Jodha and Akbar OS : Falling in Love

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"Jalal, when did you fall in love with me?"
"Jodha, such impudence does not suit my queen. How very presumptuous of you to think that I love you."
"Don't you?"
"Such cheek."
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"I'm an Emperor, Jodha. I find it beneath me to dignify the knowing look that you're giving me with an appropriate repartee."
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"I love you, Jodha."
"Could you please say it like you mean it?"
"What do you take me for, woman? A poet?"
"Hoy, I'm a man, therefore I must be manly. I'm an Emperor, and therefore incapable of articulating my irrevocable love for the beautiful, wise woman of my dreams."
"You dare mock me?"
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"My love for you is as true as the sun rising everyday in the eastern sky."
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"Tongue-tied, my Queen? I shouldn't complain, though. You seldom keep quiet."
"That was so ridiculously cheesy. And, I do not appreciate that comment."
"You asked for it."
"That I did."
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"I love you, Jalal. But, that doesn't answer my question."
"What question?"
"The years must be taking a toll on your memory, you poor old man."
"Don't mock me, Wife. I'm still as hearty as a horse. What was the question?"
"When did you fall in love with me?"
"The first time I saw you, through the sheer screen of your palanquin in Amer."
"So, all the heated arguments that transpired back and forth between us must have been products of my imagination, Emperor?"
"I have no shame in admitting that I was an idiot then. I did not see what was right in front of my eyes."
"No one is as blind as a man who does not want to see."
"Do you stay up at night making these quotes?"
"I thought you would appreciate my defending you."
"Oh, that I do. I do. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. To see a day when Jodha Bai of Amer comes to the swift defence of Jalal-ud-din Mohammed..."
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"You are dead."
"Have some pity on a dead man. Is that how you tell a person who's spirit has departed from his body that his time on Earth is over?"
"Sarcasm should be left at the perusal of those who can use it."
"You know best, my Wife."
"Ah, that's what I've been wanting to hear."
"You heard it."
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"The sun is rising, Jalal."
"With the same certainty as I love you, Jodha."
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unique and mischievous os. u should write more often. would love to read a ss from u on Akdha.

I was laughing like crazy when i got to the end of this OS. I love the way you wrote this, very well put together.

Originally posted by: awstika

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"So, how are we going to scare the visitors of my tomb today?"
"And I thought that death had infused a certain deal of sobriety and maturity in you

That is sincerely one of the nicest stories I have read. They are two extremely strong willed,stubborn,intelligent people with wits to match...who cut each other no slack...but are their respective best confidantes...