THURSDAY UPDATE ON STRANGE LOVE – EPISODE 373/374 Dressed as a peon, Khushi makes her way to the principal’s office to find out who Aara...
THURSDAY UPDATE ON STRANGE LOVE – EPISODE 373/374
Dressed as a peon, Khushi makes her way to the principal’s office to find out who Aarav’s father is. In order to get into the office, she pretends to be mopping and makes her way inside. Inside, she finds another teacher sitting there. In order to get rid of him, she tells him that the principal is calling him to the canteen for tea. After he leaves, Khushi quickly begins to search the various binders to find the one containing Aarav’s admission form. She ends up finding the binder with the form in it but is unable to read the form as water spilled on it and the ink is unreadable. She then hears the principal coming but when she tries to step down from the stool, she almost falls. Luckily, she is helped by Aarav who asks her why she is dressed as a peon and is in his school. Khushi makes up an excuse that she was going to a fancy dress competition and wanted to see how a peon acts. Just then, the principal walks in and she hides behind a cupboard. Aarav lies to the principal, saying that he was in the office to remove a cat that came in. When she asks why he is not back in class since his break is over, he states that he has to use the bathroom. After she leaves, Khushi thanks Aarav for covering for her and asks him to not let anyone know she was here and he agrees. Back at home, Khushi thinks that for a while, she should stop trying to figure out who Aarav’s father is and just trust Arnav with his word. Downstairs, Aarav is upset with his painting; he received 2/10 on it. Sheetal tries to cheer him up by saying that he will do better on the next one. She then suggest they play basketball and Aarav agrees, asking his mom to let him win this time. Arnav is passing by at this time and overhears their conversation. Arnav tells Aarav that when they used to play in college, Sheetal would lose at basketball and that she was no champion. This gives Khushi an idea of how to cheer Arnav up.
The next day, she suggest that the boys have a basketball match; Arnav, Akash, NK and Aarav; while all the girls will be watching. Sheetal gives Aarav tips on how to play basketball and NK attempts to flirt with her with no success. Arnav and Sheetal proceed to argue again on how she would lose in basketball in college, with her claiming he cheated and he claiming that he’d let her win. They decide that in order to prove who’s right, they’ll have a basketball match. At the court, the boys are all present. Khushi shows up in her suit, wearing basketball shoes and a headband. She wonders why everyone is staring at her and then notices that they are staring at Sheetal. She feels a bit uncomfortable as Sheetal stretches and warms up. Mami even joins the team and Arnav wonders if they are really serious about this. NK explains the rules of the game to both the teams. The game then starts with the boys, Akash and Arnav, playing very well. At one point, Khushi ends up getting the ball but instead of passing it, she kicks it. NK calls it a foul but gives her a second chance as it is her first time playing the game. The game continues but it seems that Arnav and Sheetal are just playing against each other. As Khushi notices this, she becomes a bit uncomfortable.
The episode continues with the basketball game. Mami tries to get the ball away from Aarav and is unsuccessful. She ends up pinching his cheeks and is called out on a foul, leading to her exit of the game. The game continues and Khushi is blocking Akash. Sheetal and Arnav end up bumping into each other and share an awkward eye lock, to which Khushi notices. Sheetal passes Khushi the ball but she is still taken aback by what she saw and does not move. Aarav ends up taking the ball from her and makes a shot and misses but Arnav gets the shot on the rebound. As the game continues, Khushi tries to convince Akash to give her the ball, which he refuses. She ends up putting her foot in a way that ends up getting her tripped. She says that Akash purposely tripped her and he receives a foul, sending him out of the game. He later tells the other ladies Khushi did it on purposes, and she quickly gets up to return to the game. The game continues with Arnav, Aarav and Sheetal playing basketball while Khushi stands at the side like a statue. The score ends up being tied at 3-3 and the next shot wins the game. Khushi ends up getting the ball but unable to pass it, she runs with the ball and makes the shot. She’s excited to make the shot and all the girls think they’ve won. Unfortunately, because she ran with the ball, she is called out on a foul and ends up leaving the game. As everyone watches the rest of the game, Aarav ends up having the ball and goes to make a shot. To help him out, Arnav lifts him up and he ends up making the shot, winning the game. Everyone celebrates the boys winning the game. Arnav and Aarav share their secret handshake and then Aarav shares it with his mother. All the while, Khushi is watching this from the side.
Without anyone noticing her, she quietly leaves the area. She goes to the kitchen to calm her nerves and her doubts about Sheetal and Arnav. As she starts to make jalebi, she sees Sheetal walk in, who asks her why she is making jalebi since Arnav can’t eat it. She then sees Arnav come in and Sheetal is all over him, convincing him to kick Khushi out of the house. He agrees with her and Khushi begs him not to kick her out. As she drops to her feet and beg him not to kick her out, she realizes that it was all her illusion. Instead, one of the servants is standing in front of her and asks if she needs any help. She says no and regains herself.
Everyone returns home from the game and are all talking about how much fun they had. Arnav says they should have seen them in college, where he and Sheetal played on the same team. He states that they even had a nickname but couldn’t remember it. Sheetal states it was “awesome twosome” and the two share an awkward high five. Aarav states that since he is now part of the team, it’ll be awesome threesome. Arnav then asks where Khushi is and she says she’s right there. Apparently, she had been standing there the whole time. Mami then takes the plate of jalebi from her and begins to hand them out to everyone, starting with Aarav. Both Arnav and Sheetal both state that Aarav can’t have the sweets. To change the subject, Arnav talks to Aarav about being a better basketball player and that if he wants to be a better basketball player, he needs to look after his health. As Aarav goes upstairs to do his homework, Anjali tells Arnav that his bond with Aarav has shown that he can handle kids. Mami adds that it’ll now be easier when he has his own children, but neither Khushi nor Arnav react to this news. Later that day, Sheetal is upstairs looking at pictures in her room. Khushi notices that she’s alone and goes to speak with her, apologizing for not knocking before coming in. As she attempts to put the pictures away, Khushi asks her what she was looking at.
When Sheetal says nothing, she asks about Aarav’s father again and states that every time she asks about his father, she ignores the question. Sheetal tells her that she’s put that part of her life in her past and has moved on. After she leaves, Khushi is about to leave the room until she notices something on the floor. She picks them up to see the pictures Sheetal was looking at; her and Arnav playing basketball in college. Khushi thinks that if Sheetal was looking at these pictures, she may not have put her full past behind her.
***Something to note, there are visible hints in the show that could point to all of this being a ploy to split the couple up. The first hint was Sheetal’s diary. It was stated that her and Arnav studied together at Harvard but she mentions in her diary about going to see the London Eye with the boy she liked. If I remember correctly, the London Eye is in England while Harvard is in the US. Second, today, Sheetal was looking at the pictures vertically but when Khushi saw them, she was looking at them horizontally and indeed, the pictures were in a horizontal format. Why would anyone want to look at them in the incorrect way. I don’t know if this was bad editing on their part or clues to a much bigger picture but I will restate what I’ve said before; all of this seems just too good to be true….something very fishy is going on.
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