They are of the same age; have had normal life experiences. They also are of the same social background. They both act with poise. They would have been a conventionally-attractive-socially-sanctioned couple. The communication between them would have been spades better, too
Unlike Sai. Sai's trauma as well as their own traumatic episodes together make Sai a warrior. For her, offence will always be the best defence because that's her trigger. Fight or flight mode is always alert. She's younger and abrasive. They have skipped the attraction stage, the titillation stage to end up on the most matured stage, no pun intended, of the relationship. The paradigm is inverted. The paradigm has been shattered. They don't know how to communicate. Their relationship will probably never be socially sanctioned.
But, but would Virakhi really have been that great? They weren't willing to be patient to let their 'relationship' mature, pun absolutely intended here, Pakhi wanted to possess and marry Virat ASAP. To her, the infatuation was never allowed to develop into love. It turned into an utterly selfish obsession. A zid. Her obsessive traits might have laid latent had they been married. But her selfishness would have never gelled well with Virat's need to do things for others. In the house full of people who treat him as booty of war, she would have been another claimant. And, Virat wouldn't have understood her either.
Sai couldn't care less. She only has —not possess— Virat. He's not her golden goose but the only man who cares selflessly for her.
She's Virat's only weapon in this house. She pushes him to break the shackles of every kind of toxicity. She makes him feel like a person of his own and not a vessel of expectations. She will fight for herself, and him. Her's is an unconditional attachment. This man hasn't had that.
He makes her realise that she doesn't always need to fight. That fights can be shared. That they are won together. That she deserves a partner. They will reach there somehow. They weren't 'meant' to be together but they deserve each other. Need each other. Belong to each other.
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