Originally posted by: twerping
I think Basit is attracted to Ayesha...I mean it might not be an intense physical attraction, but you can see that softness in his eyes. From the last scene in ep 12, to the first scene of ep 13 part 1... you can see the softness being carried forward. He keeps looking at her until she speaks to him and gives him license to share the bed 😆 Then the fact that he rubs his forehead (which is a tic Basit has when he is slightly nervous...he has done it in earlier scenes as well) before looking towards her. Ayesha toh has her back to him. But the nervousness before he looks over towards her shows that he has this compulsion in him...that he wants to look at her but is also slightly nervous about it. Then he reaches out and turns off the light..so he is thinking about her and wants her to have a restful sleep.
When he comes to her standing in the balcony, he watches her before opening the door and speaking to her. There too you see that desire to see her. After ditching Fahad's dinner invite, when Ayesha returns, I felt he was on the defensive right from the moment Ayesha walked in. He was expecting her to say something so he answers very curtly to her statements. But as soon as Ayesha's eyes well up, you see him feel bad about it. But again being on the defensive, he doesn't apologise and instead attacks by saying that he was tired. But I felt he keeps feeling bad and knows he has hurt her and so when she is about to leave, he asks her where she was going...
Then when he brings her home from that job interview, his eyes are so soft as he looks at her. I get this sense that he was probably feeling like Ayesha is throwing a cute tantrum in her demands to go and get a job. When she says that thing about not wanting his money and that earning a few thousand from her own efforts was better than all the money he could give, that is when he gets angry. At that time his attitude is very patronising, but at the same time, you can see that he had started out in a mood to cajole her into accepting his decision. That itself is a form of indulgence from Basit who doesn't ever consider the feelings of others.
The attraction is there...maybe it is just starting out but it is there. 🤪
Also that scene in the study, the way their argument runs its course, the fact that Basit listens to Ayesha even if he doesn't agree with her, that comes from that fondness for her that has grown in his heart.