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Cherry Blossoms
Life in the West Star!AU
"What is that, Caesar-dono?"
"It's a tree, my dear."
Ichihime pouted as she looked at the tree sapling her husband was transplanting in their garden. His sleeves were folded up to his elbows and a thin sheet of sweat covered his brows. "Let me rephrase it then—what kind of tree are you planting in our gardens, Caesar-dono?"
He patted the soil to make sure the sapling was not going to be uprooted. "It's a Cherry Blossom Tree."
"Oh... so you also have Cherry Blossoms here in the West Star?"
"No, it grows exclusively in the East," he replied. "I asked your brother to send me one. Admiral Magellan was kind enough to transport it to us."
Ichihime tilted her head as she crouched beside her husband. "Why?"
He sighed and glanced at her, a soft smile on his lips. "So you wouldn't miss your home too much. You have the same tree in your gardens, don't you?"
She stared at him, her eyes wide. "B-but... you didn't have to.."
Shrugging, he dusted his fingers. "I hoped it would at least help." He glanced at the sapling. "It's small now but I hope it would grow well. Then our future children would climb this tree to get you flowers." He looked back at her. "Then you would smile."
She stared at him for a few moments before finally giggling. Caesar blinked as she took his hand into hers. "Silly, the flowers of this tree would just fall. No need to endanger our children, my lord."
His eyes softened. Our children. He liked how she agreed. "Is that so? Then I will personally gather the flowers for you."
She shook her head. "No need. We will have picnics underneath this tree once it blooms. And then we can just watch the flowers fall."
He squeezed her hand as he repeated, "We..?"
"You, me, and our future children."
"All five of them?"
"Yes. All five of them."
"Wait—I think I'd like to have six children."
Ichihime giggled. "Then all six of them, Caesar-dono."
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