S: Swaami! Lakshman bhaiyya! bhojan tayyar hai!
Sita called as she laid out Banana leaves for them...
L: bhaabhi...aap mujhe keval Lakshman hi bulaiyye na...
S: aap aayu mein mujhse bade hai...tatha mere swaami ke anuj hone ke kaaran aap mere bhi bhrata hai...jesht bhratha...
She replied smilingly...
L: ( whispers) bhaiyya Sita bhaabhi kitni soumya,susheel v karunamayi hai...ab toh mujhe poorn vishwaas hogaya hai...Maharaj Janak ne avashya Urmila ko goad liya hoga!
R: ( stern) Lakshman!...
Lakshman made a puppy face...
He couldn't see his bhaiyya and bhaabhi so hesitant so he said...
L: uh bhaabhi!! aap jaanti hai bhaiyya ko aaj lakdiyaan ekatrit karte samay chot lagayi thi...
S: ( panicked) kya?? kaha?
Lakshman removed the strand of hair Ram had perfectly arranged in order to hide his injury...revealling a small but deep would with a little blood trickling...
Sita gasped...leaning onto him gently cupping his cheek and blowing air on his wound...making him close his eyes while Lakshman made a naughty face...
Sita was about to brush her lips there when she realised what she was doing and immediately left him...and started serving food to them...blushing all the while but deeply concerned about his hurt...
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Ram entered the hut they had built...it was just today they had arrived in the forest leaving Ayodhya...he had failed to convince Lakshman to sleep inside promising they'd figure out something but he insisted on the two having theur privacy...He smiled as he found Sita in the small kitchen she had fondly designed...cleaning some vessels...
He kept a hand gently on her shoulder as she wiped her hands clean...
But Sita didn't turn...trying to control the shimmering pearls in her chocolate brown doe eyes but they managed to trickle down and her beautiful nose stydded with a tiny nose ring had turned a bright red...
Ram turned her holding her shoulders and liftedd her lowered face with a finger by her chin...only to notice her crying...
R: ( tense) Sitae?...kya hua ? aap ro kyu rahi hai?
But She didn't reply and stifled a sob...
R: aap mujhe atyadhik chintit kar rahi hai Sitae...bataiyye na...aap isprakaar kyu ro rahi hai?
S: aap...aapko itna gehra ghaav laggaya parantu...aa..aapne..m..mujhe bataya tak nahi...kyu akele hi samast peeda sehna chahte hai...vanvaas bhi aap akele hi bhogna chahte the...
Ram sighed he had no experience in explaining a cry woman but he vowed to try his best because he could not stand her tears...he cupped her face and wiped away her tears with his fingers...
R: iska kaaran ek hi hai...mera aapse apaar prem...aapko kasht mein dekhna mere liye sambhav nahi...keval yahi kaaran hai...mujhe shyama kardiye Sitae...meri mansha aapko dukh dene ki kadapi nahi thi...
Sita nodded and stifled another sob...
Ram made a baby face and held his ears...but Sita held his hands...
She made a stern look and went outside making Ram follow her...
She took some leaves from a plant growing nearby and crushed it...after putting it in a bowl and then went to him...
Sita still looled stern and angry making Ram maintain his baby face...
Tenderly brushing his hair away...she applied the crushed medicinal leaves paste on the wound makimg his scrunch his eyes slightly. ...
Lakshman could only admire this divine couple. ...
R: Lakshman tum ab sojao...kafi vilambh hogaya hai...
L: ji bhaiyya...shubratri bhaiyya...bhaabhi...
R & S: Shubhraatri!
Inside the hut...
Sita made a nice soft bed out of hay for Ram and put one of her dupattas on it...and two three of her sarees pressed together for a pillow. ...
She pulled him by his hand and made him lie down and covered him with one of the blankets sge had woven herself today...out of wool...
Ram looked at her lovingly...seeing her efforts of trying to make him comfortable. ...
S: swaami...
She said shyly...having broken their intense eyelock...
R: hmmm?
S: main Lakshman bhaiyya ko ek chadar de aati hoon...bahar thand adhik hogi...
Outside. ...
Lakshman had lit a fire nearby and had happily laid down on the hay bed Sita had made forcibly for him...for him to just lie down on...
He saw Sita come out and stood up immediately. ...
L: pranam bhaabhi! aapko kisi vastu ki avashyakta hai?
S: ji nahi...main aapko yah dene aayi thi...
She said handing him the blanket. ...
L: bhaabhi! iski kya aavashyakta thi?
S: ( smile) yaha thand adhik hai...aapko thand lagjaayegi...isiliye...main jaanti hoon aap shayan nahi karenge...parantu isse aapko ushma praapt hogi...
Lakshman took it gratefully and thanked her...she was just like his mother who cared so much for him...
Inside...
Sita settled down again besides Ram...caressing his hair...
R: priye...
S: ji...
R: aap kaha shayan karengi? aapne shaiyya toh keval mere liye banayi hai...
She smilingly pointed to the dismal cold floor beside...
Ram kept looking at her and suddenly without a warning pulled her towards him. ...making her fall almost on top of him...
Cooconing her firmly in his arms to keep her warm...he covered her to with the blanket...
S: swa...
She tried to speak but he kept a finger on her lips...making her shiver...
R: kisi aur shaiyya ki kya avashyakta hai...main hoon na...
He saud lovingly and she turned crimson and hid herself in his chest...
Ram smiled holding his * LIFE* closer to his heart and kissing her closed eyes making her sigh in her deep sleep. ...
The End😃