MIRAGE OF HEARTSTRINGS

POPULAR RUMOURS AROUND

IN THE MORNING

The workers walk around the garden, enjoying the fresh air and fragrance of new flowers until he hear a excited throaty noise as they look around only to find avyaan looking at the practice area with sparkle in his eyes as they also went there, finding ashwatthama and dushasana dueling while Karna and duryodhana standing aside, looking at the fight.

Both ashwatthama and dushasana duel properly like opponents not just like friends as ashwatthama won against dushasana making him mock dushasana who glares at him while Karna and duryodhana went for practice.

Both of them went to their position as karna tied his angavastram around his waist tightly before they both summoned their mace, taking the position as they immediately lunge forward. The power of their mace colliding with each other was so much that it shook the ground under the workers feet except avyaan and avni who just moved little, being in training warrior while the Pandavas in disguise didn't even moved a bit but the shaking of ground could be felt under everyone's feet as they watch both of them dueling like real opponents, without friendship.

The fight went on fiercely as they both attacked each other continuously while defending at the same time too until

"Maharaj!"

Vid ji came with a paper in his hand making them stop the fight as karna went to check the paper while duryodhana wipe his sweat with cloth. The maces disappeared from their hand as karna nodded telling something to Vid ji until duryodhana coughed making karna immediately take pour the water in glass. Passing the glass to duryodhana karna patted his back since duryodhana was still coughing until he drank water as the workers who were looking at the fight suddenly hear squeals from behind only to find out it is maids making them chuckle before leaving from their work while the Pandavas in disguise got confused about sudden squeals of maids as they ask.

"something happened?"

"Nah, it is just.......so called popular rumours" Avyaan says wiggling his eyebrows while nodding off his two fingers as avni laugh lightly at way of avyaan saying that with overacting.

"popular rumours?"

"there are many rumours, you do know........like, that person is going to be the merchant or his business going to be down just like royals one - he is going to be King, that Rajkumari has a lover or that Rajkumar has a lover and so one..........just like this one about Maharaj and Yuvraj Duryodhana"

Despite avyaan's explain they didn't understand the rumour in this situation as Tantipala asks "what is the rumour?" making avni giggle as she says "the rumours are that Yuvraj Duryodhana and bhrata karna are lovers"

Avni, hearing the silence look up to notice the five have their eyes standing on the balcony making her bite her lips to stop herself from laughing at their funny face while avyaan just shook his head.

"don't worry about it, it is just rumours" Saying that avyaan and avni both went for work while the Pandavas look at karna and duryodhana who are talking about something with smile as the Pandavas look at each other silently before parting the way to go for their work.

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"here, you are about to lose, guaranteedly"

"the game is still left, drauni"

The workers pacing around the palace, sees ashwatthama and duryodhana playing chaturanga while laying on the other sides of board on karna's bed as the workers watch whenever they cross karna's room whose one door is mostly opened while the other is closed that open in left side of karna's bed. It is not new as karna's room entrance is always open and only closes when Karna goes to sleeep while the other door that opens on the left of karna's bed is always closed until Karna does not use that door, so it makes everyone easier to know what is happening inside karna's room which is not something new except sometimes when some guests came or something different is going on inside.............though duryodhana, Ashwatthama, dushasana and Vikarna does not comes in guest category instead they come in karna's friends or family category.

While laying on the bed with one arm supporting the upper body, Ashwatthama grinned as he played another move with his free hand while saying "now I am definitely going to win", looking at duryodhana who is laying on opposite side on chaturanga board with a pillow under his head as he scoffed at ashwatthama's sentence "we will see that"

Kanak watches the game going on as both the royals, who are feared to be, are laying on karna's bed so casually and normally that it could fool anyone to think they are not Panchala Naresh nor Yuvraj of Hastinapur as he noticed karna entering his room from other door as he went to his sitting place where duryodhana is laying with a book in karna's hand.

Duryodhana notices karna behind him as he raises his upper body a little to let karna take the pillow, placing it against the head board before sitting down on bed with his legs straight on bed making duryodhana lay his head in karna's lap who nonchalantly starts reading his book with duryodhana and ashwatthama imperturbably continuing their game.

It is quite normal to see but then again, don't people say, even one word can affect a person's mind then what is one sentence. To hear the rumour of karna and duryodhana being..............yeah, kanak can't help but have his eyes on the way duryodhana has his head in karna's lap who has nothing against it and is even brushing duryodhana's open hair with one hand while grabbing his book with other as he reads without glancing at the game going on next to him................it is a friendly behaviour and of course, best friends are closer to each other but...................this one sentenced rumour literally changed the scenerio of the causal friendly view.............Damn! It seems kanak's mind need to averted from here so that he can think clearly.

Karna notices the move ashwatthama just did in chaturanga as he leaned a little before grabbing a pyada from duryodhana's side, moving forward two steps, immediately covering the king as ashwatthama exclaimed "hey! Since when did it became team game!!?"

Both duryodhana and karna chuckled as dushasana enters the room from entrance, seeing the chaturanga game going on as he went beside ashwatthama saying "let me play, you won't be able to win" making ashwatthama raise an eyebrow as he let dushasana play a move only to get it cancelled by karna as he smiled mockingly at dushasana while saying "Wow! You really won dushasana!! Happy!?"

Both karna and duryodhana laughed as duryodhana look up at karna while Karna look down at duryodhana with a smile making kanak shook his head before he wen from there................He seriously needs to avert his mind..........otherwise..........

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