First, Ak's one and only real rejection is when Abhi divorced her. That's it. In contrast, Abhi has had rejection from Ak multiple times. Every time the issue becomes, why isn't he just letting go and moving on? Ak asked him to do this from the beginning of the leap. If he is doing it now, what is the problem with that????
You are saying that he cannot handle rejection - yes, he cannot, no one can, but he is trying to. He is trying to handle it, but people aren't giving him space.
Second, you are saying he wants to be the center of attention; where exactly is this shown? For Arohi, it was shown in multiple ways how she wanted to be the center of attention. When has Abhi EVER taken anyone else's spotlight? Instead, he was more involved in putting others on the pedestal and clapping for them - whether it is his mom, Neil or Ak. He always put their feelings first in sooo many situations.
Third, Abhir is a kid and yes, putting his feelings first is important. So let me ask you, what was Abhi doing this WHOLE FREAKING TIME? He found out Abhir's truth but couldn't even express that he is his papa; why? For Abhir. Because he wanted to tell Abhir the truth properly and with Ak and Nav so he is not traumatized in anyways. Then once Abhir found out half truth, he still hid it, why ? Cause he did not want to affect Ak and Nav and their issues came first so he stepped back and allowed them to handle it. This whole time for the past five months, Abhi has been hiding his identity as Abhir's father and has been shown to be happy in morsels of love that Abhir was giving him, for Abhir's happiness. So he wouldn't hurt him.
After everything, after fighting a custody case that he didn't want to fight, he got to tell Abhir that he is actually his father. But Abhir, plain and simple rejected that. He didn't say that he wants to continue having Abhi in his life as his father; he said he wants him as a friend. That broke him and we saw how it broke him.
The fact is Abhi has been shown traumatized since the first leap. He has been shown depressed during these past six years. He has been shown putting on a show for the people he loves for sooo long. And now, when he is in the pits, he is still supposed to keep putting on a show? For whom? His son, who knows he is his real father but doesn't feel like he is and just wants him to be a friend?
Abhi will do that too. He will continue to be a presence in Abhir's life and keep loving him unconditionally because that is who he is. None of this means he is not going to love the kid. But he needs time to come out of his depressive episode. He needs the understanding of people around him to at least let him be if they can't do anything.
And he does not need pity of all things.
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