When you are expected to take major decisions of your life all by yourself and you are in two minds I think it becomes very agonising especially when it concerns your heart.
I feel Riddhima is passing the most painful and lonely phase of her life.
She is at conflict with herself and trust me fighting with your own self is an uphill task. her heart is with Armaan but head tells her that he is not her kinds and this battle between her heart and mind is taking its toll on her. ( i presume her language and behaviour)
She wants to be near him ,feel his presence but at the same time reminding herself that everything is over now
Infact she is not hurting Armaan she is hurting herself a lot more than Armaan
Armaan has one battle ,i.e to win his love back but she has two first aginst her own heart and second to hurt Armaan which also injures her brutally .
Her mind is happy that she returned the payal,her heart weeping that Armaan broke it
when kada fell on the ground it felt like a part of her has also fallen down the pain was so visible there
when dupatta got tangled on the counter top, head told her to be abusive towards Armaan but her heart bleed on seeing that he is not the one holding it and her eyes asked him why not this time Armaan
In audotorium head forced her to be rude to Armaan but her heart was longing to share the honour with him, her eyes were sad and she was feeling incomplete
It is not Angis or Armaans or anyones fault infact it is her upbringing which is very bookish and not worldly. she is still raw ( not seedhi sadhi) to understand that reality is dramatically different from fiction.
Actually at this age all young ppl have fantasies and their own funda of life but with passing age and experiences all our theories and concept change and we learn what life is actually about.
In the end i just want to add that in the battle of head and heart,
though head has more reasoning power and strong the heart needs just
one weak moment and eventually heart rules the relation.
their relaton is not exception ,they both are longing to be with each other,they also knows each others worth just a weak moment thats all they need now and hopefully they are already on their way to that journey, next turn they are meeting and from there will be together for the rest of their lives
Please do share your view on this