Mia

The sunlight from the windows glared right into my face forcing me to groan and pull up the comforter to cover my eyes. I almost fell back into a deep sleep again when my phone rang. I squinted my eyes open and looked at my phone and saw the caller ID, it was my mom

"Hey mom."I yawned .

"Happy Birthday love, Will you be coming over later?"

"Yes I will."

"Okay see you later then." She sounded excited for some reason.

"Bye mom."

I tried to sleep back again and my phone rang again.

I swear.....

"Hello." I answered angrily

"Happy Birthday Miaaaaaaa." Ananya screeched on the other end.

"Thanks Ananya."

"So what are you planning to do today?"

"Just head over to my parents place later and just chill out there for a bit."

"I see okay, I would totally come and see you but I'm here in Bali..... We will catch up once I'm home."

I knew exactly why she was in Bali but I didn't want to ask her about anything just yet... 'Well done Rohan'.

"Yeah you better take me out for a treat and Ananya take care in Bali."

"I will. See you soon, love you, have a great day and tell Aryan I said hi."

"Bye Ananya."

After I was done with my call with her, I checked my messages and saw many happy birthday wishes. Most of them were from my relatives, old friends and even Karan messaged me but the message that stood out was the one from Aryan.

"Happy Birthday once again fiore. I hope you have a great day, I will see you later, my love 😍."

Only you Aryan can make me blush like this, early in the morning. I typed out a response to reply to him but I had another idea instead. I got down from the bed and went to the mirror and took a picture of me just in my lingerie and messaged him

"Missing you 💋"

I mentally smiled at how he was going to flip when he sees the picture later.

I wasn't sleepy anymore so I just laid back down and went through the pictures that Albert took of me yesterday. There were so many pictures of me smiling at them when they brought out the cake, one with me closing my eyes and making a wish before I blew out my candles, a picture of me feeding everyone and lastly my favourite ; a picture of me, Shvan and Aryan holding up Toffee with both of his hands in the air. The picture was so adorable I instantly turned it into my wallpaper. I have to print out this picture and frame it up.

The surprise Aryan gave me yesterday meant everything to me. No one ever did anything as thoughtful as this before. Every year on my birthday, I would just be with my parents, my mom would cook me her usual chicken biryani and chicken masala and then they would buy me a cake and call it a day. Ananya would sometimes take me out and buy me gifts and I appreciated it but no one did what Aryan did for me.

The amount of time and effort it must have taken for him to plan all these caused my heart to skip a beat. He was always so busy with his work yet he made time to prepare all of this for me. Cooking me the perfect dinner and baking the most delicious cake I have ever eaten so far and giving me a beautiful ring with both of our initials engraved on it. I put my hand up in the air and looked at the ring. The platinum Graff ring was simple and beautiful and it shined brightly on my fingers under the morning sun. I grazed my fingers on the initials of the ring, MA. Mia and Aryan. I liked how our names sounded together. I brought my hand closer to my heart and sighed a little.

'What have you done to me Aryan?'.

I was busy watching my siblings play their PS5 in the game room while munching on some chips. I arrived at my parents place 2 hours ago and my grandparents instantly engulfed me in a rib crushing hug and wished me happy birthday. They gifted me a ruby custom made heart shaped necklace from Bvlgari. The stone shined brightly in the middle and had some intricate patterns around it. I wore it around my neck the whole day. Next my mom and my sister came to wish me and my dad just nodded his head at me. I don't ever remember my father wishing me or any of my siblings for their birthdays before. He was a cold man from the start and remained one until now. I used to be bummed out about it when I was small but now I just don't care anymore.

"How is Aryan?" Ravina asked me all of a sudden.

"He is fine."

"Will he be joining us for dinner later?"

"Yes, but he might be a little late." I said with my mouthful of chips.

"Okay, I was hoping he would come, because what kind of boyfriend wouldn't make it for his girlfriend's birthday dinner party."

I almost choked on my chips when she said that.

"Aryan..... Isnt my boyfriend." I coughed a little.

"Yet.... he isn't your boyfriend yet. But he will be very soon. It's very obvious you two like each other." Technically she was right, but I wasn't going to admit that to her.

"Yesssssssssssssssssss." I heard my brother Dhavan scream. He won the racing game he was playing against my other brother Vyan.

"Take that loser."He mocked Vyan and Vyan just stared at him with a neutral expression.

"Can we do something else?"I asked all of them.

"Like what?" Dhavan asked.

"I don't know something fun....."

"Hmmm, we could play some board games." Ravina suggested.

'Board games suck and besides we don't own any."Dhavan retorted.

"How about we go out or something and come back before dinner?" I suggested.

"Where do you want to go?" Vyan asked.

And then we all sat in silence thinking of a place we could go to. Ravina suggested the mall, Vyan and Dhavan suggested the go kart track and I suggested we go watch a movie. We argued about it for a bit, because we always argued about everything and finally decided to just watch a movie at home instead. It started pouring outside and neither of us had the mode to go anywhere after that.

We watched Dune together and of course Dhavan and I had varying opinions and we were arguing halfway through the movie about the characters and the plot. We have watched this movie before, but Dhavan made a new comment about it and I couldn't agree so I had to say something which then turned into an argument. My mother then walked in, scolded us for being so noisy and then left.

We proceeded to watch the movie quietly after that. This time neither of us had anything to say or argue. 3 hours later we were done with the movie and we all went in different directions to go do our own thing. I went back to my room to nap for a bit before dinner.

I woke up all disoriented and groggy a few hours later from my nap.

"Where am I?" I questioned myself and I checked my phone and saw the time, it showed 7.30p.m. Fuck. I better get ready for dinner. After getting ready, I checked myself one last time in the mirror before I went downstairs. As I descended down the stairs, I saw my brother Dhavan talking with his girlfriend, Lara. I met her for the first time at my dad's deepavali party the other day. She was slightly taller than my brother and way more nicer than him. I wonder how someone like her could even love someone as rude as my brother. I guess love is really blind.

"Lara, it's so good to see you again." I greeted her.

"Hi Mia, honestly it's so good to see you too and happy birthday by the way." She hugged me and handed me a pink bag with a wrapped gift inside.

"Okay okay, it's time for dinner." He said and tried to pull Lara away from me.

I checked my phone to see if Aryan had replied to my message but he didn't. I then texted Ragnar and he told me Aryan wasn't done with his shift yet. Dammit I guess he might not be coming tonight. I was a little upset but I understood the nature of his job so I didn't want to bother him any further.

I joined my family at the dinner table and the environment was lively as ever. Everybody was animatedly talking to each other while the maids brought out all the food my mom prepared today. The aroma of the biryani filled up the whole dining area and everybody took their seat at the dining table. My brother and Lara sat next to each other while my mother sat next to my dad who sat at the head of the table. I sat on the far end of the table and my grandparents were on the opposite side of me while Vyan and Ravina sat next to my mom leaving one empty spot next to me.

"Where is Aryan, isn't he coming?" My dad asked me.

"Uhm apparently he isn't done with his shift yet so I don't think he will make it."

'I see well, I guess we can start dinner then."

My mom made chicken biryani with chicken sambal and sauteed vegetables today. It was one of my favourite dishes,I mean who doesn't like biryani. The smell of the rich spices filled my nostrils and caused my mouth to water. I'm so glad to have a mom who can cook so well and I was happy that I got some of her cooking skills but I was definitely no match to her level though.

Dinner was pleasantly amusing to say the least. Everybody was smiling and talking with each other. My dad was talking to me about some work thing, while my mom was animatedly asking Lara something and my 3 siblings seemed to be in heated discussion about a new movie. My grandparents were the only ones who were in their own world, they were busy talking about where to go for their next holiday.

For the first time I did enjoy my night with my family. I was midway talking to my dad about our new budget proposal when someone opened the dining hall door. It was Aryan. He was wearing a white t-shirt and black jeans. He looked so fresh and handsome you wouldn't think he just ended a 12 hour shift at the hospital.

"Sorry I'm late, I got caught up in a last minute case."He smiled at everyone and took a seat next to me.

"Hello, you look great Mia."

"Aryan I thought you wouldn't be able to make it." My dad spoke up.

"I'm just glad I was able to wrap things up as fast as I can. I had a last minute emergency case that required me immediate attention."Aryan explained himself.

Everyone immediately started talking to Aryan about various things starting with my health. It was so embarrassing but luckily Aryan only had good things to say. He talked about my progress and the changes he made in my diet and lifestyle and how it has helped me with my heart condition. My parents seemed to be very impressed with Aryan and how he was taking care of me. I mean he did change my lifestyle alright. From the sweaty sex sessions we had to the frequent dirty talks and wrapping ourselves in each other's embrace. Oh yeah Aryan was doing a terrific job taking care of my heart and some other parts of my body.

After a while the conversation shifted from my health to sports and politics and other topics. Aryan could impress anyone in this world. I don't know what kind of charm he has on people, everybody was always so drawn to him. It's like he can talk about anything and make everyone happy. For a moment everything was going fine until my dad spoke to me again.

"You should go on a holiday, you look exhausted and I'm sure Aryan can agree."

"A holiday? Dad, we are in the middle of a huge project I can't just leave. Plus I just came back from a holiday."

"Nonsense I'm here and I can look after everything besides Karan can handle things while you are gone for a bit." Why is my dad even asking me to go on a holiday all of a sudden? It seemed suspicious.

"Your dad is right, you should go on a break, it might be good for your health." Aryan said with a hint of sparkle in his eyes.

" Okay I will think about it." I didn't feel like voicing out my opinion at the moment. A holiday would be great but I also had a million things to do. Can Karan handle everything in my absence? It would be unfair to just dump all the workload on him. He is my PA, not my slave. I have to discuss this plan with him first before I go on a holiday.

We were done with dinner an hour later and my younger two siblings went into the game room to play some video games, my mom went into the kitchen to clean up along with the maids, my dad went back into his study and Dhavan and Lara went out.

I went back to my room with Aryan and the moment we entered, he slammed the door shut and caged me against it and kissed me like he hadn't seen me in years. The kiss was fiery and intense just like the love I had for Aryan. He pushed his tongue further inside of me and yanked my hair back roughly, causing a little bit of tears to form in my eyes. He then lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around him and my hands started tugging on his hair. When he pulled away we were both so out of breath and he placed his forehead on me.

"That is...... for giving...... me......massive boner at work." He brushed my lips again and pecked it.

"That was the plan, my love."I replied back equally breathless. He slowly placed me down as I unwrapped my legs from him. We both went to my bed and lied down to catch our breaths.

"Fiore, how would you feel if I asked you to go on a holiday with me...again?"

"You better not sleep off this time. Or I will leave you alone in the hotel and go and stay somewhere else. And then you can spend the whole trip looking for me."

"It would be like a soap opera. A boy frantically searches for his girl who left him behind on their trip." He laughed

"So where are we going?"

"Japan."

"Aryan, are you for real now?" Japan is a beautiful country." This is so exciting.I have been to Japan before, but now I get to experience it again with Aryan.

"Yes fiore, this is my second gift to you."He pulled out his phone and showed me our already booked flight tickets and hotel arrangements.

'Babe...... omg you didn't have too. I love it and........ Thanks Aryan." I hugged him and kissed his cheeks.

"How did you even plan this?"

"Remember how you said you loved travelling but don't do it anymore because you are so busy these days. I thought about it, you deserve a break and so I do. So I decided we should both just go and have fun somewhere beautiful. I called Karan and asked about your schedule for December. He said there isn't much going on and you would be free, and right after that call, I just booked the tickets for us."

I was so stunned I couldnt even speak. He remembered what I said a few weeks ago about me not being able to travel anymore and he went ahead and planned a whole trip for us.

Anybody could give someone a gift but it's the thought that counts and most importantly when they give you a meaningful gift that makes sense to you. Not only was Aryan observant and a good listener, he put his heart and soul into everything he did, be it his career or even when it comes to taking care of me, he was always giving his best and I absolutely loved that about him. I wanted to scream those 3 letter words to him but I had to stop myself. It was too fast, we still had a long way to go but something tells me at the rate we were going, I just might say it to him real soon.