i have gone through everyone's mail and here is my POV. i have watched all the Arshi scenes from the beginning and my opinion is based on my evaluation ARNAV SINGH RAIZADA - behind the gruff exterior exists a child of 14 who was forced to grow up in the wake of tragedy and was dead afraid of losing someone he loved, which is why he told hi Di that if he ever finds his soul mate, he will stay away from her, which is what he did when he met Khushi. Khushi affected him from the word go and he did everything she asked him to do however grudgingly. Arnav has always been afraid to express his love and therefore during the La episode, he tried everything to make Khushi say the magical words first. when he realised that he cannot continue with La, he again tried to stay away from Khushi but was unable to do so. Khushi boke through all his barriers and when he finally opened up to her, the MU started and he went back in his shell.
even then he was unable to push her out completely and he felt her pain at every moment but as he himself said that the terrace scene was engraved in his mind, he could never free himself
when he was kidnapped, the reason of his ILU was the fear that he will never be able to see his love again and he did not want to leave without letting her know.
eversince he has come back, the only person who has cared abt him is Khushi; even though he lashed out on her (even here i can see his POV), he never wanted her to leave. but again his innate fear took hold of him and instead of trying to stop her with his love, he tried other tactics (read contract, rent fiasco etc)
i think he would never have expressed his love to Khushi if DADI had not appeared in the scene. remember that Arnav is very possessive. even if he hurts Khushi he cannot allow anyone else to do so. the hurried up SR was just an attempt by Arnave to 'seal the deal' so that noone could separate him from his Khushi
it is only now in the face of adversity (read DADI) that he has realised how much Khushi means to him and that he cannot let her go. the unconditional love that Khushi has showered on him has broken through all the walls that he had created around his heart and teh 14 year old boy is out in open bc he knows that his Khushi will never hurt him
P.S: normally i dont get any replies on my posts. i would appreciate if i had some comments on this one
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