Senario - Annika confesses and Shivvay is dumbstruck. Annika is embarrassed becuz Shivvay does not reciprocate the feelings and we the fans are heartbroken. That is a very depressing scenario in my opinion.
Shivvay has not even been shown having internal thoughts about his feelings for Annika, like Annika was shown to have. How is this man who has not even started taking the time to understand his feelings towards Annika going to respond when she declares her love?
It is too soon for Annika to declare it. Shivvay needs quiet and alone time to be still and listen to his heart. If the NB's don't keep him busy then Annika does and that leaves very little 'ME' time for the man.
Shivvay should be shown to at least understand what it is he is feeling for her and why is what he feels for her so different than what he feels for Tia. Tia was his fiance for the longest time but he never had such intense feelings for her except for the kidnapping incident day. I would prefer Shivvay shown to struggle with his feelings wondering if Annika feels the same about him or is it just him that is experiencing the first stirrings of love. For that to happen we cannot have the object of his love hovering around and in plain sight constantly. How can you miss someone who is always there??
The unlikely Cupid:
Also, I wonder if Annika will live at OM now or at her maternal home? Pinky asked her to get out of Shivvay's life and she agreed but is shown to come and meet him quietly. So has she broken her promise to Pinky??
Pinky asking Annika the promise of staying away from Shivvay has, unknowingly, ended up playing Cupid between her children. The forbidden fruit is always the most tempting and by asking Annika to stay away from Shivvay she has done just that.
Up until now no one or nothing has restricted Shivvay from having easy access to Annika. He has always gotten his way. Annika herself cannot be kept away from Shivvay for more than 1/2 a day and even that is stretching it ..lol
I would not mind her living at her maternal home to keep her promise to Pinky because it will not only make Shivvay miss her constant presence in his life but we will see a courting Shivvay calling and texting her continuously, if not dropping in at her house at all and every odd hour 😳
Back at the OM the room will feel empty, the couch she sleeps on will be empty, he will smile for no reason at all recollecting all the crazy things they did together. That is what ShivIka is missing - not a love confession but Shivvay's realization of the first stirrings of Love.
Also, all the begging that Pinky did for Annika to go away from her son's life I want repeated by her but this time the begging should be to come back to her sons life.
Both Mother and Son need to miss her
But I know none of this will happen ..lol