Originally posted by: Bodhianveshika
**Looooong post alert**
Think of it.
Hritik was a slow, shielded (by virtue of being the youngest), a loner but sensible, sensitive boy who needed his family, mother's support, emotionally.
Hritik being supportive of Munni kindles a liking towards Hritik. In trying to share a social life and friendship, she fakes an account, befriends him, shares their deepest feelings. During these exchanges Munni develops feelings for him. She continues to lead him knowing well that Hritik only treats her (Munni) as a friend.
So, when the truth comes out, Hritik feels betrayed, almost mocked that Hritik was so dumb that he couldn't figure out it was Munni and that he was not capable of social interactions without her.
Tulsi only saw that he was not able to accept her social status, not fully knowing the background.
She enrolls her in a hostel and funds her education and this helps her become independent. It is the same Munni who Hritik enrolled in a night school which she gave up when faced with the first hurdle. So, her success may be attributed to her Leaving Shantiniketan and a scholarship by Tulsi.
Hritik has been unlucky in his life and his marriage has been miserable, making him even more vulnerable.
Munni returns as an IAS officer who is engaged to a fellow officer (who has known of Munni's past) and at the first encounter, though she stands up to Hritik, still harbours a soft corner. They have frequent encounters, albeit professionally, but the past is still not erased. These encounters, naturally trigger an insecurity in her fiancé and when she accepts Hritik's gift and wears it (saree), that too on Valentines Day, it serves as the final nail in the coffin of an already dying relation.
It appears as though she was never over Hritik. Munni tries to play the victim that she never was. She used the misunderstanding to gaslight Rahul and get out of the commitment and potentially get back with her first love, Hritik.
Hritik was in a bad marriage. He was in it because of Timsy. Mitali was never a hands-on mom. When he met Munni, he realised what he lost but it was never shown if he made any advances to her. Hritik falling in "love" with Munni immediately after his divorce, however, also is indigestable.
That said, it is Munni who took the decisions first, on her own accord. Not under anyone's influence.
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