"Dhaara let the others know that the food is served." Panchaali stated as she looked at her best friend, who nodded and rushed out. She sighed as she looked around the kitchen, right now she wanted nothing more than to sleep, her feet hurt and her back ached, she felt exhausted. From morning she had been running around doing her chores, her stomach crunched reminding her of her hunger, in all this work she had completely forgotten about eating. She sighed as she moved towards the conference room, her body aching.

The huge dark door greeted her as she walked to the conference room, she could hear the shuffling of footsteps and chatter, signalling that the meeting had come to an end, she knocked before walking in, a smile on her face. Her eyes met her husbands.  Arjun moved ahead as he looked at her tried face, he wanted nothing more than to pull her in his arms but all this strangers around them had him holding back. "What happened love?" He questioned as he stood next to her, a smile on his face as he wrapped her hand in his. The soothing warm touch of her husband had him smiling as she looked at him, the soft look in his hazel eyes warming her heart. "Nothing arya." She whispered, her cheeks heating up as she gazed up at him through her lashes, her heart thrumming in her chest like it always did when one of her husbands would have their attention on her.

"Lying has never been your strong point dear." He chastised making her sigh, her heart thudded in her chest as she gazed up at him, he smiled at her, "Come with me." He whispered as he held his hand out for her to take, she looked up at him, her gaze travelling from his hand to his face, a smile appeared on her face as she looked up at him, she delicately lay her hand in his, he gave it a squeeze as he guided her out of the room, "Where are we going arya?" She asked he walked with him, he just smiled at her instead of answering he picked her up in his arms making her squeal in surprise, "Arya what are you doing?" She asked shocked, her heart thrumming with his close proximity as he carried her bridal style. His hazel orbs met hers, they had her heart thrumming. "Giving my wife a surprise." He whispered in her ear, the feel of his hot breath on her nape had her heart thrumming in her chest, he carried her down to the gardens, "Close your eyes." He whispered making her shut her eyes as he carried her, Panchaali felt her feet touch the ground. "Now open your eyes." He whispered in her ear, his voice husky, she could hear the excitement in his voice which had her smiling in return too. Very slowly she opened her eyes and what she saw in front of her had her heart knocking out of her chest, her breath hitched.

Beautiful. Was the only word she could think of as she stood in front what looked like a peace of heaven. Flowers of every kind grew here in rows as a huge waterfall, the clear blue water was so clean that one could see the different fishes swimming in it. She was in awe with the thick green tress surrounding the place as rabbits ran around while little birds chirruped on the trees, the coo of the birds could be heard, the sweet scent of all the flowers were heavy as the butterflies and dragonflies buzzed over the flowers. The peaceful and serene environment had her smiling, it was so beautiful, her gaze traveled to the creepers over the trees that were wrapped around it and than hung down the branches, huge yellow flowers.

"Did you like it?" He asked, while Panchaali was looking at everything,he was looking at her, seeing the expression of awe and happiness on her face gave him a happiness that was unlike any other. Seeing her happy made him feel the the ecstasy, love was such a strange emotion wasn't it?  It connected one with another so strongly, the happiness of the one you love is everything. "It is so beautiful arya. To whom does it belong?"  She asked as she continued to gaze, she tried looking away but her gaze was fixed on all the beauty, making her forget all about everything. "To you." He whispered and her head snapped in his direction, her mouth hung open as her eyes were wide as saucers as she looked at him, the look of disbelief on her face had him chuckling. "Me?" She asked as she pointed at her chest, as she looked up at him, he couldn't hold back the chuckle as it passed through her lips, "How? W...why?" She stammered as she looked at him, tears of joy glazing in her eyes, as she gulped down, her throat tightening, she felt overwhelmed with all the love, "Happy birthday Panchaali." He whispered in her ear as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to his chest, she looked up at him, her eyes watering, a tear traced down the corner of her eyes.

"I have been working on this part of the gardens for three years, preparing something that would be your safe heaven. A place where you could come when your happy and sad, share your love and joy with the nature." He pressed his lips to her forehead, "you have been Gods biggest blessing to me,  you made me complete. I will forever be grateful for today for an angel like you were born. My angel,who thought me the very definition of love and sacrifice, I can't put in words how grateful I am for you Panchaali. This garden would forever remind you of my love and gratitude for you, every flower and plant was chosen by me,I personally made all this with my hard work,not of pinch of magic. Just like you have built our family, fabricated them as one." He whispered, his eyes glazing with tears as he looked at her, she gulped down the wave of tears as happiness flooded her system as her heart was overwhelmed with all the love. "Thank you so much arya." She whispered as she wrapped her arms around his waist as she embraced him, sobs wrecking through him, she wasn't sure why she was crying. He had made this all for her, with his hard work, it meant so much to her, this gift was the result of his years of hard work, her heart thrummed. "No princess, thank you for coming in my life." He whispered in her ear as he hugged her fiercely. She had completely forgotten that today was her birthday, never expected this to all but he remembered. "You didn't forget it was my birthday?" She asked as she looked up at him, he cupped her cheeks in his hands as he looked at her with love and adoration, "It's the most beautiful event in the lives of pandav brothers, none of us can ever forget it. And plus it comes only once every four years, the most awaited day of our lives. We have been preparing for this day for years now, how can we ever forget it? My baby girl had stepped into this world for the first time, no way in hell are we forgetting this year. This is your first birthday, four years have passed since you stepped out of the yagn. Your first birthday with us priye! You know how special it makes it! Everyone in the family was preparing for so long, you wouldn't believe we all had a fight over who will give you the first surprise, guess what? I won!"  He stated like an excited child, she looked up at him with a look of surprise, "There are more surprises?" She asked flabbergasted, he chuckled, "This is just the start dear, it's pandav priye Panchaali's first birthday, it can't be anything less than grand now can it?" He asked as he looked at her, she looked up at him shocked, What more surprises could there be?

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