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italics: thoughts

chapter Four.

the next morning when Haruka awoke she found a single fuchsia rose on the pillow beside of her, a note attached to its stem.

what is this?

as she carefully slid the ribbon from the thorny stock she let her mind wonder to what the note could have said and why the heck the house was quite since they were all on break and the house was normally teaming with life at this hour.

After finally getting the note open she paused briefly, admiring the curly writing that was written so elegantly that it was almost calligraphy.

"Dear Ruka,

Hotaru and Setsuna have managed to take me hostage this morning because our little firefly wanted to go shopping. We would have wakened you but after the amount of sleep you have been getting we didn't have the heart to. All I ask of you to do today is Not to do anything crazy like you did last time.

-Your's with love, Michiru."

after reading this the blond laughed and picked up the rose, careful of its thorns as she smelt it. Noting that its sweet fragrance was also mingled with the very perfume that her partner always wore.

well, there's nothing crazy in fixing dinner for my family is there?

with that thought the blond tomboy slid out of bed and rushed to change into her day clothes so that she could surprise her family when they came home.