Devasena woke up to the call of a dasi, telling her to freshen up so that she could style the Yajyaseni's hair. After bathing and dressing into fresh clothes, Devasena started dress Drauapdi's hair, who sat their fiddling with her fingers.  

"Kya Rajkumar Arjun mere swayamwar mein aayenge?" She asked out of blue as Chandra choked on air. "Arthat?"

"Main Duryodhan se vivah nahi karna chahti." she began. "Maine suna hai ki jab Rajkumari Bhanumati ne unse vivah karne se inkar kiya tha toh ve use balpoorvak Hastinapur lekar aaye the."

"Aap yathart kah rahi hain, Rajkumari. Kintu aapko aisa kyun lagta hai ki Rajkumar Arjun aayenge?" Devasena tried to bait. Draupadi abruptly got up. She moved towards a painting that was covered with a veil. She pulled the veil, Devasena saw that the painting was of Arjun in his brahmin guise wearing the same royal clothes he used to wear in Hastinapur. Breath was knocked out of Devasena's lungs, their identities were revealed.

"Kal jab main Shiv mandir gayi thi, wahaan par mujhe ek brahmin ko dekhkar sanket mile jaise mano ki vah swayam Rajkumar Arjun ho." she said with slight blush on her cheeks. Devasena's eyes widened comically as she realized that when she was in the temple, Arjun was there with her too.

"Govind ne mujhe Shiv Mandir bheja tha, unhone ne kaha tha ki Bhagwaan Shiv hamesha spasht uttar dete hain aur mujhe wo uttar mil gaya tha." Panchali said, happiness leaking from her eyes. "Rajkumar Arjun ko toh aana hi hoga waise bhi ye pratiyogita keval vo hi jeet sakte hain."    

Devasena fake smiled at her as the gears of her brain started to move. If Kanha send her to the temple, it means that he knows about their existence. Devasena mentally palmed herself, he already knew about their existence. He wants Arjun to marry Draupadi, if what Arjun has told Devasena about Yadukul Shreshth is true, then he is manipulative enough to make Arjun do it meaning that the Pandu family is royally screwed.

"Main chahti hoon ki aap jisse chahein ussi se aapka vivah ho, Rajkumari." Devsena well-wished for her. "Kintu kya aap ko poorna tareeke se lagta hai ki Rajkumar Arjun aayenge?"

"Mujhko Govind par poorna vishwas hai, Parthvi." she said as she sat back on her chair. Devasena combed her hair and looked in great thought while Draupadi stared at her with mischevius eyes and a smile on her face.

Devasena stood at the corner of the sabha with a veil on her face as she looked around at the decorations. The grandeur of Swayamwar sabha brought out the prosperity of the state of Panchal. Great Kings from all of Aryavart were invited along with Angraj Karna and Yuvraj Duryodhan. One look at Duryodhan's face and Devasena was ready to kill him. She couldn't bear to look at the evil man's face who has given her family so much pain. So she turned away and looked at the last person she wanted to look at, Kanha. The second Devasena turned to look at him, his eyes turned simultaneously. The hazel orbs of Devasena clashed with the honey-like orbs of Krishna. Her mind wanted to look away and ignore his presence but her soul didn't allow her. 

She could find herself melting into his eyes. His eyes only reflected one emotion; love. Immense love. How could he love her with so much? Draupadi turned to Krishna so that she could talk to him but found him staring someone else, she followed his eye gaze and saw that he was staring Parthvi, Draupadi smiled at her Govind and tried to focus on the swayamvar.

Devasena kept looking into his eyes and found herself being pulled into a dream. 

[pls ignore gopadevi and think that she is one of the draupadi's friend]

Devasena was snapped out of her daze by the voice of people laughing. She was still staring at Kanha, who smirked at her as if he had seen the whole ordeal. Devasena started to turn beet red and turned away from him. She saw that people were laughing at Duryodhan, who could not even pick up the bow to shoot the arrow at the eye of the fish to win Draupadi in swayamwar.

Seeing the whole ordeal, Devasena could not help, but let a few laughs pass through her lips. Duryodhan is nothing without Shakuni's brain and Karn's skills. Devasena looked around the room and saw her brothers standing there. Sahadev spotted her first and hence pin-pointed it to other brothers as they turned to look at her. Despite her face being in a veil, her face was still visible.

Devasena nodded at them as if saying that she was fine, she saw that Shishupala laughed as he crossed Duryodhan to pick up the bow but failed in doing so. His failure was much funnier than Duryodhan due to which Devasena let out a loud laugh, he turned and glared at her. He went back on his seat and kept glaring her which didn't go unnoticed by her brothers and Kanha. 

"Agar Shishupal ne apne netra meri behen se na hataye toh main aaj hi uski mrityu kar doonga." Bheem said through gritted teeth.

"Uski avashykta hi nahi padegi Bhrata Bheem, ye shubh karya main swayam karoonga." Nakul muttered.

Everyone's gaze was now on Pandavas, who were in the disguise of Brahmins. People started questioning their presence and started muttering things about them, of how none of them looked like a Brahmin. Or how they caught Yadukul Shreshth staring at the Sairandhari. 

On being pressurized, Yudhishtir ordered Arjun to try his luck in the competition. Once Arjun made his way towards the arena, Devasena knew that now she was not going to be alone in the gang of boys, she would now have a Bhabhishree too. 

Arjun joined his hands in front of the bow in respect as he picked up the bow in a single go. He paid his respects to King Drupad and positioned himself to shoot at the rotating object. Arjun and Devasena shared a look as a nostalgic smile appeared on their faces as they remembered their first day at Guru Dron's gurukul where Arjun was asked to shoot at the wooden bird's eye without making it fall. Devasena nodded at him as he released the arrow which struck straight at the eye of the fish, meaning that he had won Draupadi in this marriage. 

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