Love & Betrayal

~ Near the past

Days were now going with hustle bustle. Everything was picture perfect. With prativindya and vrishsen's mischievousness, valandara's maternity care, the naughtiness of brothers and finally their blooming love. Draupadi was so much happy in her life, it was everything she had wished to have but God always has another plans.

"Bhabhi! Bhabhi!" Draupadi jerked on her place as nakul held her arms and hid behind her. Shadev stood there with an angry expression and draupadi was confused.

"What are you both doing? Nakul, again why did you trouble shadev? Leave me and stand here!" She strictly told as nakul sat beside her still holding her arms.

"Shadev calm down and sit before me. What's going on with you both? Nowadays I'm seeing, you don't get involved in anything and you don't do any gossips. Tell me what's going on." She asked and both looked at each other. Shadev was glaring at nakul, who was teasing him to tell everything. Draupadi got it and smiled mischievously.

"Who is she shadev?"

Nakul wide eyed stared at draupadi with open mouth and shadev was clean bolt.

"Nothing__like that bhabhi__"

"Don't! I'm well aware of this phase and if you don't tell me then I will call arya, he will bring out everything from you. Nakul you know everything, speak it!" She warned them with strict expression. Nakul was trying to say but shadev had held him strictly. Draupadi shook her head and then pinched shadev's ear in her fingers. "You have grown up haah? Now you'll hide things from me? Tell me her name because I already know her, just for confirmation. Or else I will not accept any proposal from mithila." She said which wasn't unnoticeable for nakul. He snapped at her with shocked look and she giggle.

"Bhabhi you knew?"

"Of course! What did you think shadev? You can hide it? Now I will send letter to maata and ask her to immediately send a proposal to mithila. Only maithili can handle you. What say arya? Is it right?" She said as shadev looked behind at yudhishthir, who had a big smile on his face. He came  forward and hugged his brother.
"You grown up so soon deva! I can't belive that you will be married now."

"But bhrata, I don't know if she also feels the same. She used to love you__i mean__" He was little uncomfortable with Draupadi's presence and it did affect yudhishthir but she handled it. "Shadev, woman's love is visible in her eyes and I have seen it in hers. She respected arya and thought it love but trust me if you will take a step towards her then she won't step back. Arya, now make your brother understand."

"You both don't love me. I'm the most handsome prince in aryavarth still have no princess in love with me." Nakul cried sitting back on the couch with a pout. They three laughed as shadev smacked on his head.

"Women hate flirtatious men, behave like a nobel men and someone will definitely love you. Just like bhabhi chose bhrata." He told looking at yudhishthir and draupadi. Draupadi shyly smiled remembering their first interaction. Who had thought she will fall so hard for him that it would be impossible to go away. Yudhishthir smiled seeing her face as he didn't express much before his brother but truly wanted to have her in his arms.

"Both of you know get out of my room now." He kicked both his brothers outside who in exchanges gave teasing looks to him.

"Bhrata be aware that prati is still so small to have another sibling." Nakul teased to which yudhishthir punched on his back glaring at him. "We would be happy to have another member bhrata." Shadev commented after which he closed the door on their face. A big red blush was printed on his face but he swallowed it.

"What were they saying?"

"Nothing!" He simply answered coming near her. Draupadi nodded and decided to complete her work. She sat on the couch and started doing her work. Yudhishthir came near and sat behind her. He kissed on her shoulder from behind which distracted her. She looked behind and wiggled her eyebrows. "What are you doing here maharaj? Don't you have any work?"

"Koi bhi karya meri maharani se badhkr nahi hai. Aapka prem mujhe aapki disha mein khich lata hai parantu aap mujhe katayi prem nhi karti hai." His tone suddenly changed as the handsome face now holding a cute pout. She turned completely in his direction with a surprised look.

"Aree! Aapko gyaat hai na ki aap ek 4 varsh k balak ke pita hai, yeh natkhat avatar keval aapke putra ko jachta hai usske pita ko nhi." She told sweetly with a bitter smile and pinched his nose. Yudhishthir's cheeks were puffed up as he pretended to be sad. She laughed at her dear husband's suddenly changed mood. Holding on his face she kissed on his cheek and pulled back.
"Abhi ke liye itna hi prem pariyaapt hai maharaj, jyada prem ho jayega toh aapki aadate bigad jayengi."

He sank his hand around her waist and pulled her closer then rested his head on hers closing his eyes for some time in her solace. She too put her hands on him weighing herself on him and relaxing.

"You know, I adore bheem when he takes care of valandara. Love makes men gentle, he behaves very delicate around her and then comes his high demands. He had short listed names for his child." Yudhishthir suddenly told making her smile as she had teased bheem over this topic but she too adore him when he does everything innocently and with whole of his heart.
"Bheem is very adorable."

"I missed lot of things. I don't even know the feel of carrying the newborn baby. I missed my child's every first thing. And I missed taking care of you, you must have felt it hard, without any experience, without anyone's support carrying a life in your womb must be really very tough. We men can't even imagine it..... What should I do that this guilt will come down from my shoulders...." He was saying it all and with each word her grip was tightening. She pecked on his lips lightly which interrupted him from his words.

"Arya, I know you missed it but don't feel guilty now. Whatever happened has happened. Now you should look front. And we can have all these moments again with our next child. That time you will get every chance till then just don't think anything." She tried but like he wasn't ready to leave it.

"I can't stop thinking it, please tell me everything. Please panchali, I want to know what hardships you had gone through because of me....." He insisted and she got up from her place not wanting to share her past because she was very well aware that he would kill himself with the burden of wronging her and she doesn't want it. "Enough Arya, that was past and it doesn't matter anyone. What matters is, I love you and you are near me. Now I expect that you won't force me." She sternly said and it was clear she was hiding something which would surely hurt him. For strange reasons he felt the desperacy to know it all.

Draupadi didn't look at him and walked outside. She knew her words were harsh but she just wanted him to save from the guilt. If he got to know about the time prativindya born, he will definitely drown into guilt. While yudhishthir was just looking at her disappearing figure with deep thoughts.

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"Can i take some time of yours?" He asked entering inside as karan shared a look with his wife and then nodded with a smile. Yudhishthir came to them and bent down touching both his brother and sister in law's feet. They both blessed him and later karan asked him to sit.
"What's the matter? You suddenly here? Anything important?"

Karan started asking but he was hesitant. He wasn't getting words about where to start and how to ask. The little hesitancy was caught by both of them, vrushali thought to leave so he will tell to karan but yudhishthir stopped her. "Bhabhishree please stay here. I want to ask from both of you."

"Say it bhrata! Please don't overthink." She said and he nodded.

"I__i don't know what to say." He took a long pause. Karan came near and patted on his shoulder taking a couch same as him. "Panchali was with you both. She was 7th month pregnant that time. Please tell me everything about that period, how she was? How was her health? The day when prati born? And most important, how much she suffered with this?" His questions made both of them exchange looks. It wasn't expected and they were clueless on why suddenly.

"Please don't hide, I have the right to know......"

"Of course you have yudhishthir. I will tell you."

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