MehRya SS: Love In The Time Of Hatred ! Chapter 20: Page 117 (Finale)- Page 37

Shaurya was in his balcony thinking for Mahek's words. "Did she all those words for me? Or it was for Romeo?" His heart was racing in his chest. "God !! What's happening to me? I never felt like this before for anyone else. Not even Shruti. What is with this Mahek Sharma? Why she influences me so much? Why her opinion about me matters so much? Why the hell my heart sinks seeing hatred for myself in her eyes?" Shaurya had numerous questions in his mind. "Ho gya hai tujhko toh ptaar sajna. Lakh karle tu inkaar sajna." Nehal sang from behind. She had a sheepish smile. "Shut up." Shaurya said rolling his eyes. "Accept it Bhai. Mahek ne dewaana bana diya hai aapko." Nehal said winking. "Maar khayegi mese. Shaurya Khanna ko kisi ek ladki pe kabhi dil aa hi nhi sakta." Shaurya said boasting. "Yeah yeah. Bhai. Dusron ko bewakoof banane mein fayada hai khud ko nhi. Hmm. Maan jaiye. You're in love." Nehal said. "Sawaal hi nhi." Shaurya said. "Ho gya hai tujhko toh pyaar sajna. Lakh karle tu inkaar sajna." Nehal ran from there singing those lines. "Is she right?" Shaurya contemplated. "No way. Shaurya and love. No chance." Shaurya dismissed those thoughts and went to his bed.

"Oh God ! Nooo." There was a scream followed by weeping sound. Things were blur and then nothing was seen. Shaurya was on his king size bed at one corner, clutching the duvet close to his heart. There were sweat beads all over his face. The skin near his forehead was folded forming ridges. His heart was thumping vigorously and voice was lost in his larynx. He got up with a sudden jerk. He had a heavy breath. He wiped the sweat. The alarm clock stuck 10:00. "Oh shoot. I'm heck late." Saying so he jumped from the bed and ran to the washroom to get ready.

Mahek highly pissed off on Shaurya. They were called at 7:30 to have extra rehearsals but it was 10:30 and there was no sign of the 'Bloody Romeo' as in Mahek's words. Shaurya came running inside the auditorium. "Sorry guys. I'm extremely sorry." Shaurya said in between his breaths. "You're such a careless fellow seriously jise time ki koi value hi nahi hai. You know why you lost that basketball match with me coz you were damn late by complete 12 minutes. Mai time pe thi uss din toh I was able to scrutinise the weather and everything else but you came late and couldn't. Jise time ki koi value nahi hoti. Time uski koi value nhi karta. You carry on with this drama I'm off for today. Huh." Saying so Mahek went not before giving him an angry glare

Shruti came from behind and hugged Shaurya from back. "She's such a middle class girl. I don't know what she think of herself. Neither she has looks nor body but has an attitude of some super model. Fatty." Shruti said. Shaurya wanted to slap her but controlled his anger. He broke shoved her away and went from there. "What happened to him now?" Shruti thought to herself.

Mahek went home because there were no classes that day. Mahek was on laptop checking her Facebook profile after ages. She had not visited it since she was in Delhi. There were lots of friend requests she had. She was going through it. Some were of her old college mates and some unknown also. While scrolling down she saw that she got a friend request from unknown person with known feelings. She opened the profile. "Dark Knight." she read the profile name. "Interesting. No pictures. No posts. No friends. But 4K followers. Hmm." Saying so she accepted the friend request. Instantly she got a message. "Hi." Mahek thought to reply or not then she replied. "Hey. Do I know you?" She cleared her question. "Maybe yes. Maybe no." Came the answer. "Interesting. So. What's your name?" She asked. "Dark Knight ;)" was the reply from the other side. Mahek didn't answer after that as it was dinner time and Mansi was calling her down.

"Mahek beta have some more curry na. I know you love it. Pata hai Meera bhabhi ki tarah nahi bana but I tried my best." Mansi said forwarding the curry bowl to Mahek. "Chachi. Aap kaisi baat kar rahi. It's yum. But you know na I'm full now. I can't eat more." Mahek said with a pout. "Accha theek hai. Jaisi teri marzi. I want you happy. Bass." Mansi said caressing her head.

"Shaurya beta. What are you doing so late on laptop. Don't wanna sleep kya?" Karuna asked. "Maa. When did come back?" Shaurya said getting up and hugging her. "Just three hours back. Awara told me you're doing some work and I was also tired and was feeling jet lag so I went to take a little nap." Karuna said reciprocating the hug. "I'm so happy to see you back. I missed you so much." Shaurya said kissing her forehead. "Me too bacche." She said. "Okay I'll be going now. Need to check on Nehal also. She's angry with me for not getting her favourite chocolates." She said with a chuckle.

Mahek came back in the room and checked her inbox that had a twelve messages from Dark Knight. She quickly checked the messages and saw him still online. "She sent a sorry message. "Where did you go?" Came the reply. "To have my dinner :P " she replied back. "Ohk." He replied. "Bye." She messaged back and logged out. She closed the laptop and slept thinking who could be the person. "Bye bol ke chali gyi. How rude." Shaurya looked at the last message he received. "Good night bhi nahi bola." He said to himself making a pout. "Beta. So jaa. Nhi toh kal phir late ho jayega and again Madam ka muh phool jaana hai." Saying so Shaurya closed the laptop and slept.

New morning brings in new hopes and aspirations. It fills in new joy of life and smell of new flowers gives happiness. Mahek opened her eyes slowly when the rays of the sun hit her eyes that managed its way out of the blinders. She curled herself in the bed hugging a pillow closed to her chest and a smile made its way on her rosy lips. "Good morning world." She said getting up and stretching her hands. She saw Sonal still sleeping. She covered her properly and left to get ready for college.

Shaurya was in the classroom. Shruti was telling him about her London visit and he was pretending to be enjoying it. Mahek entered the classroom in baby pink off shoulder top and white long skirt. She saw Shaurya and turned her face and sat at a distance. Shaurya couldn't take his eyes off her. He had seen many beautiful girls in his life but he had never seen a girl more innocent than her. He holds some charm that drags him towards her. He feel such a connection with her that she had never felt with anyone else. "Shaurya. Hello. Are you listening to me?" Shruti shook him. He came out of his reverie. "Hmm yeah. Yeah. What were you saying." Shaurya said lost. "Nothing!" Shruti got angry and left from there. Mahek looked at Shruti leaving the classroom. "Stupid girl." She said to herself.

Shaurya made his way to the seat near to Mahek's. "Hello Juliet." He said. Mahek looked at him from her book. "Get away." She warned. "What's with you Mahek? Why you talk to me like that? What have I done?" Shaurya finally asked. "Please Mr. Khanna. I'm sure you must have done something once upon a time that I hate you so much. I don't hate people easily and when I do, I do it with all my heart." Mahek said getting up from the chair. "Love me or hate me. Both are in my favour. If you love me I'll be in your heart, if you hate me I'll be in your mind." Shaurya said with a smirk. Mahek turned around hearing those words. "Sorry to say Mr. Khanna the lines that you just threw on my back thinking it to be of William Shakespeare, was not really said by him. There's no official attribution of this quote and it definitely falls victim to the "Shakespeare said so syndrome.The fact that this quote uses "you for the singular subjective and "your for the possessive is sufficient proof that he did not write this because in Shakespearean English these words would be "thou and "thy. She said and left leaving a shocked Shaurya. "Ye ladki mujhe din mein bhi taare dikhati hai." He said thinking of what she just said.

Mahek was sitting on a bench in the college garden when a phone beeped. She checked it and found it to be a notification from Facebook. She logged in and saw message from Dark Knight. "Hey beautiful." she read the message. "Eww. That was so cheesy." She replied. "What was cheesy?" He asked. "You called me beautiful without even seeing me in reality. How can you say I'm beautiful?" She questioned.(Kindly note, she never puts her own pictures on Facebook seeing the security issues.😛) "People are not beautiful by looks but at heart and I know you have a beautiful heart." Shaurya replied sincerely. "Hmm. Impressive." She replied back. "Thank you ;)" he replied back. "Okay Mr. Dark Knight. I gotta go. Important stuff at hand." Saying so she logged out. "Mahek you're damn late. You said you'll help Sonal but now she would be hell pissed off on you. Run gal." She said to herself picking up her belongings. Shaurya who was sitting at a distance saw her blabbering to herself. "Pagal hai." He smiled saying that. "Par cute bhi hai." Nehal said looking in the same direction as Shaurya was looking.

"What are you doing here?" Shaurya said trying to change the topic. "Bhai. What's with Dark Knight now? Why did you change your username and unfriend everyone and deleted every picture from the profile?" Nehal questioned. "I wanted to befriend her. Vo Shaurya Khanna ka friend request toh kabhi accept nhi karti and if I made any new account it would have been all new and she wouldn't have trusted and accepted the request. Since my account held some followers she talk to me. She's a good girl yaar. She would be a great friend and you know I don't lose great friends." He said pulling her cheeks. "Yeah yeah. Friend." Nehal said still believing that Mahek is more than what her stupid Bhai thinks of.

"Sorry yaar Sonal. I completely forgot that I promised to help you with the dance steps. Sorry na." Mahek said holding her ears. "it's okay. Now don't waste time and help me with it." Sonal said holding her hand. "Tum dono ka ho gya ho toh rehearsal shuru karein." Mohit said who was getting irritated with those idiots who were behaving like kids. "Yeah." Mahek said with a broad smile. "1...2...3...4." Mahek counted the beats and did the step. "Now you do it." She said to Mohit and Sonal. They tried but couldn't get it right. "Ohho. Not like this. Keep your legs light like feather. You don't have to step hard but do it softly. It's a romantic number guys." She chided like a professional choreographer. "Ah Mohit. You're not boxing. Hold her lightly. Think that she's your lover." Mahek said telling them to feel the song and its emotions. Sonal blushed heavily hearing those words. "Yeah That's nice. Turn her around. Easy." Mahek instructed. They did it as told and Mahek cheered them up.

"Mahek. Please come. We are beginning with our rehearsals." A girl informed. "Sonal Mohit. See ya guys later. Tab tak you practice all the steps I told. I'll be back after my rehearsals." Mahek said grabbing her bag. She reached the auditorium. She was given her script. "Mahek and Shaurya. The scene is like Romeo has started falling for Juliet but he is not accepting it. Juliet on the other hand still hates him. Romeo does all things to get Juliet's friendship. Okay. You got it? Director asked. Both nodded there head. The rehearsals went good and it was almost night doing all the scenes so many times to get a perfect one. Almost all have gone by then. Mahek went to take her bag and Shaurya got a call so he sided to get good signals. When both returned, they saw that the door of the auditorium was closed. "Bloody hell." Shaurya muttered realising what had happened. "God !! Kahan phas gayi mai. Vo bhi iske saath." Mahek said to herself. "Kuch kaha tumne?" Shaurya asked. "No." She replied. "There's no way out of here kya?" Mahek asked to Shaurya. "Unfortunately. No." Shaurya said in dismay.

"Have a seat Mahek. How long will you stand? It's not gonna open before morning. The peon must have gone by now and the gatekeeper is too far to hear our voices and no signal on phones as well. Maan jao we are stuck here till morning." Shaurya said disappointed. Mahek realised what he said was true and she sat on a chair at some distance. "I'm not a vampire ki tumhara khoon pee jaunga." Shaurya chuckled saying that. Mahek gave a fake smile. "Very funny." She said. "See Mahek. Now that we are stuck why don't we behave like good friends." Shaurya said acquiring the seat next to her. "Duh. Okay fine. What do you want me to do?" She asked making face. "Talk to me like you do with other people. Please." Shaurya insisted.

U have written beautifully dear..👍🏼

Mehrya's basketball match was super..👍🏼

Now mehrya have become Romeo Juliet 😆

Poor Shaurya has taken lot of pain to delete his posts from fb😆

I'm loving every character except shruthi🤣