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"Phalgun?" Rajmata Kunti was startled from the sudden gesture of her third son as he placed his head on her lap
"I missed you" Arjun murmured and made himself comfortable on the floor, burying his head on her lap.
Kunti laughed a little and ruffled his messy curly hair "You're still my 5 years old Arjun who would always stick with me and go everywhere clutching my pallu"
"Of course I'm" Arjun added with a smile
"You know previous night I saw your father in dream" Arjun heard his mother's shaky voice and immediately looked up
"Really? What did you see? " Arjun asked eagerly. The moment Narad told that Pandu expressed his wish to see Yudhishthir as the chakravarti samrat of Aryavart he decided to fulfill his wish with all he had
Kunti smiled through tears and placed her palms on his cheek and told "He was extremely proud of you, you defeated everyone, including the ones he couldn't... Thank you Phalgun... " Kunti couldn't complete as she got interrupted by her son
"Mata... What're you thanking me for? He is my father and fulfilling his dreams is my dream, I..." He let out a breath, he didn't know he was holding back "I just wish I could see his happy face"
The glint of happiness from Arjun's hazel eyes disappeared and Kunti immediately regretted, She knew how close Arjun was to his father, Thankfully she heard Nakul and Bheem's voices
"Maa tell Bhrata Bheem to stop... " Nakul whined and Bheem pulled his ear even harder
"Wha-- Bheem leave him right now... You guys won't change ever! " Kunti scolded them
"Maa you know we all bet on whether Arjun would bring any wife from his expedition or not... Nakul , Panchali, Karenu and Valandhara said he would and Me, Sahdev, Vijaya , Subhadra and Devika bhabi said he won't. Now we won and Nakul was supposed to cook for us " Bheem said looking at Nakul angrily
"I can't believe you took that seriously" Nakul rolled his eyes
"Wait what? " Arjun got up and pulled another ear of Nakul as he continued "You guys bet on what?"
"Hey! That's not fair, leave me brothers! You two are too mighty for my poor ears" Nakul cried out
"Phalgun, Bheem, leave him! " Kunti chided at her sons and being the obedient sons they were, they did what they're told
"But Nakul have to cook" Bheem demanded
"Only if you aren't in the list! I possibly can't make food for you."
He teased
"What do you mean? " Bheem asked angrily
"He said that he can't make food for you, as in you eat too much for him to cook for you" Arjun explained calmly, He and Nakul immediately get out of the chamber before Bheem could catch them and Bheem ran after them making Kunti shook her head
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"Is that funny? Do you think it's funny? Come on" Panchali told her son excitedly as he stand on his own for the first time without any support and giggling at his mother
"Good job, our Kirti is growing up so fast! " She kissed her son who refused to be in her lap anymore and tried to get out of there
"No... You've to sleep now" Draupadi took him and got up when she heard Malini's voice
"Rajkumaari, a messenger came from Dwarka and asked me to give you this" She showed a beautiful bejeweled box
"Oh okay, look after him for a minute, he won't sleep without me so let him play" She told her while looking at the box. Malini took Kirti and went to the inner chamber
