Love & Betrayal

~ Meeting the uncles

The morning sun aroused as early in the morning getting ready for the day yudhishthir did his morning prays and now doing other chores. He had gone to kunti, to talk with her but the response he got was unbearable yet he accepted it knowing his fault. Though his brothers tried convincing him and for them he too pretended to be fine but both knew none was fine. His brothers very well know him and he too can't be fine untill his mother talks with him. Still asiding the thoughts he came to his chamber where draupadi and his son were sleeping. He decided to wake them as it was time they should have something to eat.

As he gone inside he saw draupadi laying on the bed deep into sleep. A smile formed on his face as he went to her side and sat on the edge. His face lit up seeing her relaxed and sleeping soundly. His palm raised as he kept in on her head in a loving manner but suddenly her reaction came before him, he remembered the last night and took his hand back. "I know how much I have hurt you but I will do everything to repent. I will win back your trust again, panchali! I love you." He kissed on his palm and lightly pressed it on her head.

His attention suddenly diverted as he remembered about his son. He checked the bed then the other sides but he wasn't there. The sudden disappearance panicked him as he ran outside and interrogated to the soldiers only to see his son playing with his uncles. The scene satisfied his heart as he saw his brothers laughing and playing carefree.
"Baba!" He yelled from there as jumping down from arjun's arms ran towards his father and hugged his legs.

"You woke up early putra!" He said and kissed on his son's head.

"I was checking your palace baba then I got friends. Come I will introduce you." Yudhishthir chuckled and looked at his brothers who giggled with same surprise.
Prativindya pointed towards bheem and started introducing. "This is bheem! This is aljun, he's natul and he's sadev! I got them few time ago only, they are so good."

He told but bheem started laughing and the other three sulked up. Yudhishthir suppressed his laughter at his son's wrong pronounciation. "He loves me more jyesth, see how perfectly he took my name and these three jokers. Hahaha!"

"What you did little friend? You took our names wrongly." Nakul said sitting on his knees beside prativindya. Prativindya innocently pouted and hide into his father's arms. "You all don't trouble my little son." He acted strictly only to see his brothers in awe as prativindya giggled softly.
"Prati! Putra, these four are you uncles. Call them taatshree putra. They are my younger brothers." He told and got a surprised expression from his son. The four of them sat down and hugged their little nephew.

"I can't belive it jyesth. He looks completely similar to you, it's like we are seeing your childhood form." Shadev said awefully touching his nephew's cheek.

"I will make my nephew the most beautiful prince, after me people will praise his beauty." Nakul said proudly as his brothers laughed and yudhishthir shook his head.
"You don't have to do anything nakul, he's already more handsome than you. I doubt that you are the most beautiful anymore." The line from arjun shocked nakul, he made crying face and immediately complained to his elder brother who showed no interest and pulled his son up into his arms. "You all do some work, I have to make my son ready now."

"Jyesth you have forgotten us. I'm so sad now." Bheem said with fake tears, it warmed up yudhishthir's heart as he lovingly kept a palm on his cheek and smiled at him. "You all are always my first child bheem. How can I forget the very part of my life? I love you all just like I used to do before." He said as they four hugged their brother. Prativindya spread his arms too and held nakul's head into it. Nakul pouted complaining for messing his perfectly combed hair to which prativindya did it more and laughed then hiding into his father's chest.

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"Vindya! Where had you gone? Do you know how much scared I was?" Draupadi asked her son taking him in her arms. She had woken up few time ago and then suddenly realised the empty Royal chamber. The absence of her son scared her and she started fearing but much to her relief yudhishthir arrived with his son. She immediately took her son and started investigating.

"Panchali, you don't have to be scared. Our son is safe here, his uncles and father are there to protect him. You don't have to think much." Yudhishthir interrupted understanding her heart. She looked at him and then again averted her gaze to her son and hugged him.

"Maa, I got four big man and you know they are baba's brothers. They are very nice, I played with them." She smiled as her son started explaining her about everything.

Once he told her everything, his attention diverted as he ran towards the balcony and started playing there randomly. Draupadi got up feeling the constant stare over herself. She decided to get freshen up as it was after so long that she slept for late. When she took a turn yudhishthir held her hand. She closed her eyes with long breathe and turned to him with a blank face.
"You still have these bangles?" His question gained her attention as she looked at the bangles and remembered the day when he gave these to her.

She didn't has any answer so she reminded silent, just looking at him. Yudhishthir who was holding her hand did a little courage and kept his palm on her cheek. He was dying to hug her but knowing her discomfort couldn't do that.

"Why did you leave panchal? Please tell me, I just can't accept the fact that the fire born princess was living a normal life in a village that too with a changed identity." He asked and she looked at him with complaining eyes.

"I had no other option. Pitashree was disappointed with me for having a child before marriage and i couldn't see him like that everyday. I just left the palace and started living in villages with another name." She told briefly. Yudhishthir felt an unknown pain banging in his heart. He looked away as his own eyes we're full with tears.

"I have to freshen up, leave me!" She said and he looked at their hands. Unwillingly though he let her go.

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