I didnt know this thread was active lol Well guess I have a place to put my thoughts wothout opening a new topic.
Though today's akshnav scene looks like a foreshadowing for Abhinav's death but at this point in the story, it doesn't make any sense to me. Abhinav dies, Akshara fights for custody(cuz they are building up to it) and then Abhimanyu & Akshara fall for each other while coparenting...? Then what? That would be the same situation as pre leap where they had no story. Ruhi, Abhir and Abhira's girl baby ke insecurities and then gen leap? But makers goal is longetivity of the show, kaise bhi kar ke.
I think, even if Abhinav will die it will be not till Abhir's custody is won by Akshara and the 3 of them are happy. Muskaan's 1 year stay at mumbai, Custody date being almost a year away indicates a leap but for Abhir to turn out to be a Birla kid he needs to give into it and willingly stay at Birlas. For that, something drastic has to happen where he feels rejected and starts hating his parents and then a leap based on his misunderstanding happens. With Abhir becoming a proper Birla boy, Akshnav come back to get his custody, win him back and then parent him back to their old Abhir. Thereby increasing the episode count.

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