Just coz Sai is around, doesnt mean Virat doesn't love Paakhi anymore. He probably still sees Sai as bacchi. He might have noticed she looks beautiful, funny, rebel but given that they don't show OTT attraction, I would say he doesn't have any feelings towards Sai yet except care/ wanting to protect.
Its just 2 days since they are married though they know each other for sometime, so it would not be in line with his character if he suddenly is attracted to Sai within this timeframe.
If Samrat was around and Virat sees Samrat and Paakhi have normal relation/ conversation, he would have also felt the pain that Paakhi feels .
The difference is that because she is his brother's wife, so he calls their relation 'friendship', but he is probably crying inside too.
But Sai is no one to Paakhi. There is nothing stopping Paaki from being or showing that she is jealous and sad.
Virat knows this, probably thats what he felt when he saw Samrat-Pakhi's wedding. So he is trying to include her in everything.
Maybe Virat would have gotten himself transferred to a place to avoid seeing all this, but he knows Pakhi is stuck here. So he is trying to stay within the limit of their relation and help her as much as he can, but he still loves her.
It takes time to heal from a breakup and both Virat and Pakhi need the time.
Maybe if Samrat was around, it might have been different for Pakhi.
Virat can heal faster coz he doesn't have time to think about all this with Sai around. But Pakhi has nothing to do but think about Virat. It is not possible for her to even think about Samrat coz they never gotten a chance to even know each other
Thats why we need inner monologue of lead characters, which I hope they start showing soon.
Agree with u except one thing @red..Pakhi herself don't want to come out from this mess. She should leave the house for few days at least ( her parents asked her and she got permission from Bhavani too) and think rationally but no .she just getting more obsessed day by day. She can start work which she was doing before marriage which can help her . Here she herself don't want to help herself ..
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