I'm a Final Fantasy fan, to the point I have so many versions of the
music form the game. I'm actually thinking of the version from the
Potion 2 CD, not from the actual game, but as with K, the lyrics should
be the same.
Susie found it on her pillow the night
after their third date. It was a small silk bag of a rich blue color
and tied off with a pink ribbon. At one end of it was the name
'Johnathon Maynard'. Susie immediately felt creeped out, why would
John leave a gift, with his name on it, on her pillow? And how did he
even get into her house while she was sleeping? Shit, did he take
something?
She bolted upright, but then it dawned
on her that the handwriting wasn't his. She left it on her pillow as
she made sure all the doors and windows were locked. Alarming. But
nothing was out of place and her laptop and iPhone were where she
left them.
The only thing different was the silk
bag.
When she picked it up it felt empty. On
the back of the name card was written 'love will grow'. Strange.
Inside the bag was a single seed.
It wasn't like any she had seen before,
a rusty red color. It was round, but had a dent on one side that from
a certain angle made the seed look like a heart.
She planted it in an empty Jiffy jar,
put it on the window sill in the kitchen because that was the room
with the most light, and took care to water it everyday.
The day of their two month anniversary,
Susie noticed that the first bit of green was sticking up above the
soil. She stared at it in wonder while the coffee maker gurgled,
turning the peanut butter jar cum plant pot around in her hands.
Growing things had never been something she was interested in, but
staring at this little sprout and feeling the sense of pride in her
chest she couldn't help but wonder why gardening hadn't appealed to
her earlier.
On their date that night, Susie decided
John had long term potential.
The plant grew, from a barely there bit
of green to a stem two inches tall. When the first leaf unfurled,
Susie learned that John could read her moods. Could tell when she was
upset, and while maybe not knowing why, he knew exactly how to make
her feel better. This was officially a serious relationship.
It took awhile for the stem to bud.
Susie watched it in fascination. Since first planting the seed she
had joined online gardening communities and planted several other
plants, flowers and herbs. But this John flower as she had taken to
calling it was only just budding while other flowers she had planted
after this one had already bloomed.
Susie had posted a bit about the John
flower, skipping the point about it just appearing on her pillow, and
now posted a picture of the bud. It wasn't green, but instead a
burnt orange color and the bud was covered in a white fuzz that made
it hard to see the skin. No one could figure out what flower was
growing on her kitchen window sill.
The same day the bud appeared, Susie
decided that it was time to introduce John to her parents.
The bud didn't bloom for months, just
sat there on the stem. Susie watered it, gave it fertilizer, but the
bud didn't open and she was beginning to wonder if maybe she was
growing a vegetable instead and the bud did swelled a little. But it
never grew larger than a grape or lost the fuzz. Susie was beginning
to think maybe that was it, the plant was done growing and would die
soon. But it never did.
But almost a year after meeting John,
he proposed. And when she got home the John flower had bloomed. It
wasn't orange like she had expected, but a deep pink that turned to
red in the center. It was also huge, the grape sized bud had revealed
a flower that had a diameter of a hand span and a half.
What really caught Susie attention
though was the card that was propped up against the stem. It was in
the same handwriting as the card that had come with the seed, but
instead of saying John's name it said 'Your love has bloomed'.
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I think it would be kinda nice to have a visual representation of your love life.
Awww, that is a beautiful story.
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