All Wonderful Moments

7. Love Confession #2

"That I love you damnit!" (S8 , E30)  

Isn't it funny that the two most angsty moments in the show are the two times that Arnav 'confesses' his love to Khushi. And in fact it's not that he's confessing his love, it's something they both know, it's always more than that.

Totally negating the fact that there was an awkward-almost-forced-no-communication-what-the-heck-hate-it that-they-look-hot-weird-consummation sequence, let's jump to Khushi overtly persisting Arnav about the necessities of marriage and rituals and Arnav finally breaking it to her that he loves her.

Given what happened (when he blamed her for everything wrong that happened in Anjali's marriage) it's perhaps easy to understand why Khushi would, again, need verbal assurance of who was she to him and what was her place in life.

In her mind it makes absolute sense that even if he proclaimed several times that he is her husband and she is his wife after that, she needed his words as his actions and words have contradicted a lot over time.

In his mind everything also makes sense. He married her (terribly, might I add), things were going better, they have shared a bed and are used to each other's physical spaces and were always pretty close to kissing, if not sex (to be canon compliant, we can always imagine a much more eager Khushi and less creepy Arnav actually ready to bang in the hut).

So over here, in this scene, it's the height of their frustrations and their differences in ideologies. Arnav has been a man of actions, Khushi has been a woman of words.

We can see how different they are, fundamentally and in a way it's hilarious because both want the same thing. It's kinda crucial to see that despite wanting the same thing - they really can't understand each other at this point. He wants her to act. She wants him to say. And neither are getting the other in this process.

And even though he yells at her and stares at her with this intense release of their bubbling emotions - it was hot. Strangely it was because we've all heard of the calm before the storm, this was more like a calm after the storm.

And what's sweet is that Khushi is always stunned. She stares at him and slowly lets it sink in about what he said. (I wish Arnav stuck around than swagger walked away because she went back into the room and positively glowed).

So although this might not be my most favorite angst moment, the time when they just stare and Khushi goes through this phase of shock, understanding and a 'why-didn't-you-tell-me-before' and he goes through irritation, understanding and then back to annoyance is the last bit of angst that they have against each other.

And for some reason, he does leave before he can hear her reply. Again.

*they looked so, so hot. Can't believe this episode was nearly ruined by the forced suhaagraat. So glad she gets to tell him 'I love you' in this same outfit.*