"SWAMI!" Parvati ji bellowed.
Shiv ji who was smoking his chillam in peace till then was so startled that fumes went into his eyes.
"What! Why! Huuu!"
He rubbed his eyes and looked up and was nearly horrified.
Parvati ji was looking decidedly closer to transforming into her BhadraKaali avatar.
"Where is the Asura? Are we under attack?" He asked her.
"Not WE.. YOU!" Parvati ji shot sparks. "YOU are under attack."
"Hain! What did I do now?" Shiv ji was confounded. "Errmm to put it properly.. what did the humans claim that i did which in all probability i didn't but they say i did and hence declared that i did."
"YOU!" SHE glared further "You fated certain someone named Kunal and Nandini and blessed their destinies, fate, meetings, love and love story."
"Aha!" Shiv ji smiled. That doesn't sound like a crime. Why is Devi attacking him then? True love stories will always have his blessings. After all is it his job to bless all the unmarried girls with best husbands in the earth market."I did that? Isn't that a good thing?" He asked innocently. Bhole Shankar!
Parvati ji nearly blazed.
"GOOD THING? Fating a married man with the best friend of his good wife is GOOD THING? I will show you what is a good thing. Let me borrow your Trishul for a moment!"
"Wait a minute Devi. And please no Trishul.. and yes no Sword, chakra, gadaa either." He requested in fearful voice seeing her reaching for her weapons.
"Now lets talk sense. Mind explaining once again? I fated who with whom?"
"Kunal!" Devi ma explained. "Is the allegedly perfect husband and Nandini is the best friend. Of certain character named Mauli that they claim to love and don't want to hurt. You fated this Kunal and Nandini together."
"Woah come again!" Shiv ji was stupefied and shocked.
"I the one woman God who fell in love and married the same woman twice even if that meant waiting for eons in between and turning bairaagi for her.. Me; the poster child of perfect husband; Me the one every woman prays to for granting her best husband... you mean ME; I; Shiva committed this..." He struggled for the right words. "I am not getting divine language terms so I will use prithvi waasis language.
I committed this harakiri? Who dares says so?" He started glowering in rage.
"Makers of 'Silsila badalte Rishton ke says so. That you brought K and N together. They have your blessings." Parvati ji glowered back.
"Blessings my.. " He bit back the curse word. At times it sucks to be a God. He can't even swear his real feelings out.
"Devi! For person such as this K fellow i hold the same affection as i hold for your former daddy dearest!"
"You mean Daksha pappa?" Parvati ji questioned. "But you nearly mauled him. Thanks to you he has to sport head of a goat forever."
"Precisely" Shiv ji grinned.
"But.. " Parvati ji was in no mood to give up.
"But they say your messenger Baba made N realize her love for K?"
"Who on the Kailash is that Baba?" Shiv ji raged. "Must be Kama Dev. THAT brat stirs up trouble wherever he goes. I should have let him remain in ashes state when he messed with me first."
"I plead innocence!" Kama dev suddenly apparated.
"I have no hand, bow or arrow in this love story of K and N. It is Varun Dev. He rained there in the sets and K saw N dancing in the rain and fell in love and so started the love story."
"I plead innocence too!" Varun dev too appeared like magic in kailash.
"It wasn't me who rained there. It was a water tanker hired by the show set."
"Hey guys!" Ganga ji suddenly chimed in. "Is this water tanker the source of inexhaustible water works of N? I am so jealous. I am a river and I leak lot less than her."
"People FOCUS!" Parvati ji cracked like a thunder.
Kama Dev and Varun dev immediately disappeared in a puff; their survival instincts kicking in.
"Errmm!" Ganga ji voiced timidly "I forgot I have a kitty party meet with Yamuna and Saraswati. I'll get going then." She disappeared too.
Chanda ji resting on Shiv ji's jataa too pipped up. "I need to go rounds on prithvi lok."
"But it is day time in Bharat." Shiv ji exclaimed.
"Could be night time in other parts of the world. Will visit there then." Chanda ji disappeared too.
"TRAITORS! ALL of them bunch of traitors. Left me all alone in the battle field." Shiv ji muttered in disgust.
"So where was I?" Parvati ji was still on war path.
"K and N and their fated love story." Shiv ji sighed. "Trust me Devi. I swear on my Trishul, Damru and Nandi.. i have nothing to do with these characters."
Parvati ji started calming down.
"You sure?"
"My reputation as perfect husband deliverer and match maker is on line Devi. You think I'll commit this inanity? Left to me I won't fate this guy with the Mauli person too. My assistant must have messed up there. She sounds like a good person. And i hope she won't start blaming me too. From their bollywood to dramas everytime something goes wrong in their lives they attack me in my temple preference will be night time i.e my bed time and start bajaa'oing the ghanti as if i am high on hearing and then scream in dolby digital sound... Kyon! Kyon! Kyon kiya mere saath bhagwaan.?"
and most of the times i have no frigging clue ki.. Maine kiya kya?"
"So you have nothing to do with this 'Silsila show?" Parvati ji asked for final confirmation.
"I am mortified as it is that I am made a permanent cast member of serial 'Naagin'. I need a supreme control to not open my third eye in the sets of that show. The things that goes on in that show i tell you! traumatizing experience for poor old me. Why would i sign up for a drama show now. NO! THANK YOU."
"Okay then." Parvati ji finally calmed down. "If not you could it be Vishnu ji..."
"Not me either!" Vishnu ji entered at that very moment with Laxmi ji by his side. He gave a sympathetic nod to Shiv who was looking battered war torn at the moment.
"Silsila happened here too mate?"
"That it did." Shiv ji sighed and then perked up. "You too?"
Vishnu gave a pointed look as Laxmi ji.
"Been there done that."
Parvati ji and Laxmi ji gave sheepish look to each other.
Shiv ji and Vishnu shook their heads in exasperation and then looked at each other.
And suddenly reached the same thought and grinned at each other.
"Wonder what's happening to Bramha right now!"