Arjun POV

It had been 2 days since Anya had barged into my room thinking it was hers.
And ever since then, she has been avoiding me.

Even when we were all together with others, she somehow managed to avoid me and I absolutely hated it! I felt some kind of void inside me. The silence between us was hurting.

I won't mind if she shouted or even scolded me! That would be still something better than our current situation.

I sighed sadly looking out of the first floor terrace of the Palace.

I shouldn't have laughed at her. But she was looking so adorable and cute!
Now look at result of that!

As I was looking at the garden, mentally searching for a solution, I saw her.

She had just stepped into the garden and was surrounded by rabbits and a couple of peacock came towards her. She respectfully bowed to the majestic birds and to my surprise it bowed back.

That instantly brought a bright smile on her face. She softly carecassed the head of the bird while her lap was filled with rabbits.

As I stared at Anya, she pulled out a small bag and started feeding the rabbits while gently carecassing their heads.

I shook my head and took a steady breath.

This was it! I had to solve this problem today! I had enough of this silence.

I silently made my way to the garden by taking a secret passage which I had recently discovered.

Thankfully Anya was sitting in the same place by the time I reached the garden.
I slowly approached her without making any noise and softly called out,

"Anya.."

She signed and got up to leave without saying anything.

I stopped her by holding her wrist.

"Anya mujhe Kshama karo! Mujhe hass na nahi chahiye tha! Agar tumhe mujhe dant na hai toh danto! Mein sirf tumhare saath khel raha tha! Mujhe laga chota si baath hai! Par aise math karo na..Mujse baath karo na.."

(Anya forgive me ! I shouldn't have laughed! If you want to scold me then scold me! I was just playing with you! I thought it was a small thing! But don't do this na..talk to me..)

As I spoke, Anya frowned and then froze then her expression changed to pure horror!

I grew worried looking at her. Was she sick? Should I call the twins? Raj Vaidhya?

I gently coaxed her,
"Anya kya hua? Tumhari sehath toh tikh hai na? Mein Raj Vaidhya ko pukarun kya?"

(Anya what happened? Your health is alright na? Should I call Raj Vaidhya ( Royal Doctor/healer)?)

Anya released a breath and finally replied,
"Abhi toh sehath tikhe hai Kumar Arjun..par ekk mahine ke baadh ki chintha hai!"

(Now my health is good Kumar Arjun...but I am worried about what will happen after a month!)

I stared at her confused,
"Artharth? Ekk mahine ke baadh? Ekk mahine mein kya hoga? Anya tum mujhe bhaibhith kara rahi ho! Kya hua?"

(As in? After a month? What will happen in a month? Anya you are scaring me! What happened?)

Anya signed and replied,
"Rehane do Kumar Arjun..aap nahi samjhoge!"

(Leave it Kumar Arjun..you won't understand!)

I looked at her indignantly,
"Nahi samjhunga? Toh Samjhao na! Kya hua?"

(I won't understand? Then make me understand na! What happened?)

Anya smiled sheepishly and said,
"Yeh..har kanya ko hotha hai...yeh..aap Kunti Bua se puchlo agar ithni jigyasa hai toh! Aur samajh ne ke baadh...woh mein ussi karan..ithni chotti si baath ke liye meine bura manliya! Mujhe aap ke saath aise vyavahaar nahi karna chahiye tha! Aap ko nahi mujhe Kshama maang na chahiye! Ho sakhe toh Kshama kardo! Aur Dhanyawad mujhe iss ka abaas karva ne ke liye!"

(This..happens to every girl...its..you ask Kunti Bua if you are so curious about it! After you understand it..that was the reason..why I got hurt over such a small thing! I shouldn't have behaved like this with you! It's not you but me who should ask for forgiveness! If possible please forgive me! And thanks for making me realise this!)

She lifted a rabbit in her arms and gently handed them in my arms and smiled at me and started walking away.

I held the rabbit gently and looked at Anya still feeling confused and called out,
"Anya Rukho...iss ka arth..hum tikh hai na?"

(Anya wait...does this mean..we are good?)

Anya nodded with a smile and said,
"Haan Kumar Arjun ! Aur kya aap mujhe Dhanurvidya ka abhyaas denge? 3 varsh ho gaye hai!"

(Yes Kumar Arjun! And will you give me archery practice? It's been 3 years!)

I smiled brightly and nodded,
"Haan Avishya! Aaj kar sakthe hai! 1 prahar ke pashchat?"

(Yes ofcourse! We can do it today! After 1 prahar ( 1 prahar = 3 hours)?)

Anya nodded with a smile and bid me goodbye.

I signed in relief and finally could feel the peace among these lovely animals. But I was still confused. I had to ask Mata about what Anya was talking about!

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Ananya POV

When Arjun had confronted me while asking for forgiveness, that was when I realised how truly irrational and pointless this fight was. And that too for such a small thing!

It was at that point that I realised what was happening. The last time I had created a mountain out of an ant hill was when I was in school. I had this stupid huge fight with one of my friends where I didn't talk to her or avoided her for a whole week and exactly one month later I had gotten my first ever menstruation.

Oh god, I can't believe I have to go through puberty all over again! My puberty phase was an absolute nightmare! The constant moodswings, the food cravings and the pimples oh god no!

And there was no sanitary pads here ! What will I do? What did they use here? How did they do in this era? It was never mentioned in any history books now that I think about it!

Then, I thought back to how hurt Arjun had been by my irrational behaviour.
I don't know why but I hated that he was sad because of me. I felt awful and that was what made me realise! It's probably because he had always been my favourite Pandava.

Yeah, if one my favourites were upset or sad, It will obviously affect me too!

Then, I laughed out loud thinking back to how offended he looked when I said he won't understand!

Sorry Bua, because of me you have to explain about periods now.

I then shrugged as I thought, oh well he had to know about it at some point!

I excited the garden and looked at the confusing passage with dreed when I heard a familiar voice boom from behind me,

"Kya hua Gudiya?"

(What happened Gudiya?)

Feeling relieved, I turned around to find Bheem standing behind me.

With a smile I went to him,
"Bhrata Bheem, kya aap mujhe mere kaksh mein chodh denge? Woh kya hai na yeh mahel nahi bhool bhulaiya hai! Aur mein rastha batakthi rahe thi hu!"

(Bhrata Bheem, can you please drop me in my room? It's just that, this is not a Palace but a maze! And I keep getting lost!)

Bheem laughed and nodded,
"Haan Avishya Gudiya kyu nahi! Waise mein tumhe hi dundh raha tha!"

(Yes sure Gudiya why not! By the way I was looking for you only!)

I looked at him curiously,
"Mujhe Bhrata? Kya kaam tha? Boliye!"

(Me Bhrata? What work is it? Tell me!)

He smiled and carecassed my head and said,
"Kuch kaam nahi tha Gudiya, mein tumhe yeh laddoo khila chahatha tha! Inhe meine swayam banaya hai!"

(There is no work Gudiya, I wanted to feed you these laddoo! I made this myself!)

And sure enough he got a small bowl full of delicious looking laddoos from behind his back.

I looked at him excited. It was said that Bheem was a fantastic chef which was a result of him being a big Foodie!

"Sach?!!"

( Really?!!)

Bheem smiled widely and nodded his head and he gently fed me a laddoo.

And oh my god. It was so tasty! The soft texture, the right amount of ghee..the right amount of sweetness.

I excitedly told him,
"Bhrata Bheem, yeh toh athyanth swadhisht hai! Meine ithne swadhisht laddoo kabhi nahi khaya hai!"

(Bhrata Bheem, these are extremely delicious! I have never eaten such delicious laddoo!)

He grinned proudly as he said,
"Haan.. aakhir banaya kis ne?"

(Yea..Afterall who made it?)

I laughed and we started walking towards my room as he enthusiastically shared his recipe with me.

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