SWEETHEART DRAUPADI (INNOCENCE OF THE FLAME)

KHEER

IT WAS A REALLY HOT AFTERNOON DRAUPADI WAS RELAXING DIPPING HER LEGS IN THE POND. SHE WAS JUST CLOSING HER EYES AND LISTENING TO BIRDS CHIRPING. SUDDENLY SWEET AROMA OF COLD KHEER WAS PLACED INFRONT OF HER. SHE OPENED HER EYES TO SEE A BOWL OF KHEER MADE BY HER VRIKODHAR. SHE LOOKED UP TO VRIKODHAR WHO NOW SAT BESIDE HER. "COME ON EAT"BHEEM SAID. DRAUPADI TOOK THE BOWL FROM HIS HANDS AND STARTED EATING IT. SHE MOANED"DELICIOUS!" AS THE SWEET TASTE HIJACKED HER TASTE BUDS AND HER FEET SWAYING LIKE KID'S, MAKING BHEEM CHUCKLE. "YOU MADE IT RIGHT?"DRAUPADI ASKED. "YEAH I DID"BHEEM SAID EATING KHEER FROM HIS BOWL. "SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ALONE?"BHEEM ASKED. "JUST IT WAS VERY HOT SO I CAME HERE"SHE SAID AFTER THEY FINISHED EATING THEY STARTED TALKING AND LAUGHING. "GOD WHY IS IT SO HOT TODAY?"DRAUPADI WHINED MAKING BHEEM CHUCKLE. "I SEE YOUR WHINING HABIT HASN'T GONE YET."BHEEM SAID. "HMM I GOT IT FROM MAIYA."SHE REPLIED. "YEAH I KNOW THE FIRST TIME WE CAME HER SHE WAS WHINING AND COMPLAING TO MATA ABOUT BABA NOT LETTING YOU GO."BHEEM SAID MAKING HER CHUCKLE. "SO TELL ME HOW YOU ALL CAME HERE AND HOW WAS LIFE BEFORE YOU CAME HERE."DRAUPADI SAID EAGERLY WANTING TO HEAR. BHEEM CHUCKLED AT HER REACTION AND STARTED HIS STORY. "IT MUST HAVE BEEN SO COOL IN THE FOREST"DRAUPADI SAID. BHEEM SUDDENLY CARRIED HER IN A BRIDAL STYLE AND THREW HER IN THE POND MAKING HER ALL WET. DRAUPADI COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED BHEEM JUST LAUGHED AT HER REACTION. "AREN'T YOU FEELING COOL?"BHEEM ASKED AND CONTINUED LAUGHING. "OK COME UP"HE SAID AS HE STRETCHED HIS HAND AND DRAUPADI GLADLY ACCEPTED HIS HAND. AS BHEEM WAS ABOUT TO PULL HER UP DRAUPADI PULLED HIM IN THE POOL RESULTING HIM TO FALL DOWN. NOW IT WAS BHEEM'S TURN TO BE SURPRISED AND DRAUPADI'S TURN TO LAUGH. BHEEM SOON RECOVERED AND SPLASHED WATER ON HER MAKING HER MORE WET RESULTING HER TO DO THE SAME. THE PLAYED IN THE WATER FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR OR SO. THEN AFTER THEY CAME OUT OF THE POND THEY STARTED TO ROAM AROUND THE GARDEN STILL WET. DRAUPADI SPOTTED A PLUM TREE AND WANTED TO EAT IT. BHEEM UNDERSTOOD AND PICKED HER UP AND DRAUPADI TOOK A HANDFUL OF IT. THEN BHEEM CARRIED HER ON HIS BACK AND STARTED WALKING WITH DRAUPADI ON HIS BACK SAVOURING THE SWEET AND SOUR TASTE OF PLUM SWAYING HER LEGS LIKE LITTLE KID'S AND OCCASIONALLY FEEDING BHEEM AS WELL.