She stormed towards her brother's chamber. She needed answers, the anxiety in her started to grow. It was the darker stage of twilight, her complexion was as dark as blue lotus, her eyes were as expansive as lotus petals, lined by kohl, she wore a sea green lehenga..with no jewellery at all, her hairs were loosely braided and  chudamani was nicely tuck in her hairs.

"Bhratashree, I need your help.." said she.

Drishtaketu was sitting near his table, contemplating morosely , upon hearing his sister's voice, he immediately responded.
"Yes..what happened Renu??" He asked while keeping his voice very calm.

"You are asking me what happened??? Seriously bhratashree..you don't...you don't know what happened..."  She bawled.

He immediately went to embrace her but she responded in negative,her eyes were brimming with tears. This was not the Renu whom he knew from his childhood,she had changed, time had played his part,since their father departed, Renu lost her carefree, fun loving nature, and this news, broke her apart.

Dhristaketu knew very nicely,she was just trying to hide her emotions,trying to show him that she has become strong..that she has grown up..but for him she'll always be his lil sister, who would come to him everytime when she saw some nightmare and would hug him, cry and then go off to sleep. He knew that she has a lot of things inside and she needs to pour them out,but he knew too that this wasn't the right time!!

" Renu, calm down behna..come sit and I know what had happened..and I.."

" .. I want to know what exactly happened in that dyut sabha..why did Bharata Yudishthir put Draupadi jiji on stake..why?.." She choked.

Dhristaketu saw that she again and again opened and closed her palms,he very well knew that whenever she was anxious she did this. He made her  sit on his bed gave her a glass of water. He sat beside her,she kept her head on his shoulder, and he lovingly caressed her hairs.

Renu and Drishtaketu lost their mother when Renu was just 5 and he was 9, since then they were each other's strongest supporters, he was her friend,her mother, her teacher.. Renu's world mostly revolved around him.

The room was engulfed by the silence, but this silence wasn't awkward. He was giving her time which she needed to open herself.

" Did you tell Mitra about all this?" Said he.

"No..I don't know how to even begin with this.." she said while looking at his face.

" You need to tell him right,he deserves to know it!!!" he said while maintaining the calm in his voice.

" How will I tell him, that he won't be able to meet his father, that his pitashree, tatshree and kakashree lost his badi maa in dyut sabha..that she was put on stake like a commodity,how do I tell him that he belongs to that clan where a woman was tried to be disrobed before the great thinkers and scholars of Dharma!" Said she while moving towards the table, her back towards Dhristaketu,her voice louder than usual.

He couldn't answer, but after a few minutes,he said while moving towards her " He's your son,you know him the best.. and no one else can tell him about this better than you..you should try once talking to him .. and I don't know much about what happened in that dyut sabha, but I know for sure it was some wicked plan of Gandharnaresh Shakuni"

"I must take your leave good night bhrata!"
"Good night to you too behna!" He said while kissing her forehead.

She went in her room and found little Niramitra waiting for her with a plate of food on the table.

"Where were you Ma? you and mamashree didn't come to have food so mamishree sent it here..come fast I'm very hungry.." he said in his childish voice.

" I was discussing something with your Mamashree.." she replied while dipping the chapati in the daal. She fed him with her hands and was about to give him the second bite but he stopped her, took it in his hand and fed her, "I know you are sad Ma!" as he spoke these sentences, tears involuntarily started to escape from her eyes,he wiped them away with his small palm and fingers. He hugged her.

"Ma I know you are missing pitashree, don't worry he'll be here soon!"
She hugged him tighter, controlled her tears and broke the hug, " I'm fine my child," she said while smiling faintly. They finished their food.

It was the time to sleep. Karenumati decided to talk to Mitra about the mishappening.

They both were on the bed, Mitra kept his head on her lap, she slowly started to brush his hairs, with her hands.
She figured out a way to talk to him, she asked,"....

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A cliffhanger...🤐
Guess what could she ask???
I tried my best to potray their Drishtaketu and Renu's relationship.. Drishtaketu's traits match my real brother's soo..it was quite emotional to write. He won't be reading it..but ya I LOVE YOU BHAI...

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