Originally posted by: OptiWas wondering if the bespectacled kid was a reference to Aakash and the two girls by his side, Payal and Anjali. The boy sends away the girls telling them he will confront the beast and although he was scared of him, works up the courage to strike a deal. So will we see Aakash step in to get these two together? The latest spoiler said that the new entrant will be a nine year old girl who is Aakash's friend. So will Aakash use this girl to drum some sense into his fuming brother? We'll have to wait and watch I guess.
What I found interesting was when Khushi was narrating the story and mentioned what the beast did, Arnav who is watering the plants does not look up. He was within hearing distance but he chose to ignore her words although he must have known she had used the 'beast' as a veiled reference to him. He knows what she thinks of him and seem to not care for her opinion but the minute she mentions about the handsome prince, he stops in his action and hears closely as to what she was saying. When she says that this prince is sweet natured and speaks sweetly, he immediately looks up in shock (maybe wondering if she was referring to Shyam, for Shyam is quite a glib talker and had his entire fooled including him for so long). He is suddenly all ears to find out what exactly is her relationship with this mysterious prince. She tells the kids that Beauty dreams of her prince every night and he asks her a question but the minute he asks her the question, her sleep breaks and she is wide awake. Arnav now is more curious to know what did she really mean.
Khushi, still engrossed in the story, says that she never understood something and then notices that he was staring at her. Time stands still as they gaze at each other, trying to read the other's mind. Arnav is the first one to look away. The kids ask her for a clarification on what troubled her and she says softly that the beast and the prince are the same person. At this point Arnav looks up at her sharply. He never expected this. He did not realise that she did notice the soft side he had and appreciated the goodness in him and it moved him. He may pretend that he does not care about what she thought of him, that she had the worst opinion of him but deep down he does care and it is important to him that she thinks well of him.
It hits him hard when she goes on to elaborate her confusion between the beast and the man in him. One moment he takes her to the heights of happiness and then in the next moment he dumps her in the depths of grief. Guilt floods him when he hears this, remembering his wild swings in moods. Will the parallel to their lives he just realised make him rethink on his judgment of her or will he shrug it off as just another fairytale which has no significance for them?
Khushi never told the kids what was the question the prince asked her every night after which she always woke up with a start. I think she herself is not aware of what the question is. I think the question the prince was asking her every night was "Will you accept me even if I am not as perfect as I seem?" The perfection breaks every time she wakes up and she forgets the question because she is confronted with the beast. The day she understands the question, she will give her answer. Yes, she will accept this man for the beast in him as much as the prince in him.
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