Chapter 22

At night in avadhi palace
The dinner was over and both the princes were resting in their room..
Veer:Aaj ka khana to bahut hi achcha tha
Dharam:Haan..humara to pet hi bhar gaya...
Suddenly rajkumari nivedita arrived at their door
Nivi:Kya hum andar aa sakte hain..
Dharam:Haan..haan aaiye naa
She enters..
Veer:Aap dono baatein kijiye main thodi der bahar tehal kar aata hoon..
He leaves the love birds alone
Dharam:Aap yahan ..koi khaas baat karni thi aapko?
Nivi:Kyun hum aapse milne nahi aa sakte?
Dharam:Nahi nahi aisi baat nahi hai..hum to bas yuhin..
Nivi(smiles):Hum aapko kuch dena chahte the
She hands him a bag
Dharam:Isme kya hai?
Nivi:Khud hi dekh lo
Dharam opens the bag and finds a bunch of letters written by nivi to him but were striked out..
Nivi:Ye wo sandesh hai jo aap tak kabhi pahunch hi nahi paaye..
Dharam reads them one by one and smiles after finishing the whole lot...then he looks at the nervous nivi who tried to give him a warm smile but failed..seeing this dharam's smile turned to laughter..
Nivi:Kya hua...aise hase kyun?
Dharam:Nivi..tumhe kabhi koi kavita nahi likhni chahiye..
Nivi:Kya matlab?
Dharam:Matlab ye..ki tumne ye kaisa sandesh likha hai...aadhe se zyada sandeshon mein to sirf rajkumar dharam...mere dharam..dharam...veer ke bhai..aryanagar ke bhaavi samrat..bas yahin tak likh kar usse kaat diya hai...
Nivi frowned..but dharam still continued
Dharam:Aur jo baaki sandesh hain unme yahi likha hai ki hum aapse kehna....aap bura mat maniyega...ye shaadi..
(laughs)arrey isse aage bhi kuch likha hota
Nivi(angry):Humme laga tha ki pyaar mein to insaan dil ki baatein bin bataye hi samajh jaata hai..in sandeshon ko dikhakar hum aapko ye batana chahte the ki hum aapko kitna yaad karte the..par aap..aap to humme samajh hi nahi paaye...
She turns back to leave but again her chunni was entangled and she was unable to move..without turning back to face the charming and handsome prince she speaks
Nivi:Dharam humaari chunni chodo
Dharam comes and stands in front of her..nivi was puzzeled...this time she turned back to find that her chunni was actually entangled in a nail
Dharam:Hum aapki chunni nahi balki jeevan bhar ke liye aapka haath thaamenge..humme pata hai ki aap humme kitna pasand karti hain aur yakin maaniye hum khudko bahut khushnaseeb samajhte hain ki humme aap mili...kal aapke pitaji humaare pitaji se hum dono ki shaadi ki baat karne jaa rahe hain..par usse pehle hum aapse poochna chahte hain ki kya aapko hummare saath apna poora jeevan bitana manjoor hai....kya aap humse shaadi karna chahti hain
Nivi gave dharam a deep loving glance...
Dharam:Aur haan hum aapse ye bhi keh dein ki hum apni chahton se zyaada apni zimmedari par dhyaan denge..in sab ke baad bhi kya aap humme sweekar karti hain
Nivi:Dharam..hum to ek aise kavi se pyaar kar baithe jiska dil sheeshe sa saaf hai..hai to rajkumar par har baar maafi mangta rehta hai..roothon ko manana to koi rajkumar dharam se seekhe(smiles)
The mesmerised prince stared dumbly at the ravishing smile of this innocent beauty...
A maid arrived and said that nivi's mother,the queen was calling her..
nivi:Arey hum to bhool hi gaye maa ne humme bulaya tha...
she rushed away and the chunni got torn off but she was in too much of a hurry to look back at her torn chunni
Dharam took the torn part of chunnni still clinging at the nail
Dharam:Humaari maasoom rajkumari
Meanwhile veer was out in the garden to take a stroll..
He was standing under a tree when suudenly something really hard fell on him...he was flat on the ground
Veer:BHOOT...BACHAO..BHOOT....
It was none other than veer's gussail girl raksha
Raksha:Veer...veer..akdooo..chup ho jaao..
she stood up and at last veer stopped screaming...
He also got up and was rubbing his back..
Raksha:Ye bhoot bhoot kyun chilla rahe the tum?
Veer(looking at raksha):Haan mujhe to bhootni bhootni chillana chahiye tha..
Raksha:Chup karo akdoo...kabhi tum theek se baat nahi kar sakte...
Veer:Tum bhi to humesha mujhpar tapakti rehti ho...main yahan aaram se khada hokar nazaare dekh raha tha ki tum upar se mujhpar gir padi..
Raksha:Isme meri galti nahi hai...tumhi humesha mere neeche khade rehte ho...
Veer:Tum upar kar kya rahi thi?
Raksha:Tumhara intezaar
Veer:Kyun?Jisse mere aane par tum mujhpar gir jao
Raksha(frowning):Haan..
Veer:Kyun...
Raksha:Main tumhe saare sawalon ke jawaab dena zaroori nahin samajhti
She was about to leave but veer holded her hand tightly and this made her stop..
Veer:Tum mera intezaar kyun kar rahi thi
Raksha:Haath chodo mera
Veer:Pehle tum mujhe mere sawaal ka jawaab do
Raksha(raising her voice):Haath chodo mera veer...
Veer:Pehle sawaal ka jawaab...
Raksha:Agar tum haath nahi chodoge to main..to main..
Veer:To kya karogi gussail
Raksha(irritated):Theek hai to suno...maine tumhe mehal se bahar tehlnne ke liye nikalte huai dekha...main bhi is bageeche mein aakar ped par chad gayi..jisse tum mujhe dekh na sako..aur main..main tumhe..ek aakhiri baar dekh sakoon..ab mil gaya tumhara jawaab..haath chodo mera...
Veer(smiles):Dil se to ye chahti ho ki zindagi bhar tumhara haath thaame rahoon..aur abhi haath chodne ko kehti ho..
he leaves her hand but she was still standing there staring at him..how easily he read her heart's words
Veer:Aur tumse kisne keh diya ki ye humaari aakhiri mulaakaat hai
Raksha:Veer..kal tum wapas aryanagar chale jaoge,dharam bhaiya aur nivi ki shaadi ke baad tumhari shaadi bhi kisi khubsoorat rajkumari se ho jaayegi..phir hum kaise milenge..batao
Veer:Meri shaadi to ho chuki hai
Raksha:KYA?KIS SE?
Veer:Hai koi...jisne mujhe eeswar ke saamne sindoor lagaya tha..jisne mujhe dil se apna jeevan saathi maana tha..jiske liye main zinadagi ki koi bhi daur haar sakta hoon..aur jo mere liye teekhe(spicy)karele ki sabzi bhi khaa sake
Raksha(puzzeled):Veer..tumhe kisne bataya ki us sabzi mein...
Veer:Maine vo sabzi tamboo se aane se pehle hi chakhi thi...
Raksha:Tum jaante the ki usme mirchi hai phir bhi mujhe nahi roka..kyun
Veer:vo kya hai na..jab maine tumhe chandan ka lep diya..uske baad tumhara gussa bahut shaant ho gaya tha..ye mujhe achcha nahi laga to maine tumhe mirch khila di jisse ki tumhra gussa wapas aa jaye
Raksha:Veer..main tumhe zinda nahi chodoongi...
Veer:Dekha wapas ban gayi na meri gussail..ab ek baat dhyaan se suno..chahe kuch bhi ho jaaye meri shaadi sirf tumhise hogi...
Raksha:Par veer..main ek rajkumari nahi hoon
Veer:To
Raksha:Tumhari zimmedariyon ka kya
Veer:Meri zimmedari ye bhi hai ki main tumhe khush rakhoon...rajgharane ke jhoote niyamon mein bandhkar main apni chahat nahi thukra sakta..ab chahe kuch bhi ho jaaye hum dono ko koi bhi alag nahi kar sakta
Hope u lykd it guyz..
i know nothing really happened in dis part..
still i tried to make it a bit romantic..
please comment and sorry for the typos