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"Yusuf hums non-committedly, pulling away from Nicolò to lean back against the bench beside him. He digs out an arancia, the citrus sweet smell filling Nicolò’s nostrils, and rolls it around in his palms absentmindedly. Nicolò catches his eye and raises one questioning eyebrow.
They definitely don’t have enough between them to afford an indulgence such as this, unless Yusuf traded some of his labour or artwork for it. But Nicolò knows that the only orange blossom tree that grows in this village belongs to a merchant family, and their youngest daughter has been covering the stall. Which means-
“A gift, Nicolò. Isn’t that nice?” Yusuf says in way of answer, pleasant and naïvely pleased in a way that Nicolò usually finds endearing."
In which Yusuf is gifted with oranges, and Nicolo has a minor crisis.
Series
- Part 1 of sonnet xvii