Originally posted by: DiyaS
And then comes the calm ' his moments with Khushi ' Khushi in the rain, tangled in the lights, facing him in the guesthouse, the way she absorbed both the pain and the passion he gave her on Diwali ' Khushi, only Khushi ' his Khushi ' his love, his life ' who brought him back to life, who taught him to live again '
But the way his mother betrayed him, abandoned him and left him all alone, so has Khushi ' when he needed her, the one he loved has left him ' what he always feared has come to pass. His inherent insecurities, his ever-present fear of abandonment - the reason for his lack of trust ' so quick to accept that yes, Khushi has left him ' because he always feared that she would. And accepting that his fear has come to pass is easier than living in hopethat it hasn't, and being crushed yet again ' it's easier to condemn her and leave her, than wait for her to leave him ' it's even easier to condemn her unheard, rather than face her and hear it from her own mouth.
This is the point at which Arnav really realized what Khushi was to him ' the point when he realised how much he loved this girl ' and hated her for what he thought she had done to his sister ' when he thought he had lost her ' when he determined that he wouldn't ... that he wouldn't let her go out of his life, he would keep her with him, and punish her for what she had done ' love and hate two sides of the same coin '
I wanted the ArHi marriage to be about ArHi ' and it is. The conscious given reason for Arnav marrying Khushi is his need to safeguard Anjali's pregnancy, her health and her marriage ' his justification, as it were ' but that is a cover, an excuse ' he was willing to break that very marriage when he found her husband was a lying, two-timing cheat ' Anjali's pregnancy has merely postponed the break, delayed the inevitable, till he can find a way of doing it which his sister can stand. Because he knows now ' even more than Khushi, he has seen the ugly side of Shyam, and knows Shyam is beyond redemption.
But marrying Khushi is to punish her ' punish her for betraying hm ' take her to hell and back for abandoning him the way his mother did. And also to keep her close ' because Khushi is his ' she is his own ' she cannot leave him, and he will not let that happen, hate her though he might. And when he realizes he was wrong in judging Khushi, he is going to be the one taking that trip to hell. And Khushi just might not be there with him. But if she is, if she has the courage and the fortitude to stay the course, to love him unconditionally, the way his mother wanted ' that is his only road to redemption.