❛ . . . and before you know it, hanamaru, you’re going to make a beautiful bride! ❜
how does one become betrothed to someone they do not love? oh, how you have read about the butterflies in your stomach and the heartbeats rattling your chest the moment you found the one . . . yet, you did not feel anything for the man that gave you that ring . . . nothing but bile in your throat. tentatively, you tap the area right above your right cheekbone, you did a great job covering it with foundation.
to illustrate you were listening to your mother’s words, you give her a smile and a small nod as an elderly woman took your measurements. ❛ she’s going to be one of my favorite projects, hitomi. to be given a part in joining the kazama and hitsumura families together, well, it is such an honour indeed. ❜ the seamstress and your mother speaks as if you are invisible, tears welling the corners of your eyes. ( I don’t want to do this but I want to make mom happy. ) –– and as they conversed, you’ve been doing the one thing you’ve been learning to excel at : be quiet.
❛ now, what about that howard family? ❜ the elder says, tying up the back of your gown, yet still addressing hitomi. your brow raises : you’ve heard of this family –– geese and . . . who was the son . . . ? ❛ ah, them. I will make sure my hanamaru stays away from those geese and rock characters. I do not wish for her to be tainted by them. ❜ ( oh , that was his name. ) ❛ I have no idea how geese was appointed such a high title, but I imagine it was not by honesty and hard work. the whole family is the epitome of trouble. ❜ you see your mother’s face twist with disgust, but soften when she looks back at you, ❛ but, you should have no worries about that, hana. I am so glad you are going to be koji’s wife. he will take great care of you. ❜ again, you smile, but internally you’re screaming for help.
( koji is not nice when he has bad days, and he’s been having alot of bad days lately. . . )
❛ yes . . . uhm . . . am I able to go to the garden now? ❜ you look to the seamstress, then your mother. hitomi smiles approvingly, ❛ I believe kaede got what she needed, so by all means. make sure to pick out your floral scheme while you’re there, okay? ❜ with no other word you quickly leave, running to the flowerscape that was the courtyard and garden. koji wouldn’t find you here, you could breathe and escape for a while.
you didn’t know this then, but somewhere in this garden, a new chapter in your life unfolded.
( @scarlxtleaves. ) / semi-plotted starter.
