i was watching a few of the previous episodes and i realised that before naina got hit by the bamboo when karan saved her, he promised her that he wouldn't hold her hand and she said something about how if he did, he would hold her hand forever. it was on the lines of that, i don't exactly know what it was but that's close. then i saw other episodes and realised that the first time they actually held hands was on the mendhi episode, which by the way, unknowingly, nairan did kinda have a mendhi and haldi! anyways, back to the point, they held hands in the mendhi episode, then again in the bamboo episode where naina then apologises for breaking his promise and what's so interesting, i guess, about all of this is that he didn't hold her hand willingly both these times and yet, when he's allowed to touch anyone he wants to, he chooses her instead of anyone else. i think it just shows how they're relationship has progressed so far. the first two were to save her and it was a pre-marriage - post-marriage but this is amazing. he WANTS to touch naina WILLINGLY despite everything he's said before. it just shows that his disease is the only thing really stopping him from getting close to her although, it is the one thing that might actually bring them together. the irony đ