Do I matter to you at all? 26.2

Wonderful post! I was waiting on your thoughts since I saw the episode!
You are so right,I don't give a damn about Tia getting exposed or even whether Shivaay was in on the fake ML plot or not. I care what was all that angst after she said thank u! And whether all that we saw in his reaction after she asked him to marry Tia was a facade or was he really that frustrated.
And so true with him showing unknowingly every emotion he feels for her when she bottles up everything already deciding that she doesn't stand a chance. Why won't she I feel, he has been so adamant before their marriage that his feelings don't stand a chance in front of his well thought decisions. He has told her enough times that she isn't enough
I hope all this roots from the fear that now that he is not in trouble she is not going to stay. Moreover may be he fears what if she doesn't want to stay. And he is desperate to know that she wants to.
Bcoz then if she will stay he wouldn't have to ask her to. I hope this exposing Tia track ends & we actually move towards the internal dynamics of their relationship.

Yes very true. In my view also he knows very well that after Tia Anika will leave him. So he is desperate. I can see clear frustration on his face.

Originally posted by: poemssyndrome

Wonderful post! I was waiting on your thoughts since I saw the episode!
You are so right, we don't give a damn about Tia getting exposed or even whether Shivaay was in on the fake ML plot or not. We care what was all that angst after she said thank u! And whether all that we saw in his reaction after she asked him to marry Tia was a facade or was he really that frustrated.
And so true with him showing unknowingly every emotion he feels for her when she bottles up everything already deciding that she doesn't stand a chance. Why won't she I feel, he has been so adamant before their marriage that his feelings don't stand a chance in front of his well thought decisions. He has told her enough times that she isn't enough
I hope all this roots from the fear that now that he is not in trouble she is not going to stay. Moreover may be he fears what if she doesn't want to stay. And he is desperate to know that she wants to.
Bcoz then if she will stay he wouldn't have to ask her to. I hope this exposing Tia track ends & we actually move towards the internal dynamics of their relationship.

Originally posted by: KALVIN

Yes very true. In my view also he knows very well that after Tia Anika will leave him. So he is desperate. I can see clear frustration on his face.

Originally posted by: AnnzSageflower7

@bold.. I know right?

I wonder if he's trying to get her to do the work for him. Actually he needs to feel what it is like without her for a while.

Shivaay has not got his emotions in control when it comes to her. But even as he tries to get it in order, he finds she may not wait around for him to decide slowly.

He was able to get over Mallika, when she left him because he didn't care deeply enough. It's very different with Annika. I dare say, he must be understanding what Mallika felt when they broke up.

My goodness Ana, the look in Shivaay's face when he heard her say her thanks. Hurt is too simple a word. Disappointed, disheartened, anguish.

He stopped her with so much expectations, "Did you want to say something..? Just say it.."

And he got a thank you for everything..

Nakuul is killing me with his expressions..🥺

So true! Everytime she shows her indifference, it's like she twists the dagger a little bit deeper. Not that I am saying that this foolish foolish man doesn't deserve the pain. He can make it so easy for both of them. I ship them but I really want her to go. So he finally feels how difficult it is to live without her. And that nothing else matters more that having her next to him. No name, no bloodlines , no lineage can take place the love & happiness she brings in his life.
But Nakuul I tell you, he makes watching Shivaay's pain so difficult. At one end I want him to go through all the pain so he actually understands how Anika must have felt all those times when he discarded their feelings for each other as nothings & at one end it kills me to see him like that! He makes magic happen on screen!

I really believe that even though the whole thing was planned by ShivOmRuAni, the emotions and angst Shivika went through during the whole plan was very much real.

Even though they were supposed to be pretending, am sure most of the time Shivika knew that the things being discussed and actions taken were not pretend, thus the recent angst between them. Anika knows Shivaay very well, so she knows she cannot afford to fall in love with Shivaay, knowing he will never fall for someone like her. I think she sincerely believes that whatever Shivaay feels for her is because of his responsibility towards her, since he did force her to get married, to save his family.

And that is why I feel Anika will want to leave after the exposure happens. Tia's truth will be out, so media will now sympathize with the Oberoi's about why Shivaay had to lie about being married to Tia, while he was married to Anika. There is no reason for her to stay back in OM, especially knowing the way Pinky feels about her. Even after Tia's exposure I don't see Pinky's opinion about Anika changing. She might be great full to Anika for helping out Shivaay and helping their family once again, but she won't accept Anika as her DIL. She would still want a DIL who is from a very well off and influential family, How Shivaay will stop her, that remains to be seen. But I highly doubt that the pain, anger and helplessness reflecting in Shivika's eyes and their words is pretense.

Also, remember the scene where Anika leaves OM after Shivaay is shot and he goes after her to bring her back? We never got to know how Shivaay convinced her to come back, since that bit for never showed. We all thought that it was just bad editing, but what if Shivaay convinced her to come back, so she can help in exposing Tia, and if she wants to can leave afterwards? He is not blind, he can see how much Pinky's taunts and behavior is affecting Anika, so much so that she is willing to give up on their relationship, whatever it is. I think that day Shivaay had realized that his handling of his mom has not been as effective as he thought. We can see that in the scene after he brings her back, when he says 'Do you see me crying, even though I'm in the worst position possible, because I have to choose between two most important women in his life, his mom and his 'zimmedari' I think from that day onward Shivaay knew he was on borrowed time where Anika was concerned, because he knows she would want to leave once Tia is exposed.

Originally posted by: poemssyndrome

So true! Everytime she shows her indifference, it's like she twists the dagger a little bit deeper. Not that I am saying that this foolish foolish man doesn't deserve the pain. He can make it so easy for both of them. I ship them but I really want her to go. So he finally feels how difficult it is to live without her. And that nothing else matters more that having her next to him. No name, no bloodlines , no lineage can take place the love & happiness she brings in his life.
But Nakuul I tell you, he makes watching Shivaay's pain so difficult. At one end I want him to go through all the pain so he actually understands how Anika must have felt all those times when he discarded their feelings for each other as nothings & at one end it kills me to see him like that! He makes magic happen on screen!

Agree.. who cares about tia exposure.. I m really looking forward to shivika story after this drama.. I guess shivay was really angry when anika told shivay to marry tia.. I guess he never expected.. Frm anika that she will ever include this twist.. And thank you scene make sense.. And shivay describing anikas look without looking at her.. And anika's reaction when she heard this concvo.. Drama karte karte.. Such me they realized their love.. I really wish anika to leave OM.. agar shivay cant see her as mother of his children then whats the use of staying in OM.. i guess that scnene was not random.. Even if tia is exposed then pinky will still refuse to accept her as DIL.. NKK.. welcome back.. the real shivika story begins.. Now.. Excited.. 😳