This drabble won Moderator's Choice from the Live Journal Community iyficchallenge.
Word Count: 138
Original Posting Date: February 5, 2005
Floral Messages
She climbed from the well, a bouquet of four flowers clutched in her hand. Paying no heed to the visitors there, she walked across the shrine grounds into the house, up the stairs and into the pink bedroom. The mattress creaked as she climbed onto it, then laid the four flowers on the pillow.
One by one, she lifted them and sniffed their subtle fragrance. A pink Azalea cautioned her to "take care of herself." A red chrysanthemum and its white twin told her "I love" and "truth". Lastly she held a single cherry blossom for "education."
"Here," he'd said thrusting the flowers at her before leaping off into the depths of the forest. Now she wondered did he know their meanings and should she tell him, or if she should just remember the rose in his cheeks.
