01.
Fire
It hadn't happened with Shinko, but with one look at Yuki,
new sensations burned inside of him; fear, anxiety, worry, and
love.
02. Stumble
Funnily enough, she'd always danced
smoothly, but with the prince, she was strangely nervous.
03.
Farewell
When he kissed her hand in parting, it was somewhat more
tender.
04.Sun
She'd smiled at him once, but had then been
swept away by a squire. He thought to himself, later, that it was
like being smiled at by a glorious sunset.
05.Wedding.
He
couldn't help but imagine Yuki in a wedding dress, a pillar of
beauty. His mother told him to stop daydreaming and get back to the
marriage plans.
06.Blossom
He realised that, like a flower,
her true beauty shone only when she opened up.
07.Guilt
When
he kissed her, he felt a stir of shame, and a feeling of guilt
towards Shinkokami.
08. Shoes
When he told her he loved
her, she broke away from him quickly and ran, kicking off her soft
Yamani slippers.
09.Betrayal
Yuki wept at night, but
rejoiced at the fact that he loved her. Shinko came in, concerned,
but Yuki couldn't stand her mistress' worry and asked her to leave
her.
10.Forgive
Roald thought she would let him forgive
him, but even when she didn't come to see him, he longed to smooth
out the lines of sadness on her face.
11.Trouble.
She
couldn't keep his face out of her mind. She felt she was not doing
the right thing, even by Easterners' standards. She felt, this time,
that it was wrong.
12.Gift
Roald
wanted to send something to her room, but knew that if Shinko
proceeded to investigate he would hurt her.
13. Emerald
When
Yuki leaves her room, she finds the Queenscove man waiting for her.
She sighs, thinking him a politically better acquaintance than the
prince.
14. Wistful
Roal can't shake the image of Nealan
escorting Yuki down the stairs. Even he himself wasn't good enough
for her. Nobody was.
15. Hope.
Yuki decides to stop her
foolishness and accept his apology, on the terms that they would be
no more than friends. With a lighter heart, she asks for him, only to
find out he has left for Legann.
16.Gone
Nealan had pined
for his lady loves, and Roald had scoffed. Now, though, he
understood.
17.Blue
She didn't know what it was about Roald
that enchanted her. But then she remembered his eyes, shy and
uncertain, but with a spark of confidence.
18. Wish
Yuki
wishes she had told him she loved him too.
19. Accept
When
Roald hears the Progress is coming to Legann, he tells himself it is
because Shinko is coming, not Yuki.
20 .Forget
Yuki feels
distinctly attracted to Neal, and tries to forget about Roald, forget
about that one kiss she surrendered to.
21. Rose
When Roald
finds a red rose on his desk, he wonders how a flower can put his
thoughts into such turmoil.
22. Tear
Yuki cries herself to
sleep again, with the burden of knowing that Roald was Shinko's
fiancee, not hers.
23. Surprise
After his evening ride
along the beach, Roald returns to find the Progress on his front
doorstep a week early.
24 .Dreams
He walks down the
corridor, determined to fix things with Yuki. Knocking, and then
opening, he finds her already asleep, before closing the door slowly
and leaving.
25. Obligations
He avoids Yuki's eyes in the
morning, greets the princess, and ponders the advantages of
eloping.
26. Reminders
When he kisses her again, near the
water, he brushes away his princely duties and goes with his
heart.
27. Consequence.
When they talk about their future
without each other, they accept the consequences, and leave, doing
the best for their families and countries.
28 .Selfish
Roald
wishes that for once, things were the way he wanted the to be.
29.
Oblivious
Shinko knows nothing about their short romance, but Yuki
plans to tell her-someday.
30. Yuki knows the man who ruled over her would be a great king. He'd locked away her heart, and only recently given back the key.
