THE DRAMATIC LOVE AND HATRED

Chapter - 33 - Steev Stands for his Rights

Steev's POV :

As we both finished eating the food, suddenly someone knocked the door. I said Shika to wait and I went to open the door. It was the owner of my room. He came to take the monthly rent of the room, in which I and John were staying. I said, “Please come in sir.” He came inside and he said, “I came here to take this month rent.” I suddenly had no money with me, when he asked like that. So I said, “My friend John is out right now! Is it okay if you can come in the evening to take the rent, around  5 PM.” When I  said like that the man said, “Sorry I am going to my native place today, that’s why I have no time to come here in the evening that's why I came here right now itself. If you give me right now I can go because the due date has already been passed for paying rent right.” I was suddenly stuck and I had nothing to pay him. I didn't know what to do. I was just Standing and thinking what to do and then Shika asked, “How much is the rent for your room?” The man replied, “Rupees 5000”. I was just Standing there still and thinking what to do. By that time Shika opened her bag and handed over rupees 5000 to that man. The man said, “Okay thank you! Steev, I am leaving today to my native. I'll be back within some weeks, till then take care, thank you.” And he left from there. By the time I could speak anything he had left. I did not get even a second to react for what had happened there. I just looked at Shika and asked, “Why did you pay the money? I would have done something right.” She said, “That's alright, I am here to help you. I am your best friend and if you are not feeling like keeping the money then you can return it to me, any other time when you have it. Right now I have no urgency of that money you can return to me whenever you can. I will never forget what you had done to me and I know how it feels to have no money when you are really in need of that money.”, she said. Those words touched my heart. I really felt happy very and proud of her. I couldn't deny what she said and replied her that, “Okay Shika, thank you very much for the help will definitely return the money next month.” She smiled and said, “Yes sure Steev, I am okay with that. We were just sitting and talking with each other casually and  again somebody knocked the door. I went and opened the door. It was neighbourhood lady who stayed just the next door. She came and said, “Who is that girl? The house owner who had come here some minutes ago just told me about some girl is there in your room. He did not mind about it he was just casually telling me about it, but I really bother about it. I have a problem.”, 

 I was wondering why would anyone have a problem if there is anyone or if anyone comes to my room. Why should be a problem specially to the neighbour lady when the owner itself is having no problem. Why is this lady having some problem I wondered. I asked her directly, Why are you saying this? what is wrong with it? what is bothering you? can you please explain me?” The lady said, “It is not appropriate for a single girl to come to a single boys house.”  I was really getting annoyed by the sentence which she said. 

I always respected elders but for such things the elders say, that too to the person whom I love the most is the horrible and the worst thing which anyone could do. So I just directly give the answer that, “Why can't you please mind your own business and leave us alone?” The lady started giving me really a horrible look. But I did not care at all.

I had no regrets for what I had said because it was nothing wrong but it was only the truth and the truth is always bitter. Shika came near me and said, “It's okay Steev, let it be. I was however about to leave, Its late already. I said Shika, “No Shika, wait. We did not do any mistake neither you did not I did. Then why should any third person comment  or interfere in between us or even give us any bad comments. If we had did anything wrong, yes we were reasonable or we should have been guilty about it but, no we did not do any mistake we were just cooking food and having it and spending some time by talking. What is the mistake in that?”

I looked at the lady and said, “We will never sit quiet if you or someone else comment or trouble us that there is something wrong or blame us for no reason. For blaming and lecturing us for the thing which we have not done at all. So I won’t be sitting quiet this time and I will definitely give an answer to this.” The lady was continuously staring at me in a very weird way. But I did not care for that stare because I was right and I never did anything wrong at that situation. And I was happy for giving that lady a right reply. Shika was looking at me in a very surprised way. The lady had no reply for what I said and she just stood still over there. And I had the victory. The lady stood there and stared at us for some seconds or a minute and just directly walked away from there. She understood that she was wrong and we were right. That’s why she gave up and left from there. I was sure Shika might be proud or at least happy for what I had done that day.