radha ma, as she handed vrushali a bag.

Vrushali skipped off to the river side to grab her best friend.

" Vasu, you here? " she called out as the rustling water drowned her voice

" vasu ?" She tried again.

" hey there vrushali! " came a voice.
She turned around to see karna , his lips tugged up into a boyish grin .

"To what do I owe the pleasure Madame?" He asked being extremely overdramatic.

" come ! Let's go shopping!" She exclaimed as if it is the most exciting thing in the world

He immediately frowned

" shopping? Me ? Nope " he replied, casually shrugging

" yes your coming otherwise I am going to complain you to adirath papa " she smirked

" urgghhh ! Your so ..... Evil !!! " he replied pouting.

She just grinned and dragged him to the Market , convinced she doesn't like this guy romantically, let's see how long she is going to be lying to herself.....
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Author's note

Hello all ! Hope you all are doing good as I promised a chapter which I think is better than the last one , and also yes I know I have made karna and vrushali a bit older but I thought teenage will be a good way to bring out the love between them

And I also wanted to write their shopping experience in this chapter itself but my hands are so sore from typing so I will update soon ok ?

The next chapter will be the pair of them in the market and then we can go into the main story and also guys I think I should change the description as it definitely doesn't suit the story which I am writing so please do comment your suggestions

Feel free to point out mistakes and even though I have read it twice i don't know if I have spotted out all the mistakes so please point out all the spelling and grammatical mistakes

So yeah that's it for today ! Hope you all will have a great day ahead

Signing off,
Ishvarya (pen name)

Radhe Radhe ♥️

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