Love & Betrayal

~ Blossoming love

The pandavas with their respective wives and mother were waiting for the supreme Lord on their entrance. Everyone were happy to see him after many days. While the king and queen were lost in their incomplete conversation. Draupadi looked towards his side only to get him looking at her already. She lowered her eyes immediately and tried to focus on other things. Whereas her husband was still angry, he was just maintaining peace for not taking any wrong step. There were many things going on in his mind. If he go and punish duryodhan then they will talk about draupadi's character which he surely doesn't want. In any situation duryodhan will attack on this point. He will accuse her for having a child before marriage and that was what stopping him from doing anything. Moreover they were still under hastinapur's control. If they had an independent kingdom then maybe it was possible but at this time he couldn't do anything.

Lost in the thoughts he didn't realise the presence of vasudev krishna. Krishna smiled as he looked at both of them. Draupadi slightly knocked him with her elbow that's when he normalized.

"Ghor vichaar mein pratit hote hai jyesth! Kahi iss baar bhi aapki vyatha durr karne hi toh ishwaar ne nhi bheja mujhe." Krishna mischievously said as yudhishthir gave him a small smile and came forward to hug him. Later he shifted to draupadi who did his aarti. Krishna kept his palm on her head and smiled. "I hope you are fine, sakhi!" Draupadi nodded with a smile. Then meeting everyone they all proceeded inside.

"Sakhi, where's my nephew? Won't you introduce him to me?" Draupadi smiled at her friend and nodded then ordered a maid to come with her son. A few time later prativindya came, as soon as he saw his parents he ran towards them with a big smile. "Baba!" He jumped on yudhishthir, who tightly held him and picked up in his arms. Draupadi was admiring them, though she was upset with her husband but still she knows that he loves their son and that's all she wanted.

"Putra, greet vasudev krishna. He is your mama!" Yudhishthir instructed and let him down. Prativindya touched the feet of Lord and joined his hands. "Pra..ni.paat mamashree!" His sweet charm got a smile over krishna's face as he sat down and showed affection for the kid. He brought out a peacock feather from his crown and gave it to the little child. Yudhishthir smiled at the sweet gesture while his son's eyes lit up with curiosity. Seeing the feathers on krishna's crown, he tried to adjust it on his head too.

They all laughed at his innocence later krishna adjusted the feathers in his forehead band. "Come inside govind! Vindya don't trouble your mama now, come with me." Draupadi told while trying to catch her son.
"Sakhi, I have some important work with jyesth bharata, we will join you later." Yudhishthir looked at him but then nodded, he caressed his son's hair then passed a look to draupadi who wasn't seeming in a place to look at him and so she left from there with her son.

"You know everything krishna, tell me what should I do now. In this situation neither I can fight nor can give up. If I go to punish him then he will do panchali's character assassination and if not then I won't be able to forgive myself. I can't let my wife's humiliation go in vain." Yudhishthir jumped to the topic while looking at draupadi's disappearing figure. Krishna smiled and kept his palm on yudhishthir shoulder.

"You just have to wait for the right time jyesth! For now, try to independent yourself. I'll advise you to perform rajasuya yagya. Conquer the whole aryaavart and become the chakravarti. After that only you can do justice with everyone and punish the bad." Yudhishthir swallowed the breathe as he absorbed each and every word of his cousin. He was right but for that he has to take the permission from hastinapur and he is sure that they will not let him do so. "You don't need any permission to do good bhrata. Just do it and let others see your success." The unspoken question was answered and now it filled confidence in him. He nodded with sparkling determination in his eyes and promising himself to do justice with his wife.

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Everyone were laughing and enjoying the dinner. Krishna was sitting with arjun and subhadra while cracking jokes and doing mischievousness. His lap was acquired by the little prince and he was so much lost in admiring the God himself.

"Bharata bheem! Parth! You should think about my bhanja, how much lonely he must feel in this grand palace. There's none accompanying him to do mischief. You should do hurry and give him a brother or sister soon." Suddenly Krishna said gaining everyone's attention. Arjun and bheem were feeling like running away at that moment while the others were suppressing their laughs but not for much time as soon they all fell in fits of laughter.

"What are you doing madhav? Please shut up." Arjun whispered feeling embarrassed.

"Makhan chor kahike! Pratit hota hai tumhe indraprastha se sukhi lautne ka irada nahi hai." While bheem warned him showing his muscled biceps. Krishna made fearful expressions to which prativindya laughed keeping his palm on his mouth. Draupadi smiled seeing her son while serving the food to everyone. She reached near her husband as her hand touched with his arm which gained both of their attention as they shared an eye contact.

Draupadi just shook away as she didn't want to flow away into his eyes like always. While the king lowered his eyes with guilt. He doesn't know how to make everything correct between them.

As they all had good time together and good dinner. After finishing it they talked for some time and soon everyone retired to their respective chambers. While in all the problems going on there was a new blossoming of emotions and love into two hearts.

She was standing alone in the garden looking at the moon and staring at it with no thought or emotion.

"The moon must be feeling embarrassed to see such beauty glaring at it." A soft yet deep voice came and she snapped back at him. Her blank face get a smile as she approached him as they stood side by side.

"I didn't know you can speak such flirtious lines." She joked around as he felt shy but decided to continue it. "Do you doubt rajkumaari?" He asked as she giggled and shook her head.

After a long silence she turned to him and spoke out. "Thank you. For making me happy again and taking away my darkness. I didn't know what has happened to me and in my madness I did very wrong. I spilt many wrong thinks to maharani, I insulted by saying what not things."

"Just don't say anything. Everyone know you didn't do anything intentionally. Even bhabhishree don't hold any grudge for you. You just don't think anything and be smiling like this." He told as maithili nodded her head. Shadev admired her as now he could understand why he always felt attracted towards her. Maybe it was in destiny to meet her. They chit chatted for some more time while sharing everything comes in their mind.

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