Manmarziya

Chapter 2

A few days later...

Roop woke up hearing loud noises coming from outside her room. Waking up she rubbed her eyes and yawned.

she looked outside the window, she was up at her usual time. she was never a heavy sleeper or a lazy person.

After getting fresh she moved out of her room only to find her home being decorated with flowers and other things like a new bride.

With confusion fully visible on her face she went towards her father who was busy instructing where to keep the extra flowers.

"Bauji" Roop called out for him

"aree meri ladoo uth gyi?" he asked her while guiding the other person to add some "yellow genda" flowers to the decorations.

" what is going on? why is the house being decorated?" Roop asked only to get dragged by her father, who settled her on the charpai. 

"Sulekha, bring me some sweets. Your lovely daughter is up" he asked Roop's mother.

Soon Sulekha appeared with the kajukatli.One of the favorite sweets of her daughter.

" Happy birthday lado" With that he stuffed Roop's mouth with kajukatli and Roop took blessings from her parents.

" Roop go and call Vishakha too. let us fill the bride's mouth with sweets too " he said laughing 

The smile on Roop's face dropped and she stopped chewing  while Roop's mother remained smiling.

" She's not the bride yet  " 

" Aaj ladke wale aa rhe hai ,bhagwan ki kripa rahi aur vishakha ne iss bar hami bhar di toh apni vishakha dulhan ban hi jaegi".

These words made Roop feel uneasy. and everything became clear as to why her home was being decorated.

Does Vishakha know about this all ? she thought to herself.

" go and call her". her father said to her and she smiled making her way to her cousin's home which is right in front of hers.

Roop entered the house and called out for her Bua ji (father's sister), a loud noise echoed throughout the house of a glass falling.

"I am in the kitchen " her Bua ji replied and Roop made her way toward the kitchen area to find her aunt, who was engrossed in making pakwans for the special guests who were coming in the evening.

" Thank god you came here beta, go and her Vishakha to choose her outfit for the evening," she said while doing the chores and Roop picked up the glass that was on the floor, the one which echoed when she entered the house.

Roop hurriedly made her way towards Vishakha's room and entered her room and locked the room.

she saw Vishakha trying out the earrings and humming her favorite song.

" What are you doing?" Roop asked her while coming closer to her and Vishakha just looked at her through the mirror and replied nonchalantly.

" Trying the earrings" 

"Are you serious? you know about this? and you didn't even bother to tell me?" she said seriously while shaking her head.

To her response, Vishakha  sighed and said

" No, I too was informed yesterday evening when you were busy sleeping and as  you had a fever I didn't want to disturb you."

Roop took the earrings out of her hands, kept them on the dressing table, and held Vishakha's arms.

" Why are so behaving so casually?" Roop asked not understanding her cousin. what had happened to her? By now she would have created a fuss and would have been walking past and forth worrying about the situation. But right now she was so calm and casual about the situation.

" Happy birthday Roop, May god fulfill all your wishes" Vishakha smiled and hugged her.

But Roop knew that she was trying to change the topic. she can see that Vishakha was not being her usual bubbly self.

" My wish is to see my sister happy, and I know that her happiness is not in this. her happiness lies in someone else." Roop stated after pulling back from the hug.

" So? What should I do? Deny this marriage proposal as I have denied the other two?" Vishakha said slightly raising her voice. 

" So you are going to say yes? " Roop asked

" I mean I don't have any reasons to deny,  Our exams are over, leave exams Our school is over. He is from a good and reputed family. If Maa and Mama Ji liked him then I have no solid reasons to deny him". Vishakha said smiling weakly and added

" If he doesn't  want to admit his feelings for me, then what should i do ?"

"He is just in denial , Yuvraj veer ji, me, and even Vansh veer ji himself know that he likes you, it's just he is in denial..... don't lose hope Vishakha and keep trying,"  Roop said keeping her hands on vishkha's shoulder and Vishakha nodded not losing hope.

*knock* *knock* 

Roop and vishakha give each other looks before Roop rushes to open the door to let her Bua ji come in.

" why was the door locked?" Malti asked looking at both the young girls present in front 

" I was trying the outfits" vishakha immediately replied

Malti nodded at her daughter's response and said 

"Lala Veer ji ( Roop's father) is calling you both" 

They nodded and made their way to her house.

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Around 4 in the Evening

Everyone was seated in the living area patiently waiting for the guest to arrive from Lucknow. The time flew and it was almost 5 pm. 

while the ladies of the house were still doing some last-minute chores, the men of the house were seated chatting to each other. 

Roop and vishakha were on the first floor's baranda looking down toward the door.

The guests could arrive any moment now.  Vishakha was nervous and it was visible to Roop.

There was a knock at the front gate and Malti rushed to open the door.

she opened the door and let the person come in. The young man entered with his bag in his hands only to turn confused.

"Vansh, it's you, we all thought that it was the guests. Come join us" Lala ji said 

Seeing Vansh, Vishakha's heartbeat raced. she was seeing him after 2 weeks. 

Her heart raced even more when her eyes met his. He was looking different. his hair was longer and he didn't trim his beard.

Yuvraj pulled him to make him seated and she looked away from him turning her back.

Yuvraj cleared Vansh's doubt about the situation and Hearing about the marriage proposal for Vishakha, his Jaw clenched but he did nothing but keep a smile on his face.

Vansh took a letter out of his bag and gave it to Lala Ji, all the while his eyes were yearning for a glimpse of her.

Reading the letter Lala ji stood up from his seat in shock and Everyone looked at him worriedly. Even Roop and vishakha came down.

Lala ji looked at the letter and then looked at Vishakha.

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