Flowers/Roses

Mamoru's life have always been defined by the flowers that surround him at any given time.

It was held true during his past life as Endymion, as he could clearly recall the White Lotus at the upper right corner of every single official document that came from the Golden Kingdom. He could also recall how the Royal Gardens had a mix of several flowers and plants, and how they were prettily surrounded by Jacaranda, Bougainvillea, Cherry trees, and Peach trees; there were also Elysium large fields covered in all kinds of Lily, roses and Chrysanthemums, and even the roses that even then he was able to summon out of thin air.

He also had really fond and clear memories of his Shitennou's palaces, each with an specific type of rose and a mix of flowers native to each region: Green Roses, Tulips and Hellebores for Zoicite; Orange Roses and Orchids for Jadeite's Gong; White Roses and Amaryllis within Kunzite's fortress and Pink Roses, dahlias and Sunflowers for Nephrite.

Each place was special, and each garden was different, such as the memories each of them held.

He also had memories of the Silver Millennium's main gardens, covered in Lilly, Roses, Hydrangeas, Dahlias, Amaryllis, and some other flowers, always in white, and always giving off that sense pf purity and serenity this particular place always tried to present to its inhabitants.

A smile always crossed Mamoru's face in remembrance of all the quiet talks and tender kisses that those flowers witnessed, all the silent moments he manage to share with his princess and all the secrets they told each other when peace was still something to take for granted, before the hostilities between their kingdoms, before Beryl's apparition and the disappearance of his friends and his home.

Mamoru's life before

Sailor Moon was also surrounded by flowers, but mostly by Roses.

For some strange reason, He had always felt a pull towards that certain flower, leading him to believe that it might have been because of a dormant memory from his previous family life. In fact, for a very long time he thought that maybe, just maybe Roses were his Mother's favourite Flower and that that was the reason he always felt a special connexion with them.

This special connexion could be traced back to the red rose a little girl gave him a few days after he woke up at the hospital, feeling lonely with no memories and no one going there to give him answers. That flower however, filled him with a sense of happiness, surprise and even a strange sense of belonging that he did not feel from anybody else at the time.

Nobody could fault him for wanting his new alien friend to feel the exact way, thus giving him the rose as a parting gift.

Then again he couldn't have known that his alien friend would, several years later, gift him with the best and worst flowers of his existence.

While living at the orphanage, Mamoru always tried to have at least a rose near his bed, so no matter how rough or good a day was, he could see it first and last in his day. Once he managed to get an emancipation and move to his own apartment, he tried to always have roses of all kinds and colours around.

Flowers, Specifically roses also have a special place and meaning within his life as his alter ego, Tuxedo Mask.

At first, Tuxedo Mask was just the subconscious answer his soul provided to help his princess when she first appeared fighting as Sailor Moon. For some reason, the preferred darts the masked man used were always roses, and they were always of a deep red hue.

This roses also, along with his other personality, always appeared whenever she needed him the most.

What was really curious, once he stopped for a moment to think about it, was the fact that both in the western Language Flower and in the Hanakotoba, Red Roses were always a sign of a deep and great love.

Red roses were soon Tuxedo Mask's Signature Attack, something that always announced his arrival to the fight scene and something that always set him apart from the rest.

This, only changed on two occasions.

The first one, was that time where he was kidnapped by Beryl, turning him into a dark version of Prince Endymion. During that time, whenever he conjured a rose for whatever purpose, it was always a black rose. Black roses, that means the end of an idea or the death of something that was once known as true.

The second one, was the time where his desire to help his princess was so strong it got completely separated from his regular self. That time, while he paraded as the Moonlinght Night, his roses were always white. White roses that are a symbol of purity and spirituality. Perfect companions for that entity.

It had been some time since he last donned the top hat, the cape and the Tuxedo, and he was not sure if he would use them again sometime in the future, however, that did not mean that his ability to conjure roses from thin air disappeared.

In fact, and just as he used to do with Serenity in another time, he always tries to surprise his wife with a different rose each day, a rose created especially for her.

Sometimes he would give her a red rose, first thing in the morning. Sometimes he would give her a Lilac Rose before going to sleep. There were times when he would give her a Yellow one, if the day was good for it, and sometimes he would give her a green and a white one as a complement.

The beaming smile she always gives him, so full of love and wonder was the best reward he could ever receive.

Flowers, mostly roses have always had a great importance in Mamoru's Life. They have always been a symbol of good memories and fond stories to share with those he feels are special.

Stories and memories he just hoped to keep making for several years to come.

So... this girl wanted to work on world building, and I was between Mamoru and his Roses and a Star Wars Story I've been meaning to write for some time now.

guess which was the winner.

Anyway, I hope you liked this, because to be honest, it was really fun to research about Flower Language!

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