It's the moment of truth. Shaurya finally tells his brother who he really is: "I'm your brother, Karan." Yash screams that his little brother is dead, and calls Shaurya a liar. With tears streaming down his face, Shaurya cries: "No, YOU LIED! You said that Dad would come back, that the misunderstanding would get cleared up, and that he'd take us to see the fireworks show. That we'd go back to the way things were. You promised!" They're the last words Yash ever said to his little brother, and he recalls the moment that he made that promise and swore he wasn't lying. He stands there frozen and speechless, and Shaurya pounds Yash's chest over and over, crying, "But what is this? What happened to you?" He buries his face in Yash's chest and wails, and Yash finally reaches up to hug him back.

I just want this scene to go on foreverrrrrr.

Yash and Shaurya relocate to a family pizza restaurant, and Yash puts a slice in front of Shaurya with this expectant face that kills me: "You said it was your life's wish to eat an entire pizza by yourself..." And then he realizes that eons have passed and that's probably not his wish anymore. Still, Yash is amazed at how tall Shaurya has grown when he was always such a pint-sized kid, and asks eagerly how he's lived all these years. Shaurya tells him about his adopted family while ignoring repeated calls from Anokhi, who's back at the precinct and pacing with worry. Ahir finally returns from his Patiala detour and asks what Yash did to her. She's sporting a bruise on her neck but refuses to talk about it, so Ahir says he's just go ask Shaurya then.She suddenly slams the door and tells Ahir not to dare ask Shaurya, and Ahir's face falls at her harsh tone, and in Shaurya's defense no less. He storms out and tells himself that it's over-he's going to stop going down this stupid one-way highway. Shaurya and Yash are interrupted by a barrage of fans wanting Yash's autograph, and Shaurya watches his brother play the hero with a sad smile. He apologizes for pretending not to recognize Yash in the square when they first met, but Yash says he did the right thing and that he should continue to live as Shaurya and pretend he doesn't have a brother. Shaurya asks the question he's been dreading all this time: "Why... should I?" Yash's face suddenly twists up as he struggles not to cry: "I think you've already guessed the answer..."

Ugh, say it ain't so, Yash.

"I... killed someone."

Worst. Christmas present. Ever. I can't believe you dashed my baseless and unfounded hopes like that.

It takes a moment for the truth to sink in for Shaurya, and he just shuts his eyes as he lets out a shaky breath. Both brothers shed a silent tear at the table, surrounded by happy families all around them. Anokhi braces herself before going into the station, and she's met with whispers all along the corridor about Mom's moment of public humiliation at the hands of her own daughter. Her team leader Lalit is prepared to give her a stern lecture (and win brownie points in front of Mom in the process), but when she walks into the office, Preetam pulls rank and yells at her very loudly that what she said was right, but there's a time and a place for that kind of thing. He tells Anokhi to report to him directly from now on and leads her away, and quietly tells her to take the rest of the day off. She asks quizzically if this is her punishment, because it doesn't feel like it, and Preetam makes it clear that he totally agrees with the stuff she said to Mom during the lecture. She's grateful that someone's on her side and calls him an awesome boss, and he turns back to ask specifically how he's awesome, heh. Over at Shubh Savera, Shaan leads a staff meeting for new story ideas, and Shagun pitches a story on Yash (all she knows so far is his connection to the plant workers who died, and the plant manager's cell phone pattern that Ahir is chasing). Shaurya freezes at the mention of his brother, and to his shock, Shaan tells her to run with it. Shaurya chases Shaan down and asks for more time. But Shaan knows that he's already made his decision about Yash, so he's taking the story out of his hands. In desperation, Shaurya says he'll do whatever it takes to get Yash to turn himself in, and Shaan's eyes widen at that. He leads Shaurya into the conference room and asks what that means-is Yash a murderer? Shaurya confirms that Yash admitted as much today, and Shaan asks if he heard that and still plans to cover this up. Shaurya swears that he won't, but begs for a chance to convince Yash to do the right thing. Shagun presses her ear against the wall to try and eavesdrop on their conversation, but phew, she can't hear anything. Shaan comes out and reassigns Yash's story to Shaurya, and she fumes impotently at having her first juicy report stolen out from under her. Anokhi sighs as Shaurya ignores another of her calls, and she heads to a bar to polish off a few bottles of soju. She thinks back to Shaurya's tearful reunion with his brother, wondering what he meant when he lamented the state he found Yash in. She's surprised to find Shagun a few tables over, drunkenly grousing at her food as a stand-in for Shaurya. They're both adorably drunk and happy to see each other. Shaurya waits outside Yash's apartment, which is still decorated with hero banners and flowers from fans. Yash brings him inside and tries to give him some of the fan gifts, but Shaurya ignores all his questions and just says quietly, "Turn yourself in." Shaurya asks him to stop his revenge here, but Yash gets steely-eyed and asks how he's supposed to do that when their mother died because of Devi. Shaurya counters that it's partly Yash's fault too, and asks why he abandoned them. It's only then that Shaurya learns about Yash's interview with Devi and how he ended up having to spend the night in jail.
Yash: "If you were me, would you be able to stop now?" Shaurya walks home in a daze and remembers his adamant refusal to search for his family when he was a child. Riddled with guilt, he tells himself, "It's because of me. I should've found Yash. If I had, then he wouldn't have killed anybody. I made Yash a murderer." Both Anokhi and Shagun are happily drunk by the time they open up about their problems, and Shagun skewers a piece of egg as a stand-in for Shaurya as she describes how there's this egg that likes her but stole her news story and made her feel like a speck of dust today.
(I'm simultaneously amused and grossed out that Shagun's solution to feeling ill is to hook a plastic bag around her ears as a handy puke bucket.)

Anokhi says she totally understands and skewers a second piece of egg to say that there's this egg she likes, and he's having a hard time right now but it's because of her, so there's nothing she can do to fix it or make him feel better, and it makes her feel as useless as a speck of dust. They cheers with more soju, none the wiser that their eggs are the same egg. Many more bottles of soju later, Anokhi is passed out at the table, and Shagun stumbles away. Ahir and his coworker happen to pass by and see her sleeping there, and at first Ahir pretends not to care, but eventually ditches his partner in the road to turn back for her. He berates himself for being right back where he said he wouldn't be, and calls Shaurya to come pick her up. They don't exchange any words when he arrives, and Ahir leaves Shaurya to piggyback her home. Dad is appalled at the sight of his drunken daughter, and as they put Anokhi to bed, he reminds Shaurya that he ought to be on better behavior because Dad hasn't given them his blessing yet. Shaurya apologizes quietly, and Dad starts in on another of his My Daughter Is Delicate and Precious speeches, only to be interrupted repeatedly by Anokhi's vomit reflex. Ha. Shaurya caresses her face with a wistful smile, and then cries himself to sleep that night. In the morning, Dad is looming over Anokhi's bed wearing a frilly apron, wondering what he must've done in a past life to spend his morning making hangover soup for his daughter. She thinks he's overreacting, until he tells her to look in the mirror and adds that Shaurya piggybacked her home. She wipes the crusty drool off her face before shuffling out to the breakfast table, and sheepishly tells them that she doesn't remember anything from last night. Grandpa asks if she drank because she was upset about something, and she hiccups when she says no. Shaurya cuts in to say that she was upset about being grilled by seniors at work, and lies that she complained about it the whole way home. She takes his word for it and feels relieved, but then she remembers a quick flash from last night : Shaurya telling her to forget it all, because she always forgets when she drinks. She asks Shaurya if they talked about anything last night, but he brushes past it as if nothing happened. Anokhi is surprised to learn that Shagun wasn't with her by the time Shaurya picked came and she wonders where Shagun ended up.
Cut to: an entire newsroom full of station caps, staring at a drunk Shagun sleeping on their couch and swearing at Shaan in banmal(casual languag). Pfft. She sleeps the morning away on the couch and crawls away when she wakes up, but on the way she picks up an interesting tidbit : Jagruk Nation is going to do an exclusive interview with Yash, and Anokhi's mom is going to conduct it herself. She brings the news straight to Shaurya, who runs off in a panic when he realizes that Yash might murder Anokhi's mom on live TV. On his way, he receives a disturbing anonymous tip via text, from someone claiming that they witnessed Yash kill the plant manager. There's even a picture of the manhole covered with bricks to prove it. Ack. Shaurya runs in front of Yash's truck to bring him to a screeching halt, and begs for him to rethink the interview tomorrow. But Yash is so far gone that he wonders why he can't just kill Devi for the world to see, claiming that he's come too far to waste his chance for revenge. And when Shaurya tells him about the anonymous text, he's crushed when Yash asks him to cover it up. No matter how much Shaurya begs, Yash just pushes him away and tells him not to call him Elder brother anymore. Shaurya asks if he can't entrust the revenge to him now, and says he'll bring Devi down in his own way-as a reporter, with the truth. But Yash already knows how Shaurya feels about Anokhi, and asks how he plans to carry out that revenge. He tells him to live as Shaurya, and be loved... and leave the revenge to him. He punches Shaurya in the face and drives off, ignoring the cries. Anokhi is bothered all day by the feeling that something important happened last night, and decides to retrace her steps to try and jog her memory. All the bar middle-aged-woman can tell her is that a guy showed up to carry her home, and she saw them sitting nearby and talking for a long time, andAnokhi looked like she was crying. So Anokhi wanders over to a park bench that starts to feel familiar, and suddenly Past Anokhi and Shaurya come into frame as the memory plays out in front of her. Shaurya puts her down on the bench as they wait for a taxi, and he takes her hand as he tells her that he was with Yash all day and couldn't answer her calls, "Because I'm the one who turned my brother into a murderer." Present Anokhi gasps as if she's hearing this for the first time, and Past Shaurya confesses that he purposely didn't search for his brother because he thought Yash had abandoned him, because he wanted to stay by Dad and Grandpa's side, and by her side. He says he could've stopped all of this if he had just found Yash, and he hates himself for it-for not being able to leave her. He says that even now in this moment, he's hesitating because of her, and he hates himself for that too. He admits that the more sympathy he feels for Yash, the more he hates her mother, and no matter how much he wants to cry alongside his brother and take his side, he can't because of Anokhi. It's crazy how these words come out like a sweet confession of love, but they do: "I want to tell Yash to leave the revenge to me and rest, but I can't... because of you." Anokhi tells him with a smile that he can hate her all he wants and he can leave her too, but he reaches up to her face and gets choked up with tears: "How can I... when it's you?" He brushes away his tears and says he's not in his right mind and tells her to forget everything he just said, knowing that she will anyway because she's drunk. The memory fades away and Anokhi breaks down in tears as she wonders what they're supposed to do now. Shaurya is surprised to find Anokhi waiting for him at Shubh Savera, and she pulls him aside because she has something to say. She cuts to the chase and says she remembers everything he said last night, and doesn't let him try and lie his way out of it this time. She says she knows how much he's held back because of her, and she knows now that this is too big for him to keep repressing everything... so she's decided to let him go.

(What. NoooooOOOooo.)

What kills me is that Shaurya can't argue, because he knows she's right. She puts the dream button he sold her back in his hand and says she'll be able to get over him, so he should stop hesitating and fight her mother with everything he's got. He asks if she means it, and she does-sans hiccups to prove it. She's barely holding back her tears though, and tries to rush off. But Shaurya blocks her with his arms, and this time she pulls him in for one last kiss, as they both shed tears and say goodbye with a silent look.
This is where that voiceover comes from-the one that narrated the scene with the traffic cone hats when we first discovered Shaurya's feelings, which is the moment he thinks back to now.
Shaurya (voiceover): When I look back, that was the moment I should have left. From the start they were feelings I shouldn't have had, and a person I shouldn't have met. I thought that this thumping in my heart would quiet after time, and that once it did, I could leave. But that was childish misconception, and an excuse to linger by her side. Inside that misconception and excuse, I was really happy. Even if that happiness was a lie, I thought that if I insisted a thousand times, it would come true. I thought that if I insisted a thousand times, dream would become reality. But even when I closed my eyes and shut my ears, no matter how much I argued, the truth remained as it was, in its place. Shaurya marches into Shaan's office and hands over his phone and the tie pin, determined to stop hiding the truth. He goes to meet Yash with a grim look of determination on his face, and says he'll answer Yash's question now. He admits that because of Anokhi, he held back on any thoughts of avenging his family. But he's given up on Anokhi now and is prepared to go to war. Shaurya argues that Yash became a killer because of him, and says he'll take over getting revenge in his own way. Yash says Shaurya wouldn't have been able to stop him either way, and doesn't put much stock in Shaurya's idea of revenge. Shaurya admits that he's no different from Devi right now, because he only saw what he wanted to see, and hid the truth when he found out about Yash. "But I plan to become different from now on." He says he's already handed over everything he has, and he's on his way to meet that informant. And if what he says is true, he's going to report... He gets choked up with tears as he has to say the words out loud: "That you're a murderer. Forgive me. But that's my answer, Yash." Yash calls after him, but Shaurya doesn't turn back. It's D-Day, and Shaurya steels himself as he reads over his report one last time. Over at Jagruk Nation, Yash sits down at the news desk next to Devi for his live interview, as Anokhi watches nervously from behind the cameras.We flash back to Shaurya as he leaves his meeting with Yash. The informant calls and he picks up, only to find that it's Yash on the other end-it was him all this time, and he says this was his way of turning himself in, to Shaurya. Yash wanted to know what he'd do, and says tearfully that he thinks he can entrust their revenge to Little Bro now, and tells him to do it in style while he's at it. As Yash's interview at Jagruk Nation begins, Shaurya watches as Ahir and his team of investigators unearth the manhole, and takes a deep breath before facing the camera to begin his report.