Ram was sitting near the twins, his eyes were tearing up looking at their wounds. Hanuman came in the room.
R: Hanuman dekho na....
H: Prabhu... Lakshman bhaiyya aur shatrughna thik ho jayenge..
Ram nodded tearfully at him, a small tear drop fell from his eye on Lakshman's back palm and as if in reflex his hand moved, as if telling "don't cry" Ram's heart melted at it. He carresed both of their hair lovingly. He had sent Bharath to fight with the boys.
~Yudhbhoomi~
Luv: Kush.. mujhe lagta hai hume senapati lakshman ko manasik kshati nahi pohochani chahie thi.....
Kush: Hmm... Wo vichlit ho gaye the jab humne kaha ki wo sita devi ko van mai choda hi kyu
Luv: Haan kush.. hum unse bad mai kshama mang lenge
Kush: Haan
~Palace~
A flashback played in Ram's mind he smiled at that memory.
~Flashback~
R: Sitae mai tumhe kahi lekar jana chahta hun
S: To chalie na raghunandan
Ram took her to a lake, it was a secret between he, lakshman and Shatrughna. That night the twins had decided to visit the lake as well.
Lakshman saw ram and Sita having a romantic walk.
L(to shatrughna): Wo ram bhaiyya hai na?
Sh: Haan bhaiyya!!
L: Unhone vachan diya tha kisiko nahi batayenge!!
Sh: Unhone vachan toda!!
L: Ab unki khair nahi!
Sh: Haan!
L: Ram bhaiyya!!
Ram turned around guiltily, to face lakshman and shatrughna's frowning face.
L: Apne vachan to diya na!!
Sh: Haan bhaiyya!!
R: Lakshman....Shatrughna.. wo mai...
L: Hum apse baat nahi karne wale bhaiyya!!
Sh: Haan!! Chalie lakshman bhaiyya
Lakshman and shatrughna ran back to the palace, Ram looked nothing but guilty and Sita looked at ram with understanding eyes.
S: Raghav... Jaiye unhe mana laiye
Ram took a few steps and practically ran and Sita also went behind him.
~Palace~
R: Aree laksh! Shatru ruko na!!
L: nahi bhaiyya apne apna vachan tod diya hai!!
Sh: Haan bhaiyya! Hum nahi sunenge
R: Aree
Ram face-palmed himself he shouldn't have taken sita to that place.
~Ram-sita chamber~
R: Wo sune ko taiyar hi nahi hai!
S: Mai kuch karti hun
R: Hmm
Sita left to convince the twins
S: Lakshman! Shatrughna!
L: kya hua bhabhi maa?
S: Tum dono mujhse rusht ho?
L: Nahi bhabhi maa
Sh: Hum bhaiyya se rusht hai
S: lakshman krodh chod do na
L: nahi bhabhi maa! Aap sochiye agar urmila aur apki koi khas jagah hai aur wo mujhe waha le gayi to apko krodh ayega na!!
S: Hmm....
L: To wahi humne kiya na!!
Lakshman and shatrughna left not letting sita talk.
~Ram-sita chamber~
R: kuch hua?
S: nahi...
Ram let out a disappointed sigh, suddenly an idea struck him, he could speak to urmila. Yes he could speak to her!
~Lakshman-Urmila chamber~
R: Urmila?
U: Kya hua jijashree
R: Lakshman mujhse naraj hai!!
Urmila giggled slightly
U: To unse kshama mang lijiye na!
R: Tum sab se na bat karne se koi upyog nahi hai!!
Ram left for the twins, leaving a laughing urmila.
~Somehwere in the palace~
R: Aree lakshman, shatrughna kshama kar do na!!
L: Acha thik hai ruk jate hain!
Sh: Han ruk jate hain!!
L: Par apko humari ek ek shart puri karni hogi!!
R: Kya shart hai tumhari?
L: Mujhe ek nayi katyar chahie aur phir aap sita bhabhi ko nahi layenge humari jagah mai!
R: Thik hai thik hai manjur!!
~Present~
H: Prabhu, jab lakshman bhaiyya ne appe krodh kiya tab bhi aap unse sneh karte they..aur unhone bhi unka krodh chod diya
Ram nodded at him
~Flashback~
Lakshman stood in the arena with a sword in his hand, his mind was full of thoughts, it had been a few months he had stopped calling ram his bhaiyya and isolated himself from everyone, his routine was to go to the court and then to his private chambers, he had even stopped talking to Bharath and shatrughna he only spoke about related to work, both ram and Lakshman were hurt, lakshman also missed calling ram, his bhaiyya. Bharath and shatrughna had decided to end this drift between them.
Bh: Shatru!!
Sh: Kya hua bhaiyya?
Bh: Hume lakshman aur ram bhaiyya ko ek sath lana hai
Sh: Haan bhaiyya! To aap lakshman bhaiyya ke pas jaiye mai ram bhaiyya ke pas jata hun!
Bh: Haan!!
Bharath went to find lakshman and shatrughna went to Ram's chamber but both of them didn't find them.
~Arena~
Ram came to find lakshman, he knew lakshman would be there.
R: Lakshman!
L: Ji Maharaj?
R: Aao na mujhe tumhari madad chahie
L: Ji Maharaj...
R: Chalo
Ram turned around and.........
L: Bhaiyya
Ram stopped in his tracks and turned back and looked at lakshman, his lips cracked in a smile, satisfied smile. Lakshman looked back at him with tear filled eyes but a satisfactory smile on his face as well. Ram went to him ad hugged him tightly.
"I am sorry! I am sorry"
He mumbled still in the embrace, ram caressed his hair lovingly. "Lakshman Mai tumse kabhi naraj hi nahi tha" ram stated.
Lakshman cried happy tears on Ram's shoulder, ram smiled heavily after months.
~Present~
R: Parantu hanuman lakshman ka krodh anuchit nahi tha... Khair chod vaidya ko bulao..
H: Ji prabhu
Sorry for the cliffhanger but I think the ashwamedha story will have many parts..... Thanks for reading!!🙏💖
