The Talks
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"I am worried for Jwala , you know , she keeps on dreaming , how do I tell her , that she is to be married to your son in a weeks time" said a worried Rekha , to her neighbor, who was also her long time friend
"You know Rekha , Sambit loves her from a long time " Though Derya did not know why , according to her, Jwala was too plain , she was too mousy , to even consider as a fully grown woman
Though Jwala was twenty-four years old , in which age most of the girls have already got married and have family , still she looked liked like a girl of merely sixteen.
"are you sure Derya?" Rekha asked since , she did not wanted her daughter to be considered a burden by anyone , she knew her daughter was not polished or extremely pretty , but she was apple of her eyes.
"Yes yes, sure sure" Derya said with a wave of her hand , only if sambit listened to her !
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Jwala was blissfully ignorant about her imminent wedding plans
She considered Sambit a friend , Sambit was always there , for plain little Jwala .
"You know Jwala , it is said Maharaj Agni is the most handsome man in our country , I might say may be even in the whole world" Neela said with a giggle.
Jwala didn't understand, why Neela was still talking !
"Do you know Neela , he is a man w***e" Jwala said , after getting tired of the continuous ramble of Neela
"shhh! you fool!" whispered her friend with a scandalized expression "you are not suppose to utter those words!"
Seriously she did not understand, why Neela is soo uptight .
"seriously Neela , I did a big crime" Jwala said with a mock horrified expression.
"yes, yes! you should not say such words!" Neela said in full speech mode
"oh god Neela! if someone hears! what will happen to me ?" Jwala said still feigning
"oh Jwala! , big punishment, you don't know , you might even-"
Jwala could not hold in anymore and she burst out laughing, her friend was pretty but dense .
Neela did not understand why her friend was laughing ! she huffed when she finally got it!
"seriously Jwala that tongue of yours will get you in trouble some day!" she said with annoyance and left from there , giving Jwala a look of disdain !
Jwala was still laughing at her friends obsessive propriety when she felt another tap on her shoulder
"sambit , what you doing here, at a well which is a woman's job ! according to your mother" Jwala said in a snarky tone , though she liked sambit , derya was another case !
"common Jwala you know my mother , and you also know I am not like her"
"of course sambit , that's why you are still around me" said Jwala with a smile
Sambit had always liked Jwala , she was a very sweet girl, if you ignore her snarky , sarcastic remarks at times
Jwala reached her home , while sambit accompanied her
Rekha saw them together and was happy as she thought she will have to convince her daughter , to marry Sambit!
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"Maharaj please rest-"
"shh! you foolish man , here nobody knows me , this quaint little god awful village , is graced by me , let me at least know their opinions" Said Agni with a wicked smirk
It would be fun to torment them , when they finally know who he is , and they remember their soo high opinion of him.
He heard two girls talking about him and he thought to eavesdrop on their gossips, this would be fun!
"Jwala do you know it is rumored that the Maharaj may come to visit our village , I am soo excited, you know , who knows may be he will take a fancy towards me and make me his bride"
the girl squealed in excitement
oh yea sure girl , I have no work other than take maidens as my wife , well may be for a night , the girl is good on the eyes definitly .
"He never visited our village Neela, he finds our village drab , with not a single brothel , and no bar "
Another girl said , was the girl suppose to know about such places , he was curious about the girl .
"shh!" "we girls should not know of such place"
The squeaky girl said,
well someone know their place , Agni thought with a satisfied smile
the only problem was he was curious about the black haired small girl who was brave enough to utter words like brothel and bar for no other than the almighty king.
He kept on following them
He was starting to get bored of the squeaky girl's rambling and was about to go , when he again heard the black haired girl
"Do you know Neela, he is a man w***e"
Agni couldn't help but laugh ! finally someone had the courage to voice out something everybody knew but dare not give it a voice
He heard the girl laugh after her squeaky friend left , and he couldn't take his eyes off of her , the girls laughter was such a sweet sound .
He stood there observing her , when he saw a guy come from behind and touched the girls shoulder, the girl turned and smiled at the stranger
Agni unconsciously clenched his fists tight
who the hell is the boy ?
what the hell Agni ? he thought to himself, and quickly left from there.
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