SWEETHEART DRAUPADI (INNOCENCE OF THE FLAME)

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"SECRETS ABOUT US? AND DRAUPADI?"THEY ASKED. "YEAH, KUNTI LET ME SAY TODAY."PANDU SAID AS KUNTI WAS ABOUT TO CUT HIM OFF. "SO FIRST OF ALL YOU AND DRAUPADI AREN'T JUST FRIENDS. SHE IS YOUR BETROTHED. WELL WE MADE IT FINAL A LONG TIME AGO EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE BORN."PANDU SAID MAKING THE PANDAVAS HAPPY AND SURPRISED. "BUT NOW ITS UPTO YOU DO YOU WANT TO MARRY HER OR NOT. WE ALL CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT YOU GUYS ARE MADLY IN LOVE WITH HER ALREADY."KUNTI SAID MAKING THE PANDAVAS BLUSH. "SO DO YOU ACCEPT HER AS YOUR BETROTHED?"PANDU ASKED. "YES"THEY SAID IN A HURRY MAKING PANDU AND KUNTI LAUGH. "AND DRAUPADI ACTU-"PANDU SAID BUT WAS IMMEDIATELY CUT OFF BY KUNTI. "NO ARYA, PLEASE RESPECT HER DECISIONS."KUNTI SAID. "YES I KNOW BUT ITS IMPORTANT THEIR WHOLE LIFE AND THEIR MARRIAGE DEPENDS ON THIS TRUTH."PANDU SAID. THE PANDAVAS WERE TOTALLY CONFUSED. "PLEASE EXPLAIN IT TO US." THEY SAID. "OKAY DO YOU REALLY TRULY LOVE HER?"PANDU ASKED. "YES." THEY REPLIED. "DO YOU KNOW THE MEANING OF IT?"KUNTI ASKED. "TRUE LOVE MEANS NOT ONLY LOVING THEIR PHYSICAL BEAUTY BUT INNER BEAUTY AS WELL. LOVING THEM NO MATTER RICH, POOR, ABNORMAL OR ABNORMAL..."THEY SAID. "SEE KUNTI THEY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS."PANDU SAID. "BUT DO THEY REALLY? KNOWING, SAYING AND ACTUALLY DOING HAS A VAST DIFFERNCE ARYA."KUNTI SAID. PANDU AND  PANDAVAS WERE TRYING TO PERSUADE KUNTI AND FINALLY SUCCEDED"WE WILL NOT BE SAYING YOU THE WHOLE TRUTH BUT NOT A LIE AS WELL."KUNTI SAID MAKING THEM NOD. "SHE IS DIFFERENT FROM US. SHE IS WHAT WE SEE BUT SHE IS NOT WHAT WE SEE. WE AND HER FAMILY ARE LIKE FROM ANOTHER WORLD BUT FROM THE SAME WORLD.."PANDU SAID MAKING THEM MORE CONFUSE THAN EVER. "THATS ALL WE CAN SAY FOR NOW IT. IT NOW DEPENDS ON YOU TO FIND OUT"KUNTI SAID. THE PANDAVAS JUST WENT OUT THINKING ABOUT KUNTI'S WORDS. AS THEY WERE PASSING BY THE HALLWAY THEY SAW DRAUPADI. SHE LOOKED QUITE EXHAUSTED. SHE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND OPENED THE DOOR WITH A BIG SMILE. LOOKING AT HER SMILE NOBODY CAN THINK THAT SHE IS SAD, ANGRY OR ANYTHING. HER SMILES HIDES UP ALL HER PAINS. SHE WENT INSIDE THE ROOM. IT REALLY HURT THEM TO SEE HER LIKE THIS.