Holding stability of missions and memories the long thirteen years had passed. Not only Subhadra but also each character around her or away from her had their missions in these years. Pandav brothers had the missions of healing their broken bonds with Draupadi, increasing their strength pleasing divinity, and last but not the least completing the one year of incognito, successfully.

Actually the success of twelve years of exile of Pandav brothers was depended on the one year of incognito during which if they got caught then they would have to start the exile of twelve years, once more. Duryodhan had the mission of figuring out their whereabouts during incognito for which he had tried all the way, but couldn't do so.

During few final days of incognito Duryodhan found that Pandav brothers had taken shelter in Virat Kingdom. He planned to wage a war on Virat after the death of its commander Kichak who was the main pillar of protection of Virat. Duryodhan was expecting Pandav brothers to come out for protecting Virat kingdom, but to his bad luck the period of incognito was completed before his attack on Virat.

It was different that Duryodhan wasn't ready to accept the truth of completion of incognito.

After completion the full term of exile Arjun headed towards Dwarka to meet Subhadra. Rest of his family were residing at Virat being the royal guest of that kingdom.

Each time he was crossing the distance of his destination leading the journey to meet the most awaited joy of years he was feeling nervousness overpowering his excitement. Arjun knew everyone in Dwarka must be waiting for her, and he was sure to receive a heartily welcome from everyone, yet he was nervous.

He was nervous thinking how would he face the family whom he had promised to fill their daughter's life with love, care and each kind of comfort possible on his part. He loved her always, he cared for her always even after being away from her, but he couldn't fulfill the promise of comfort for her.

He had heard about all the struggles Subhadra had faced in thirteen years. All the sages and wanderers came to the area where he had lived with his brothers used to praise Subhadra for her serenity against the storm of her life. Each time he head her praising he experienced both pride and pain at the same time.

The pride of being her soulmate and the pain of not stand with her had mixed impact on his heart.

Being lost in those moments of melancholy he didn't even realise when he made his way into boarder of Dwarka. The hailing of his and flower showering by subjects made him come back to reality.

The sounds of conches and drums rang louder once he entered into the main entrance of palace. Pradyumn along with his brothers came forward to welcome Arjun and to escort him to the place where everyone of family was waiting for him.

Everyone was smiling at him. Some new faces caught his attention. They were none other than Abhimanyu and his brothers. Pradyumn introduced them to Arjun. One by one they touched Arjun's feet seeking his blessing and earning hugs from him.

"Abhi, you have grown up resembling all the calmness and cheerfulness of your mata," Arjun was ecstatic after spotting Subhadra's similarities in Abhimanyu.

"Even your charm has its share in this, Pitashri!" Abhimanyu had inherited Kanha's mischief too. The boy succeeded to made Arjun blush at his comment.

"I am sorry, Abhi. I couldn't be a truthful father to you. I couldn't keep those promises I had made. Even I couldn't say the truth of my mission when I left. You must have been praying for my mission in these years, but that mission wasn't such great. That was just the punishment we had been given," the pleasant moment turned into a emotional one when Arjun remembered the past.

Guilt was glistening in his eyes remembering the small boy whom he had to left in helplessness.

"You don't have to say sorry, Pitashri. You are obviously a truthful father. You had promised me the best training and the blissful childhood. I had got the both. Both my uncles along with bhrata Pradyumn had taken care of my training as an important task of their lives," Abhimanyu looked at Pradyumn, Kanha and Balram expressing his gratitude through eyes.

"Even I had a blissful childhood under affection of each family member of Dwarka. Your promise didn't go in vain. As far as your mission is concerned it was one among the most important missions of this era. Maa had told me everything. There was no fault either of you or of jyeshth pitashri. It was just the place was a faulty one at which you were standing," Abhimanyu filled Arjun's heart with content which was a dream of Abhimanyu himself nurtured by Subhadra.

Arjun roamed his eyes around in search of Subhadra, but he didn't find her among the royal ladies. He thought she might has planned a convenient meeting for them. After greeting everyone he moved towards Dau.

His nervousness was all evident on his face. Kanha was smiling at Arjun, secretly. Even dau was smiling at Arjun as he found the glimpse of that day on Arjun's face when he had come in front of him after his elopement with Subhadra.

"Welcome home, Arjun. Don't be nervous around me. Am I that much strict to scare you?" dau faked a stern look suppressing his smile.

"No, Dau. You are the most affectionate person in your own way," Arjun replied.

"That's right, Arjun. I have my own way. I don't have any grudge for you. In these years my Gudiya fought like a warrior I had never seen before. I would have been angry on you if she had cried, but she cherished the years of her struggle. So, feel free here," Arjun exchanged the same pride look with dau as his eyes were loaded with.

Both embraced each other adding more happiness to the scenario.

"Congratulations for receiving a welcome from dau with smile, that too a wide smile," Kanha spoke only to gain a not so safe look from dau.

"I mean let's go inside," at dau's expression Kanha rectified his statement.

"For your information your meeting with her isn't planned by her. It's planned by her sisters in law. So, practice patience, Parth!" Kanha whispered in Arjun's ears while walking beside him.

Arjun had understood Kanha's hint so well. He was sure he couldn't meet her that soon. So, following Kanha's advice he started to practice patience like he used to do when he was a sage under her care, before their marriage.

After the whole day passed he came to know that he could meet her only at night as her sisters in law were having their time of teasing, dressing and advising her as if she was newly married to him.

Finally the time came when he could lost in her without any interruption. He just would have one thing around him, and that was her inspiring personality to be inculcated in him as a magic.

Both were strolling in her garden which had the sweetest memories of their life.

"Did you miss me in these years, Subhi?" He asked focusing his gaze at her kohl smeared beautiful eyes.

"The lover inside me missed you each day, and the wife inside me always felt you near me," she didn't hesitate to reciprocate his intense gaze.

"But I missed you both as a lover and as a husband. By the way I must thank the lover inside you for missing me. I would love to hear the lover who had missed me," he started to play his favourite game, the word game with her.

"The lover inside me is in no mood to come out, because you didn't mention anything about me as a wife," she faked disappointment yet playfulness in her eyes were filling his heart with delight.

"We're in a open place, Subhi. How can we talk about such things here?" He rewarded with a shy smile which was listed on the top of his admiring sights.

"Before going inside at the insistence of night I want to hear the lover inside you," he made her sit with him. Laying on her lap he ignited the narrator inside her with their intense yet gentle closeness.

They could continue to be like that, to talk like that, to look at each other like that, and could surely tackle the toughness which intended to interfere in between them to get back that pleasant pose, again.

So readers, here's the next part.

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