Flower

The first one she received was a small corsage of Calla Lilies, tied beautifully with a simple light blue ribbon and placed on her front door. A small card was beside it. On it, a short message was written in a neat handwriting in English.

'Calla Lily—Flowers of magnificent beauty.'

'Thy beauty calms me.'

-X-X-X-

The second was Daisies, two of them. Ivory flowers and array of foliage set in a small, cube pot. A soft shade of teal blue ribbon wrapped around it. A small card was beside it.

'White Daisy—Symbols of innocence.'

'I shall protect thy purity of heart.'

-X-X-X-

The third was Sweet William. Varying brilliant shades of petals, and the sweet scent of them, beautified with the bright color of light green and yellow of the wrapper. A card was beside it.

'Sweet William—A wish for a smile.'

'Wilt thou grant a smile for me?'

-X-X-X-

The fourth was Peppermint. Tiny red and white flowers, arranged neatly in a small, light brown basket, soothed around its comforting fragrance. An olive green ribbon was looped around the edge of the basket, enhanced the beauty of the flowers. A card was beside it.

'Peppermint—The warmth of feeling.'

'The feeling thou gave soothes me.'

-X-X-X-

The fifth was Tulip. Numerous colors of blooms nestled in a short, clear glass vase, simple, yet beautiful. An elegant red ribbon wrapped around it. A card, too, was beside it.

'Tulip—A declaration of love.'

'I love thee, Lady [Name].'

-X-X-X-

Blue eyes blinked in an unreadable manner, staring ahead at the thing in front of him.

A single rose with bright red petals, wrapped with clear wax paper and ribbon of the same shade of red. A slender hand was holding it, carefully and gently, shy, yet brave.

Lifting his gaze to the girl ahead of him, the boy didn't do anything. He simply waited for the girl to react, to say something to him, as he gazed up at her [eye color] eyes, which looking back at him with evident anxiety.

"…"

"I-I know I don't know much about meaning of flowers," the girl said, blushing slightly as a streak of red appeared on her cheeks. She paused for a moment, gulping her nervousness down her throat, before continued, "B-But…I love you, too, Basil-kun."

The boy smiled at this, taking the red rose from the girl, and said, "Thank you, [Name]-dono."

The girl blushed deeper and dropped her eyes down at the ground. She looked up again when the boy reached out a hand at her, and stared at the thing in his hand. Blinking, it took her a moment before she realized what he was holding. It was a clover, a four-leaf clover.

"Four-leaf clover is a charm of good luck," the boy explained, "But it also hast a secret meaning beneath it."

"Be mine, [Name]-dono."

With the sentence being said, he gave the girl a soft kiss on her forehead.

"I love thee."

Author's note:

The thing Basil mentioned in the card are indeed the meaning of the flowers. Calla Lily means magnificent beauty; White Daisy, innocence; Sweet William means gallantry, but could also mean grant me a smile; Peppermint means warmth of feeling; Tulip means declaration of love; and of course Rose means love. Four-leaf Clover is commonly known as a good luck, but it can mean 'Be mine'. You can try to search about it by typing 'hanakotoba' or 'language of flowers'.

The color of the ribbons also have meaning. Light blue means tranquility; teal blue means protection; green means hope; yellow means happiness; olive green means peace; red means intense. There might be some mistakes, though. Since it might be different in each source.

I hope I didn't make Basil too OOC. I know there's OOC-ness in his personality and sorry for that.

Oh, one question. For the reader-insert story, do you guys prefer to be in this format, which I mention the reader as 'she', or in the format I previously used, which I mentioned the reader as 'you'. Please answer this since it'll help a lot.

Thanks for any of you who read this and for the reviewers, too, especially. I hope you enjoyed it.