The Blessed Pratibimb

Chapter-10

Hearing this from his love Arihant's happiness was on cloud nine, as he tried to speak, Isha placed her hand on his mouth. She said, "Let me finish first."

He nodded telling her he understood and she removed her hand.

She looked down and said in low voice, "My mother used to play this flute a lot."

As she took our her mother's flute she said, "Mother used to say it's magical, because it converts one's feeling into music, but the feeling need to be strang enough to be expressed.

I never believed in it because whenever I tired to play it, it just never worked. I thought I don't have enough practice to play it, so my father hired professional teachers for me. I learnt how to play flute, but still this flute never worked.

But today, I want to see if it works or not. If my love is deep enough to play this music or not. If I am able to play this magical flute or not."

Arihant nodded and Isha smiled. She went to her previous seat. She sat comfortably on the stone. Joined by Hina and Mina who sat on theirs and Adhrit and Arihant found there places on the grass near her too.

She looked at the full moon shining brightly in the sky. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. In that silent-black she heard her heart beating. She smiled remembering the feeling she shared with her love. She took another deep breath and placed the flute on her rosey lips.

As she blew the air in the flute, and an another worldly sound came. It was sugar to the ears. As she started her first note, Arihant felt his heart racing.

Hina, Mina, Adhrit, all of them felt sudden sparks running in their veins.

As the melody spread through out the area, the sweetness mixed with the air.

The warmth and coziness took all the worries and tension away from the atmosphere.

The moon rather than seeing the mesmerizing site, started to cover itself with the clouds so that it would be absolute dark.

Sudden disappearance of light was accepted by melodious atmosphere and small lights started to float in the air.

They were glowing making the charisma more beautiful.

Out of thin air another Isha came to the light and soon after followed by Arihant. They seemed too real to be a Maya, but how could all this be a Maya, it was her love, it was just a pratibimb of her heart.

Isha tried to go away but Arihant held her by her wrist. And when she didn't truned Arihant hugged her from behind.

Seeing such a beautiful illustration, Arihant's heart started to tickle in joy.

Suddenly she hit a high note, and Isha get away from Arihant only to dance, whose steps were followed by Arihant.

Isha was circling the area near the tree when Arihant was covering her front.

Their dancing was the centre of all the warmth in the air.

Seeing something this magical and beautiful, Mina couldn't hold herself back and she grabbed Adhrit's hand and dragged him along with her only to join them dancing.

The small lights started to go towards the trees and they sat themselves on the branches, only to blossom as flowers of lights.

Circling the whole area the couple was dancing in joy, in happiness, in bliss and in love.

Beat to the beat was matched by their steps to her flute.

Seeing so much love in the air Hina couldn't hold her tears back anymore, she was feeling so blissed out. She was supposed to feel alone as she didn't had any patner, but instead she felt so much bliss that her heart couldn't carry anymore and it all came out in the forms of tears. The tears of bliss, tear of happiness, tears of love.

Isha started to go on low notes, so, Isha and Arihant started to dance in one form holding each other in each other's arms, only to be followed by Mina and Adhrit.

Seeing them in pure bliss, Arihant couldn't stop himself anymore now and he started towards the playing Isha. He came to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. Her closed eyes opened only to met his and with his eyes he asked, "Please come..."

Closing her eyes once again she accepted his purposal and the flute disappeared from there, but the music continued.

He offered her his hand and she gently grabbed it. They joined the dancing couples and soon illustrations of Isha and Arihant disappeared in the real ones. But their beauty and warmth only increased.

Every touch of their love was making them feel extreme level of bliss, every moment the love was deepening. The sparks four of them were feeling in each other's arms were more than enough to make them go crazy. And they indeed felt crazy, crazy in love, crazy for love, crazy by love. Depth of their love and intensity of their dance was increasing every single moment.

Hina being witness couldn't found to hold her happiness anymore, because no matter where she looked, she found Isha and Arihant dancing there in complete bliss.

Finally the flute played the last note and the speed and intensity of dance increased. Not only the couples or Hina looked in bliss but the nature, the sky, the wind, everything around that area seemed to enjoy the love which was spread there like a fire.

The air was dancing, leaves were singing, grass was joining. The crickets were in the melody, the birds were being spectators, the whole atmostphere was blissed out.

The girls were grabbed by boys and they fell in each other's arms and the song ended.

The lights disappeared and everything went silent only to let the feeling, let the moment, let the love settle in. The moon finally decided to show up and the clouds started to disappear. As the moon light touched the ground, there was left only Isha in Arihant's and Mina in Adhrit's arms. They were in deep there moments when Hina came to them crying. They all stood up and once and Isha asked, "What happened?"

Hina couldn't help but smile, she said, "I am the luckiest person on earth to see such a beautiful love. I want to thank you all for making me understand the power of love."

With that she hugged both Isha and Mina. They hugged her back assuring her they understood her feelings.

Breaking the moment Isha turned to Arihant, her eyes lowered, blushed creeping her cheeks. She said, "Thanks for coming today. It was the best meeting I could ever had. And yea, the things I told you were from the bottom of my heart, I don't want you to reciprocate them, neither I expect you to change anything between us. It's the best way it could be, and again thanks for today, your majesty."

Arihant was shocked again by her sudden announcement and before he could reply Isha turned to Hina and Mina, she said, "Lets go back, father will be waiting for us."

They nodded and started with Isha, not without Mina looking back at Adhrit and waving him a goodbye. Adhrit waved her back with his happiest smile and after that he turned to his brother who was having another throughs about Isha and her decisions.

He looked to him and asked, "Do you think she still don't understand the meaning of love?"

Arihant frowned and replied in a not so convincing voice, "I don't know yet."

Adhrit just smiled at him and said, "But you know what I guess? I think her love have surpassed your love too."

Saying that Adhrit sat back on Bali and waited for Arihant, who soon joined him with many brain storming thoughts.

As they reached the palace, Adhrit couldn't help but leave Arihant as soon as possible. He wasn't able to understand why his brother was being so ignorant even now, when she even proved herself worthy of his love. It was clear today that her love surpassed even Arihant's. But Adhrit didn't know what was holding Arihant back? Why was he not ready to marry her yet.

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Days started to pass with Isha getting in more and more depth of her love. She started to see Arihant every now and then in every corner of her house. She surpassed the stage of being an ignorant lover, who would need physical form of her love. She became a blissful one who only needed to close her eyes to feel him inside her.

These changes were so great that changed her whole personality. One wouldn't even recognise her if they wouldn't live near her.

These changes were so massive that even her father noticed and decided to have a talk with her.

He called her in his studies and made her sit in from of him in padmasana. As she sat there he asked, "Dear is there something bothering you?"

Isha smiled and replied, "Why parents always think something's bothering their child. It could be complete opposite too, couldn't it?"

He frowned at her wired remark and asked, "What are you trying to say Isha?"

She said, "Father I mean nothing's bothering me. It's just that, the day I went to the hill, I started to feel the whole love on the earth."

Still not able to understand her, he asked again, "Was something happened on the hill top?"

She nodded and smiling said, "The flute of mother worked. I sang the song for the whole nature there. Father, I am feeling the bliss of my life. The happiness and peacefulness I am feeling these days I haven't felt in my whole life. It's all because of mother's flute."

Hearing this his eyes started to water and he stood up from his seat and came hugging Isha. He patted her head and said, "Oh dear, when did you grow up this much?"

She hugged him back saying, "I love you father."

He nodded and silent tears started to fall from his eyes. The moment was too much lovely but alas not to be hold as Mina came there saying, "Isha!"

Hearing her calling Isha, priest let go of her and they both looked at Mina. She felt dumb and asked, "Did I interuped anything important?"

Before Isha could reply priest said, "Oh no, no, no. A father and daughter moments go on lifetimes. You go Isha, she needs you."

Isha nodded getting up, but she clearly understood her father was hiding his feelings. But seemingly father's protective feelings she just shrugged them although her heart was telling different tale, but she nevertheless went with Mina.

Seeing her disappear with Mina, he didn't hold back his tears anymore. As they fell freely, he went to his main table. He opened the front of his table and from inside took out a beautiful peral necklace. He closed his eyes and started to chant some mantras.

Soon enough, out of thin air appeared a lady in all white and crystals. Her eyes like lotus leaves, the white gold on her tiara, shining. Rosey lips, shining armlet, dropped earings, white skirt, hiding her ankles. With her toes adorned with shining white toe rings, her vermillion shining on her head.

She said, "My lord?"

He opened his eyes and saw his wife in front of him, as beautiful as he has seen her first time in his life. His eyes filled with water seeing her again. He didn't try to control the lump in his throat as he choked, "Chandra-Shika..."

Her eyes watered too seeing him, and he stood up from his place. Coming to her he touched with in the most fragile manner, as if she would break even at his touch. She closed her eyes letting all the good sensation settle in her heart. As he cupped her face she touched his hands. She opened her eyes only to looking into his.

They joined their heads and let the time and sensation of being together settle in. She had no words neither do he have anything to say. They let themselves be coated with their love...