Peeling vegetables for salad, Thara was lost in her thoughts. She was listening aimlessly to A.R. Rahman's mesmerizing melodies. The song flooded Thara's heart with memories of the days when she fell in love with Arya. Her mind wandered back to her days of long drives and listening to Rahman's music. As she was listening, she was distracted by the sound of Arya's voice. When she rushed to the bathroom, she realized he was angry with someone and screaming on the phone. Even though he was bathing, he appeared to be very busy. She returned to cooking. After an hour Arya was about to leave home for the office. After saying good-bye, he left. There were tears rolling down Thara's cheeks as it was her birthday and Arya forget it. She continued to do her household chores.
Approximately seven o'clock in the evening, Arya returned. Thara was asked to take the file in the car as he forgot to bring it. Thara opened the car. When she saw the gift box in the car, she was surprised. Taking the box, she opened it curiously. "Happy birthday, sweetheart!" Arya exclaimed as she opened the box. It contained a diamond necklace. My sweet angle's birthday can't be forgotten, said Arya. They embraced one another. Arya asked if she liked the gift. Thara responded that she was happy about the gift. Arya said, "five years ago, you asked me to buy a diamond necklace when I had only 500 Rupees in my wallet. However, today I can afford it. This was a great pleasure for me to do for you now." Thara replied with a smile, "Yes, I know you can buy anything in the world for me." Arya noticed that something was wrong with Thara. After finishing dinner, the couple went to sleep.
Arya awoke suddenly from a terrific dream and searched for Thara, who was not in bed. After getting up from the bed, he began searching for Thara. Thara sat in the balcony looking into her diary as she wrote something in it. He feels fidgety about it. He understood that something was troubling her. The moment Thara closed her diary and about to sleep, Aryae rushed to bed and faked sleep. After a while, Thara fell asleep and Arya woke up to see the dairy.
Finally, Thara shared her full package of emotions in her diary. She imagined the dairy as her husband and written that, "5 years ago, even though we didn't have expensive things I was so happy with you. But now we have everything in our house but I feel empty. It made you happy to be able to buy me everything. But I was not happy about that. I didn't want all the expensive things in the world. I just want you. The way we were before is all I want. I want us back. I don't want a typical husband and wife. I want us. The days we used to spend together. The days we used to sit in the balcony and chat for long hours. I want our road trips back. I want to get away. I want us to explore places. My body wants to rest in the car after a long drive. I want you to stop the car to admire the view as you usually do. I want us to visit our favourite places. Need to capture lot of pictures with you. I want our memory-stirring pictures. I want to feel the wind on my hair as we did long back ago. I want to make memories. I want to feel alive. I want to love our life more and more every day. I no longer want expensive gifts. I want to scream. I want the love letter you wrote for me which makes me happy tears. I want you to surprise me by cooking terrible food as you did before. I want you to polish my nails. I want to sleep on your shoulder. I want to tell you stories and annoy you. I want you to tease me. I want you not your expensive gifts. I want your time. I want you Arya! I want us." Reading this, Arya's eyes welled up with tears.
As Arya ran to the bedroom, he woke Thara. He apologized for his behaviour. Arya hugged her and asked why she hadn't told him all this time. He asked "you hid it yourself, why did you do that? How would I know if I hadn't read your diary?" Thara replied that, "I could not blame you because you never shouted at me or lied to me. My every need is met by you. You treated me like a queen. To keep me sophisticated, you worked day and night. You're the type of husband every girl wants. All your purchases are only for me. In everything you do, you give me your best. You took good care of me. I know how much you care for me and how much you love me. Being married to someone like you is the luckiest thing on earth for me. However, how can I possibly blame you despite all these things?"
Ariya replied, "I'm so sorry, dear! I thought being sophisticated made you happy. I thought the expensive gifts would make you happy. Now I realize that the best gift we can give each other is time spent together." As he said he took his phone to make arrangements for his second honeymoon trip.
Note: The best gift you can give someone is your time, because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back.
