kismat

299 BCE: chapter 5

nighttime:

mishti and ashok's room:

ashok was walking back and forth whilst mishti was on the bed, taking her bangles off.

mishti: patidev, are you still thinking about what papaji said today?

ashok: yes. no matter what I do mishti, in the eyes of raja Abhay, his eldest son yuvraj ruhaan is perfect, just bloody perfect whereas his youngest son rajkumar ashok, me, is flawed, flawed in every single possible way! everything that I do, pitaji sees a mistake in it and everything that ruhaan does, pitaji sees no mistake in it, just perfection. ruhaan is pitaji's only pride and me? I am just nothing, I am a nobody. 

mishti: don't say that. you are meant to be something patidev, something special. and you are perfect patidev. ruhaan is just being favoured because he is the eldest one. ruhaan can't be perfect, there is one flaw in him. one flaw that will be used to our advantage and that one flaw will ruin his life.

ashok: but what is that flaw? tell me mishti! tell me!

mishti: at the moment I don't know but soon that flaw will come to light. I promise.

ashok: I hope we will see that flaw soon.

mishti: we will, don't worry.

meanwhile:

pooja looked through the window as she was plaiting her hair. akshani was taking off the little jewellery she had on. she noticed pooja only focused on the sky.

akshani: what happened Gudiya? is something wrong?

pooja: kuch nahi akshu maa. I am waiting for the moon to come out because the moon's beauty is just breathtaking.

akshani: really?

pooja: haan really. 

akshani: well you wait for the moon, I am sleeping.

pooja: ok you sleep. goodnight.

akshani: goodnight Gudiya. 

akshani lied on her bed as pooja tied her plait. just then the moon appeared. pooja smiled and got up from the bed, tie toeing to the entrance. she left the building and walked towards the gate where a figure was. she walked closer only to see it was the lovesick yuvraj ruhaan.

ruhaan: I am so happy.

pooja: really?

ruhaan: yes because you finally came. 

pooja: why are we near the gate?

ruhaan: because we are going to climb over it.

pooja: kya?!

ruhaan: a little louder pooja, I don't think everybody heard you. 

pooja: I am not climbing over that gate. 

ruhaan: pooja, this is an order from the yuvraj.

pooja: fine. bend down. 

ruhaan: kyu?

pooja: so then I can climb over the gate.

ruhaan: fine.

ruhaan bent down and pooja stepped on his back. 

ruhaan: you are so light. just like a feather.

pooja: thank you for such a nice compliment. 

ruhaan: your welcome.

after a lot of hesitation, pooja managed to reach the other side of the gate. once she was at the other side, it was ruhaan's turn to climb over the gate...which he easily managed to climb.