THEY REACHED THE BUSY MARKETS. THEY WERE HOLDING HANDS AND WALKING ON THE ROAD. KARN SPOKE UP "HEY DON'T YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE YOU AND.." "AND?"DRAUPADI ASKED. "SPREAD RUMORS ABOUT US AND THE NEWS WILL REACH TO THE PALACE?"HE ASKED."DON'T WORRY THEY WON'T"SHE SAID CONFIDENTLY. "AND HOW CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT SO CONFIDENTY?"HE ASKED."JUST WAIT AND WATCH"SHE SAID AS SHE APPROACHED TOWARDS A WOMAN IN HER LATE 30s AND ASKED "KAKI DO YOU KNOW ME?""SORRY DEAR I DON'T, YOU MIGHT HAVE MISTOOK ME AS SOMEBODY YOU KNOW"SHE SAID. KARN WAS IN DISBELIEF THEY DIDN'T KNOW THIER QUEEN. "HOW?"KARN ASKED CONFUSED."WELL ME AND MY PEOPLE HAVE VERY GOOD MUTUAL UNDERSTANDINGS WITH EACH OTHERS I AM NOT CALLED NATION'S DARLING FOR NO REASON."SHE SAID. THEY WALKED FURTHER AND SUDDENLY A SHOPKEEPER CALLED HER "APSARA HERE""YES KAKA!HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?"SHE ASKED.KARN JUST ADMIRED HER AND HER SWEETNESS. "LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE NOT ALONE TODAY, SO WHO IS THIS HANDSOME MAN?"KAKA ASKED REFFERING TO KARN."OH JUST A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE."SHE SAID. "LOOKS LIKE HE IS VERY CLOOOSE TO YOU THATS THE REASON HE IS ACOMPANING YOU."HE SAID IN A TEASING MANNER MAKING BOTH OF THEM BLUSH. "OK SO WHAT IS YOUR NAME YOUNG MAN?" "VAIKARTANA. KAKA"KARN SAID. "VAIKARTANA AND APSARA HERE ARE SOME FRUITS TO YOU FROM ME NO NEED TO PAY."KAKA SAID. "BUT--"BEFORE SHE COULD SAY ANYTHING SHE WAS CUT OFF BY KAKA"NO BUTS APSARA NO BUTS QUIETLY TAKE IT""THANK YOU KAKA"SHE SAID AND CONTINUED WALKING WHILE EATING FRUITS AS THEY DIDN'T HAVE BREAKFAST. "LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE GOOD RELATION WITH EVERYBODY "DEAR APSARA""KARN SAID. "SURE I DO DEAR VAIKARTANA"SHE SAID AS THEY BOTH LAUGHED. "COME HERE THIS WAY"SHE SAID AS SHE PULLED HIM IN AN ALLEY WHICH LED TO A SMALL COLONY WHERE POOR PEOPLE AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVE AS A FAMILY. "APSARA JIJI!"ONE GIRL SHOUTED. IN A WHILE MANY OTHER CHILDREN SURROUNDED THEM. "HOW ARE YOU ALL?"SHE ASKED "ALL GOOD"THEY SAID IN UNION. "DID YOU RECIEVE THIS MONTH'S ACCOMODATIONS?""YESSS!"THEY SAID.KARN WAS BUSY ADORING AND ADMIRING DRAUPADI."WHO IS THIS HANDSOME MAN"SUDDENLY A GIRL ASKED REFERRING TO KARN."HE IS MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND WE GREW UP TOGETHER"SHE SAID. "HE IS REALLY HANDSOME"A GIRL SAID."AND STRONG" ADDED THE OTHER BOY." WHAT IS YOUR NAME DADA?"ASKED ONE OF THE BOYS."VAIKARTANA"KARN REPLIED."WOAH SO ARE YOU TWO A COUPLE?"A GIRL ASKED. THEY BOTH SLIGHTLY BLUSHED AT HER QUESTION. "NO WE ARE NOT PRAPTI"SHE SAID. "YEA NOT YET"KARN SAID."YET?"PRAPTI ASKED. "DON'T MISLEAD CHILDREN"DRAUPADI SAID. "HE IS JUST JOKING KIDS DON'T MIND HIM"SHE SAID. "I DON'T THINK SO"ONE OF THE BOYS SAID."WHY SO SAMBHAV?"SHE ASKED."LOOK THEY ARE HOLDING HANDS AND WHEN THEY WERE ENTERING JIJI WAS WRAPPING HER HANDS AROUND DADA'S ARM TIGHTLY AND THEY WERE SO CLOOOSE"SAMBHAV EXAGARATTED THE CLOSE WORD SPECIFICALLY. THEY BOTH BLUSHED HARD AND DRAUPADI TO QUICKLY COVER HERSELF IN DEFENSE SAID"YOU KNOW I AM TYPE OF CLINGY PERSON PLUS WHOM WOULD I CLING TO RATHER THAN MY FRIEND?""BUT STILL YOU LOOKS GOOD TOGETHER"PRAPTI SAID. "OK NOW LETS GO IN WON'T YOU LET US IN?"DRAUPADI ASKED. KARN'S HEART WAS BEATING RAPIDLY AND WAS SECRETLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. THEY HAD ALOT OF FUN WITH THE KIDS AND HAD THEIR LUNCH THERE. AFTER THEY BID GOODBYE TO THE KIDS THEY STARTED WALKING OUT OF THE ALLEY. DRAUPADI STILL HOLDING HIS HAND LIKE THE KIDS DESCRIBED. "LOOKS LIKE YOU WASN'T TELLING A LIE TO THE KIDS ABOUT YOUR CLINGINESS"KARN TEASED. "WHY IS IT WRONG TO BE CLINGY AND CLING TO YOU FRIEND?"DRAUPADI ASKED. "NO ITS NOT"KARN SAID. "PLUS WHY WERE YOU MISLEADING THE KIDS?"SHE ASKED."BECAUSE WHO KNOWS ABOUT THE FUTURE OUR PARENTS ALSO MET IN THEIR CHILDHOOD. SO I JUST SAID WHO KNOWS IF..?"KARN TEASINGLY SAID. DRAUPADI BLUSHED QUITE HARD AND KARN AGAIN TEASED HER"LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE IS FALLING FOR SOMEBODY""I'M NOT"DRAUPADI SAID."I DIDN'T EVEN MENTION YOUR NAME. WHY ARE YOU BLUSHING SO HARD? MAYBE ARE YOU..?"KARN TEASED HER. SHE BLUSHED EVEN HARDER AND HID HER FACE IN HIS CHEST AND HE LAUGHED."THE FIRE BORN IS SUDDENLY ALL SHY AND BLUSHING FOR THE PERSON WHOM SHE JUST REFFERED AS A FRIEND INFRONT OF THE CHILDREN WHAT ARE YOU HIDING PRIYE?"KARN TEASED HER MORE AND SHE JUST JUST BURIED HER FACE EVEN DEEPER IN HIS CHEST. KARN JUST LAUGHED AND HUGGED HER SO SHE WON'T FALL DOWN AS SHE PROBABLY COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. "OK PRINCESS NOW SUN IS GOING TO SET SOON SHOULD WE RETURN?"KARN ASKED."OH ONE LAST PLACE COME FAST"SHE SAID AS SHE PULLED HIM AVOIDING HIS GAZE. THEY REACHED THE DESTINATION AND SAW THE SUN SETTING.
"NOW COME TAKE THIS COIN AND MAKE A WISH AND THROW IT IN THIS WELL"DRAUPADI SAID. "SO WHAT WISH DID YOU MAKE?"KARN ASKED. "FIRST YOU"SHE SAID."LETS SAY TOGETHER"KARN SAID AND THEY BOTH AGREED TO SAY ON THE COUNT 3. "1,2,3 MAY ALL YOUR WISHES COME TRUE AND YOU ALWAYS BE HAPPY"THEY SAID IN UNION AND LAUGHED. THEY STAYED TOGETHER AND DID STARGAZING FOR A WHILE AND RETURNED TO THE PALACE.