Yeh Jadu Hai Jinn Ka - Redux

Love?

The convincing of AlBir and ShayHan were finally starting to take effect on Aman and Roshni. Added to that was their hormones which were not leaving them alone. Both of them constantly wanted to be near each other at all times. They would wait eagerly for night because that was the only time they got to be with each other alone, without any disturbance. Their nights were beginning to be more and more interesting each night. Roshni would sleep on the bed and Aman on the couch, but they would talk for ages about their childhoods and college experiences and anything and everything under the sun. One thing they both admired about their relationship was how they didn't need to change anything about themselves to be with the other. They were perfect together as they were. Aman who found Roshni's talkative nature irritating in the start of their relationship, grew to love the way she speaks and would immediately start worrying if she was quiet for too long. Whenever he used to feel down a simple smile from her could instantly brighten up his mood.
       One day Roshni was walking around the house with Mr. Chotu talking about a prank to play on Shayari. Parveen called Mr. Chotu to drink milk. Roshni continued walking and reached the library where there was a trap waiting for her. She was lost in her thoughts about Aman when she heard someone calling her. She walked towards the sound and found it to be coming from inside a book. She opened the book and immediately, her head got pulled inside. She struggled a lot and tried her best to get out. Finally, she reached out for a glass vase that was near there and threw it on the floor breaking it. This action caught Aman, AlBir and ShayHan's attention. They immediately rushed as soon as they heard the glass break. Shayari who was there to get Rehan to sign some papers almost threw those papers in the air to get there. They were all shocked seeing Roshni being stuck in the book like that. Aman ran to her and tried to pull her up. When that failed he called Baazigar and chanted 'Kiya Mifa'. With that the well stopped pulling Roshni in and she held held her head back, trying to catch her breath. Then she weakly rested her head on Aman's chest and hugged him who in return, hugged her to comfort her. Aliya and Shayari helped take her to her room and get changed.
Aman was barely responding to anything he was being asked by Kabir and Rehan. He was lost in the moment when Roshni had hugged him and all of their moments together starting from their first meeting. He remembered how he felt so scared thinking that he would lose her when she was being pulled in by the Chhal Kua. A voice in his mind told him 'if this is not love then what is it?' 'Yes, this is love. I love her. I love my Roshni.' he realised. Aman started laughing and crying like a maniac and fell to his knees, scaring Kabir and Rehan and also the whole family excluding Aliya, Roshni and Shayari who had gathered there, hearing what had happened. 'Aman, what happened to you? Why are you laughing like this?' asked Dadi who was very confused by her grandson's absurd behaviour and considering calling a mental hospital. 'You won't understand Dadi. When love happens, then you can't see anything and you don't care about what anyone thinks either' he replied and went on his way skipping and jumping. Everyone looked at each other weirded out by his behaviour and actions.
Roshni's eyes were closed. She thought about how the day when she had first met Aman, their Nikkah, the night in Kaala Jungle, their Getaway and all their moments together after that. She then realised one thing. In a very short time she had grown so attached to him that she felt scared even at the thought of leaving him or anything happening to him. How was she supposed to leave him after her responsibility of protecting him from the Jinn was over? 'But why do I feel this way? This marriage itself was only ever a deal and I will have to leave him one day. Maybe it's because of his family and the love they have for each other' she thought.
Roshni got the answer to her question a few hours later after dinner. It was dark and she was sitting in the balcony thinking about how she was going to stay away from Aman from now on. She had seen that even Aman had been a little distant from her, during dinner today, but what she didn't realise was that he was doing that because he didn't want to lose his remaining self control and kiss her in front of everyone, at least before he confessed his feelings for her. Suddenly, it started raining. She remembered what her friend Avi had told her in college, 'when you fall in love with someone, your heart will beat faster, your mind will be filled with thoughts of that person and you will feel like always staying wet in the rain of love.' She felt an urge to get wet in the rain and stood up and went to the part of the balcony without a roof.

(Listen to this song to get a feel.)
She started jumping around and dancing in the rain unaware to the fact that Aman was watching and admiring her from a distance. Everything started making sense to her. She was in love. Roshni was in love with her Khanbaba, her Wahiyat Praani whom she had thought she can never love. 'Yes, this is love. You are in love Roshni' said her heart to her. Roshni felt scared if she should tell him or not because she thought they will have to separate one day. Then she felt that he has the right to know.
Aman went to his room and slept on the sofa making plans to confess his love for her. Roshni too went in after a while and slept after savouring the feeling of her newfound love.