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He Smiled pulling her in for a hug and kissed her forehead. " Don't have to be afraid of hugging me."

" iie." she shook her head " I'm fine." she stared at the box wondering if she should open it here or wait until she was alone. She stared a bit longer before deciding to open the box.

Once opened she stared at what was inside.
It was the pendant her mother left behind when she died and a key. what the key was to she didn't know but would find out once she read the letter. that she would wait until later to read. she placed the key back in the box and tucked the box away in her kimono sleeve.
She then sat looking at the pendant it sparkled like nothing she'd ever seen before it was a small bottle held by a delicate silver brace and chain. She thought back to what the priest told her was in the bottle and remembered that it was lily water. He'd said her mother bottled the water of a lily the day after giving birth to her to remind her of where her name came from. Apparently her name was derived from a legend about a blue lily that gave life and took it away. She'd never believed it since she'd never seen a blue lily before but all the same it was a gift from her mother. She unclasped the back and put it on. her fingers feeling the cool water inside. she looked up at Haru the bowed not speaking a word.



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"No, i'm fine." he looked at his watch and saw that it was getting late.
" Ari-chan it's starting to get late would you like me to walk you back to your Okiya." He then looked across the table at Yuri. " Same for you Yuri would you like me to walk with you also?"

Ariku looked to Haru and smiled.

"I would love that." she said and took his hand.

Tora watched in awe as the events unfolded infront of her eyes. She smiled. "Wow," she thought. "How wonderful!" Tora bowed and said goodbye as Ariku and Haru left for the night. She inched closer to Hirose and blushed. Tora slid her hand under the table and placed it ontop of Hirose's. She gave a gentile squeeze and smiled lovingly at him. "Is this your first time in a tea house, Hi-kun?" she asked.

He walked slowly with her feeling very happy about the events of the day. " How do you feel about everything that happened today?" He wrapped his jacket around her knowing it was pretty cold out.

He looked down at her smiling.
"I'm very happy you enjoyed it. " he wrapped his arm around her wait and held her close to him as they walked. " You don't have to thank me. I'd do anything for you Ari-chan." He stopped and turned towards her looking into her eyes admiring the way they sparkled in the moonlight.

( the 1800s sometime around the meiji era. I think....)
His face turned a bright red as he looked at her. he smiled and brought her close leaning down a bit to return her sentiment. He'd never had a girl kiss him before but then again he'd never met a girl that wasn't only interested in him for him family. Ariku was different and he liked it. He stepped away a little and bowed.
" I'm sorry If I'm being too forward." He looked p at her the blush on his face still quite apparent. " It's just I really like you, I think I can even say I've fallen in love with you." He quickly covered his mouth. "I'm sorry If my feelings seem too strong or inappropriate." He bowed again hoping sh'd forgive him.