Chapter Eight: In which "A Lucrative and Beneficial Alliance" is mildly plagarized with Rhianwen's permission

Time passed. Cherry blossoms bloomed. The season changed, and Spring was in the Air.

Also in the air was Chelsea, positively skipping along to the beach. The wives whispered, speculating the reason for her joy.

"But she's so lonely, perhaps she's found the man of her dreams?"

"Yes, I know, it reminds me of the time that Duke proposed to me! Oh, he was absolutely bouncing to the winery the day he gave me the feather..."

"I know for a fact that Jeff sold it to her yesterday!"

"He DID?"

"I should know, he's my husband..."

So, speculations. Yeah.

Anyway, now Chelsea was standing bravely in front of Won's counter.

"Well, whaddya want today?"

"..." There was a long pause. Then...

Chelsea did the stupid blue feather animation! She just stood there for a moment, frozenly holding the feather in her hand. And then...

"Oh, how much do you want for that? 5000G?"

Chelsea just stood there for a moment, fighting back tears. Then she flung the feather groundward and ran off. Won stared after her.

"Was it something I said?"

Later that night, just before he went to sleep, Won noticed the feather on the floor. It was, he thought, a very beautiful feather. And he knew just the woman who deserved it...

And now the story ends back where it started; Chelsea's doorstep. Won was standing there impatiently in the morning when Chelsea opened the door.

"What are you doing here?" She looks at him, eyes red and puffy.

"I have come today to sell you another of my amazing wares!"

"Great, is it another one of those godamned apples? You know as well as I that they're all the same."

"No, it's not the apples..."

"So what the hell is it, then?"

"..."

"Well?"

Another pause. Then... Won did the tacky feather animation!

"I'm offering this for only 1000G!" Silence.

"You know I'm not going to pay that, right?"

"Yeah..." And then suddenly the sun was setting and cherry blossoms and feathers were fallig and everything turned pink, as the couple kissed. Oh, and everybody said, "Aaaw..."