Rudra Drabble : still in love ?

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and inflames the great.
"out of sight, out of mind"
rudra has been proud of this so called mantra of his until shivay and anika brought saumya home.
The moment he laid eyes on her, he knew he his mantra failed. One look at her angelic face and the feelings that he had all this while buried in the depth of his heart, resurfaced. In that moment, he realised that the feelings that return with time are the ones that never left.
Was he still in love with her ?