FF:Two sides of the same coin.

Mannu barged in his room he was soaking wet cause of holi water the green colour water staining his light blue kurta . Mannu was really annoyed. He was already pretty late for the holi function and just when he got ready and was about to go the stupid wedding planner decided to play a prank on him. By pouring the coloured water on him. Despite he made himself clear the other day that he doesn't like and will never play holi , that planner still did this.

"Great now I'll be more late for the function ..." Mannu mussed in frustration taking off his turban "woh kagach ka phool! Bas ek bhar mere hath aa jaye--" he was intrupted when he heard the closing sound of the door . He turned around to see an angry gunjan by the door. "Gunjan didi what are you--'

"Mannu i want to talk to you"

"Talk about what ? " Mannu asked a bit confused. "What! don't tell me you forgot about it already?! You know what today is? "

Gunjan asked who looked even more angry. Mannu was still confused , he still didn't understand why his sister was mad at him. "Oh! So you did forget about it. " Gunjan said bitterly "Well then let me remind you again in case you forgot Mannu Pawania today is my Roka with that Aman Pahuja the one I'm forced to marry to. " gunjan fumed. 'Oh now i get it ' Mannu thought , he sighed in frustration he knew where this was going.

"Gunjan didi. I know today is your Roka. And I haven't forgotten anything. "

"Then why aren't you doing anything?! Why aren't you helping your sister?"

"Didi I'm trying. You saw when I tried to talk it out with mummy ji , how i tried to get rid of the wedding planner so that I get/buy some time to stop this wedding "

"Well I can't see you throwing out that wedding planner cause your being all friendly with him playing holi with him. Here your sister is sad and worried cause she is forced to get married to someone she doesn't like. While you are busy playing holi with that Rajveer "

"What? No I wasn't playing with him he was the one poured the coloured water on me he--"

"You said you talked with mummy then what's all this? Why isn't she calling off the wedding. "

"Didi you saw the whole thing. You saw and heared the whole conversation. I talked to her in front of you, but when she asked you, you said you're OK with the wedding?!"

" Mannu i told you I can't talk to mummy ji you know I'm scared of her! Do you think that if i said to her that I'm not happy with this marriage she would have called off this wedding? No! She would have killed me. She is not how she used to be before .If it was that easy then I wouldn't have asked your help in the first place!!"

"Didi just stop it! I think you should go and get ready for the Roka--"

"I'm not going"

"What?! Didi you can't . You know the pahujas are highly people. They even call the media and even celebs for today's function. Whole Gaguwal will be there even the bajwas will be there! If you didn't come--"

" Hamari pariwar ki ya yuh kahe ki mummy ji ki izzat miti mei mil jayegi. Well I don't care! I'm not going to--"

"Enough! " Mannu yelled suddenly losing his temper. " That's enough gunjan didi you are coming to the Roka and that's final! " . He regret yelling at her instantly. Gunjan was taken aback. Her angry expression changed into sad one. 'Damn I shouldn't have shouted at her. ' he cursed himself "Listen " Mannu said mellow down his voice a bit . "Try to understand, I can't to do anything at the moment. If you don't't come to the Roka today it will bring big shame to our family. Just do the Roka ceremony for now, I --"

"You too"

"Huh?"

"You are also like mummy. You also only care about family name. No one cares about me! No one cares about my feeling! " Gunjan sobbed. "No didi that's not true. I do care about you. " Mannu said he placed his hands on her shoulder trying to pacify his sister "Please try to understand didi. I do care about you, you are my sister. But I'm also a shah I can let my family name down. If you didn't go to the Roka then this might create a huge problem. " Mannu explained hoping his sister would try to understand the situation. Sadly she didn't . Gunjan angrily shrugged mannu hand off of her shoulders. "No. You are lying! You don't care about me. No one does. For you shah duties are more important and for mummy her family name. No one cares about what I feel " with that Gunjan stormed out of his room.

Mannu sighed in frustration and rubbed his temples. He didn't know why his sister not understanding the situation he is stuck in. He didn't want his sister to get married to a person she doesn't want and to be unhappy for the rest of the life. But right now he can't do anything to stop the Roka. He is helpless. Amba had invited the whole Gaguwal -including the bajwas for this function. Not only that even the pahujas had called the media and some celebrities for the function! If Gunjan- the soon to be bride didn't come for the Roka then it will be a disaster. He thought after the roka there will still some time for the wedding and by the time he can figure out someway to call off the wedding. His train of thoughts ended when he heard an knock on the door. "Mannu Shah ji " a familiar feminine voice called him. Mannu looked up and smiled when he saw the women/girl the voice belonged to "Areey preet. Come in. " Preet came inside looked really worried. She reculantly asked "Mannu shah ji what happened to gunjan didi, did you two had a fight? " .

"No preet it's just... you know today's is gunjan didi roka and you know how she is against of this marriage. "

"Oh..so she doesn't want to do the roka? "

"Yup. And if she didn't come then it will be a big problem. "

"Hmm... let me handle this "

"Huh?" Mannu lookedat her in confusion "I said let me handle this I'll try to talk to her. " "Are you sure? " Mannu asked a bit unsure of letting preet handle this situation. He knows gunjan and preet were close friends but was worried as gunjan was really upset right now and when she upset she it's really difficult to calm her down. He didn't wanted gunjan to lash out at preet or to take her anger or frustration out at preet. "Don't worry shah ji I'll handle it and you should get ready and go to the function as it's already stared. Amba aunty was getting a bit worried and angry that's why she sent me here to check on you". Mannu was still a bit unsure but he trusted preet , so he knew she will do what she says and might manage this. Beside he was also really late for the function and as the he is the shah he had to reach there on time , so he had no other choice. "Ok. Thank you preet ".

"Don't mention . Now hurry up shah ji you getting really late for the function. " with that Preet left. Mannu closed the looked at the time. Indeed he was really late . Today he was going to hear earful from amba. He started to change his clothes. "After this holi function is over .I'm gonna teach a good lesson to that wedding planner. Aysa sabak sikhunga ki kabhi dubar ise pind mei laut ke nahi ayega. "