Petrichor - Time Travel To Mahabharat Era

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"Why did you come here? Something terrible could have happened to if I didn't come to save you, you know that?", Arjun spoke angrily, with tears. She separated from him and saw his tears. She reached out to wipe them but he stopped her and said, "No answer me first! Why did you come?".

"Arjun! I-"

"You know how dangerous it was!!! You don't care about yourself at all! It was fire Vaishnavi! You passed out if you don't remember"

"Arjun just listen-"

"No! If something- something happened, I-", she immediately closed his mouth by her hand. "You told me to answer and you wouldn't let me speak? How does that work? Hmm?", she said wiping his tears away. He hugged her again and lifted her up off her feet.

They were lost in their own world hugging each other. To hold him, she left the Angavastra belonging to him, which covered her body. It flew away and got stuck to a tree due to the heavy wind. Soon, it started raining heavily. They both came to reality by the drops of rain falling on them. They looked at each other and Arjun immediately carried her in bridal style to get her under a roof. As she was not having her dupatta, he didn't look down and locked his eyes with hers the whole time.

Soon enough, they got under a tree. He leaned onto the tree carrying her. The rain, the breeze, them being drenched, the closeness, her not having a dupatta on, his eyes, and most importantly, him. These all created a havok inside her. All her blood resided in her cheeks at the unholy thoughts she was having. "A- Arjun! Y- you can drop me down", she stuttered.

"Huh? Y- Yeah!", he said and dropped her down, without breaking eye contact. "Thanks", she said and looked down as she didn't want him to see her being a round tomato. "One minute!", he said and came forward, making her go back until her back hit the tree. He kept both his hands on her sides, holding the tree. She just closed her eyes and expected for something to happen. But she didn't feel anything.

Confused, she opened her eyes, only to see him getting the Angavastra back which got stuck to the same tree they were standing under. She just closed her eyes and mentally facepalmed herself.

'I must have appeared really stupid to him. Shiiittt!'

He covered her up and said jokingly, "How many times do I have to dress you up?". She sharply turned her head towards him at this, and said, "huh? Excuse me? This is like only the second time you did this! What do you mean how many times? And yeah, I too helped you getting dressed up as Brihannala! Remember that!", she made a face and pouted as she turned her head away.

He just chuckled at her and pulled her cheeks and said, "You are one adamant girl". She became as red as a tomato again. She wished that he must think that the colour was because of him pulling her cheeks, but the reason was entirely different.

'Oh this guyyyy! I'm ded huhu!'

Soon after the rain stopped, they both returned back to the place where everyone was. Everyone changed into amber clothes abandoning their ornaments and silk clothes. She also abandoned them as she will be living with them for few days. As she got dressed up, she saw Arjun was doing something with the grass. She went to him and called him, "Arjun!". "Yeah Vaishnavi?", he replied without even looking at her, busy with the grass and his wooden bow. She made a confused face and asked him, "Give me my earring back! It's been a long time right. Everytime you try to give, you'll forget".

He just looked at her with a questioning expression, "well, what are you gonna do with that now? We are not going to wear any ornaments remember? So instead of that, wear these!". She saw what he gave her and got melted at his sweet gesture. He sewed some jasmine flowers as earrings for her.

'Oh! This is what he has been doing with full concentration! I thought he was ignoring me. Stupid Vaishu!'

She just took them and held them in her hands saying, "Thank you". He was confused as in why she was not wearing them. His face immediately went down, "You didn't like them?", he asked lowly. She immediately shot her head up, "No No! It's just that, uh, don't laugh okay? I, uh, I don't know how to wear them", she said scratching her head. To this, he just laughed and said, "Haha! That's it. Don't worry. Give it to me!".

She handed them over to him and he helped her wear those. She was just looking at his concentrating eyes, which are being covered by his lustrous hair. He tried to push them away as it was covering his vision, but all his efforts were in vain. She just smiled and took his hair in her hands, making him look up at her. She just smiled at him and made a half updo out of his hair, while he continued to put those earrings on her ear. Her caressing his hair for the hairstyle was not helping him at all. He just composed himself, not letting her know that he was blushing like a mad man. Once both were done, they just looked at the piece of art made by them.

'Beautiful!'

'Beautiful!'

Both thought. Just then, the horse standing there neighed and pushed her, making her shriek, "Ah! What do you want, horse?". The horse pointed in a direction where Kunti was coming towards them. She immediately composed herself and went towards her. Arjun stood there smiling, touching his hair and the manbun she made. He caressed the horse near him and asked, " What is she doing to me?"

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Bheem showed a place for them to live but Kunti suggested that even living in the premises of that kingdom is not safe. So, they started their journey towards the forest.

Kunti became tired so Bheem offered to carry her. "Why don't you just make her sit on my horse, Bheem?", Vaishnavi asked. Just then, her horse neighed, giving a side eye to her. Vaishnavi made a face and everyone laughed at that sight. "Really? You are doing me dirty, horse! Listen to me!". It neighed again and looked away gracefully.

Nakul laughed and said, "Haha! Vaishu! The horse is telling 'I am also tired, can't you see?' Hahaha!". "Oh come on horse! Can't you carry Mata for just some time?", she pleaded. The horse gave her a boring look and turned her face to Nakul, as if telling him something. "What is this donkey telling now?", she asked Nakul.

He just laughed again and said, "Oh, he is just telling me 'First of all, I'm not a donkey! And tell her not to call me horse! It's annoying! Name something good for me!' haha". "This DONKEY needs a name it seems! Hmm!", she deliberately called it a donkey near its ear. Vaishnavi snapped her fingers and said, "Hey donkey! From today your name is Simba! How do you like it?".

The horse gave her a real nasty look upon hearing that name. "Vaishu!! He despises that name. Hahaha!!", Nakul said, making everyone laugh. "Simba? Really? Vaishu?!!", Kunti asked her. "What's wrong with that name huh? I like it. And Simba is my favourite lion!", she protested. "Oh you had lions too?", Yudisthir asked. The three of them were going forward, while all the younger ones came in the back.

"Yeah! She is right! The name is cute", Arjun intervened. Bheem, Nakul and Sahadev 'oh'ed at this real hard. "What? I just found the name cute", Arjun said. "Okay Okay!!", The three of them said together. "You guys are impossible. Think whatever you want!", Arjun said. Nakul cleared his throat and asked him, "Bhrata Arjun! Why is your Purple cloth residing in Vaishu's hands?". "Uh! She was injured! So I had to tie it to her as a bandaid", he replied. Bheem immediately went, "Oh! By the way, This hairstyle is suiting you well, Arjun". He just smiled, remembering her hand in his hair. "Why did you do your hair like this, Bhrata Arjun?", Sahadev asked. "This? I tied it as I was feeling sweaty", Arjun replied. "Oh is it? But my friend, horse, sorry sorry, SIMBA was telling me some other story for this hairdo".

Arjun shot up his head shockingly and asked, "WHAT!"

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