Originally posted by: incandescence
I think that's exactly it. He knows, in his heart he does, that she's the same Nakku, the Nakku he fell in love with...but he can't accept it...she has broken his TRUST, the one thing he was sure she'll never do....she's hurt him..shattered him....made a fool out of him, hurt his ego in a way too...how can he trust her now? For Dutta, trusting her, loving her would mean making himself vulnerable again...she can break his heart, HIM again....Worddd.....she broke his TRUST....and she was the last person he expected would do that cuz in his eyes toh woh duniya mein sabse SACCHI thi....so he can't get over it....it shattered him.....in the worst way possible....and yes you're right....he doesn't want to trust her again, love her again, open himself up like that again cuz he doesn't want to give her the power to hurt him again....although again, he doesn't realize she already has the power to affect him constantly in every way still😆....Nothing has changed, really.....he just doesn't want to see it or accept it.
And he's still so fiercely in love with Nakku...the koel Nakku...the memories of her are too strong for him to let go and start fresh with THIS Nakku...He's angry at THIS Nakku....but he still loves THAT one...that's the reason he still want HIS Nakku back...he comes back to her, long for her.....he's not accepting the reality...he wish he could just wipe off what has happened b/w them...stubborn....he just want everything to go back the way it was...Yeah I also feel that.....that he almost wishes to wipe away everything that happened and his world turns right side up again....he wants that time back.....with HIS Nakku.....and somewhere I think he keeps looking for that Nakku in THIS Nakku as well....although he probably doesn't realize it....but confused as he is....he does it subconsciously....that yearning is always there.....he's constantly searching for THAT Nakku....but simultaneously trying to shut himself off from the current Nakku even as his heart weakens around her.