"How...how am I...the real Arjun,Madhav?"
I was confused to say the less.what exactly did he mean right now?
"Bhrata Arjun,why did you not
wait for us?"
Sahadev entered my room.
"Sahadev,meet..."
And I found myself alone in the room,along with Sahadev.Madhav just disappeard in the thin air...
I wanted his help.But he came just to confuse me even more.
"Meet,who exactly?You look so lost right now.But I understand...they invited us,just to humiliate us."
"It's okay,Sahadev.They are our cousins and Angraj Karna...he is like our...he is older than all of us.So he is like our jyesth..."
He looked at me with his 'I am done with you' expression.
"I would rather like to have only four brothers.No thanks.
And don't mind me bhrata,sometimes it feels like you are not YOU.You act like someone else,rather than yourself."
"I agree."
Nakul came out of nowhere.Jyesth Yudhisthir and bhrata Bheem entered the room shortly after.
"Enough you two.You should learn from him.You did the right thing there Arjun,I am proud of you.After all you did lose your temper and attacked Angraj there."-Bhrata Yudhisthir,the most reasonable among us,defended me.
"Yes,Jyesth is right.You two talk too much.Learn something from him."-Bhrata Bheem took the chance and scolded them.
"Bheem,what you did in the morning,is not correct either.You should apologize to Angraj as well."
Bhrata was unable to talk back to Jyesth.
"I think all of us should go back to our rooms and rest now.Tomorrow we have to be present in the royal court,for the first time."
Jyesth proposed and everyone obeyed him.So it was me all alone again.
Just then mata entered my room.
I automatically smiled watching her.I have never seen her before,but weirdly it did not feel awkward at all.
It's like I have known her for a long time...
"You have grown up that much?Now you don't remember your mata at all,son."
I hugged her tightly and my eyes started watering.
She sat on my bed,with my head on her lap.Then she started caressing my hair softly.
The ammount of comfort it gave me is undescriable.
"No,it does not seem that you have grown up at all.That's good.I never want any of you to grow up."
She teased me.
"Mata!I am already 19 years old.I am not a kid anymore.Don't say that infront of anyone."
"Okay,okay,I am sorry.Son,I want to talk about something serious with you.I have already talked about it with your Jyesth before.Listen to me carefully..."
I finally sat up and turned my focus onto her words.
"Son...please don't hate Karna.He is a very well mannered boy.I know that you two have a fierce rivalry going on between you.Please avoid fighting with him."
"Mata,I promise that I will never try to fight with him on purpose.But you should tell your other son as well to behave properly."
"What?Putra Arjun...do you know something?"
And I knew that I messed up for real this time.I was supposed to act like I knew nothing about the truth of Angraj.
"I mean,I saw him touching your feet and you caressing his hair as well.You treated him like your own son.So why not tell that other son to do the same?
Why mata?Am I supposed to know something?"
I managed it pretty well,I guess.But I have heard that mothers always know...
Did she buy my excuse?
"No son,you are not supposed to know anything.I am leaving you now to rest after this long day.Just remember what I said just now,in the future."
And then she left.
Well...my first day in Hastinapur was pretty eventful.I wonder,how is it going to be from now on...