Neel has such great ideas for romantic opportunities - just imagine when it comes time for him to romance the jugaad he will do to make it happen- just hope the girl is worth it.
So Neil once again saves the day by telling Abhi to go romance with Akshu since no one else is home. He again questions his medical degree because he is so slow…Abhi is such an idiot when it comes to romance sometimes LOL!
The inspector calls Abhi but there is no signal and Aarohi hears this so she trails Abhi to the Goenka house, but Abhi closes the doors with his feet while he is on his bike. She gets a thandai delivery and places in on the table. She prays that Abhi and Akshu stay glued together so Abhi cannot talk to the police and that the festival passes without any kaands — how the tables have turned. But kaand is guaranteed this time.
Manish and Harsh have a mud race and are so happy together together. So much Harnish content. They both also accidentally drink bhaang and the rest of the Birlas are enjoying too. The Goenkas are melting the Birlas just like Akshu is melting Abhi! They are all finally releasing their inner-children!
Akshu is about to film her video when the door bell rings. Bole chudiya plays and we get flashbacks to engagement. Last time, Abhi came to forcefully take her for the engagement, and this time, he has come to lovingly take her for holi. Love how these parallels are replacing their bitter memories with happy ones. Also, he promised her in the garden that he would come on the bike to pick her up inside her house many times, and he has kept that promise… it is too cute.
Both of them look at each other shocked about how they like vs. don’t like holi. Akshu tells him to go home and play holi but he says he has come to his gharwali’s house and won’t leave without playing.
Akshu says she cannot play holi with Abhi all muddy, so he takes off his shirt and cleans himself with the water jug. Akshu is visibly flustered, turns around, and tells him to wrap the curtain around him. This man cares so much about Akshu and her comfort that he wraps the curtain and does not take it off for the entire time. This was too pure.
Akshu is leaving, but Abhi pulls her in with the curtain and turns her around. He says he will play holi, put color, and hug her too. She smiles and runs away, and we get curtain jaaniye parallel sequence!
We get song sequence to pari hoon mein and it was the perfect amount of innocence and passion for these two! Abhi is throwing colors at the mirror and Akshu’s reflection, and finally he finds her. He puts color on her arm, and she puts it on his arm with her’s. He puts color on her face, and she puts tilak on him. He lifts and twirls her.
This is how easily they both melt for each other! She hates holi, but she cannot resist playing holi with him.
Abhi wants to take her to the Birla house to play holi, but she says she doesn’t want to ruin her skin and that she is embarrassed to play in front of everyone. Abhi admires her cuteness and saying that Manjari is also coming back today, so she has to come because it is their first holi. He picks her up and takes her.
Akshu picks up the bottle that Aaron has put on the table and drinks it all on the way to the Birlas. Aarohi trails Abhira in the same car that she thinks the accident was caused in. She thinks Akshu might be under nasha — again, another parallel of the fire truth and Aarohi being scared Akshu blabbed something. We are getting parallels with things ending correctly this time…so this time, Akshu will blab and Abhi will remember.
On the bike ride, Abhi can sense that Aarohi is following them. Akshu says to stop talking about Aaron and focus on her… that is all it takes for Abhi to melt and let it go. All he wants is Akshu’s attention. It’s so cute.
Pranali was so cute in this bike scene. Akshu says that she feels differently today and she doesn’t know whether it is their first holi or something else in the air. Abhi is so smitten by her that he doesn’t realize she is drunk at this point.
Neil has realized that Aarohi is missing.
Just then, Akshu comes and everyone is surprised to see her. Swarna asks her why she came, and Abhi says that she had to come because this is their first holi.
Aarohi follows them in claiming she was on a patient call, pulls Akshu aside and says not to talk today. Akshu says don’t worry, I won’t say anything about the accident…. And Aarohi is scared shitless.
Abhi sees this interaction and goes to DOCTOR Aarohi ( I just love how he keeps calling her this) and says he knows she was following them. She says he can call the patient if he doesn’t trust her, and he actually calls (and she is shocked that he doesn’t trust her LMAO).
Precap is the promo!! Which again, is somewhat misleading for sure, but Akshu is for sure blabbing and the kaand is coming out in one way or another at this festival… and I cannot wait!! I strongly feel that Abhira are going to be united in this truth this time. There has been so much foreshadowing about it… and again with the parallels, everything is ending the way it was supposed to before!
P.S. - still hoping for drunken sindoor part 2!
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