SWEETHEART DRAUPADI (INNOCENCE OF THE FLAME)

SECRET REVEALED

THE NEXT DAY,

DRAUPADI WAS JUST SITTING IN HER ROOM AS SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO. THE DOOR SUDDENLY FLUNG OPEN REVEALING NAKUL. DRAUPADI SMILED SEEING HIM AND TURNED AROUND AND ASKED "WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE KUMAR NAKUL?""NOTHING JUST CAN'T I VISIT MY WIFE?" NAKUL SAID PECKING HER LIPS. DRAUPADI JUST SMILED AS SHE QUICKLY GOT USED TO BEING CALLED 'WIFE' BY THEM. NAKUL JUST LAID HIS HEAD ON HER LAP. DRAUPADI WAS JUST RUNNING HER HANDS THROUGH HIS HAIR WHEREAS NAKUL WAS JUST HOLDING HER OTHER HANDS AND PLACING KISSES. THEY WERE SITTING IN COMFORTABLE SILENCE. SUDDENLY PADMAVATI CAME IN "DRAUPADI COME RAJMATA IS SAYING THAT SHE HAS SOME MARRIAGE PROPOSALS FOR YOU." SHE SAID MAKING NAKUL JERK UP FROM DRAUPADI'S LAP. PADMAVATI NOTICED NAKUL AND CORRECTED HERSELF"SORRY I MEAN TO SAY SAMRAGINI." BUT WAS CUT OFF BY DRAUPADI "ITS OKAY YOU CAN CALL ME BY MY NAME IN THEIR PRESENCE AS WELL."SHE SAID AND PADMAVATI WENT OUT OF THE ROOM CLOSING THE DOOR. "WHAT DID SHE MEAN BY MARRIAGE PROPOSALS FOR YOU? YOU ARE ALREADY MARRIED YOU ARE MY WIFE."NAKUL SAID ESPECIALLY THE WORD 'MY WIFE' WITH OVER OVER PROTECTIVENESS. "DON'T WORRY I AM GONNA REJECT THOSE MARRIAGE PROPOSALS ANYWAY."DRAUPADI SAID CUPPING NAKUL'S FACE. "I WILL GET GOING THEN" DRAUPADI SAID. NAKUL KISSED HER AND UNWILLINGLY LET HER GO.

IN THE PANDAVA'S ROOM,

NAKUL RETURNED TO THEIR ROOM WITH A FROWN IN HIS FACE. "WHAT HAPPENED?" KARN ASKED. "NOTHING.." NAKUL REPLIED. "TELL US WHAT HAPPENED." YUDHISTIR SAID AS NAKUL THREW HIMSELF ON HIS BED. "DADISA.."NAKUL SAID. "DADISA WHAT?" BHEEM ASKED. "SPEAK NAKUL."ARJUN SAID. "THAT ALSO PROPERLY." SHAHADEV ADDED. "NOTHING ITS JUST I WAS WITH DRAUPADI WHEN PADMAVATI CAME IN AND TOLD THAT DADISA HAS GOT SOME MARRIAGE PROPOSALS FOR HER." NAKUL SAID MAKING REST OF THEM JERK UP. "WHAT? AND WHAT YOU DID?" THEY ASKED NEARLY SCREAMING. "DRAUPADI JUST SAID THAT SHE WILL REJECT THEM SO SHE WENT TO DADISA'S ROOM TO REJECT THE PROPOSALS." NAKUL SAID. "WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS." BHEEM SAID MAKING ALL OF THEM NOD. "BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?" NAKUL ASKED. "SHOULD WE PUT FORWARD TO CONCEPT OF OUR MARRIAGE INFRONT OF DADISA?" ARJUN ASKED. "NO WE CAN'T" YUDHISTIR SAID. "WHY?"THEY ASKED. "BECAUSE WE STILL ARE LEFT TO FIND OUT ABOUT DRAUPADI'S REALITY AND SECURE OUR PLACE IN HASTINAPUR FOR HER AND OUR SAFE FUTURE." KARN REPLIED MAKING THEM ALL AGREE. 

AT EVENING,

THE PANDAVAS WERE JUST TAKING STROLL TOGETHER UNTIL THEY SAW DRAUPADI. THEY DECIDED TO GO TOWARDS HER BUT STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS AND HID BEHIND A CURTAIN HEARING HER WORDS. "VISHAKHA?"DRAUPADI CALLED. "YES DEAR SAKHI." VISHAKHA SAID.

THE PANDAVAS HAD NEVER SEEN HER. SEEING HER HERE AND DRAUPADI KNOWING HER AND CALLING HER SAKHI WAS ALREADY A SURPRISE. THE BIGGER SURPRISE WAS SEEING HER FOREHEAD.

"YOU ARE VISITING HOME RIGHT?"DRAUPADI ASKED. "YES ANY DOUBT."VISHAKHA REPLIED. "THEN CAN YOU PLEASE SEND MY GREETINGS TO MAIYA, BABA, MAI AND TOU?"DRAUPADI ASKED. "OFCORSE WHY NOT ANYTHING MORE?"VISHAKHA ASKED. "AND YES SOME HERBS AND SOME CARNATION AND PERUVIAN LILY FROM THE ROYAL GARDEN AS I WANT TO PLANT THEM IN OUR ROYAL GARDEN AS WELL. PLUS TELL THEM TO PREPARE FOR THE YAGN AS DAU AND REVATI'S MARRIAGE IS AFTER 6 DAYS."DRAUPADI SAID. "SURE WHY NOT. AND GOOD THING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT CARNATION AND PERUVIAN LILY. THEY THE MOST PLEASANT SMELLING FLOWERS IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE AND MOSTLY FOUND IN NAAGLOK."VISHAKHA SAID. "YEAH YEAH JUST DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE FLOWERS WHILE REMEMBERING VIKRANT." KRISHNA SAID MAKING VISHAKHA BLUSH AND DRAUPADI LAUGH. "YEAH IF YOU WANT THEN YOU CAN BRING VIKRANT AS WELL ALONG WITH THE FLOWERS." DRAUPADI ALSO JOINED KRISHNA. "OKAY I WILL TAKE MY LEAVE NOW." VISHAKHA SAID HUGGING DRAUPADI AND BID THEM GOODBYE AND LEFT. "OKAY NOW MY DEAR KRISHNA LETS GO I AM HUNGRY FEED ME MAKHAN." KRISHNA SAID HUGGING HIS LITTLE SISTER AS IT WAS COLD THAT EVENING. AFTER THEY LEFT PANDAVAS CAME OUT OF THEIR HIDING SPOT.