Steev's POV :
I told Shika not to worry about anything that happened. “Shika, don't worry. I am there with you, you don't worry that someone blamed you or something like that. We know that we did not do anything wrong, so we shouldn't be scared about it. But instead we should stand for ourselves and we should give the people the answer which they actually deserve.”, I said. According to me we should never give importance to those who believe that we are wrong or try to put us others down. “Shika replied saying , “ You are right. At first I was a bit scared but now after your motivation I am really strong and I am happy that you stood for us.” “If the lady would have said anything to me, then most probably I might not talk much but in her words you were included as well and if any person says anything to you then I can never tolerate that.”, I said. At that moment Shika was looking at me in a very surprising way. I was worried that, what if she asked me why did I say like that, but Shika did not ask me any question regarding that or against what I had said. She just said, “It was so sweet of you Steev, I am really happy and proud to have you. I came to know today that we should never listen to other people’s nonsense and if they try to put us down then we should always stand up for ourselves and give them an answer.” “Yes Shika, what you said is right. This is what we need to do. you never worry about what people will think. If I roam around, if I go to anybody's house or etc because it is our life so we can be how we want to be because we pay our bills at the end of the day right, not the people who speak about us or who blame us. This is the reality.”, I said.
“Yes Steev you are right. I think I need to learn a lot from you because you have those precious values which every person should have.”, she said. “No Shika, everyone is unique in their own ways. I have the need to learn something which I may not have but you might be having it. The same thing might take place as vice versa as well. And it all goes on and on and on in life.”, I said.
“I really appreciate your values and thought process. I'm really impressed about it.” she said. Shika was very happy and therefore I was happy as well to know that I made Shika happy. After all was my duty to keep her happy. I thought that, I knew that I and shika were not in any romantic or love relationship at that time but still I always felt that it was my duty to keep Shika happy, it was my duty to take care of her, it was my duty to protect her and so on. I did not know what was she feeling about me at that moment. But maybe she had a feeling of friendship that’s all. But my feelings for her were totally different. I always thought of protecting her and keeping her happy forever. I had an assumption within myself that really she was my partner and it was fixed in my mind. Maybe I had so much strong feeling about that, that it was so not going out easily from my mind.