Lakshman Character/Actor AT #13- Gudakesha Lakshman - Page 5

Where the hell is my wife?

Lakshman hated being cooped up in a bed that took up half of his bedchamber. He has always despised the feeling of having to lying down just because of a mere bout of fever. Ever since Ram, Sita and he came back from their fourteen year exile, their mothers started fawning over them especially him as they had never done before...to the point where Lakshman felt like screaming his lungs out for some respite. Who knew excessive filial love could actually make one wary of the term itself and to top it all...there was no sign of her! You would think that a wife would be the most soothing balm for a parched human like him. He had missed her so much all this time being away from her, that the mental agony of being parted from her almost became a physical one. And after reuniting with his beloved wife after a decade, the thought of being apart filled him with dread. His head was a dizzy but Lakshman was quite sure that the last time he had caught a glance of Urmila, was three days back when he started feeling queasy. He is almost certain that he had heard his devil of a twin smirk at him "Now what have you gotten yourself into brother? The mighty Lakshman who defeated the likes of Meghnad, couldn't withstand the changing of seasons!" Lakshman didn't have the strength to smack his twin's head even though he was itching to. How the hell did this happen? And why exactly is he all alone in this huge chamber? Don't they know that whatever he has in him can't be cured by any medicine procured by any physician in the whole wide world? Why was he being denied of one the one thing that he needed to be all better? Does he sound like a whiny kid? Well he supposes that he does. After all he is sick, he is entitled to be all crabby and whiny. Hah! Anybody who could see him now wouldn't help but wonder, "how the mighty have fallen... and all because of a woman." But if you think about it...it's always because of a woman. Thought Lakshman wryly. They twist your insides up and then leave you to die...or in this case when you have blessed fever! Urgh!