My king

Part 21

Manik just heard everything without even interrupting her. ......nandini thought he feels the same that nandini is at fault so she had tears in her eyes ....She just got up from her place to move inside ......

Manik just held her hand .....She turned back to see manik looking the other side but still holding her hand ....

Manik: so you willingly married me ...

Nandu : hmm.....

Manik stands in front of her..nandini is just looking down ...But manik suddenly hugged her making her shock ......

Manik : thank you so much for making me guilt free .....And happy

They broke the hug .....

Nandini : guilt ???? She asked being confused ......

Manik : earlier when I got married that is just bcoz of my family ..... And those girls were not forced to be my wives ......But I thought just for the peace between our kingdoms....You are forced to Marry against your will ...But you willingly married me so I'm guilt free ..... Everyone choosed north kingdom prince manik singh rathore.....But you chose only manik.....Not any yuvaraj.... Thank you so much ....

Nandini is looking at him in shock ....
Bcoz she thought he will be angry and scold but here he is thanking her ....

Nandini : r u not angry on me ....She asks wiping her tears......

Manik : y to get angry when we have done the same mistake .....What i did is the same done by you .....Even i hide my identity right ....So I think I should not get angry ........In fact im happy ......

Nandini : i heard you are a ruthless prince ......But on seeing your behaviour no one can say you are one.....You have a pure heart .....

Manik : ofcourse im a ruthless prince only to those who betray me ........And also in war ........I don't want to show my ruthlessness on petty things ..
Specially on my family .....

Nandini smiled listening to him.....

Nandini : so are we friends again ......

Manik : mytjili .....Who said we are not friends ....It's just a misunderstanding which got cleared .....So you want to go back to your kingdom if I'm angry on you ....

Nandini nodes in yes ......

Manik : i have a better punishment for you .....

Nandini is just looking at him in shock.....On hearing punishment ......

Nandini : I'm ready to take any punishment yuvraj.......

Manik : when we are alone you don't need to call me yuvraj ....You can call me manik ji or else dost ......

Nandini smiles listening to him.....

Nandini : than if you call me nandini i will call you yuvraj.....If you call me mythili i will call you dost or manik ji.....

Manik looks at her happy face .....

Manik : ok so your punishment ....Life time you need to be with me ....cook for me ...Serve me ......Laugh with me ....listen to everything i say like before .....Guide me in right path....
Stop me from doing something in angry like how you did in ashram....
Smile for me.....Talk to me ....Sing for me....Just be with me .....Bcoz I can't send you to south kingdom .....If you want i will take you to meet your family and bring you back with me ......I need you always with me. ....

Nandini immediately hugged him tightly.......

Nandini : I'm ready to take his punishment for lifetime .......

Manik hugged her back ......

Manik : ok ok it's already late ....We need to sleep ....Bcoz early morning ....
We need to go back ....

They both moved in .....nandini put all the diyas off ... Except one ......They both settled on the mattress. ......They slept facing each other's back ......

Nandini just turned back to see his back ......And turned the other side ....
Manik turned back to see nandini ....

Manik : r u sleeping......

Nandini turns back to face him on listening to him ......

Nandini :no.... kya hua .....

Manik : i want to talk ..... Not gettimg sleep .....

Nandini : ha bolo yuvaraj ......

Manik : y did you say for the first time you choose something .......You are a princess so everything comes to you .....

Nandini : i never lived the life of a princess .....This is the place where I lived all my life .......

Manik : what ????

Nandini : right from my birth till date i was always threatened to be killed ..
...Nearly four years i was locked with my mother's in a closed mahal ....After that they took me to temple i went missing ......Bcoz someone tried to kidnap me ...Finally guruji came up with the idea of taking me away from kingdom....I was brought here..Guruji thought I need to learn all the arts to protect myself so he started teaching
I was just 8 years when I came here ..
Loneliness was my only friend..There are no one around me except guruji..
he felt very bad listening to the sadness in her voice ....

Manik : how did these many girls join you .....

Nandini : once in every year i used to travel to a new place in our kingdom with guruji ......There i saw help less ladies being mistreated as prostitutes and sex slaves ....So when i was 10 i saved a girl she is dhamini ....she is a girl belonging to poor family ....So someone tried to buy her by blackmailing and treathening her family ..... along with guruji i saved her .....She became my friend that day .....Than she came to know im the princess of south ....She is always with me ...... we both got trained by guruji
Than we both started saving girls ......

Manik : im so proud of you .....Even you are in pain .....Being away from family ....But you became the reason of many smiles.....Thats the quality of a princess .......Which makes you one beautiful princess ....we don't become Prince or princess by staying in the mahal ... We become a prince or princess when we live in the hearts of people. .....Like how you live in the hearts of all the girls you saved ....And also here ....He says pointing to his heart .......

Nandini blushed listened to him.....

Nandini : I'm sorry ......

Manik : for what ???

Nandini : just bcoz of me you got married again ......But you have two wives ......

Manik : it's good i got married to you.....If not my family would have definitely got me married to someone else. ......

Nandini : is it for a son.....
Manik nodes in yes ....

Nandini : But y you already have two wives na...

Manik : bcoz they cant give birth.... This is only known to daima and my mothers and me ..Now im saying you
My mother's and father tried to get me married but I refused many times ...But suddenly i got married to you......

Nandini : y can't they give birth ......

Manik : come here .....He says opening his arms .......

Nandini is just looking at him in surprise bcoz of the sudden wish
.manik just held her hand and pulled her towards him.....

Manik : r u scared of me ........

Nandini just nodes in no ......Making herself comfortable in his arms......

Manik : but charumathi is ......She is scared of being alone with me ...That's bcoz of her pregnancy of nalini......She is very thin and fragile ....They thought she will be dead after giving birth to nalini but she survived...Than she was bed ridden for a long time .....
After that whenever we are alone she used to get scared thinking that if we get intimate .....She will get pregnant ....Even daima said if she gets pregnant this time only one will survive either baby or mother .....She is not capable of carrying a baby second time......

Nandini : than y not badi didi ......

Manik : Maheswari she is my friend from childhood ....She is the daughter of rajghar kingdom ...... But I never thought I will marry her .....But got married bcoz of relation between two kingdoms and also dadaji last wish ...
She cant be a mother after malini bcoz she lost her mother womb ....
After the birth of malini....

Nandini : ok....

Manik : aur bhi kuch puchna hae apko .....

Nandini nodes in yes .....With excitement ....He smiles looking ar her being herself after a long time ......

Manik : pucho ......

Nandini : what if in future i also give birth to daughter .......

Manik : i didn't marry you for a daughter ..... Even if it is a daughter i want her to be brave like you .......

Nandini smiles listening to him .....
And puts her head on his chest hugging him tight .....He tightened his hold on her .....They both slept like that only....Finally they are at peace...

Next morning nandini woke up bcoz of sunlight......She found herself alone in the hut .....She moves out listening to some sounds .....To see manik practising sword with a cloth on his eyes ......nandini remembered his first fight in the ashram ......She thought of something and took her sword and joined him....On hearing other sword striking his sword ......manik smirked ....

Manik: so mythili is ready to fight with me .....

Nandu : who said Fighting .....I'm just learning from my friend .....

Manik : acha .....They both are giving tough competition to each other ...
manik with closed eyes and nandini with open eyes .....

They are challenging each other talking and laughing .......While practising ......

Finally manik opened his blind fold to see nandini laughing face ....He felt happy looking at her .....They both sat on the stones and rested for sometime .....
After sometime .....manik is cleaning his horse .....nandini took her clothes and moved to the river and got fresh up ......She came back to the hut and did puja and started preparing breakfast .......She heard manik calling her .....

She took all his things required to have a bath and gave him......He moved to the river .....

After sometime ....He returned back after having a bath .....She made him sit and started rubbing his hairs with her pallu as they are wet .....He smiled looking at her ....

Then she got him ready by keeping swords his jewellery and finally his pagidi ....

Nandini : yuvraj....Can i ask you something .....She asked serving breakfast .......

Manik : pucho yuvrani.....

Nandini : vo .....y did you put sword on my neck .....

Manik : when did i keep .....

Nandini: that day i saw you sleeping in sitting position....I removed your pagidi you didn't move ...But as soon as I touched your sword you caught me ....

Manik : even I'm in deep sleep if someone touches my swords .....I will get up automatically bcoz I'm trained like that ....Being. Yuvraj i need to save everyone and I should not be careless by letting everyone take advantage of my sleep ....So I did that....... Next time if you want to help me wake me up .....
Bcoz sometimes if I attack it might hurt you .......

Nandini : if I wake up it will disturb your sleep na ......

Manik : than let me sleep like that ......

Nandini: but you don't recognize me ....With closed eyes.......

Manik : i recognise you but it takes time ......Buy yeah now I hope i can identify you with closed eyes also ......He says holding her hand. .....

Nandini smiles listening to him....They both had breakfast ......After that .....
They both sat on the horse for their return journey....manik sent the message to shift everything to the kingdom from here by messenger bird to the people of ashram........

Nandini is continuously talking to manik like before ....He is listening to her talks without getting irritated ..
She took the horse and started riding along with talking ....Manik is just listening to her and answering her if required .....After. Long journey they reached the outskirts of kingdom...
manik rode the horse from there ...
Nandu covered her face in veil .....
Finally they reached the kingdom by evening ...They moved in and met the family .....manik moved to his wing to rest .....nandini also moved to her wing to rest .......

Precap : coming closer to each other ......