I have a criteria of judging whether V likes P as a friend or more or has romantic inclinations towards her.
Comparing with Shruti helps 😆
She too was a 2 day acquaintance like P but not romantic. Whereas for P, he believed he had feelings for a longest period of time.
He was also casual in touching and holding Sai even when they were just roommates...
Hence that Patralekha and no touch policy is a bit weird. Makes me wonder if there's a hint we are all missing. Like maybe a fake marriage... but the main question remains... why did he marry her if he had no intention of ever moving on? and Fake hi kiya to kyun kiya?
I thought he was really shown to be really veryyy comfortable and casual while touching Shruti. It was hard to digest for me. How he'd hold her hand pretty much in every episode during her pregnancy period.
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