I'm sure you loved the episode but this part made me go aww. I always had the intuition that their childhood would've been cutesy too, and I'm over the moon to see that confirmed today. She fought for 2 rs chole cz Shiva was hungry ❤️
They bicker all the time but Shiva's chipkali has always been innately kind and turns into a ferocious lioness for her near and dear - regardless of his constant yapping, Shiva is included in that bunch. They probably grew up this way - Raavi always being kind and considering Shiva her own, creating a persistent friendship despite his best attempts to claw at her. No wonder the boy grew to nurse an unwilling fondness for her sunny self - all those soft gazes, the mild attraction and subdued care before the marriage make sense now!
Involuntarily, she managed to carve out a space for her chipkaliness in his anti-maami existence, and his subconscious lets him know that once in a while lol
I'm glad we're getting some glimpses of their backstory since we didn't have much of it captured in the preleap. Dhara recalling that incident gave me hope that we'll get more cute tidbits of all four of them during various phases in the past 10 years - these random dialogues pertaining to their childhood sprinkled over the episodes add to the warmth and create such real connect! You keep getting reminded that these 4 actually spend all these years in each other's company, growing up creating endless memories and moments. It makes their interactions all the more meaningful and heartwarming. I almost feel nostalgic for a fictional childhood I didn't witness when I see Raavi with the brothers.
Usually, we get to see either two childhood besties or enemies grow up separately and then fall in love after the one who moved away comes back or we get two complete strangers who instantly get annoyed in their first meeting and start bickering for no reason and then fall in love. Here, they have layers and nuances and years of familiarity that renders their nokjhok a lot of naturality❤️