60. I will love you either way.

                                    

                                          
With Saag having hidden the jttis away, I kept wondering what she had done and where she might have gone. 
"Well, where would it be? " Devika thought carefully and even now, her regality would not leave her. The lines of her forehead deepened as her cognitive mind ran quickly. 
Manojava, they call her, faster than the mind. Truly, the fiery aura  of her was faster than her mind. 
As I sat by thinking, I saw Saag sitting next to Yudhishthir, with her head on his shoulder. She looked tired, but had a lazy and calm smile on her face. 
" Devika, I know where they are. " My wife... Wow. Wife.... Anyways, my wife looked at me jn surprise. 
"Where are they? " 
" Come with me. " I offered her my hand and she gracefully accepted it. 
I made my ways through the corridors of the palace, all the way to Saag' room. 
" Yuvraj, the Rajkumaari has said -" 
"Oh I know, but she is the one who told me to come here and she'll be following behind. " I walked into the room with a confused Devika following me . 
"What are we doing here Arya? " I turned around to look at her surprised. 
"Arya? " 
"Yes, what else should I call you? You are my husband now, Nath, Swami -" She began. 
"No! No. None of that. Please, you're my friend before anything. Please call me by my name. " She looked at me scandalised. 
"What? No that's disrespectful-" 
"Alright, then from today I'm Swami and you are Swamini. I can't disrespect you by calling you by your name either can I -"
"But -" 
"No buts. If I'm your husband, before that I am your friend. We'll call each other by our names, or Priy and Priye. Nothing of yhat Arya business. " 
"But I shall need to do that when we're in public. It isn't -" 
"Alright, we'll discuss that part afterwords. First call me by my name." 
"A-ajatshatru..." She said shyly.... Where did this come from? Where's my Devika? 
"Wonderful Devi, come, we'll figure out where the shoes are. " I said as she smiled. 
" Why have you brought us to Sagariks's room? " 
" Sagarika left the wedding abruptly in the middle, I assumed she came here, because of Gudu... The face that she did in fact turn up -" 
"With Gudu means that she must have hidden your footwear here! " She chirped excitedly. 
"Exactly dear wife. Which means we'll have to look at Gudu's possessions. " 
"A few days old child has possessions?' She snorted. 
" Other than clothes, no.... But. Maybe.... "
"Ajatshatru, why do I feel jijashree Yudhishthir has the shoes? " She asked and I looked at her surprised. 
"No but that's too obvious. Saag knows that he will be the first person I check. No it's not there. " 
" But then, what if it's with her, what if Sagarika is wearing your foortwear? " 
"No, my foot size is bigger than hers.. No matter what prank she's playing, she looks into her own comfort so as to not  be betrayed by her own discomfort... She wouldn't be wearing them. " I answered.