Originally posted by: Suvika.
The hug was instinctive and needed for Akshu. Her shell is cracking. She had built a wall of indifference and toughness around all her wounds and that wall got broken down once again through various acts - Kairav's anger and indifference, her family doing nothing, Manjari's accusations, Abhimanyu's accident and the subsequent events and finally his confession in the mandir. She needed that hug from a person who did nothing except keep her and her son as his number one priority. Whether she shared the facts of her life or not, whether she shared what's on her mind or not, she sees Abhinav as her and her son's saviour. It is not a hug filled with gratitude. Nor is it of passionate love. It is reassuring herself that - yes, I still have one person solidly on my side. A person who never hurt me and did his best to protect me. A PERSON WHO NEVER WAVERED FROM MY SIDE. (Contrary to the pass the parcel she mentioned during the conversation with Abhimanyu) It is her silent plea to Abhinav - I am done, please take me away from her, I need to breathe.
Although Abhinav was stunned and initially delighted at her gesture, I think he does know and sense her turmoil. That's why even after the hug and her saying - humaare ghar chale, he didn't have hope and joy on his face. He was still struggling. His gut was telling him to slow down.
Abhimanyu got a reality check today. He is going to approach Arohi for two reasons.
1. If not her, who would he tell? His world had comprised of Akshara, Neel and Manjari at one point. Now it has Manjari and Ruhi. He can't tell either. And whether we like it or not, makers did give Arohi a thick coat of white paint post leap. We saw before too, when he let her choose his dress and the way they talked to each other... they have grown comfortable with each other. On top of it, he is supposed to be marrying her.
2. Akshara's words - pyaar ke baare mein zaroor sochna. So either he is going to say I asked her, she rejected and I don't want to hide it from you that I still love her but I will respect our marriage vows going fwd OR he is going to say my kind of love only ends up hurting people so let's have friendship and respect in our marriage / going fwd.
Where do Abhira go from here depends on the makers. Would they show them genuinely making an attempt at the respective relationships or would they pull back at the nick of the time with some catastrophe that would throw Abhira together again this time as Abhimanyu and Akshara - stronger with life lessons hard learnt.
I will only say that if after all this, Abhimanyu goes down the route of custody battle for Abhir once the truth is out, redemption for him, at least in my eyes, is out of question.
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