honestly speaking i am not liking this leap , not because of abhira seperation or because of nav-akshu-abhir bonding or because of arohi and manjiri being all stars, but because they are showing that childrens are moving towards the same fate as their parents .and including childrens in the ugly reality of both their families .
first abhi.
seeing him first with ruhi and all those interactions of them and that room scene of abhi it perfectly resembled abhi1.0 the one before meeting akshu.
abhis care for ruhi is just like how he cared for neil their is no fakeness in that that he is taking care of her just because of responsibilty. just like in case of neil that he is taking care of him because he is adopted. no ...there is genuine care of abhi in both cases.
one thing abhi gained in all this this a genuine person who really cares for him in the form of manish and family.
now the room scene.
the abhi here perfectly resembled the abhi before he met akshu . lonely, struck , resentful.
before
he had harsh to hate now he had akshu.
before too manjiri never understood abhi that her son doesnt want her to continue that toxic relation with harsh and in a way she was increasing his bitterness towards harsh and married life by continuing that married life with harsh.
now too manjiri dont care that despite abhi and her blaming akshu for all that has happened. abhi cant absolutely forget about akshu he longs for her and i.e is the bitter truth.
and despite of all the celebrations and portraying of perfect family by manjiri she clearly knows abhi is not happy. which is clearly being shown as her hate towards akshu is still intact.
but just like before she was not ready to accept her failed marriage with harsh despite seeing abhi suffering because of that .here also she refuses to accept her fault of blaming akshu despite again seeing her son suffering.
result is same abhi will continue to live life with occasional happiness in form of ruhi and faking it family as long as his longing and hate towards akshu dissapears and he is ready to move on ..
in case of harsh akshu was the one who was able to reduce his hatred and guilt for harsh.
in this case it might be abhir who will reduce the guilt for abhi and reforging their relation.
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