DISSECTED
CHAPTER 3: BUBBLES
“Any amount of animosity is
unwarranted as it is unnecessary when we consider the well being of Our people,
Your people… The common men in general, deserve a happy and satisfactory life
and don’t need their happiness to be crushed under petty politics! I urge you
to withdraw you orders of invasion against Amaravathi….”
Holding her hand and
caressing it gently ..
“Kumudini, no good can be
achieved with this war. Stop it .. Please!”
Kumudini holding Atharvaa’s
hand tightly and pulling him even closer to her, they were so close so that
both of them can feel each other’s breadth, she kisses on his lips with all her
love towards him. Atharvaa taken back by her bold step tries to pull out of the
kiss but she pulls his hand even closer and with her other hand pulls his head
even more towards her. Atharvaa starts gives in to her passion slowly and they
start making out with all fierce passion, sexual energy and ending all the
longing for each other’s touch. After few minutes, of passionate make out,
Kumudini slowly moved away and then, leaning her head towards his says,
“I can’t be away from you
any longer, my King. My duty towards my family and country can no longer force
us to be distant and I know some envious wolves are trying to create a wedge
between us and I cannot let hit happen my love.
Even if it is the right
thing to be done I don’t want it .. I want this.. US .. “
Atharvaa, looks into her
eyes and slowly moves away. He is unable to digest the circumstances and the
passionate plea of Kumudini, making it even tougher for him to even. Tears
started rolling from his eyes showcasing his internal turmoil and Kumudini
couldn’t hold it back anymore too. The Young couple thinking about their
situation and the inevitable cried their hearts out and slept in each other’s
embrace whole night. Atharvaa got up in the middle of the night and walked
towards the window. He started gazing at the sky where moon is shining brighter
than ever the view of a peaceful City sleeping enjoying the cool breeze and in
a distance the waves of the ocean are thundering on to the port. The Island
Nation, Jaya and its’ capital city, Vijaya are prosperous at the mercy of the
most peaceful ocean activity. All the people in the entire island are more than
thankful for the gods of seas for being kind and compassionate towards them.
But things fast seem to change that night. Slowly the tides started growing
wilder and wilder damaging the port and livelihood of the people. The winds
started picking up with every passing second and in front of eyes, Atharvaa saw
a beautiful full moon night turning into a disastrous memory within a matter of
few minutes.
In the morning, Atharvaa,
entered the Chamber of Elite Council with Kumudini, and there he asked his
minister, Adityadeva and Mihira to accompany them with him to address the
public who are looking for a relief after calamity. King Atharvaa took the
center stage and started addressing the public…
“We all are in the state of
shock and terror and our are eyes are filled with tears of helplessness while
some lost their loved ones, many others their livelihood, some lost everything.
Today, we all understand that our lives are at the mercy of mother-nature and
somehow we failed to see feel her displeasure and dissatisfaction towards us
last night.”
Kumudini trying to
understand the hidden meaning of Atharvaa’s words is expecting him not to
forget the passionate night they spent embracing each other. Atharvaa looked at
her understanding her yet in a serious tone he kept addressing the gathering..
“I observed many of you
tried to save each other and even I tried to save myself and my loved ones
(looking at Kumudini), kept on pleading the rain gods to be kind on us and our
children. Slowly the dangerous horrifying winds and the rain have stopped.
Mother-nature showed some mercy on us but the winds haven’t seem to die there.
They seem to have carried on, they were never bothered to look back at the
destruction rather they just headed forward. If a destructive force can be so
fierce and ruthless, why not collective positive forces of our ambitions move
forward. May be we should look at moving forward in unity. At this hour of
terror, I King Atharvaa, of Gandhamadana, announce that we people of
Gandhamadana are with you and in fact to honor our unity, I announce my
decision to marry your and my soon to be Queen, Kumudini, today. Along with
this, I also announce hefty compensation to all those who lost their
livelihood, as they aspire and to all those who lost their loved ones, you all
are welcomed to the wedding as my family members making you Royal subjects and
also my family members. We, in unity can rise above the fury of mother-nature.”
Finishing his speech, he
looked at Kumudini who is almost in tears of happiness while Mihira seemed
amused by the sudden action of Atharvaa, Adityadeva, looked worried imagining
the near future. Public at the gathering, were overjoyed with generosity of
Atharvaa and were all pleased that the long dream of union of Gandhamadana and
Jaya at last arrived for them.
King Atharvaa got married to
his soul mate, Queen Kumudini, in a ceremony filled with people from all creed
and caste acting as the family members of Atharvaa, in front of a large crowd,
who clapped throughout the marriage and celebrated the union in a grand fashion
dancing and singing their hearts out, forgetting the calamity the last night
was.
“This is cheating,...”
shouted with vigor, Vikramaditya Bhupathi, the King of Amaravathi.
“Who gave him any permission
to act on his own? Without me he would not even been alive today! He might be
very happy with this whole drama but I will burst his bubble of happiness… “
To his Prime Minister,
Singabhupala Narasimha,
“Ask
our commander-in-chief, to ready our troops, we are destroying Gandhamadana,
until the last of its’ legacy, its’ riches collapses into pieces and every
citizen is burnt into ashes… Hell Hath no Fury!”
Kousalya, was happy to see
her love, Aaravind, finally shedding his inhibitions, walking into an hospital
and outside her room, waiting for her to allow him in. Her life long wish to
see him do something out of his comfort zone, for her is coming true. Her will
to live as increased even more.. She wants to see and enjoy this side of
Aaravind, a little bit more. She wants to see how much he can do for her. How
much more???
She signed Aaravind to walk
in with her eyes. He obliged. For him, it was that 20 year old, girl who looked
at him with those awe filled eyes, even more filled with love and affection.
Even today, even after going through hell of cancer treatment she still has the
same awe and affection in her eyes for him. This makes him proud, alive and
lively.
He always wanted best for
her, never tried to hurt her by going against her wishes. For him, her wishes
were always like that small stubborn kid who wants everything to go her way.
Never she tried to understand his point of view, which was evident in her eyes
and the requests she made to him. Even though his beliefs and ideals were
different he went through all the rituals, graced all the gatherings, managed
to laugh through some of those uninteresting conversations. Still there were so
many demands in her eyes, so much longing for him.
He was always puzzled with
her, as why she cannot accept him as him. Why he has to even try to change him?
No two people were ever created to act and function in same way. Why should he
be a guy who is same as that person whom she wished for? Why can she not get
around the idea that love need not be a saga of two like-minded people meeting
and living happily ever after? Why?
There was never an answer
for this question and he started accepting the life as it came. Never tried to
fight with it nor even tried to change it as it would upset his love, Kousalya,
more than anything. Had he been always trying to live the way he wanted, he may
not have asked for 5 years to marry her! He might have just roamed around the world
travelling from one place to another creating art and educating little children
about it. He might have never considered selling art for living. He would have
just been a free bird with wings never losing their spread.
In this age, even though now
he has an opportunity to do all that he wants Kousalya to be with him at the
every corner of the journey. Smiling with him. But in a cruel turn of destiny,
she is lying on the death bed, fighting a hopeless cause and turning a blind
eye to inevitability of the events.
Slowly, Aaravind came close
to Kousalya, holding her hand. For her it is the beautiful moment she waited
all life, She wanted to capture it with her eyes to the fullest. Never tried to
blink even once and like that she slowly left to the heavenly abode with the
moment of lifetime to treasure in her eyes. Cruel destiny just burst her bubble
of happiness, which she hoped would last long really long. Aaravind closed her
eyes into never ending sleep with painfully love filled eyes of tears and longing.
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