And hello again guys! Sakumira is back with a new story! Oh my gosh! I have been excited to write a Journey fanfic. Yay!

Well, I was inspired by jack2892's fanfic called "My Journey, Our Journey". I love it so much, and then boom! I have this idea. Pretty akward… I guess. But I want to thank that person for it, like, a lot.

Cover art created by me. I couldn't find the human version of the travelers on Internet so I draw it instead. (In case you don't know, you can click on the image for a better view)

The characters are human and gendered in this story. The outfits of the characters are like in the cover art and the outfits of the female White Robes are similar with the Red Robes', but with the pattern of the male White Robes' outfits.

Hope you will enjoy this very first chapter of "Love blooms between." And once again, thank you for jack2892 for your fanfic. It was very great to read it.

Chapter 1: Prologue

Go away!

You don't belong here!

Useless Red!

Weak!

Don't ever dream of coming near me!

Those words kept playing in Rianna's mind. She walked slowly under the thunder rain; tears ran down her rosy cheek as she kept the hood of her red cloak down to cover her face, hiding it.

Rianna was quite attractive and had a beauty of a 20-year-old girl, but it always filled with sadness and depression. She used to be joyful, but now she couldn't have a chance to show it. Everyone always hated her because she was the only Red in her home village, which she hated herself for it. Sometime she wanted to give up her life, but she couldn't bring herself to do it because of Arin.

Arin was her best friend and the only White that showed kindness and friendliness to a lowly Red like her. Sometimes Rianna felt bad for her because people often teased her because of their friendship, but everytime Rianna told her about that, Arin just smiled and said 'It's okay'. Rianna loved her so much that she wouldn't dare to break the bond between them, so she feared that her death would hurt her, and that made her felt hurt as well.

But eventually, Rianna had gotten bored of her life. Every day was an awful day to her. Every time she went outside, everyone would pointed and laughed at her, ruining every of her chances to smile. They even said that she befriended with Arin just because she was a White, and by doing so, she would get attention and could depend on her whenever she wanted.

'How dare they make fun of my innocent and only friendship!?' She cried more at the thought, rain soaked her cloak.

Sometimes, she could lock herself inside her house and cried throughout the day, and no one would care for the sobbing sound. Even Arin sometimes wasn't allowed to go inside when that happened, even if she knocked on the door and called for her countless time. She was so lonely, but no one would notice that and continued to make fun of her.

"What is so bad of being a Red Robe!?" She mumbled to herself as she continued to walk. "I didn't do anything wrong! I have nothing against anyone! I'm innocent! So why does everyone hated me so much!?"

Finally, she shouted into the rains that were pouring onto her slim body, like someone was throwing water on her. The thunder came through the night sky along with her loud and hurt voice. She looked up, letting the rain joined her tears.

"I don't want to be a Red anymore…" She looked down the ground, staring at her brown soaking wet boots. "I don't want to live anymore, but that would hurt Arin…" Her eyes then brighten as an idea came to her mind.

"Maybe… being a White is the solution…?" She then shook her head.

"I'm such a dreamer. It's impossible for me to be a powerful White Robe like them… or can I?"

Ignoring the rain, she stood still and paused a few seconds to think about it. Then she looked straight up at the mountain that was very far away from her town.

"Yes, maybe I can. I heard that anyone that has will, they can come through anything to come to that mountain. And if they have the right of their wishes, the Gods will grant anything they wish for them. Maybe there's still hope for me!"

She walked back to her house, preparing for her long journey.

"Rinanna, are you in there?" Arin knocked on the door, hoping her friend would open. "I haven't seen you since last week, are you feeling alright?"

Hearing no reply, she came home and sighed.

"Maybe she doesn't want to talk right now. I should leave her some space."

As she was in front of her house, she opened her mail box to find a letter. She took it and was shocked of what it said.

Dear Arin,

I'm going on a journey to the Gods, don't find me. And please, keep this a secret before I come back. I'll be back soon, so don't worry, I'll be fine.

Your best friend,

Rianna