It had been more than a week since, Parthi, Vatsala and Suthanu left...

Pragti and Nitya were overjoyed to see them .. Nitya immediately demanded sovereign. The first thing Suthanu did was she rushed to her room and kept the necklace given by Shatrunjay in a very secret place...

Draupadi asked Vatsala about the treatment given my Tuana... As a answer Vatsala hugged her..

Draupadi-" Putri, what happened?"
Vatsala(sniffs)-" Mata, I don't know what to say, thankyou so much..."
Draupadi-" Aare putri, You were in so much pain, and I went through it I understand that it hurts, ofcourse I had to send you there..If we would have waited longer I am sure you wouldn't have been able to get out of bed..."

Vatsala-" That's the point mata, even after whatever happened you still sent me..."

Draupadi understood what Vatsala was trying to say, even after the fight when Prativindhya was needed at home she still sent him with her...

Draupadi-" Oh come on, you are my daughter..."

Slowly things started settling down, as for Arjun there wasn't even a single letter from him...

Yudhishthir was worried for his Anuj but in the end it was equally his fault.. Arjun's void was filled by Shrutakarm and Pragti...

Bheem still had a effect about Arjun leaving so abruptly, and he mentioned Ghatotkacha, it made him feel as if he failed as a father to one of his kid...

It was a usual day, the Darbar was filled...

Senapati-" Maharaj, Kumar Arjun is here..."

Everyone were shocked... Draupadi and Yudhishthir looked at eachother.. Bheem stood up with anger, creating a crack on the ground... Shrutakarm was already fuming, Prathi signalled him to calm down...

Arjun and Subhadra walked in together... Arjun looked down while Subhadra stared at Draupadi...

And then like a breeze came in Krishna, his aurora changed everything... It seemed as if Indraprastha was blessed with some divine energy... And ofcourse there it was his smile that took everyone's pride away and made them forget about their current problems...

Everyone  stood up, the Upapandavas ran to seek Krishna's blessings... It had been quite a long time since Vatsala last met Krishna... Yudhishthir and Draupadi gave him a proper welcome.

Draupadi-" Krishna... Wh-what are you doing here? Why didn't you let us know that you were coming h-here..."

Krishna-" Bhena, sometimes it's better to just let things unfold..."

Arjun was getting angry, how come everyone were so good at ignoring him? Krishna could see...

Krishna-" Well, I was really disappointed to know my Prath's behaviour... It felt as if he had forgotten my teachings... (Eyes Arjun) Even I have many wives but I don't keep any favourites... I love all my wives and children equally..."

Yudhishthir-" So seems like you explained him well.. So I assume we have no problem now!"

Shrutakarm-" I HAVE A PROBLEM!"
Prathi-(whispers)-" Shruta! Things are finally settling down.. Not now please!"

Shrutakarm-" But jhest this is so wrong!'
Yudhishthir-" Putra, but since Krishna has given Arjun some brain cells of his I sure he won't repeat the same mistake!"

Shrutakarm-" No Pitashree! YOU ARE WRONG! Can't You See he has no regrets on his face! Look at the way he is looking down, shameless... He still doesn't have those loving eyes for me! I HAVE DECIDED AS LONG AS THIS MAN IS HERE! I AM OUT OF THIS PLACE! "

Shrutakarm picked his bow and arrow and called his horse...

Arjun-" Your wish, son... If you want to go than you may. It's not like I will stop you! But tell me who will you go too huh? Do you have anyone apart from us? Living in the forest isn't so easy! When those snakes and bettles will come for you your head will be hung down and you will be at our feet to get back in the palace!"

Shrutakarm didn't turn back he knew that he could survive on his own...

Prativindhya went forward to stop him, but Krishna told him not too, according to Prathi he felt that he failed as a older brother...

Yudhishthir was lost in deep thought,until he felt that someone was staring at him, he was surprised that Prativindhya was glaring at him..

Prativindhya(thought-" You call yourself Dharamraj ? Is this your Dharam? Just so that your brother could stay in you threw mine out? What sort of Dharam is this?")

He gave him a disgusted look and stomped towards his chamber followed by Vatsala...

Krishna was very well aware that someone had lots of questions for him.

Draupadi couldn't control her tears, she instantly went in her chamber..
Krishna slowly came in... Even if he got Arjun and Subhadra in the palace his heart was sunk in immense grief.

Draupadi-" This is not fair! No bhrata this isn't! Why , why is my fate so sad? Am I supposed to suffer all my life? First I had to get married to five and now I have already lost two of my sons..Why? Can't I ever see my family together? Shrutakarm and Satanik are way too young to live on their own! Sometimes I even wonder is Satanik even okay? What about Shrutakarm will he be okay? Answer me!"

Krishna tried to calm her down, he gave her a hug... Draupadi cried her heart to him...

Krishna-" I know your pain, and the ones because of who are suffering will also get it back! And don't worry, Satanik will be back and when he will be I promise your family will be bigger... As for Shrutakarm destiny will tie him with someone...."

Deep forest...

Shrutakarm rode his horse as fast as he could, he wanted to get away from everyone... He had no idea where he was going...

Shrutakarm-(thought -" Who does he think he is? I can survive on my own! I don't care about them, I don't want to be a royal anymore... It's better to live a faraway peaceful life...)

Shrutakarm wasn't paying attention on his ride, there was a dead end... Before he could see his horse stopped himself throwing him down in the river...

He tried finding his bow, but it was flowing in the opposite direction...

Shrutakarm-" Shit!"

The force of water was too much, he tried swimming in the opposite direction... Just then he saw something, something green, it was approaching very fast...

It was a crocodile... Shrutakarm cursed his luck and with the force of water he started swimming with it... The crocodile was fast... It opened it's mouth to take a bite of his leg... Shrutakarm in an instant placed a Arrow in his mouth, the crocodile struggled...

Shrutakarm celebrated for a moment just then he realised something, it was a waterfall, he was thrown from a long height straight into the water...

The impact was hard, his head was aching and his leg was bleeding... Before closing his eyes, he saw someone...

Shrutakarm-(thought-" Where am I ? Tch, my eyes hurt...Whose hand is this? ouch!" )

Shrutakarm opened his eyes with a jerk... He was suprised it was night...

Ciara-" Oh my gosh I am so sorry! It must have hurt! "

Shrutakarm was shocked to see Ciara, he then remembered the girl he had was her...He noticed that his ankle was perfectly tied with a bandage...

Shrutakarm-" Thank you..."

Ciara slightly blushed before she could say anything, Tensen and Tuana were there...

Tensen-" Kumar Shrutakarm are you okay now? Does your leg hurt anymore?"
Shrutakarm-" No Kaka it doesn't but, did I fall in the Waterfall?"

Ciara-" Yes you had, I saw you and got you out of there, your ankle was bleeding bad, you were unconscious almost the whole day,I don't know but your ankle had started to catch infection..Maybe you were in the water for a really long time..."

Shrutakarm-" Oh..."

He remembered that the journey to the tribal people and Indraprastha was of three days... So he was in water for a really long time, though when he saw Ciara it felt as if it were a moment.

Tuana-" Kumar, How did you end up in the water?"

Shrutakarm looked down, he didn't know what to tell her,...

Tuana-" If you feel comfortable you may tell us or else it's okay."

Shrutakarm looked at her, he told them the whole incident... Ciara felt bad she couldn't imagine Shrutakarm crying...

Tensen-" Should I inform your parents that you are here?"
Shrutakarm-" No please don't!"

Tuana-" If that's the case then you may stay here as long as you want! Ciara give him some clothes."

Shrutakarm just realised that he was only covering his private, Ciara blushed and gave him his new dry clothes... Shesh he was embarrassed..

Shrutakarm-" How are you?"
Ciara-" I-I am okay..."
Shrutakarm-" You looked beautiful earlier... It felt as if there was a goddess in there..."

Caira looked away, Shrutakarm tried his best to flirt... Though he failed miserably! He was guilty that despite confessing to her two years ago he couldn't give her much time...

That night he didn't sleep a wink... He stayed awake and talked to Caira... Tensen and Tuana had noticed that... They had never seen her laugh so happily not after her first husband's death...

Tuana remembered Vatsala's words...

Tuana-" Her matrial life isn't over yet? That's what Vatsala said... Tensen do you think this is it?"
Tensen-" I don't want to take any risk this time I have already seen my daughter's heart break once not again."

Tuana-" But look at them, they seem so close, and do you get it, why did he flow all the way here? Why not somewhere else? Why was Ciara the first one too find him? Tensen I think destiny is telling us that he is the right one for our daughter!"

Tensen-" But Tuana, he just got in a fight with his family!"
Tuana-" But then he can still stay with us! And I know Draupadi she loves her children and she would definitely find him.."

Tensen-" Do you think that Kumar Shrutakarm likes her though?"
Tuana-" I am not sure about that... But if he does then.."

Tensen-" Then it would be wonderful."

They both looked at the kids, Shrutakarm invited Ciara to sit beside him, he played with her fingers... Her blonde hair smelled like Jasmine...

Shrutakarm looked in her eyes, how much he had missed her...

Ciara-" I am sure mom and dad will let you stay here.."
Shrutakarm-" You think so?"

Ciara nodded her, Shrutakarm stared at her, he looked at her wet lips, the last time he kissed them was last year.

He slid his hand around her waist and pulled her into a kiss... Ciara didn't resist she kissed him back...

[ Oh my seems like Shrutakarm left! But what about Satanik? Where is he? I hope you liked this chapter! Stay tuned 🙃]