Abandoned Flower's

Galanthus Nivalis

Winter waits anxiously outside the room, waiting for Flo, who is struggling alone, to give birth to their second child.

Altez hugged Camellia and sat in the chair watching Winter who did not stop pacing back and forth.

"Auntie Al!" Camell pulled the nape of Altez and whispered. "Daddy was that golden at my birth too??"

Altez widened his eyes and chuckled a little considering Winter was born in Camellia, the man adamantly wanting to accompany Flo in the process of giving birth and ended up unconscious in the room even before Camellia came out. Not that Winter was afraid of blood, she was used to seeing blood but seeing so much blood coming out of Flo's body during childbirth made her not strong and fainted just like that.

"Your father was calmer at your birth, probably because your grandfather was here at the time." Altez whispered back to Camell.

Of course, he meant to be calm because Winter didn't make a sound when she was unconscious.

"Owaaaaaaaa! Owaaakk!" There was a sound of crying from within and Winter's eyes sparkled happily as did Altez and Camell.

"Congratulations!! A boy!" The midwife came out of the room and brought a baby boy in Winter wrapped in a warm blanket.

After the midwife finished doing her job, Flo is still lying down and doing the first touch with her second child. Winter comes over to Flo and rubs Flo's moist forehead. "Thank you baby you fought hard for our second child."

Flo smiled at Winter. "Have you prepared his name?"

"It's over!" Winter sits on Flo's bedside and pulls out a piece of paper. "Galanthus nivalis Ferkalon. As usual we'll hide Ferkalon's name until the time comes." Winter chuckles.

"Galanthus Nivalis." Flo smiled widely. "Both of our children are named flowers, flowers that only grow in winter. Camellia and Galanthus." Flo kisses her baby baby. "Galant, I'll call him that."

"Galant, my dear son." Winter hugs Flo and her son.

"Where's Camell? Isn't he impatient to meet his sister??" Flo glanced towards the door.

"He was picking flowers with Altez in the garden, he said he would give them to his sister."

Right after Winter finished speaking, the door of the room opened wide. The brunette-haired little girl walked in and smiled wide with a bunch of flowers in her hand.

"Where's my sister??" Camell asked so excitedly. After her eyeballs landed on the tiny baby in her mother's arms she immediately smiled so beautiful. "Son brought you flowers!!"

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3 Waiters in Luckingham crouched down and picked up the petals of lilacs that fell this spring at night. "I'll make a fragrance out of dried flower petals, put it in a pillow then we can sleep well." Said a servant

"I love the smell of lilacs, it makes the heart calm, spring is the best." Another waiter chimed in.

"really. Right."." Right." They cheerfully collected the flower petals into a cloth bag.

"Eh, what nonsense have you heard that rumor?" Said the most senior servant.

"Say in the park of the west door near the lake there were the ghosts of the former duke and the previous duchess." The servant half whispered.

"What are you talking about?! Don't be afraid, it's midnight and we're close to the park's west door." The other waiter shuddered in horror.

"Seriously??" The other servant did not believe.

"Something saw them walking by the lake, or talking to each other under the lilac tree." The senior servant was seriously talking about the rumors circulating.

"Ah if you think it doesn't make sense." Said one of the servants. "My brother used to work here, he said the relationship between the previous duke and the former duchess was not so good. They often get into emotional fights and a lot of trouble."

"Nobody knows for sure about that." The senior servant interceded. "If even after they've been together, they might actually love each other."

"Right as well, because palace life is not as it seems from the outside. This is not a place where we can live life as we please. I was sad to think of this." The maid stood up after finishing filling her pouch with flower petals. "Maybe they both love each other."

The other waiters were silent and did not chim in even though in their hearts they thought the same thing.

Suddenly the wind blew strong and made the lilacs fly like winter snow.

"Waaaah.it's so beautiful!" Said the senior servant and the three of them walked back home to the main residence.

"I thought we'd be found out." Flo and Winter giggled behind the biggest lilac tree there. "I'm so nervous!" Flo cupped his hands together.

"Me too!" Winter chuckles. "Every year we come here when you want to see likacs blooming. But if we keep doing this, sooner we'll be caught."

Flo smiled mischievously at Winter. "What's the problem, they still think we're ghosts."

"Hftt.." Winter held back his laughter. "Totally so." Then he slowly pulled Flo's head to lean against his shoulder. "Even though every year I see this but I never stop saying it's beautiful, it's beautiful."

Flo nodded in agreement to see the expanse of lilacs flying, and flowers blooming that still remained in the tree. "Beautiful..." Flo said as she closed her eyes, "..And the moment with you."

Flo falls asleep and dreams when she first meets Winter under this lilac tree, when they were both young. Their first meeting was accompanied by a warm smile and the fragrant aroma of lilac flowers. Winter looked at her lovingly the first day they met.

"Find a woman who is like a pear, beautiful and smells soft and can produce good fruit. Only that woman can be by your side forever..."  Remembering her late mother's words, Winter fell in love with Flo for the first time.

..

Winter smiled at Flo who was soundly asleep on his shoulder, "It seems you dream very beautifully well..." Winter uncovers Flo's hair-pumped tendril. "All right, we'll be here any minute now.."

We'll be here longer, until the moon and stars follow their paths sinking behind the mountain.

Fin