Even when he did not want her to join SIAC he was impressed by her intellect. He was surprised by her skills and talents so that did mellow down his biased anger for her when she joined the college formally. If you notice there are always subtle clashes between two intelligent people, not hateful but bitter-sweet clashes.
Shaurya despite the fact she invades his personal space has non-verbally given her the fundamental right to by actually constantly being involved in her personal life as well. He does not barge in but rather situation forces him to interfere.
Tbh, I loved the way he was so affected by her distance during the bday party. A bigger reason of his restless was that he had committed a mistake and he knew he had to fix it 😊 but there was a part inside him who did not want this distance between them. It came out when he said attitude kyu de rahi ho. It was more than apologizing for those scratches.
I have previously pointed out that he does not want to confront his demons from the past that he believes that he has buried 😌 But Anokhi is reminding him that it is not over and his wounds are still fresh and they can be patched up. Ab antiseptic lagate wakt jalega hi na... 🤭 So her constant interference is something that is going help his relationship with Astha.
The dancing was not the start of attraction but the start of "acceptance" in each other's space. 👍🏼That night they had let each other in. Anokhi had quickly noticed him clamp up the moment she praised him for being dil se acche. And he saw that she did not lie after all.
From that night onwards, he saw her more than his object of jealousy 🔥 He is very jealous of her closeness with Shaan and Astha but what affected him more is that she values them when they failed to value him. 🥺
Now that has progressed a little forward and he feels that openness with her that he wanted to talk to her. They ended up fighting but that was actually a huge progress for a guy who keeps his secrets to himself. He wanted to talk 😭😭