When people call me dramatic, I take them to meet JishnuPranaa
A/N: Mahi_Chitru is her, and vedvaani is me.

When she forgot about Parnika:

- c h a p t e r -

Uloopi was sad, why? Was it Arjun's will to go to Ayodhya Or her stupidity to declare that she was fine, and happy, with that?

She was sad, that was true, but, was she allowed to be sad? After all she was one who sent with her positive permission.

Yes, she gave permission, but how did she do? With a broken heart, and shattered feelings.

She had made peace with her heart that she won't be the only woman Arjun would love, even that there is a possibility that he would never ever love her;

But just because she was fine with it, no- she was not fine with it, she just pretended to be fine it; It didn't mean that she was allowed to be hurt.

YES! She might disagree on your face, but deep down, in her heart, she was drowning in sorrow, or even perhaps her own tears.

All she needed now, was the warm embrace of her husband, Arjun. But he wasn't here, right?
And the need of that hug also arose because she allowed him to leave.

As she was dealing with her own feelings, she also had to handle Indraprasth.
A growing kingdom, without it's King.

The workings of the kingdom were difficult, and with no allies to help, it turned out even more difficult.

Of course Krishna stood right behind them, but they couldn't ask him for everything everytime, could they? No.

She thanked all Gods for Satyaki, Kritvarma and Vrinda, the three worked so beautifully, they reduced her work to 60%.
And Uloopi, dare say, sobbed like a proud mother.

Of course she considered the three as her own siblings, but she mothered over them, more like a nesting dragon;
Who would literally throw them in flames to make sure they learn, and would kill someone if her children's hair was even touched.

Satyaki and Kritvarma also smirked when she scolded them for not having food on time, or their disturbing sleeping schedule.

But of course, the two would nod and eat or sleep sulking like a kicked puppy- on a note, Uloopi would kick them if needed.

The two started calling her RaniMaa instead of Maharani, and though Uloopi had made an annoyed face, it warmed her heart internally.

Vrinda on the other hand, started calling her BhabhiMaa, and yes, Uloopi did not cry. And those watery eyes were just due to some typical cliche story dust.

Two days, just two days Arjun had left with Ashwatthama, and she dark circles, swollen eyes.
It was the full working days along with tension of Indraprasth, and sleepless night.

At the point, she was tired, she wondered how Arjun managed all of it, all alone? The work that was burdening four people was done by one man?

High respect!

She dragged herself to the bed and threw herself, even if she won't get any sleep, her body and mind needed some rest.

But no, she couldn't even get it without atleast three interruptions. She groaned at the knock and literally yelled angrily, "Come in," Mentally thinking ways to torture the person who disturbed her, again.

"BhabhiMaa, are you okay?" Uloopi's eyes softened as she saw Vrinda, her not daughter figure looked concerned.

"I think so." Uloopi replied, not lying bluntly knowing the later knew how she was doing.

Vrinda didn't say but settled next to her, just because she wasn't as tired as Uloopi didn't mean she wasn't tired.

Atleast Uloopi knew how it worked, and was prepared, after all she was a Princess before marriage and was trained to be a Queen, but Vrinda, she grew up as a commoner and did not even understand much.

Though Arjun had beena great teacher, and she was Narayani, there were many things she hadn't learnt, yet.

It was a good experience for her, just as Arjun had learnt from AyodhyaNaresh before winning over Takshak;
She was learning, before becoming the Queen she was, and will be.

"I'm not asking about Maharani, but about my sister," Vrinda gave a tired smile.

"Your sister is all fine." Uloopi replied.

"I don't think so."

"My heart is broken Vrinda, I do not wish to live," She cried.

Vrinda caressed her hairs, "Why so BhabhiMaa?" He asked. 

Fresh tears sprang as she spoke, "He loves her, and will marry her. He can't be mine." 

"But he is already married to you, right?" She said. Uloopi shook her head, "He loves her, he will still be hers. Not mine." She said.

"But why do you even want him?" Vrinda shook her head at his words, "I love him Vrinda."

Vrinda smiled, as if waiting for her to answer this, "BhabhiMaa, if you truly love him, then you shouldn't care if he is yours or not. True love is to surrender, not desire.
If you want him to yours, it's mere attraction.
But if you want to be his, it's love." She explained.

True love was never about what we have, it's about what we give. 

"Surrender to love BhabhiMaa, it has wonders." Vrinda guided.

Uloopi stared at Vrinda, sinking in and processing her words.

"I feel stupid now," Uloopi said with a small smile. She understood what Vrinda was saying.

Tum na hue, mere toh kya? Main tumhara,
Main tumhara, main tumhara raha.

"That is stupid, everyone had a hard time, a confusing time, and a I-need-help time." Vrinda chuckled.

"Spoken like Krishna," Uloopi commented, to which Vrinda laughed.

This sounded funny, but sink in truth.
Vrinda had used the same words as Krishna.
The same words Krishna used to console Nayantara, those words were spoken by Vrinda to console Uloopi.

"You have met him?" Vrinda asked getting interested. "No, I have heard about him from Arya," She replied.

Vrinda nodded, "I have a question,"
"Why does Jyesth thinks that Dwarkadhishwari will be unlucky?"

"Because, Krishna loves Radha.
And he will never love anyone else.
Arya thinks that Dwarkadhishwari will never have her husband's love. Hence he thinks that way." Uloopi replied.

Arjun wasn't wrong in his place, he didn't know that Radha and Vrinda were the same women. Both were Mahalakshmi.

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So Vrinda and Krishna will have do lots of hard work to convince Krishna.
Krishna might be Narayan, but Arjun is an overprotective elder brother. And we all know how an overprotective elder brother is like.

So Kanha, papad belne ke taiyar?

ALSO HOW WAS VRINDA CONSOLING ULOOPI?
Almost like Lakshmi consoling Gauri.
Awww 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Whenever I show Vrinda and Uloopi, muje hamesha Maa Gauri aur Maa Lakshmi ki yaad aati hai.

Last, but not the least:
Ready for tomorrow's surprise?
A new book.

I'm excited, but nervous and tensed as well.
New book, means new responsibility, so I'm saying this before:
Irregular updates.
You won't get proper regular updates.
So don't ask me again and again about updates.
They will slow for that book.