Life of Shrutika

16. What changed?

Deepak reached her stomach, Shrutika woke up freeing something wrong as Deepak's could hands touched he bare stomach.

"Kon hai aap? Aur aap ye kya karne ki koshish kar rahe hai humare sath? ( Who are you? What the hell were you trying to do to me while I'm asleep?)" Shrutika screamed and moved backwards.

"Humne soch chal ke dekhe humari premika kya kar rahi hai. Aapko yaad dilana chahte the purane din. (Just checking on my love, thought I'd remind you of old times.)" Deepak smirked at her.

"Aap pagal toh nahi ho gaye hai? Na humne pehle aapko kabhi hume chhoone ki izazat di hai na ab de rahe hai. Dur rahein humse. (Are you sick?. Neither I ever had given you the permission to touch me nor I'm giving now. Stay away from me.)" Shrutika yelled and stood up from the bed.

"Shruti tum aisa vyavhar kyu karne lagi ho humare sath. Hum dono me badla kya hai? (Why are behaving this way shruti? What changed between us?)" Deepak questioned her demanding an answer.

"Badla ye hai ki humara vivah ho chuka hai. Aur aap aur aapka prem badal gaya, aapka prem ab vish ban gaya hai. Aap yaha se jayein nahi toh hume senapati ko bulana padega. (What changed is I am married now. And you and your love, it has been toxic now. Leave before I call the soldier.)" Shrutika let out her index finger at him.

"Jaisa aap chahe rani sahiba. (As you wish queen.)" Deepak took her hand and placed a kiss on the back and left. Shrutika rubbed her hand on the spot where he kissed.

In few moments, the maharaj came back and entered after knocking at the door.

"Aap thik hai na shrutika? Hume kuch gadbad lag rahi hai. (Are you alright Shrutika. I feel something is amiss.)" Maharaj asked Shrutika in a worried voice.

"Kuch nahi maharaj bas humne bura sapna dekha. Hum thik hai. (It's nothing, just a bad dream. I'm fine.)"  Shrutika replied while playing with her hairs.

"Aap humpe bharosa kar sakti hai Shrutika, humare jaane ke baad kuch galat toh nahi hua na? (Shrutika, you can trust me. Did something happen in my absence?)" Maharaj asked her and she looked at him with a scared face. How on the earth she is going to tell him it is his own brother.

"Nahi maharaj sab thik hai. Aap fikar na karein. (No, everything's fine. Don't worry about it.)" Shrutika replied and maharaj nodded not wanting to force her anymore.

As dawn breaks, Shrutika and maharaj completed their morning chores and embark on a tour through their bustling city, the air is filled with a palpable energy. The streets filled with life, and the vibrant colors of market paint a lively picture. Shrutika looks at the different citizens with curiosity for their variant works. They stroll through lively markets.

"Maharaj mai aapse ek sawal puch sakti hoon. ( Maharaj can I ask you a question? )" Shrutika asked hesitantly and maharaj nodded.

"Humara yaha aam insaan ki tatah ban ke aana kyu jaruri hai? Hum maharaj aur maharani ban ke bhi toh aa sakte the na? (I dont understand why it is crucial for us to disguise as common people. Why not engage openly as the king and queen?)" Shrutika asked and maharaj smiled as she first time identified herself as maharani.

"Log hume dekh kar hume jhooth dikha sakte hai jo wo sach me nahi hai. Agar hum apni batayein toh hume wo sach dekhne ko milega jo humare seher me chal raha hai. (People can create a facade after seeing us. By walking among them incognito, we glimpse their unfiltered reality.)" Maharaj replied and shrutika nodded.

"Sath hi me humlog humare log se jud sakte hai, wo khushi aur pareshaniya mehsoos kar sakte hai jo wo log karte hai. (Stripped of our royal identity, we can connect on a human level, witnessing their joys and challenges without the constraints of formality)." Maharaj added.

"Haan ab hum samaj gaye. (Yes now I understood.)" Shrutika smiled at him.

They moved further and Shrutika witnessed many things she haven't seen before and even tried making jute bags, rangoli Colors, candles. Our maharaj and shrutika together prepared few diyas. We can witness a lovely couple enjoying with each other.

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