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“Good morning, my lady, you have no idea how good it is to see you.”
When you opened the door, you saw your knight Tsukasa right in front of you. Your mind went back to his puzzling behaviour of yesterday… For some reason, he really insisted on bringing you on a date the next day, it was clear he had some special plans…
“I’m happy to see you as well…!” you answered with love.
“Oh, my lady, every time I see you anew you become more beautiful…” he said as he knelt down in front of you. He looked up into your eyes with such devotion… You averted your blushing face when he brought your hand to his lips and pressed a gentle kiss on it.
He got up and said in an irresistible firm tone, “Look at me, beautiful girl.”
When the knight spoke like that, you had no power to say no… You shyly turned your face to him and you would have lost yourself in his eyes if it weren’t for his actions… He grabbed your hand, letting you feel the smooth, pleasant material of his glove, and started leading you to some path.
“Let us go, my sweet girl, on today’s special date.”
You followed his confident step, looking around at the surroundings, but not being able to notice them when all your thoughts were on him.
“Oh, right, I was supposed to explain today’s date, right? The story goes like this…”
“Once upon a time there was a noble knight so crazily in love with a lady. But unfortunately, she held no such feelings for him… He knew he couldn’t give up the love of his life, though. When for Saint Valentine’s he did not receive a sweet gift, he knew he had to take the matter into his own hands and he started bringing flowers to her every day. From the most common ones, to the most valuable kinds - nothing could stop him from finding a flower worthy of his beloved. And exactly a month later, at the end of the first fortnight of March, she finally gave in and accepted his love. They lived happily ever after, together until the end of their lives.”
“That’s a beautiful story…!” you whispered when he finished, looking up at him with blushing cheeks. “I wish I could get flowers every day too…!”
He smiled back at you with fondness and gave a little squeeze to your hand.
“Conquering this lady here wasn’t a hard thing for someone as amazing as me, but she certainly deserves as many flowers as she wants. That’s why…”
He pointed with his hand at the area that was spreading in front of the two of you.
“All of it belongs to us both now, my princess.”
You were looking at a splendid garden filled with varieties of roses. Had he really done it all for you…? After standing in place for some time from bewilderment you uttered the word of thankfulness and, still not letting go of his hand, you began pacing around to get to know this place.
Spring-bringing morning sun shone on the two of you and made the dewed flowers twinkle with rainbow. Red, white and pink roses of various tones adorned every shrub, delighting your pounding heart. You thought that you even noticed one or two of the scarce grey ones, but there was no time to wonder, too many things to see! The stray plants that showed their wild leaves here and there only added to the charm of the location. The nightingale who was hiding somewhere had such a lovely voice, his song seemed to praise beauty.
As you stroked the delicate petals and took in the flowers’ sweet scent, the knight followed you everywhere in silence, more than admiring the flowers he was admiring you.
When the feeling of his gaze on you finally distracted you from the flowers, you turned to Tsukasa and looked up. Your heart started beating faster, it was so happy to see his eyes. His eyes were filled with devotion for you. The sunrays were reflected as melted gold in them. So precious were his eyes, because could convey his feelings, intentions, so clearly. You wondered, were your eyes as full of meaning to him?
The knight chuckled from the intensity of your stare. He lifted your hand up to the height of your heart and he interlaced his fingers with yours.
“Are you so overjoyed with our new secret place that you can’t speak, my sweet girl? You just keep looking at me with those beautiful eyes of yours… Fortunately for you, I have mastered the ability to read them. And, I have to say,” He leant forward, his face so close to yours that you felt his heat, “I need you too, I crave you too, I adore you too.”
He moved his head forward and his lips touched yours. He placed his other hand on your waist to pull you closer to him, sending a pleasant shiver through your body. Warm wind gently touched your body and brought to your nostrils the scent of the roses mixed with the scent of your beloved’s feeling.
When he pulled back from the gentle kiss, he gave you a sweet smile.
“Shall we dance, my lady?” he asked in a bright tone tinted with amusement.
“H-here?” you asked in surprise at another one of his unusual ideas. “Maybe we have enough space, but without music I’d get lost all the time…”
“Oh, don’t worry, my little flower. I’m sure that my wonderful voice is enough for this task!” he let out a proud laugh, then took a breath and began to hum a sweet melody. He took on a proper position and led you into the dance.
The knight’s voice resounded in your ears, firm, calm and delicate. The curious bird quieted down as if to let the superior one tell his song. A song that put you in a trance, made you lose your senses to him – just like every one of his actions.
You feared that in all this haze of love you forgot all the steps. And your mind did, but your body moved on its own, guided by your skilled partner. Nothing more was needed for you to dance almost as perfectly as him. He twirled you around, stepped further away from you to pull you to himself after a moment. With every step, with every second of looking into his eyes you were falling more and more in love with him, love blooming as beautifully as the roses around.
Driven by a desire in your heart to feel that you belong together, you shyly began humming along with him. A shiver went through your body when you heard how perfectly your voices sounded together, as if you were meant to sing together, to be together like this.
The way he smiled at you was enough to tell you that his impressions and yours were one and the same. When the time came to dance through the last figure, neither of you felt grief for an ended moment of beauty, as its place was taken by the hope to do it again soon, the kind of hope that expresses a secure wish.
Flustered and overwhelmed by your feelings you looked at the ground while panting a bit from all the movement. But he wasn’t happy with that and grabbed your chin to lift it up. Your eyes met his.
“Darling, I want you to look only at me. Tell me I am your world.” he commanded softly.
“You are my world, Tsukasa…!” you uttered in pure honesty and with hesitation dictated by timidness you put your arms around his neck in a rush of love. You needed to be close to him… Always, no matter what you were doing, only he mattered, he filled every aspect of your world. You needed to be close to him…!
“I’m so happy to hear that, my princess…” he murmured with affection and pulled you in for a kiss. This time he kept it going on longer. He ran his hand through your hair and played with it along with the spring breeze. He didn’t want to end the kiss until you needed to pull away for air. Your head was spinning with all the love he gave you.
“Oh, my little flower… You look so gorgeous like this!” he chuckled warmly and showed you a heart-melting grin. “Here… For the prettiest lady in the world.” He handed you a bouquet of nine red roses, the most beautiful ones you’ve ever seen.
You looked into his eyes and you knew that there was nothing more that you might ever need.