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The walk back to their home was very silent, as the Archer among them had all his energy flushed down in about an hour. Draupadi looked at them with a worried face, except for Yudisthir, no one was having any interest in even talking with each other. And her would be was just colourless and lifeless, walking beside her. He kept on looking at something, which appeared to be a broken earring. She was confused as what he got to do with an earring.

Yudisthir was talking with her here and there, asking about her city and people. She wasn't sure why the atmosphere was very dull and she did not like it. She did not sign up for this silent treatment. So, she thought of a plan to make him speak with her and deliberately stepped on a sharp stone, making it look like an accident.

"OUCH!", she shrieked really loud, making the four of them turn towards her. Arjun immediately went towards her, asking, "Princess! Are you okay?". She looked at him and nodded her head, but she still looked like she was in pain. He held her hand to make her sit down on a branch, from which she got instant goosebumps and blushed a little.

Arjun noticed that and immediately left her hand carefully. He said, "Princess! Do you want me to get any footwear? Because the whole way to our house is really rocky!". Draupadi immediately shook her head and said, "No, Swami! You are not having any footwear too! If my husband is going through the pain, I will also go through it!", she said smiling.

He looked at her with amusement in his eyes and said, "But, Princess! We are not married yet! Please, don't do anything for me!", and went towards Nakul, not giving any chance for her to speak. She didn't understand why her would be is really depressed and moody.

"Nakul! Please take care of her wound!", Arjun said and went away to fetch some water for her. Nakul immediately bent down on knees and examined her leg, "Hmm! Princess! Did you deliberately hurt yourself by any chance?".

She looked up at him and said, "N- No! No! Why would I do that?", and immediately noticed that it's the same Brahman, she saw the other day near temple. She pointed her index finger towards him and was about to speak, but he spoke before her, "Don't worry! I'll take care of it! And yeah, it indeed is me!", and looked up at her. Draupadi noticed how beautiful he was looking and vice versa. Both shared a look for sometime, and Nakul immediately regretted thinking, 'No! My brother won her at swayamvar! I should not be looking at her in this way!', and left the place immediately. Yudisthir noticed all this and frowned a little.

Nakul went towards Bheem, avoiding eye contact and said, "Bhrata, I'll get leaves for her medicine! By then, give something for her to eat! Poor girl, she appears to be weak!", and left the place as well. Bheem looked at her, and saw that she indeed was appearing weak and dull. To lighten up the atmosphere, he said, "Princess! You want to see some magic?", he gestured with his hand, making her face confused. Bheem immediately got some fruits by just punching a mango tree, making all the fruits to fall on ground. A mango directly fell on Draupadi's lap, and she started laughing at the antics of Vrikodar.

"Haha! You are funny!", she laughed and started eating the fruit, making Bheem and Yudisthir smile at her. For some reason, they both just wanted to see her laughing, all day. But both realised that even the thought of her should not come to their minds and looked away from her. The other two soon joined them, and they started their journey again. Nakul said, "An important leaf is missing, which is near our house! Princess, I will make sure you have the medicine there!", he told her, avoiding her face. She did not understand why these men are behaving in this certain way. She looked at her husband, but oh boy, he was a lost case.

They soon reached the place where they are residing and Sahadev saw them coming with a princess. He immediately ran towards them and asked, "Bhratashree! Who is this?", unable to look away from the goddess in front of him. No one dared to reply as they didn't even want to tell it from their mouths. Nakul wanted to divert the topic, so he said, "Sahadev! Can you finish this medicine for her! She hurt herself!". The youngest of all nodded at his twin and prepared the medicine, while Draupadi was having her Mango with a happy expression.

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