I was thinking - in the previous seasons, had there been any attempt to mend broken friendships as desperately as Asim - Shukla are being tried to? I mean from my memory across previous season - Arshi - Shilpa broke, Vikas - Priyank broke, Hina -Luv broke, Gauhar - Andy broke, however, there was NO outside attempts to reconcile them and it's not like Asim & Shukla were some janmo janmo ka saathi, best friends. They bonded, didn't work out, went their separate ways.
I fail to comprehend why the emphasis on patching up? Asim going away had next to nothing effect on Shukla. It was not as if he had become a loner - he had Sana & Arti by his side as constants and he also seems to be loving Paras - Mahira's support. Now add to that, Shefali J.
Is it because makers think Asim as an anti to Shukla, makes Shukla look bad? Decreases his chances as a winner or rather makes it difficult to make Shukla look better? Coz there is no other plausible explanation to this forced patch up when both of them are toxic to each other & with Shukla constantly going below the belt ( i.e. going on parents) and Asim giving back as badly, there doesn't seem to be any mutual respect left between them.