Love & Betrayal

~ Heart filled with love

Tears ran out of her eyes as she touched the little child. She felt the time switching back when they were in satasringa. It was feeling like not her grandson but she was holding her first child, in her arms. Prativindya was the exact replica of his father. She cupped his face and kissed on his head.
"Putra, I'm your pitamahi." Kunti said as the little child looked at his mother who smiled back. He bent down and touched the feet of elderly lady.

"Pranipaat pitamahi!" Kunti smiled in adoration and hugged her grandson. She was so happy to see him but at the same time sad at the fact that both her daughter in law and grandson had gone through so much just because of her son.

"I will be always grateful to you for whatever you did but forgive me putri, only for my son you had to suffer a lot. You had to endure the pain alone. I can't forgive myself......."

"Maata, you didn't do anything and whatever happened has happened. We can't change it now." Draupadi said holding her mother in law's hands. She came forward and hugged draupadi with streaming tears. "Putri, you have the right to give any punishment for whatever wrong happened with you. Don't forgive him, I'm in your support." Kunti supported but draupadi shook her head.

"I don't want anything from him maata. I'm living here for my son nothing more than that." She stated with a lone tear escaping her eye. What had life made them. Once she had dreamt a beautiful life for herself with him and now she just want her son's happiness. She couldn't forget those events and that leads grudge in her heart for him.

Kunti held her palm to assure her. "But maata, you should not separate yourself from your son for me. He did injustice with me but don't punish your son by your silence. I know it definitely hurts him....." Her words made kunti's heart sad but she firmly answered. "It hurts me too draupadi but i will never support the wrong. You are my daughter and he had wronged you, I won't forgive him untill you do." Draupadi tried to say but left the topic as there was no sense continuing it.

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As the days go on, draupadi had well mixed with the family. She met her sisters in law and they were so much mood refreshing. Both subhadra and valandara were sweet ladies. They told her about everything on who likes what, about how they spend there time and everything. Both of them loved prativindya which was heart warming. Seeing them she remembered about vrushali.

Her interaction with her brothers in law was more fun. She was so happy to see them all and their respect for her made her heart feel good. They gossiped with her like teenager girls. She enjoyed her time with them.

She had been well settled in the family. Her bonding was getting stronger with everyone except the one she should be the most. Her husband. There relationship was still the awkward one. The whole day she couldn't see him as he was just too much engrossed in his work and solving other's problems. She see him only at the time of dinner after that he does his work in the study and arrive late in night.

She sat on the bed looking the couch he sleeps daily. A curiousity banged as she went there and sit on it. It was too short for him, then how did he manage to sleep there. She rubbed her hand on the pillow and took it in her hand. It still had his fragrance. The sweet fragrance of sandalwood. She breathed in deeply and hugged the pillow to her heart for sometime. It wasn't like she didn't crave for her. She does. Her heart feels the emptiness for him. Every night she waits for him but never show it to him. The time he enters she pretended to be sleeping. She could sense all of his activities, everything he does with her thinking she had slept.

She remembered one of such night when she was pretending to be sleeping.

Draupadi had made her son sleep sometime ago and now she was roaming in the chamber. She was waiting for him as today she didn't see him from morning. She thought that maybe he would arrive for dinner but he didn't and that made her impatient. She was again and again looking at the doors in a hope that he will come.

Sometime spend and she sat on the bed when suddenly the voices of footsteps came and she knew who it was. Unintentionally, she immediately laid and closed her eyes pretending to be like sleeping. Her ears stood up as the doors crackled and he entered inside. Her heart beats paced as she realised he was coming near her.

There yudhishthir entered and come near her sitting in the little space near her. He first looked at his son who was sleeping peacefully then at his dear love. The sense of tiredness gone off after seeing her beautiful face. He raised his hand and lightly touched on her head then neatly covered her with the blanket.
"I was craving to see you but my work didn't allow me. And now my beautiful wife is sleeping. I just wish this phase finish soon and we could lead a beautiful life together. I want to complete every dream of mine which I had seen with you."

Draupadi's grip on her own saree grew stronger when he touched her head with so much love. She couldn't resist but feel complete with his love. The things he was saying were heart warming. Again she felt his light touch on her cheek and now she was blushing. She was fearing that he may catch her red handed, that will be so embarrassing. As after few seconds yudhishthir detached himself from her and went towards his son's side. He gently laid his son in proper position and covered him with the blanket too.

He then went to get freshen up later coming back he did some documental work. The whole time draupadi was seeing him with hidden eyes. He was engrossed in his work that he didn't notice her. She was gazing at him with blank mind as she herself didn't know why she was doing that.

Her thoughts broke as she looked outside the window. If he loves her so much then what was the reason behind leaving her? Both of his sides are completely different from each other. If that was the true yudhishthir then why he act to love when she wasn't seeing him. Is there anything she should know about?

The thoughts broke when someone entered in her chamber suddenly. Draupadi looked at the person with shock. Who was it? She had never see that person before and the sudden entry filled her mind with doubts.

"Who are you?"

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