SWEETHEART DRAUPADI (INNOCENCE OF THE FLAME)

STORM PT.3

DRAUPADI THEN WOKE UP TO SEE THE PANDAVAS SLEEPING. "WHEN DID THEY COME?"  SHE THOUGHT AS SHE LOOKED AROUND HER ROOM SEEING THE PANDAVAS HERE AND THERE IN THE ROOM SLEEPING. SHE WAS FEELING A BIT BETTER. HER HEADACHE WAS A BIT BETTER SO SHE SAT UP. AS SHE WAS SITTING UP SHE FELT A STRONG PAIR OF ARMS HELPING HER IT WAS NONE OTHER THEN ARJUN

"WHY ARE YOU NOT SLEEPING?" DRAUPADI ASKED. "I AM SUPPOSE TO ASK THAT!" ARJUN SAID. "I JUST WOKE UP. I WAS SLEEPING PEACEFULLY." DRAUPADI SAID. "COME HERE." ARJUN SAID OPENING HIS ARMS RESTING HIS BACK ON THE BACK OF THE BED. DRAUPADI DID AS HE SAID. "THE STORM HASN'T QUITENED A BIT." DRAUPADI SAID. "IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE LONGER THAN EXPECTED." ARJUN SAID AND DRAUPADI JUST HUMMED IN RETURN. "I WILL ASK YOU SOMETHING ANSWER TRUTHFULLY OKAY?" ARJUN ASKED AND DRAUPADI JUST HUMMED IN APPROVAL. "SINCE WHEN WERE YOU FEELING DIZZY?" ARJUN ASKED. "UMMM.... I THINK SINCE....THE DAY AFTER OUR FIGHT. I FIRST FELL A LITTLE DIZZY WHEN I WAS TAKING BATH" DRAUPADI ANSWERED TRUTHFULLY. "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY US? ME? I WAS RIGHT IN THE ROOM." ARJUN ASKED A LITTLE ANGRY "JUST I FORGOT." DRAUPADI REPLIED LIKE A INNOCENT CHILD. ARJUN JUST SIGHED. "NOW GO BACK TO SLEEP." ARJUN SAID. "WHAT? BUT I JUST WOKE UP! HOW CAN I GO BACK TO SLEEP?" DRAUPADI ASKED IN A DEVASTATED MANNER

"STILL GO BACK TO SLEEP. YOU SLEPT FOR ONLY 3 HOURS." ARJUN SAID. "HOW CAN I GO BACK TO SLEEP? I JUST WOKE UP! I JUST WOKE UP MEANING I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP!" DRAUPADI SAID IN AN ANGRY TONE. ARJUN WAS A LITTLE TAKEN BACK BY HER MOOD SWING. "OKAY OKAY. SORRY." ARJUN SAID. "WHAT HAPPENED? WHO IS SORRY?" NAKUL ASKED WAKING UP INCLUDING SHAHADEV. "I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP AND ARYA ARJUN IS SAYING ME TO SLEEP." DRAUPADI SAID LIKE A LITTLE CHILD. HER ANGER HAD VANISHED IN A JIFFY. "HE IS RIGHT SLEEP. YOU SHOULD SLEEP." SHAHADEV SAID. "ARYA! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? I DON'T WANT TO. I JUST WOKE UP! HOW CAN I SLEEP BACK? SERIOUSLY ITS MY BODY, MY MIND I KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT TO THEN WHY ARE YOU SAYING ME TO?" DRAUPADI SAID JERKING UP FROM THE COMFORTABLE, WARM EMBRACE OF ARJUN IN AN ANGRY TONE MAKING THE 3 WIDE AWAKE. "SORRY, SORRY, SORRY!" NAKUL AND SHAHDEV BEGGED. 

"SERIOUSLY WHY SO MUCH NOISE FROM THE MORNING?" BHEEM ASKED AS HE WOKE UP FROM HIS SLEEP SO DID THE REST. "WHY ARE YOU 2 SAYING SORRY? AND TO WHOM?" KARN ASKED. "PRIYE. WHAT HAPPENED?WHY ARE YOU AWAKE?" YUDHISTIR ASKED. "YOU SHOULD GO BA-" THE ELDER 3 SAID BUT WAS SOON CUT OFF BY THE YOUNGER 3. THE YOUNGER 3 PULLED THE OLDER 3 IN A CORNER AND EXPLAINED THEM EVERYTHING. SUDDENLY THE DOOR OPENED REVEALING THE DASI. "KUMAR KARN, KUMAR YUDHISTIR, KUMAR BHEEM, KUMAR NAKUL AND KUMAR SHAHADEV, THE KINGS, PITAMAH AND MAHAMANTRI ARE DEMANDING YOUR PRESENCE AS THE STORM HAS QUITENED A BIT." THE DASI SAID AND EXITED AND THEY DID AS SHE SAID. "WAIT NAKUL, SHAHADEV." ARJUN SAID MAKING THEM STOP. "YES, WHAT IS IT?" NAKUL ASKED. "JUST TELL ME HOW LONG IS HER UNUSUAL APETITE AND MOOD SWING GOING TO LAST?" ARJUN ASKED. "FOR APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS." SHAHADEV SAID AND THEY LEFT.

"9 MONTHS! 9 MONTHS ARE NO JOKE! HEY PRABHU! OH LORD NOW ITS ALL UPTO YOU! I AM TRUSTING MY LIFE WITH YOU.PLEASE GOD SAVE ME AND MY LIFE FROM MY WIFE'S WRATH. ONLY YOU ARE THE ONE WHO CAN SAVE ME! PLEASE SAVE ME I AM INNOCENT! PLEASE ONLY FOR 9 MONTHS. PLEASE! 9 MONTHS!" ARJUN PLEADED TO GOD IN HIS MIND LOOKING UP AT THE CEILING.

"PRIYE?" ARJUN SAID IN A SUGARY SWEET VOICE. DRAUPADI TURNED TOWARDS HIM AND ARJUN GULPED IN FEAR AS HER EYES STILL HELD ANGER. DRAUPADI'S EYES SUDDENLY SOFTENED. "SORRY" SHE WHISPERED. "SORRY? WHY SORRY PRIYE?" ARJUN ASKED. "ITS JUST THAT YOU WERE SAYING FOR MY BETTERMENT BUT I GOT ANGRY. SO SORRY..." DRAUPADI SAID WITH TEARS IN HER EYES AND ARJUN QUICKLY HUGGED HER AND CARESSED AND COMFORTED HER. "NONONONONO ITS OKAY. IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT. IT WAS OUR. WE ARE SORRY." ARJUN SAID TRYING TO COMFORT HER. "DAMN! THIS BLOODY MOOD SWINGS" ARJUN SAID UNDER HIS BREATH.

"OKAY NOW I AM HUNGRY." DRAUPADI SAID RECOVERING FROM HER TEARS. "OKAY WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EAT?" ARJUN ASKED. "UMMMM...SOUR CREAM, DAMSONS, MAKHAN, MILKSHAKE, CANTALOUPE AND BLUEBERRIES." DRAUPADI SAID AND ARJUN ORDERED THE DASIS TO BRING IT AND THE DASIS DID AS HE SAID AND BROUGHT THE FOOD. DRAUPADI THEN STOOD UP AND ARJUN QUICKLY RUSHED TO HER AND HELD HER ONE HAND AND WRAPPED HIS HAND AROUND HER WAIST. "WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING?" ARJUN ASKED. "TO WASHROOM TO TAKE BATH." DRAUPADI SAID AND ARJUN LED HER THOUGH SHE TOLD HIM SHE CAN WALK BUT ARJUN DIDN'T LISTEN A BIT. "OKAY NOW HAPPY? GO." DRAUPADI SAID. "WHY SO?" ARJUN ASKED. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHY SO?" DRAUPADI ASKED. "WHAT IF YOU AGAIN FAINT?" ARJUN ASKED. "NO I WON'T NOW GO I NEED TO TAKE BATH." DRAUPADI SAID. "NOPE I WON'T IF YOU WANT THEN BATH." ARJUN SAID. "HOW CAN I WHEN YOU ARE HERE?" DRAUPADI ASKED. "NOW DEAR WHY ARE YOU BEING SHY? YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING SO DID YOU." ARJUN SAID BACK HUGGING HER MAKING HER BLUSH HARD.

THEN THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR MAKING ARJUN GROAN IN IRRITATION. HE THEN CLOSED THE DOOR AND WENT TO OPEN THE DOOR TO SEE THE FACE OF THE PERSON WHO SNATCHED HIS GOLDEN NO DIAMOND OPPORTUNITY AND IT WAS NO OTHER THAN NAKUL! "WHAT IS IT?" ARJUN ASKED QUITE ANNOYED. "PITASHREE AND TASHREE WANTS TO MEET YOU." NAKUL SAID AS HIS EYES WERE SEARCHING FOR DRAUPADI. "SHE IS TAKING A BATH TAKE CARE." ARJUN SAID AND LEFT. HE THEN ENTERED THE ROOM AND STARTED TO ROAM AROUND "I SEE SHE IS HAVING SOUR CRAVINGS." HE SAID AS HE CHECKED THE FOOD. HE THEN NOTICED THE DOOR WAS NOT LOCKED AND SLIGHTLY OPENED.

"WHY NOT?" NAKUL THOUGHT AND WENT IN WITHOUT LETTING DRAUPADI KNOW. DRAUPADI WAS TAKING A WARM MILK ROSE PETAL BATH. SHE HAD HER EYES CLOSED SO SHE DIDN'T SEE HIM. 

HE THEN TOOK SMALL AMOUNT OF CHANDAN LAPE AND APPLIED IT SLIGHTLY ON HER CHEEK MAKING HER SURPRISED AND TURN AROUND. SHE SIGHED IN RELIEF AS SHE MET 2 PAIRS OF FAMILIAR HAZEL EYES WHICH HELD MISCHIEF. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" DRAUPADI ASKED. "JUST CHECKING MY WIFE." NAKUL SAID AND DRAUPADI JUST SHOOK HER HEAD AND TURNED FRONT. NAKUL JUST TOOK MORE CHANDAN LAPE AND STARTED APPLYING ON HER CHEEKS, ARMS AND COLLARBONE. DRAUPADI DIDN'T HAD ANY OBJECTION AND LET HIM DO WHATEVER HE WANTED. "OKAY NOW GO. I NEED TO WEAR MY CLOTHES." DRAUPADI SAID AND NAKUL JUST SHOOK HIS HEAD. "WHAT IF YOU FAINT AGAIN HUH?" NAKUL ASKED. "THEN TURN AROUND AND DON'T DARE TO TURN BACK." DRAUPADI SAID AND NAKUL JUST SMIRKED. "OKAY BUT CAN'T PROMISE THAT." NAKUL SAID RECIEVING A PLAYFUL SLAP ON HIS ARM FROM DRAUPADI. "OKAY NOW TURN AROUND." DRAUPADI SAID AND HE DID AS SHE SAID.

DRAUPADI WAS ALMOST DONE. SHE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTIES TYING THE STRING OF HER BLOUSE. SHE THEN FELT A STRONG PAIR OF HANDS CATCHING HER HANDS. "HAVING A HARD TIME DEAR?" NAKUL ASKED TAKING THE STRING FROM HER HANDS. "WHY DID YOU TURN BACK?" SHE ASKED. "AS I SAID I WILL JUST TRY CAN'T PROMISE." HE SAID AS HE TIED THE STRINGS. HE THEN PLACED THE PALLO ON HER SHOULDER AND LED HER OUTSIDE AND HELPED HER TO WEAR SOME LIGHT JEWELLERIES AND FED HER.