@bold: LOL yes....Babita happened.....her bipolar behavior definitely doesn't help when two confused and hurt hearts are trying to sort out their emotions.....it's ironic actually.....a lot of HS-Mini ki initial bonding was about them trying to tackle Babita, motivate her, give her strength.....but now that Babita only has become the Achilles heel for them....especially HS.
As for HS....all he's trying to say is that yes, he always felt a sense of awareness towards Babita from the early days....he isn't saying he bonded with Mini simply to impress her but yes, maybe some things he did in terms of Mini were more to assure Babita than Mini.
That still doesn't take away from the immense love he has for Mini on its own level. But yes, Babita and Mini are intricately linked....so anything he does for one, has some link towards him trying to bond with the other....and vice versa.
If only the writing had allowed HS-Mini to continue developing on their own level also....it was happening through little things like the Karate competition and other chats they had.....but with the wedding track, everything got skewed into only managing Babita again.....these two hardly get the opportunity to bond on their own level without only fussing over Babita.
WORD... you've summed it up perfectly. Achilles heel is the perfect term for this.
The way Minnie said the other day that she was tired, I fully expect HS to feel that way too one day.
Mother-daughter are a package deal, there's no getting away from it.
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