Love & Betrayal

~ Goodbye to Indraprastha

Karan was roaming in the palace, he was actually feeling bored as none was there to talk with him. The four younger pandavas are allergic with him and the one whom he loves to talk has suddenly disappeared. While his wife was busy with his sister and son with his brother. He though meeting kunti but draupadi told him that she was resting and so he decided not to disturb her. While walking he entered the library and saw different collections there. The books were arranged in the shelf neatly. Then the library was also beautiful. There was enough space to sit and spend time. In the opposite side he saw portrait of Maharaj Pandu, father of the 5 great warriors. He smiled seeing his face as some past came across his mind.

"You should have seen your son's success maharaj." He whispered sadly at their fate. He can't describe the pain of being fatherless because he always had one with him but feels bad for the pandavas. And being specific his heart aches for yudhishthir, the four younger pandavas had their father figure. He had seen when pandavas has first entered in hastinapur. Yudhishthir was barely mature in his early teenage but circumstances made him mature and responsible. He made every possible effort to keep his brothers away from the pain of loosing father but what many things he had gone through, none can explain.

"What are you looking at pitashree's portrait?"

The voice broke his thoughts as he turned to face the man. Karan turned to face him and gave a small smile. "Nothing, Rajkumar arjun! I just saw maharaj pandu's portrait and decided to stand for sometime. After all he's the one from whom I got the inspiration to get the knowledge of archery." The revelation made arjun look at his father's portrait. He didn't say much and nodded his head with little respect. Though he doesn't like karan but something always makes him hold some respect for him, maybe yudhishthir's words force them for doing so.

"Bhabhishree asked your presence for lunch. Please come!" He told not looking at him. Karan sighed then joined his hands before pandu's portrait and decided to go with arjun.

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Hastinapur

"Mamashree do something. I can't see the success of those pandavas. Everyone around me are talking about them, even after they left hastinapur, they hadn't left. Das, dassis, praja, everyone has their names chanting on their tongues. I want to kill that yudhishthir and take away his kingdom. And that draupadi, how did she reach near him. That characterless whore had ran away from me, she gave birth to yudhishthir's heir and now became his queen. I will take revenge from her by killing both her husband and son."  Duryodhan angrily growled kicking out the table. He had been hearing about the success stories of pandavas everyday and the progress of indraprastha in so least time had everyone's attention. Pitamaha, vidur, his mother. Everyone has heart for those bloody pandavas which he couldn't bear.

Shakuni evilly caressed his beard and made dirty faces thinking about pandavas. "Those vanvasi came out alive from varnavart fire but this time they won't be able to. I will do something more big. Now takshak has to do his role, I will order him to prepare war against indraprastha and win back his land from pandavas. After his defeat from them, he had been finding a right time to take revenge and we will use it for our benefit."

Duryodhan and dushassan looked at their uncle and then smirked evilly. That's what he wanted to hear, now pandavas will pay for dividing his kingdom.

"Wah mamashree, you are really an intelligent." Dushassan complimented and then laughed.

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Indraprasth

Here not knowing about any conspiracies, pandavas were biding a goodbye to maithili. She has been preparing to leave from many days but kunti had stopped her, but now she finally was going. The indraprastha family were standing at the gates to wish a good bye. She met everyone and greeted them last time and then reached before the one she would miss the most.

They both folded their hands to greet each other with brimming tears in their eyes.
"I wish you had lived here for some more time. I will miss our time together."

"And I wish to make some more memories with you in future. Hope you will come soon." She said to which shadev smiled with happiness knowing what exactly she was saying.

"Next time you will come here to not leave." He promised and her eyes lowered in shyness. She lightly nodded accepting his words before walking into the chariot. Soon the chariots started leaving. Shadev was standing their till she disappeared completely. The scene wasn't missed by anyone and they too understood the meaning. Nakul and arjun had a teasing smile while karan and bheem were sharing an adorable look. While yudhishthir without paying any attention left the place. Kunti turned towards him and called but he left not responding her call. Draupadi felt it wrong, she had to make him understand and then confront karan because he has the whole right to know this truth.

"Maata, please wait for some more time. I will talk to arya." She told and kunti sadly nodded. She was feeling guilty, yudhishthir wasn't able to handle this situation after being so mature and understanding too then how will her other sons will do? They would surely hate her for this.

"Arya, what's going on? This isn't a right way." Draupadi came to the library where yudhishthir was busy reading some book. Actually he wasn't, it was just his way of avoiding everything as he wanted to calm his mind and draupadi wanted to clear his stress as soon as possible.

"You know what I'm doing, maharani! I have work and already I have kept many things on pending. If you want to talk anything then we would continue it later, please leave me alone for some hours." He said avoiding her eyes and flipping the page of his book. Draupadi walked up to him and snatched away it, she threw it on the sofa and tightly held on her husband's arms. She saw his eyes were filled with suppressed pain which made her hug him tightly. "Draupadi, what.....are you doing?" His words were breaking and he could finally fall weak. At first he protested but then gave up.

"Arya, if you will react like this then how will your brothers do? How will they accept bharata karan as their elder brother and how will they forgive maata? And you are stressed out for what? I understand maata did wrong but she had her reasons, it's not easy for any woman to survive in this society with a child before marriage. Please forgive maata and talk to her, she needs you right now." She told everything while hugging him and caressing his back. Yudhishthir let go the few tears silently hearing her words.

"I am happy! I have an elder brother panchali, I have someone to share my problems with. I'm just disappointed that maata didn't tell us before, we would have never hated him. He wouldn't have bear those insults and humiliations."

"Arya, we can't correct the past. Rather than remembering the past you should make your future secure. You have time now then why to waste it. Just go and embrace your brother and please forgive maata. She hadn't has food properly from two days." She finally convinced him. Yudhishthir broke the hug and kissed on her forehead. Draupadi smiled at him and adjusted his hair strands with a sweet gesture of love. "Now you look like my yudhishthir and not the grumpy king of indraprastha." She said to which he made a fake angry face.

"What? Don't make such faces. You are behaving like and child, seriously saying my four year old vindya is more understanding than you. You have been on my nerve from few days."  She said huffing and shaking her head. Yudhishthir was shrugging off when something came in his mind. He pulled her closer to himself and then whispered in her ear. "So should I show you that I'm not a child but grown up adult only?" His words shivered her as she understood the deep meaning in them. Her eyes widened and she punched on his chest. He laughed at her reaction then kissed on her cheek. Who will say that this serious, always sincere and workaholic dharmraj could do such flirting. If his brothers saw this side of him then they will surely gone die out of shock. He has such hidden personality which come out only before her, and she is happy that she can bring it out of him.

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