IRL I would say love is affection, care, respect, patience, kindness, doesnt keep record of prev wrongdoings, self sacrificial etc When both the partners have this kind of love, it is heathy, If only one is doing so, it becomes toxic over time.
What we see on screen often is affection and attraction being termed as love. It is true that you cant force yourself to be attracted to someone. But there are people who initially werent attracted to each other but over time start seeing them in a new light. It could be because they see personality traits or behaviour in certain situations or in certain looks that makes them attractive.
People can get attracted to multiple people at the same time or over a lifetime. Its the other things with commitment and loyalty that makes a relationship last.
People like AK and AB are attracted and addicted to the toxicity of their realtionship. There are couples who break up and make up often, it never becomes better but fall apart for similar reasons everytime, They are addicted and attached to what they have. They often run with the hope that this time things will workout. But... I think I've seen this film beforeee lol
Unless they learn to put boundaries, recognise things for what they are and work on themselves and learn to love healthy things, they'll often end up in the same toxic cycles.
I see AK trying to do that but the lack of boundaries these days with AB often around is triggering the same toxic cycle that they were stuck in 6 years ago. If AK changed and grew, she will make better choices. If she didnt, well we all know how pathetic and selfish the leads will look lol.
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