His night had started with finding Khushi in his wardrobe, not planned, His girlfriend La, over whom his relationship with Nani is strained, decided surprise...rather shock everyone with a dance to the song "Character-Dheela (Loose Character)", his Jijaji left his own party leaving his Di heartbroken. To top off the night, he found his girlfriend, passed out in his arms, only after thoroughly insulting Naani, embarrassing herself and the entire Raizada family...definitely not the way Arnave pictured this night. A happening party indeed, bridging together the next chapter.
After a passionate, "no batameezi spared" confrontation by the pool side in secrecy, loved how Arnav keeps seeking Khushi out at this party the way he looks at her, how his eyes follow her as she tries to avoid him everywhere UFF! UFF! UFF!... a picture saying a thousand words😉
Shyaam, a flea in his own right, flees from the party at the sight of Khushi. He calls his wife with lies lies and more lies finally ending the call but with a promise😡. On the other side of the line, Anjali's heart was in a million pieces, her tears only magnifies the cruelty and the ruthlessness of this selfish excuse for man.
Later he would apologize and when that wasn't enough, he would hold his ears and threaten to do uttak-bethak with his "hurting" leg. She stops him As he's about to do the "bethak" part, the act of lowering himself to the ground, so perfectly suited for him, how i wish she had let him!
Anjali comes back from ending the call with Shyam, Arnav, her pillar of gold places his supporting hand on her shoulder "your jijaji had to go do some work, so he left" she tries to keep a brave face.
"par aise? (but like this?)" leaving even Arnav puzzled "Di aap teek to hai na? (Di are you ok?)"
"hum teek hai" she manages to say holding back tears and a forced smile for her brother [Daljeet is AMAZING in this episode]
Arnav knows she's hurting "Di, if you want we can wait to cut the cake" but she refuses as all the guests are here, and doesn't want to keep them waiting.
Anjali cuts her cake by herself, foreshadowing her future, for exactly a year later she will avenge herself and be free of her so call husband. Love how the whole family has surrounded her as her protectors, so sweet. But certain voids just can't be filled.
It's killing Arnav that he can't make things right for Anjali. A magical and touching transition from Arnav wishing his sister's pain away to Khushi mending Anjali's heart...she heard his wish. Her "chota moo badi baat (small mouth, big words)" worked wonders and put a smile back on Anjali's face. after all her name is Khushi😃.
After Nani takes Anjali away, Khushi looks up only to find Arnav looking at her, a certain gratefulness over his face. How touched he must've been, Khushi makes smile the most important person in his life. A sense of trust and a sense of oneness is taking shape...its quite gorgeous.
Later when Arnav brings water for Anjali, "Di, aap teek to hai na? (Di, are you ok?)" so badly he needs her to be teek, ok.
"Anjali bitiya, after talking to Khushi, you seem a bit better right?" Nani is happy to report. Arnav's expressions at the mention of Khushi in the context, she made Di feel better...
"atleast there is someone in this world who knows when to say what and when to do what" Nani continues to praise her. Arnav quietly listens with tender feelings about her. He just fell deeper in this well of love. He enjoyed her name coming up, and didn't even pretend to dislike her...awww
La decides to have a little fun, I don't blame her, the poor girl has done everything to impress Nani ji including dancing to a "vulgar" song with a hot guy (b/c all traditional Naanis love stuff like that right?) anyway she meant well, so she deserves this drink for having been called a "loose character" ( in Nani's defense she did kinda set herself up for that one). It shows her disrespect for this house since Arnav has already told her it's prohibited. However its what she does next after finishing the whole bottle, that leaves everyone shocked and appalled...
Walked into the party very drunk * makes fun of Nani's accent * Then calls Naani "Gabbar" the greatest villian of Hindi film Industry * Insulted poor Laxmi * all before passing out in Arnav's arms (in the words of Indi...NAHEEEN!!!)
Even Mamiji was in shock, she may not be on the best terms with her Saasuma, but insulting her like that? never!
The look on Arnav, deeply apologetic to Nani as La passed out in his arms, On my first watch I thought for sure La was a goner or at the very least a good yelling session from Arnav would suffice.
To my disappointment, not such thing happened dammit! I did enjoy his angry face though. when she comes to, furiously he gives her remedies for her hangover...She felt guilty for what she did and apologized but no real yelling from Arnav 😔
"Tumne Di ki anniversary party ko barbaad kar diya...that surprise? what were you thinking? jo ho gaya so ho gaya...so jao...maafi maango sabse" "You ruined Di's party..that surprise? what were you thinking? what's done is done...apologize to everyone."
BTW, where was this guys during my hangovers in college dammit?! forget the lime juice and pills, just looking at him first thing in the morning in my bed ... headache chhoo-mantar (gone)!
Nani makes a comparison that becomes the first wheel of bringing Khushi home. "Ek taraf Khusi hai, itni samajdaar, itni sambli hui, har shabd maapa hua, har kadam socha hua aur doosi taraf Ms.Kasyap, agar ek prtisodh bhi vo Khushi ki tarah hoti..."
The second wheel is Shyam, who unintentionally gives Anjali advise "Har mushkil apna samadhaan saath le kar aati hai (every problem comes with a solution) which in turn, prompts Anjali to seek and find the answer. "Khushi!, yeh hi to hai jawaab!"...there is wheel three
The fourth wheel will be that contract, the one Khushi Kumaari Gupta had signed with Arnav Singh Raizada...little did they know while signing it, they were binding each other for life.😊
While the universe gets the wheels turning to bring Khushi closer to Arnav, her payal couldn't wait that long. Twice today it had called out for Arnav, the first one was only heard by him but the second one was seen only by him and frankly couldn't take his eyes off of it.
After the party, while everyone slept, he was by the poolside answering that call. It was still waiting from him. Gently he picks it up, holding it while the best moments of the day flashed by him
Her hiding in his closet the closet, so innocently covering her eyes like a child, the innocence that makes him so protective of her, and how she looked him as he saves her from a fall by grabbing her shoulder, both had expressed how much they missed each other in that moment.
Only a day had passed when he furiously threw her pearls out, and vowed to forget her, "Arnav Singh Raizada itna kamzor nahi hai (ASR is not so weak)" yet so easily he forgot. His gentle gaze as he holds it up,
completely spellbound by this beautiful, noisy, bubbly, happy piece of jewelry, a piece of her. How can he possibly let this one go? It'll be kept safe, "seene se laga kar (close to his heart)", until its ready to go back to its belonging.
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