Echoes Of Yesterday

8. blossoms and shadows

Shravya's eyes opened from a deep slumber the next day only to get surprised at what she saw. In front of her stood a man holding a flower bouquet which was too big that it totally covered the man's face behind the multicolored flowers. The man then moved the huge bouquet from his face revealing the man was none other than Mihir himself.

"Good morning Sunshine!" his cheerful demeanor reflected in his energetic voice as Shravya stayed silent because who in the world, except Mihir, had the energy to even speak a word in the morning.

"What brings you here?" she finally asked after a long staring session with the wall.

"Ah well, I was out for some errands and I saw these flowers! Ab inhe dekh ke mujhe aapki yaad aa gayi so here's it!" Mihir explained and Shravya couldn't help but smile at his simple yet cute gesture.

Shravya's smile, was enough for Mihir's world to brighten up ten times more. Her smile radiated only positive energy and Mihir knew that he could go any lengths to see this smile on Shravya's face.

"Any updates on me?" Mihir asked with intrigue causing Shravya to chuckle.

"Round three successfully completed by Mihir Aggarwal!" Shravya remarked playfully causing Mihir to chuckle. He then sat closer to her and patted on her hair with loads of love and affection in his eyes for Shravya.

Just then, a nurse entered her room and started changing the glucose bottles. She was doing het work until her eyes fell on Mihir who was sitting on a stool. She got so lost in him that she stopped doing her work. Shravya who sensed that the nurse had stopped doing her work glanced at the nurse only to find her looking at Mihir.

Shravya noticed the nurse still staring at Mihir so she clenched her jaws and moved her arm with which the glucose was attached with. Shravya winced in pain and the nurse's attention fixed on Shravya. Mihir quickly stood up to check upon Shravya but she signaled him to sit back.

"Nurse will see," she said shortly and the nurse leaned down to see if Shravya had any bruise.

"Meri baat suniye, agli baar se mere fiancé pe nazar daali na to... baki to aap jaanti hi hain ki kya ho sakta hai," Shravya said it with such a pleasant smile that anyone would interpret that she was talking really nicely to the nurse but Mihir who had heard it all looked at Shravya in surprise. After a while, his surprise turned into a big grin at Nikita's possessiveness.

The nurse gulped at Shravya's remark and she quickly left the room while Mihir was still staring at her with surprise.

"So I'm your fiancé?" Mihir questioned as Shravya widened her eyes.

"Dhamki sunai de gayi kya?" She muttered to herself.

"Haan bilkul," Mihir's remark made her even embarrassed.

"I meant to say that you're my half fiancé!" Shravya tried to cover up but bit her tongue after realising what she had said.

"Wah Shravya! Itni badi businesswoman aur tune bola bhi to kya? Half fiancé?! Truly disappointing!"
Shravya thought to herself while Mihir stared at her with a smile.

"I gotta go right now, see you later," he said and patted on her head making her close her eyes. She had worn a sweet smile after his gesture. After Mihir left the room, Shravya smiled lightly. She never knew her morning could be this beautiful and lovely.

Meanwhile, Mihir's smile dropped as soon as he left the room and cold expressions took over his face. He got out of the hospital quickly and sat inside his car. Just then, another person opened the gate to the passenger's seat of the car. Mihir looked at the guy who now sat beside him and he quickly drove off. He then parked his car at a parking space away from the hospital.