The life of a man who is a leader, who played by the rules, always set an example and adhered to strict code of conduct must be hard. It must be stressful and tiring.
Most men get to unwind and put that mask and mantle away in front of their family. Mukhi being a single man got to do that only in front of Mishri. But even then his being a father figure must have put some restrictions to it.
To an extent Kailash and Saanvi are two of his friends who understand him and he can express his fears, desires in front of them.
In spite of this, he has erected a wall around him. It protects him and keeps things in order.
Aru is the first one who has managed to break these walls. Intelligent, innocent and irreverent, she managed to get past these walls.
While affection is something Mukhi is used to, attraction is an alien emotion. The laws of this turf are not hard and set and people do not realize till they are on slippery slope.
Mukhiji is falling hard ... and fast and is not entirely aware of the situation. He needs to unlearn a few things and learn a few. He is used to only one role, protector. He needs to be a lot more with Aru.
The process is just beginning.