"Did she keep her clothes on the bed?  This girl is so careless", Agneya thought to himself.  Meanwhile the anklet sound came very close to him and his heart beat began to go haywire.

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Agneya heard a whisper near his ear, "Is Yuvraj afraid?".  He still didn't turn back and just stood there without answering anything.  He felt her finger tip touch his shoulder and moved one step ahead, keeping a distance from her.  He heard her chuckle at his actions.  Once again, he felt her near him and as she touched his arm, he turned towards her and removed her hands from him.  He realised that she had already worn her clothes in the bathroom itself.

Rashmi looked into his eyes to find what he felt on her actions and then said, "Why did you remove my hands Yuvraj?  Is it that you don't like my touch or you couldn't control yourself?".  Agni looked into her eyes and then came too close to her, leaving just an inch between their lips.  Rashmi didn't move her eyes away from his and stood still even though her heart was beating faster in anticipation.

Agni said, "I do like your touch.  But you know what is the real touch?".  Saying so he pulled her by her waist, which was slightly bare due to the saree, and kept her glued to his body tightly,  while their faces are still an inch away from each other.  As he was leaning towards her lips, she just closed her eyes and then suddenly she felt a weight on her shoulder and opened her eyes.  As she realised that he had hugged her completely, she too wrapped her arm around his body, hesitantly.

While still hugging her, he said, "I don't have any problem with controlling my desires until both of us don't feel any hesitation in initiating physical touch.  But the one you initiated today was not something that was out of need but a test.  So don't do that again".  He left the hug and Rashmi suddenly felt conscious about herself and quickly went to bed and closed the curtains.

Agni looked at her for sometime and went to the couch and thought to himself, "By this time, I know that I like her and I respect her for the way she moulded herself after all the unfortunate events happened in her life.  And I do trust her even though she has kept some secrets from me, that she doesn't harm anyone without proper justification and that she is always honest and straightforward.  But does she feel the same for me?". 

Thinking about all this, Agni closed his eyes to sleep.  In the middle of the night, he felt some movement near him and his sleep was over but he didn't open his eyes.  As he felt the potential attacker coming near him, he opened his eyes and put his arms around the attacker's neck in a chokehold.  But immediately he realised that it is not an attacker but his beloved soulmate who is also the owner of the chamber he lives in.

"You!", Agneya exclaimed in surprise and released his hold and both of them sat down on the couch.  Rashmi was slightly rubbing her neck and Agni asked, "Why did you come like an attacker?  Silent and calculative steps?  It's good that I didn't use my powers, otherwise what would have you done?".

Rashmi glared at him and said, "Then I would have defended myself using my own powers.  Space power is not inferior to any other power".  Agneya sighed and looked away.  She then said, "Actually I came to wake you up and ask one question".  He looked back at her incredulously and said, "What question?".

Rashmi replied, "How many women did you keep in your palace, back in your realm?".  Agneya thought about it for a second and replied back with a frown, "Only one".  Rashmi nodded her head in affirmation but before she could register his answer, he once again continued, "And she has a girl child as well.  If you count the girl as a woman then it will be two".  Rashmi was shocked by his statement and quite disappointed on seeing his beautiful smile which he never revealed to anyone at any cost.

Seeing him still engrossed in his own world, she grew frustrated and said, "If you have such a beautiful family then why did you leave them and come here?".  Agni came out of his imagination and said with a frown, "I didn't leave them forever.  I can definitely go back to them.  I definitely want to spend more time with my baby sister". 

It's Rashmi's turn to frown and ask, "Sister?  You were talking about your sister and her child?".   She stood up in pleasant surprise and let out a relieved sigh.  But it was short-lived as Agni too stood up from his place and said, "It's not my sister and her child.  I was talking about my mother and my sister, who is only a few years old".  Rashmi's jaw dropped at his answer as she looked at him with wide eyes. 

Agneya shook her to make her come out of her shocked state and then she asked frustratedly, "I was asking whether you had any lover or fiance or some mistresses in your palace".  Agni rubbed his head and then said, "You could have asked me directly right.  For your information, No, I didn't have any such woman in my life".  She once again nodded in affirmation but had a hard time to control her expression from showing her happiness.

Agni asked again, "But why do you want to know about my personal life?".   She just told, "I have the right to know as your soulmate and future wife".  Then she went back to sleep and this time in peace.  Agni was contemplating her words and smiled after the realisation that she too started to like him.

At the same time, in the middle of the night, two people were sleeping peacefully while hugging eachother with a silk duvet covering their naked bodies.

Glossary:
Samrat - Emperor
Samragyi - Empress
Rajkumar - Prince
Bratashree - Brother
Bhabhishree - sister-in-law
Acharya - Master/Teacher
Mamashree - Uncle (Mother's Brother)
Mamishree - Aunt (Mother's brother's wife)
Bade - elder or big
Chote - younger or small

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Precap:

"Didi, I cannot let you spoil my life along with yours, even if it is by eliminating you from our life".

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Word count: 1100

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