The Different Mahabharata

Awkward

Niyati pov

I smile.
The environment has always been a place where I found peace.
The birds chirp and the sound of the water flowing.
Gopis laugh as they fill their pots with water.
But then I see him.
And no, it's not a dream.
***

Oh lord, this is absurd.
Why do I like him?

I huff.
He's an annoying creature, he's way too mysterious, he talks like he is the smartest person in the room.

One should not think that he's the smartest person in the room unless he is the smartest person in the room.

But I guess he, kind of, is smart.

I mean, there's a reason Kans is dead, Shakuni mama is afraid of him. The reason, that Mathura, now Dwarka, is one of the most powerful kingdoms.

His naughtiness is world famous.
His mukut of morpankh.
His divine smile and shining eyes.
His flute and pitambar angvastra.
His compassion and love.
Just him.
Just him and his personality.

I close my eyes in frustration.
I need to take out my feelings.

"Arre didi, where are you going?" Subhadra asks me as I run around the palace to go to my room.

"My room!" I shout.

"But-"
"Not now Bhadre, not now."

I rush to my room and grab my things.
Oh how I wish I knew how to draw!
But I can't, I'm the worst at it.

It was me, it was you
It was too good to be true
That I could ever be in love.

It was you, it was me
Yours, I wish to be
Oh, how could I be in love?

It is a blooming flower,
Preaching the warm sun for growth,
The clouds shower,
This love, it is an oath.
An oath of pure bliss
When away, it's you I miss.

Is this love?
If it is, I've thought it through
I'm in love with you.
***

Yash pov

I smile.
Oh Niyati, even when you forgot about me, you still wrote the same poem?
This poem symbolises our love.
This was the first poem she wrote for me.
When she started to fall in love with me, when I already drowned in her love.

"Kanha, isn't that-"
"Yes Dau."
I turn back to see Balram Dau in his blue angvastra, tears of happiness falling from his eyes.

"She's in love with you!"

"Not completely, but yes, it has began. Love is the beginning, and it is the end. If love is a disease, then love is also the cure."
***

Niyati pov

I walk around.
Even after writing down my feelings, my heart still feels heavy.

"Niyati, how are your feelings now?" I hear Bheem's voice.
I see the teasing smile on his face.
I immediately knew.

I walk towards him, gesturing to him to bend, as if wanting to say something in his ears, but as soon as he bends, I twist his ear.

"You told them, didn't you?" I say, my eyebrows clenching.

"What, how did- no! No, I didn't tell them Niyati!"
I laugh mockingly.

"Liar!"

"Okay okay, but I just told Nakul!"

"Who told Sahadev, who told Arjun, who told me." I hear Jyesth.

I give a mocking smile, seeing my face, Bheem defends himself, "No, I didn't tell them, Niyati!"
I twisted his ear, "Shameless."