Ram

Anu : Jab ham aapko kiss kar rahe the yaha pe. (When I was kissing you here.)(She said pointing towards my lips while I nodded indicating her to continue.) I-I felt like eating them. (She said hiding her face in her palms.)

Ram: Then why didn't you do that? (I asked hovering over her.)

She turned her face away blushing profusely.

Anu: But you won't look good without lips. (She said innocently making me burst into laughter.)

I leaned closer to her lips and mumbled against them.

Ram : Aap jo chahe vo kar sakthe hain hamare saath. Hame thoda bhi takleef nahi hotha. (You can do whatever you want with me. I will not even feel a little bit of pain.)(I said looking at her eyes.)

She licked her lips and then leaned closer to my lips. Without any prior notice, she sucked the hell out of them like they are some pacifiers.

I was enjoying her kiss no, it's less a kiss and more of looking like she's sucking a pacifier. We were disturbed by someone knocking on the door. I broke the kiss and kissed her forehead signalling her with my eyes that I would be back and made my way towards the door.

Ram : Pitamahi aap yaha. Aapko kuch chahiye. (Granny, you here. You need something.)(I asked her indicating her to come in which she declined.)

Kunthi: Bahar aao. Mujhe tumse ek baath kahni hain. (I nodded and went inside to inform her.)

I came back and saw her standing in the garden outside the palace.

Ram: What's the matter granny? (I asked confused at her sudden entry.)

Kunthi: I didn't talk with your father till now Ram and I'm afraid he would never forgive me for abandoning him. I just don't know what to do. Today is your Dad's birthday. He didn't even know that. (She said nervously fidgeting with her pallu.)

Ram: Today is Dad's birthday. But it still has 9 days lef-(I cut myself in the middle and looked at her shocked.) You left him in Ganga today and he reached Granny Radha after nine days. (I said understanding it.)

Kunthi: Yes. (She said and looked at me expecting something from me.)

I sighed at that and said.

Ram: Go to his room and talk, Granny. That would be more than enough for him. Don't think about the consequences. I have seen him suffer due to loneliness after my mom's death. He needs you the most now. Come with me I will take you there.

Meanwhile with Karn-

Karn

Today like always I was on my way to my room. Leaving without your life partner is tough but not when you have a loving son who'll let you forget every misery with his mere presence.

After getting to know that my blood mother is Rajmatha Kunthi I understood why I felt envy whenever I saw my brothers and her together spending time. It was because I share blood with her and the inability to call her my mother came out as envy probably.

I reached my room still in my thoughts. I accepted the kingdom for my friend's sake and he's quite stubborn when it comes to me. Even yudhishthir agreed with duryodhan for the first time making me agree to it as well.

My eyes started tearing up at the thought of me fighting my own brothers. If Agnidev had not cursed our kids then probably the same would have happened.

When I put foot in my room I was lifted off the floor by someone.

Karn: Hey! Put me down now. Who-(I was about to throw him away but stopped when I saw his face.)

It was bheem. I turned my face as I heard other voices and found my five brothers sitting in the sofas talking peacefully. They stood up looking at me and came towards me to greet.

It was still awkward for me to interact with them but still accepted their greetings. Soon they sat at my feet and made me forcefully sit down on the sofa. Arjun kept his hand on my thigh and started joking with nakul and Sahadev. I never saw them talking this freely. Arjun and Bheem would always glare at me whenever we met so it's rare for me to see them joking around and all. Unknowingly, I started smiling while looking at them.

Everyone turned towards the entrance when they heard a voice.

Suyo : Mithr, bachao mujhe. Bhanu tho aaj mujhe chodegi nahi. (Mithr, save me. Bhanu will not leave me today.)(He shouted and hid behind my back.)

I burst into laughter at his childishness and said.

Karn: What did you do this time? Fir se unka aabushan thoda tumne. (.....You again broke her ornament.)(I asked getting up from the sofa followed by others as well.)

Arjun: Wah! Bratha duryodhan aap Abhooshan ko kyun thoda. (Wah! Bratha duryodhan why did you break the ornament.)(He asked confused.)

Karn: How would he say Arjun, let me tell you. Bhanu would have asked him to decorate her with ornaments and he would have handled those sensitive ornaments like he handles his mace. And they would have got broken. (I said looking at him still laughing.)

The five Pandavas laughed at that. While duryodhan pouted but was shocked hearing the anklet sound.

Lucky: Dad, mom is angry. Save me from her. (She said and climbed on duryodhan.)

I sat down on the sofa and laughed hard looking at duryodhan holding his 21-year-old daughter in his arms who was sticking to him like a baby panda.

Ram: What the heck is wrong with you lucky? Why are you like this? (He said walking inside pointing towards her position.)

He came and stopped talking as he saw me laughing. I stopped laughing when Anand didn't say the reason for his arrival.

Karn: What happened Anand? (I asked raising my brows but he instead said.)

Ram: All of you Please come outside with me. Pitamahi Kunthi said she wanted to spend time with her elder son today. (He said making everyone go out smilingly.)

Ram: All the best Dad. Don't be harsh on granny. (He said getting a glare from me in return.)

He chuckled and went outside closing the door.

After some seconds she entered the room making me nervous. Even if she abandoned me she's still my mother who bore me in her womb for nine months.

After we came to Hastinapur taking Anand, I didn't have time to even rest let alone talk with her. Now that she wants to talk I feel scared and I don't know what harsh words would come out of my mouth. My thoughts broke when I felt her hand on my shoulder.

All the memories of envy I felt when she hugged Arjun or praised him before me, came rushing into my mind. I couldn't help but wonder if she would accept me as her son and let me experience her love. I have Radhama and I meet her like every week. But what we feel for our blood mother is out of this world.

I turned around trying to control my tears. My eyes met her teary ones. A mother is a mother at the end of the day. Her tears stab our hearts. My hands moved on their own and wiped her tears.

She hugged me tightly making me burst into tears. The children who get this motherly affection are damn lucky. All the pain I'd hid in my heart when Vrushali left me and the loneliness I felt when Anand went away from me, came out in the form of tears.

She caressed my hair making me relax. Her silent affection shows how much she understands my state.

Karn: Maa! Maa. (I said again and again. I felt joy calling her that.)

Kunthi : Mujhe kshama karna putr, main tumhare saath nahi hun jab tumhe meri aavashyakta jyada hain. But now I will not leave you. Never in a millennial. ( Please forgive me, son, I was not with you when You needed me the most. But now I will not leave you. Never in millennial.)(She said slowly while keeping my head in her lap.)

( Please forgive me, Karn. I was not with you when you needed me the most..... )

Kunthi: Sleep now.

Karn: Please don't leave me. I don't want to be alone again. (I said remembering the lonely nights I have spent in Anga after the cursed dyut sabha.)

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