There is a misconception that one who loves their spouse will never ever say hurtful things to each other. Sure there are couples everywhere who coast through life without a single argument. It may work for them. But sometimes passion between a couple can also be expressed as aggressive talk about the silliest of stuff. It's a little tango dance between them that bonds them.😳
I took the time to rewatch y'day interaction between Krishna and Prats closely esp. Krishna's expression. A couple of times I saw a smug look at knowing he had evoked a deeper response from her, of hurt, of seeing her not crying but absorbing what he had to say. I even got the feeling he is tired of her goody two shoes step and dance. He wants to draw the sherni in her out. He knows she is capable of being in full form and fight back. He is gunning for a fight. He is pushing all the right buttons to see how far she would go and what would breakdown her walls. In the last few days she has confided in him that she felt everything had been snatched from her in that one moment and she didn't know until then what he meant to her. She hasn't elobarated, he was asleep by the time she got to the important part. He wants her to spell it all out bec' that is how he is, he wants to see her gutsy enough to express her feelings for him. We saw him looking into her eyes with a soul searching look. "even I felt the same way. somewhere he has mentioned that "meri wali sherni hai" he doesnt want a meek Prats. he wants her to PROCLAIM her love for him ,he is not content with bits & pieces. we have always seen Krishna as a v passionate man , vociferous, who never missed an opportunity to proclaim his love for her "hume jatane ki aadat hai". he is not shy, he loves her and shouts out from the roof tops! so maybe I am also inclined to agree with u, believe that he is trying to break her guard, get her to say it loud & clear, to confess her love for him.
Prats should tune into not talking to him about the things that tick him off. His family, esp. Arushi and Aman are sore points with him. He took a dig at them when he said why wouldn't they like him he is educated just like the rest of you.
After telling him she didn't know how important he was to her she starts the next day by treating him like a little child and he is confused. I interpret his lashing out at her his way of drawing her out to to tell him and fight back to show him he is her world. She is giving him little bits and pieces.
Y'day it was your happiness is most important to me. Notice he doesn't look at her in the face when she opens up and also after he lied about saving her out of humanity. He is hurting and he wants her to experience and understand his pain. It may not make sense or even be about what really matters but it often happens that a couple argues about irrelevant stuff when the underlying reason is way off base.
I guess when it comes to life Krishna is measuring her feelings for him in much the same way he expressed his feelings. When she hurt him he winced and licked his wounds but bounced back and fought through her barriers and showed her no matter what she said and how much he hurt when his anger dissipated he went back to loving her. He is not seeing that from Prats. She is patronizing him when he knows that she is also capable of fighting back. I get the feeling that he feels the need to see her fight for him. He was lying in that hospital bed and it was her fighting for him to come back to her that got him to return. He may want to see that from her do the same for their marriage. Remember he told Amma "hum humesha Prats ko humara patni banake rakhenge". He wants to see that she will fight for him as well.
Ok, I'm rambling but it's early in the morning so. hope you get the point...........😃