Wisdom of the Wounds

Revelations?

"Jiji, I think you should leave him. He...he needs to attend his wedding still.", Krishna tried to intervene.

"Should I pinch your cheeks then?", Kridha asked with mock seriousness.

"No..no..Dau has softer cheeks..", he took his words back.

"What is this betrayal, bhrata krishn?", Subhadra entered the scene.

"Thank you! Someone gets me at least....", Balram threw his hands in the hair indignantly.

"Don't try to butter me, Dau. I will drench you in turmeric tomorrow."

"Worth a try."

"Ok, ok, tell me everything.", Medhasvini sat down, her eyes gleaming with excitement.

Dau turned dark red as the younger ones giggled at his state.

"Haso, haso, samae anepar hum bhi hasenge.", he mumbled.

(Laugh, laugh, when the time comes even I will)

"You said something?", Medha looked up from where she was folding her clothes, still anticipating an answer.

"Nothing", the three of them replied without hestitation.

"Why aren't you sitting down?", she stared at them weirdly.

They did so instantly.

"Where'd you get that?", Balram frowned at flower in her hair.

"This old thing? It was...it was just lying around in the garden.", she shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly.

"There are no gulmohar trees here."

"Ok, sherlock, you already know so much about this place.", Medha smoothly changed the topic without missing a beat.

"Yes of course, Revati and I walk around the garden every night.", he told absentmindedly, only realising what he said after feeling their gaze on him.

Medhasvini bit her cheek to stop herself from laughing while the other two did so shamelessly. Poor Balram hid his face behind his hands.

She removed his hand from his face and blinked at him reassuringly.

"That is very sweet of you, Rama. Appreciate her, that's all a woman wants."

"Also can you promise me something?", she turned serious.

"Without a doubt.", he could sense the change in her mood.

"You will not let a kanyadan happen. A kanya is told to be the Lakshmi of a house, both her father's and her husband's, and you can't dan Lakshmi. She chooses where to be. Just like that, Revati is choosing to be with you, but not at the cost of severing the ties with her family."

"I promise, keeping Narayan as witness, that I won't let a kanyadan happen."

A wistful look took over Krishna's features. But it was overlooked amidst the resumed conversation and repartee.

"And this where we sit to talk and just catch up with each other.", Revati ended the tour of the palace, motioning Isha to take a seat.

"This is beautiful", she commented.

"We are really glad you could come.", expressed Revati.

"I am happy to be here."

"Pranipat!", she looked up to see a young girl, with Kumar Avyukt behind her who was looking.....anxious?

This is the girl from morning...his sister. What was her name again.....Devika, right? , the gears twisted and turned in Medha's brain.

"I am Rajkumari Devika! You did see me in the morning, but we couldn't talk much then.", her resemblance to Subhadra made Kridha automatically grow sisterly feelings towards her.

"I am Medhasvini.", she formally introduced herself.

"Oh I know, bhrata talks about you all the time in his letters. But when I told him to introduce me to you, he refused. So I came to do that myself.", she went on like a bullet train.

"Devika...no.", Medha could hear Avyukt's faint attempts to get her to stop, very sibling behaviour.

"I can assure you, whatever he said is false.", she chuckled.

"Surely not, you are just as gorgeous as he said you are."

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A specially curated cliffhanger for my lovely alligators as a gift for the 100 votes....(please don't kill me)

I think it was a little predictable, but what happens next? Any guesses? Let me know in the comments.

Subho Dol Purnima and Adios.