DRAUPADI FELL ASLEEP IN YUDHISTIR'S ARMS AND YUDHISTIR JUST SMILED AND LAID HER ON THE BED. "IS SHE ASLEEP?" KARN ASKED ENTERING THE ROOM. "SHE IS TIRED. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN VANVAAS?" YUDHISTIR ASKED MAKING KARN THINK.
"I DON'T KNOW. WE MUST BE EXTRA CAREFUL ABOUT DRAUPADI." KARN SAID CARESSING DRAUPADI'S HEAD. "VANVAAS IS STARTING TWO DAYS LATER." YUDHISTIR SAID. "NOW LET IT BE, DON'T STRESS YOURSELF." KARN SAID.
THE NEXT DAY,
DRAUPADI WOKE UP TO FIND HERSELF LAYING ON THE BED WITH YUDHISTIR SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE BED. YUDHISTIR WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THEIR VANVAAS AND WAS IN DEEP THOUGHT. HIS THOUGHT THEN WAS INTERRUPTED BY A PAIR OF SOFT HANDS AROUND HIS WAIST. HE JUST SMILED KNOWING WHO IT WAS.
"WHAT HAPPENED ARYA?" DRAUPADI ASKED. "NOTHING. JUST THINKING ABOUT VANVAAS." YUDHISTIR SAID. "ITS OKAY. EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE." DRAUPADI SAID AND SHE STOOD UP AND STARTED WALKING TOWARDS THE BATHROOM.
YUDHISTIR THEN GRABBED HER WRIST AND PULLED HER CLOSE TO HIM. HIS HANDS THEN TRAVELLED TO HER WAIST AND HIPS AND TIGHTENED HIS GRIP, PULLING HER CLOSER. "ARYA?" DRAUPADI ASKED LOOKING DOWN HESITANT TO LOOK UP TO HIM AS FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER DYUT THE PANDAVAS AND DRAUPADI WERE THIS CLOSE.
YUDHISTIR JUST TIGHTLY HUGGED HER TO WHICH DRAUPADI HUGGED HIM BACK. "I LOVE YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING." YUDHISTIR WHISPERED IN HER EAR. "I KNOW." DRAUPADI WHISPERED BACK. "NOW LET ME GO. I HAVE TO FRESH UP." DRAUPADI SAID AND YUDHISTIR UNWILLINGLY LET HER GO.
DRAUPADI WAS ARRANGING HER VANVAAS CLOTHINGS AND WHILE SHE WAS THE PANDAVAS ENTERED THE CHAMBER. DRAUPADI THEN TOOK OUT HER MAANTIKA, EARRING AND NOSERING AND THEN PROCCEED TOWARDS HER CHUDAMANI AND OTHER HAIR ACCESSOIRES.
AS SHE PLACED HER HAND WHERE HER CHUDAMANI USUALLY PROUDLY SAT, HER CHUDAMANI WASN'T THERE REMINDING HER THAT SHE THREW HER CHUDAMANI DISOWNING THE PANDAVAS AS HER HUSBAND. THE PANDAVAS'S HEART BROKE SEEING HER. DRAUPADI JUST SHOVED OFF THE PAIN AND CONTINUED PREPARING FOR VANVAAS.
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DRAUPADI WOKE UP AND QUICKLY GOT READY IN HER VANVAAS CLOTHINGS. THE PANDAVAS TOO WORE THEIR CLOTHINGS AND WENT OUT WAITING FOR DRAUPADI. DRAUPADI THEN CAME OUT WITH PLAIN RED AND YELLOW SAREE WITH NO JEWELRIES.
THE PEOPLE WERE ALL WAITING FOR THEM IN THE PALACE GATES. THEIR EYES MOISTONED SEEING THEIR SAMRAGINI WEARING ALL PLAIN CLOTHES STILL LOOKING BEAUTIFUL AND LEAVING THEM. DRAUPADI AND PANDAVAS REACHED THE MAIN GATES OF INDRAPRASTH THEY TURNED AROUND AND FOLDED THEIR HANDS AND SO DID THE PEOPLE.
DRAUPADI JUST SMILED AT THEM ASSURING THEM OF THEIR RETURN AND LEFT. NAKUL WAS CARRYING PRADYUMNA IN HIS ARMS AND AFTER AN HOUR OR SO THEY REACHED A FOREST. DURING THE JOURNEY NONE OF THEM SPOKE. THE PANDAVAS DIDN'T HAD ANY COURAGE TO SEE THEIR WIFE WEARING PLAIN CLOTHES WITH NO JEWELRIES, MARITAL CHUDAMANI, MANGALSUTRA, PAYAL, BANGLES, RINGS AND SINDUR.
THEY THEN REACHED KAMYAK FOREST AND SEARCHED FOR AN EMPTY LAND. AFTER MUCH SEARCHING THEY FOUND AN EMPTY LAND WITH LESSER TREES AT THE CENTER. "WE HAVE TO BUILT A HUT." KARN SAID. "SHAHADEV STAY WITH DRAU AND PRADYUMNA." YUDHISTIR SAID AND THE REST WENT TO FIND MATERIALS TO BUILD A HUT.
DRAUPADI WAS JUST ROAMING AROUND WITH PRADYUMNA IN HER ARMS WITH SHAHADEV STARING AT THEM. DRAUPADI THEN KEPT HER HAIR ASIDE SO IT WON'T TROUBLE PRADYUMNA EXPOSING HER WAIST. AS SHAHADEV WAS LOOKING AT HER BY HER SIDE SHAHADEV NOTICED A SLIGHT BUMP.
HE WAS JUST STARING AT THE SLIGHT BUMP COMFIRMING WEATHER ITS REAL OR JUST AN ILLUSION OF HIS EYES. THE PANDAVAS CAME BACK WITH ALL THE NECESSARY MATERIALS TO SEE SHAHADEV CONTINUOSLY STARING AND RUBBING HIS EYES.
"WHAT HAPPENED?" BHEEM ASKED. "DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?" SHAHADEV ASKED. "WHAT?" NAKUL ASKED. "BHRATA ARJUN YOU HAVE AN ARCHER'S EYE. CAN YOU CHECK IS THAT A BUMP I SEE?" SHAHADEV SAID POINTING AT DRAUPADI'S SLIGHT BABAY BUMP MAKING THEM ALL LOOK AT HER STOMACH.
"THAT WAS SINCE THE ENDING OF HER SECOND MONTH." BHEEM SAID. "WHAT? WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?" THE REST ASKED. "YOU SHOULD HAVE CAREFUL OBSERVATION AND EYES." BHEEM SAID. DRAUPADI THEN STOPPED FOR A WHILE AND SIGHED FEELING TIRED.
"MAKE HER SIT." NAKUL SAID. BHEEM WENT TOWRADS HER MADE HER SIT ON THE NEARBY ROCK. THEY THEN STARTED THEIR WORKS AND WERE MORE ENERGETIC AND DETERMINED FOR THEIR UPCOMING CHILD. DRAUPADI WAS JUST PLAYING WITH PRADYUMNA WHO WAS QUITE ENJOYING BEING IN THE FOREST.
IT WAS NOW ALMOST EVENING AND THE PANDAVAS FINISHED PREPARING THE HUT. IT WAS QUITE GOOD AND COMFORTABLE. "THIS FAST?" DRAUPADI ASKED SURPRISED. "LOOKS LIKE WE ARE NOT SLEEPING OUTSIDE." DRAUPADI SAID TO PRADYUMNA. DRAUPADI THEN ENTERED THE HUT AND IT WAS QUITE SPACIOUS.
SHE THEN WENT EVEN MORE IN TO SEE TWO MORE ROOMS IN TOTAL THERE WERE THREE ROOMS. "ONE IS KITCHEN, OTHER IS BEDROOM AND THE OTHER?" DRAUPADI ASKED. "WHERE WILL YOU GIVE BIRTH?" VISHAKHA ASKED ENTERING. "VISHAKHA?" DRAUPADI ASKED. "SORRY FOR ENTERING WITHOUT PERMISSION BUT YUVRANI ITS MY DUTY AS YOUR MAID TO ASSIST YOU ALONG WITH PADMAVATI." VISHAKHA SAID. "B-" DRAUPADI WAS ABOUT TO OBJECT BUT WAS CUT OFF."NO BUTS! WE KNOW ABOUT CHILD BIRTH AND CHILD CARE AS WELL." PADMAVATI SAID.
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AFTER EATING BREAKFAST THE PANDAVAS WENT FOR MEDITATION AS KRISHNA SUGGESTED THEM TO PLEASE THE GOD. YUDHISTIR TO PLEASE YAMRAJ, KARN TO PLEASE SURYA DEV, BHEEM TO PLEASE HANUMAN, ARJUN TO PLEASE SHIVA, NAKUL AND SHAHADEV TO PLEASE THE ASHVIN TWINS.
DRAUPADI WAS JUST ENTERTAINING HERSELF BY PLAYING WITH PRADYUMNA AS SHE WAS BORED. WHEREAS PADMAVATI AND VISHAKHA WERE DOING THE HOUSEHOLD. AFTER NIGHT WAS ABOUT TO FALL THE PANDAVAS STARTED HEADING BACK. "WAIT!" KARN SAID. "WHY? WHAT HAPPENED JYESTH?" YUDHISTIR ASKED. "DRAUPADI WANTED SOME PURPLE GRAPES." KARN SAID.
"ACCORDING TO MADHAV PREGNANCY HORMONES ARE VERY DANGEROUS." ARJUN SAID. "LET'S FIND SOON." BHEEM SAID AND THEY ALL STARTED SEARCHING. AFTER TWO HOURS THEY FINALLY FOUND AND QUICKLY RUSHED BACK. DRAUPADI WHO WAS WAITING FOR HER GRAPES WAS SUFFERING THE PREGNANCY MOOD SWINGS. SHE WAS ANGRY A MOMENT AGO BUT NOW SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER ARYAS.
"PRIYE!" BHEEM CALLED. 'WHY WERE YOU LATE?" DRAUPADI ASKED. "JUST WE DIDN'T NOTICE TIME." BHEEM SAID. DRAUPADI THEN TURNED TOWARDS KARN WITH BIG EXPECTANT EYES. KARN JUST TOOK OUT THE GRAPES AND HANDED IT TO HER. "THANK YOU!!" DRAUPADI SQUEALED HAPPILY LIKE A CHILD MAKING THEM CHUCKLE.
DRAUPADI QUICKLY RUSHED INSIDE AND WASHED THE GRAPES AND STARTED EATING IT. SHE WAS MOANING WITH PLEASURE OF THE SWEETNESS AND SOURNESS OF THE GRAPES.
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