MIRAGE OF HEARTSTRINGS

SOULMATE THREAD'S TWO ENDS

The satisfaction inside the heart knowing the feelings are mutual made Dushala's happiness go on cloud nine as she smile, giggle, laugh, run here and there but only inside her room since most of the time she stays there, not coming out unless it is a important matter or someone call her. Though this made everyone that she is so happy and bubbly but it didn't failed to make them confuse since what is the reason behind this.

"Maa!!"

"don't grow up in this life!" Dushala chuckle silently hearing her mother taunting her as she hug Mata Gandhari from behind while he mother tried to shake her off but Dushala didn't budged a little making Mata Gandhari sigh in defeat.

"what happened?"

"Nothing" No, it is not nothing. Mother know her children more than anyone and she knows that Dushala doesn't hug her this stubbornly unless there is something that is disturbing her from inside.

"what happened putri?"

The gentleness in her tone and the warm, soft hands that pat dushala's cheek lightly are the only breaking point of Dushala.

Breaking the hug slowly, Dushala stepped back following her mother who sat down on the bed, patting her lap as Dushala put her head on Gandhari's lap, laying side wise to let her mother cares her head gently before she speak up "tell me putri. What is making you so much worried?"

"Maa..........."

"hmm"

"do you.........do you believe in love?"

"putri.........." Gandhari muttered surprised by the question before eyes soften looking at her daughter who is now not even making eye contact with her due to nervousness.

It was silent for a moment before Gandhari again started to cares her daughter's head while speaking "I do"

"is it because of love that you married pitashree?" Dushala asked but immediately felt bad when she hear her mother's silence making her open her mouth to apologize but passed when her mother spoke up first "yes. When I first came here, I didn't knew about Aarya but after talking to him and getting to know about him, I decided to marry him by myself and I respect him just like he respect me"

"So you do love him" Dushala muttered before she hear her mother saying "Love contains promise to be each other's side, in bad or good, worse or best, far or close, but always stay with each other. It ask for understanding, care, respect, not just from one side but from both and sometimes even when having all these thing they can't stay together due to circumstances whether family, society or anything, that's why Love isn't easy"

"would you be happy if I fall in love?" Dushala asked looking into her mother's which are still gentle as a beautiful smile came on her face before she nodded caressing her daughter's cheek "if it is with right person then why not?" making Dushala grin before she peck on he mother's cheek, happily skipping on her way back to her room.

Opening the door, the first thing she saw was the thing she always expect from past seven months as she close the door, patting the eagle's head, she open the letter, reading it before writing a question below it-

Do you have someone you
like?

-Yours

Giving the letter to the eagle, she watch the eagle disappearing as she wave at the eagle who nodded before vanishing. Seems like the eagle has came to like her from the past four months unlike before when it never liked to be touched by her except when when it comes to food or water or for the letter tied on its leg.