All Wonderful Moments

6. Love Confession #1

"Khushi, please stop crying. Khushi I... I love you." (S7, E27 - S7, E28)  

This was not a confession of love. This was a man's last words. Arnav knew he would never get another chance to speak to her. As they say, death often brings about the biggest realizations and the biggest regrets. Yet again, this was a situation that could have been avoided.

If he listened to her.

If he had trusted her.

If he had allowed her to take him back home.

The 'what ifs' were too much. There was nothing more for Arnav to lose. And he couldn't die without telling the only woman he ever loved that he never hated her. That he only, ever, loved her. Nothing else mattered.

On the other side Khushi had lost every hope of ever getting her love returned. His acerbic words and accusations had clawed her insides so much that logic, reasoning and even his hatred had fated away. He had to have known that she had always loved him. But she was so afraid to say anything that she could only cry when she heard his voice. And even before she could say what she wanted, he said the impossible.

He loved her.

Despite everything.

The angst is so heavy over here because Khushi's joy and Arnav's tragedy are so well put next to each other. On one end Khushi is floating with the thought of being loved and on the other Arnav is drowning for the very same reason. It's one thing to verbalize your love, and another to never get the opportunity to live it.

True, Arnav wouldn't have confessed his love if his life wasn't in danger. He definitely would have come to that conclusion long after. It's just that his brush with probably death broke away every hesitation, fear, doubt, betrayal he faced.

And nothing apart from an 'I love you' would've rendered Khushi speechless. It's also disheartening that she realizes he would have never told her the same if things were normal.

The frustration, the pain, it's beautiful!

Also one thing I found very interesting is that he cuts the call before Khushi can reply to him. Maybe her shock, her tears, her happiness (now that they are immensely in sync with each other), reveal that his feelings were returned (yup I'm an optimist!)? Maybe that's why they didn't need to say anything to each other apart from knowing that they've both been blind (once they meet each other into that legendary hug)?

It's interesting that out of all the things that haunt him when he's kidnapped - it's how he reacted after knowing her version of truth. And Khushi, dear Khushi, she sees everything at his one confession - and perhaps it tells us all what she ever wanted to hear all along. Just like Arnav could forgive her everything at the possibility of never seeing her again, Khushi could forgive his anything at the slightest chance of him loving her back.

Also, one quick side note - I love how this parallels to the first promo. There Khushi held the torn photo together and held it against her heart. Here, Khushi's belief in their broken relationship gets a 180 turn and she grasps her phone against her heart. There Arnav crumples the worn photo and closes his eyes in pain. Here, he cuts the call and grips the phone and closes his eyes in pain, again.

Full circle much?

*nope, totally didn't cry when this happened, just some water leaks on the glands outside my eye ok*