Love is painful, stressful, requires time and attention and most importantly, affection. Love is costly, love is cheap, love is blind, love is foolish, love is this, love is that but in the end, it's all worth it. Because love is love.

Ruhee and Aayan were seated in the bussiness class seats of the flight. Aayan was sitting next to the window while Ruhee sat next to him. Ruhee was being all grumpy and bored, 'Ammi didn't have to book a bussiness class ticket. Economy would have been just fine, why spend so much money?' Aayan signed as he read the daily paper. It was the nth time Ruhee had complained about spending too much for a flight, 'Ruhee, your husband earns enough to afford a bussiness class flight. So, stop whining.' Aayan told her skimming the paper. Ruhee turned to him and said, 'I know, but still.'

Just then, the air hostess came to their seats, 'Would you like some refreshments, ma'am?' She asked. Ruhee looked at her then at the cart and leaned over to Aayan, 'She will cost it if I order something, right?' Aayan signed and closed his paper. He looked at the smiling air hostess and said, 'Two Salami Sandwiches, one cup of Americano and a sugar free mixed fruit juice for the lady.' Ruhee stared at him and asked, 'Why sugar free for me?' With a pout. The air hostess placed their food before them and moved on, 'Because my wife should not have too much sugar. Drink up.' Aayan said handing her, her cup of juice which she sipped in. Ruhee leaned back in her seat, still grumpy.

But I wanted a coffee aswell.

Can I exchange it? What if she charges for that? No No. This juice is not bad anyways.

Ruhee and Aayan where done with their snacks. Aayan went back to reading his paper while Ruhee just sat idle. It was a long flight and Aayan was not telling her where they were going no matter how much she asked, so she gave up. Ruhee looked to the left to see an adorably chubby baby sitting on a females lap, who was talking to someone on her left. The baby was staring at her. Ruhee smiled at the baby and started making weird faces which caused the baby to crack up in laughter. The mother of the baby noticed the sudden joy and turned to look at Ruhee and smiled at her, Ruhee smiled back. After sometine of playing with the baby from a far, the baby fell asleep, 'I also want a baby.' Ruhee said out loud, staring at the sleeping baby, 'That's why we are going on a Honeymoon.' Ruhee heard Aayan say and she turned to him shocked.

How can he say such things out loud?

They had finally landed after a treacherous long flight, at least for Ruhee. She had not sat in the same place for more than 10 minutes and here she sat for more than 10 hours. They walk out of the airport and wait for the appointed driver, 'Aayan, can you atleast tell me now were we are?' Ruhee asked. Aayan turned his attention from his mobile to her and asked, 'You didn't read the boards?' Ruhee shook her head. She was so exhausted, she didn't even read the boards inside the airport. Aayan blinked for a moment and turned away. Ruhee glared at him but it didn't affect him at all. Ruhee huffed and stopped a passenger walking by, 'Excuse me, can you tell me what place this is?' The passenger looked around and said, 'The Airport.'

Why am I dealing with crack heads today?

Ruhee took a deep breath and asked again, 'I mean, which country is this?' 'This is not a country, It's an Island. You are in Mauritius, my lady.' The man said to her. Ruhee blinked a few times as she couldn't believe her ears. The man waited for a Thank you, but Ruhee was too busy digesting the information, so he huffed and walked away. Ruhee turned to Aayan and pulled on his sleeve to call him. He turned to her, 'We are in Mauritius.' Ruhee said it, but Aayan couldn't hear her well as she spoke very very low. Aayan rised his eyebrows in question. Ruhee gave him a big blown smile from ear to ear and yelled, 'WE ARE IN MAURITIUS!' Aayan jolted back at her sudden out burst. Ruhee looked around her in so much excitement and happiness, that Aayan could literally see stars twinkling in her eyes.

Their driver came, and Aayan and Ruhee sat inside and left for their hotel. Ruhee was staring out the window like a kid was just brought to chocolate land. But the long drive to the hotel soon bought down Ruhee's excitement to exhaustion. They reached their hotel and were led into their honeymoon suite. It was a huge suite but Ruhee didn't care as she entered the bed room to crash. On the bed, there were two towels shaped as swans and placed to form an heart. Ruhee awed at the design for a few minutes before carefully picking them up, not to ruin the design, and placed it on a table in the room. She spread her arms wide and fell on the bed and immediately fell asleep.

Ruhee opened her eyes and stretched her limbs. Her leg collided with something and it fell on the floor. Ruhee sat up and looked out the window to see the sun had set. She got off the bed and saw that a gift box was lying on the floor. Ruhee frowned and picked it up. She walked out the room into the sitting area but Aayan was not there, 'Aayan.' She called out to him but there was no reply. She walked into the room and checked the restroom but he was not there aswell. She picked her mobile to call him but remembered that Aayan didn't add a sim yet. Ruhee signed and looked at the gift box. She carefully removed the gift wrap to find a white box. She lifted the lid of the box to find a white clothing along with a small note. Ruhee picked up the note and read it.

I hope you had a good sleep.

Wear this dress and come out. The man outside will lead you to me.

Love you.

Aayan.

Ruhee smiled at the note. She kept the box on the bed and stood up, pulling the dress out and unfolding it. Ruhee's smile turned into worry. She shook her head and first decided to take a bath and freshen up. She came out all fresh and clean and did her makeup. She turned around and stared at the dress on the bed. She just stared at it and nodded her head in determination. She picked up her mobile and connected it to the hotel WiFi and typed in, "How to wear a Saree?" Ruhee had never worn a Saree in her whole life, and Aayan had to gift her one and ask her to wear it right now. Ruhee saw atleast 9 tutorials before she decided to try. She wore the dusty white blouse with 3/4 sleeve with a silver shimmering border and a white palazzo that came along. She picked up the main attraction of the dress and signed.

This is even harder than a Bar exam.

Ruhee played one of the tutorials and went with the flow. As she threw the last end of the cloth over her shoulder was she at ease. It took her 45 minutes to tie it well. Ruhee stood infront of the floor length mirror and nodded her head. She was actually surprised it turned out so well. It is not perfect, but Aayan just had to deal with it. It was a beautiful dusty white Saree with a Silver bold shimmering border. Ruhee smiled as she twirled around in the dress. She wore her hijab and a jacket over her Saree and walked out the suite. As said in the note, there was a hotel staff waiting for her outside. He asked Ruhee to follow him and she did as she was told. They took the lift to the ground floor and to the back area of the hotel.

They were now standing infront of big glass doors. The staff opened the door and Ruhee walked through as he closed it behind her. Another female staff was standing there and asked Ruhee to remove her hijab. Ruhee was a bit reluctant but when the staff told that Aayan had reserved this part of the hotel just for them and no one was allowed, Ruhee agreed to her. Ruhee remover her hijab and the staff removed her bun and combed her hair a bit leaving some hair at the back and some over her right shoulder. The female staff took of Ruhee's jacket and asked her to keep walking.

Ruhee felt extremely awkward as she walked ahead. Not to mention that walking in a Saree is not easy. Ruhee saw twinkling of lights from a far and the closer she got, the more she loved what she saw. Aayan stood before the beautiful decorations in an all white suit. He looked really handsome but Aayan's eyes didn't move away from Ruhee. To say he was mesmerized would be an understatement. Ruhee came and stood few steps away from Aayan as he admired her from top to bottom. Aayan stretched out his hand and pulled Ruhee towards him by her waist. Ruhee clashed into Aayan as she placed her hands on his chest. Aayan placed a small kiss on Ruhee's forehead, 'You look beautiful.' He said, audible enough for only her to hear.

Ruhee blushed as she hid in his chest. Aayan giggled and Ruhee hit his chest. Aayan pulled away and walked over to the beautifully arranged table and pulled a seat for her, 'My lady.' He said and Ruhee sat down with a small laugh, 'Thank you, young sir.' Aayan walked over to the other side and sat down as well. Ruhee looked at the decorations in awe. They were seated at a white clothed dinning table with a white clothed roof tied with silver ribbons and lovely fairy lights as an icing on the cake. Their surrounding was humid as to their left and right was adorned with flowing water and the stars above were just bliss. Aayan clapped his hands and two waitresses came forward placing their meal before them. Aayan clapped again as two female violinists came and played a beautiful melody. Ruhee was beyond surprised and happy.

They began eating in the beautiful surroundings with melodious music. After the dessert plates were taken away. Aayan stood up from his seat and stretched his hand out to Ruhee, 'May I have this dance?' Ruhee giggled at his request and placed her hand in his as they moved with the music, 'You like it?' Aayan asked her as they danced, 'Like it? I love it. It's so beautiful.' Ruhee said looking at the surrounding, 'Told you, I'll plan something romantic someday on my own.' Aayan said with pride. Ruhee nodded her head and said, 'I guess, searching over the net for ideas isn't considered getting help.' Aayan cleared his throat and asked, 'How did you know?' 'Well, I am your wife.' Ruhee hasn't stopped smiling from ear to ear all this time.

Aayan smiled at her moved closer to her face but Ruhee pulled back, 'We have company?' Ruhee said, making him aware of the violinists. Aayan looked at them and back to her as he stopped moving, 'Then let's go somewhere we won't have company. It will be just the two of us.' Aayan whispered to her, as he bent down, placing one hand below Ruhee's legs and one on her back, lifting her in his arms. Ruhee squealed at the sudden gravity shift. Aayan started running towards the exit with a laughing Ruhee in his arms.

It's gonna be a long night.