Chapter 3

The sound of the buzzing streets and town causes her to grin 3 times wider than usual. Beside her, Kai grumbles softly at the mass of people and the humid air. Decided to ditch her usual attire, Yukino adapts to a pale long bell sleeve dress with black flats and a black thin belt on her waist. Unlike Nagisa, Flurio people wear dresses, pants and cloak to avoid the cold harsh winter every year.

Kai was wearing a white yukuta with a blue robe hanging down his shoulder and a simple man sandal. His long hair was tied into a loose side braid. For Yukino, she twisted her into a bun with some strands falls on her face. Looking at her husband, he sometimes look like a woman with his hair tied into a side braid and those yukuta.

Like her, she could see some people wear a dress, pants and yukuta at the same time since mixed marriages considered to be a powerful alliance to the country. Kai guides her right arm softly to wrap it around his elbow, avoiding to lose her in these large crowds. Like a child, she lets him guide her to every vendor to see what catches her eyes.

While they stop by a florist, one of the jewellery vendors caught her eyes as she unwraps her hands from his elbow and walks towards it. There she sees different types of necklaces, earrings, hairpins and beautifully crafted anklets. But what caught her eyes are a pair of soft blue oval diamond shape earrings in a clip style. Her eyes lit up upon it as her fingers grazed on the earrings.

"You like it..?" a voice whispered beside her eyes as she jumps slightly before turning around and saw his gold mischievous eyes. Realising about it, she grins softly while nodding her head slowly.

"It's a beautiful piece. I love diamonds and white gold rather than those vibrant gold colours," she replied to him while her eyes went back to the diamond earrings at the vendor.

With a nod from his head, the vendor flashes him a wide smile, happy that finally, someone wanted to buy from his stall. Yukino eyes widen at his gesture but shut her mouth while seeing him holding one of the earrings to her face.

"Wear it. As a gift from me," he said and put it in her palm as his head turns to feast his eyes on the flower stall beside it. Blush spread from her cheeks to her nose as she looks at the earrings in her palms. Smiling gently, she clips them on her ears while a soft grin appears on her face, making the vendor chuckles at the couple antics.

She can see how much he fawn over the flowers. His golden orbs lit up whenever he managed to find new ones. Letting the florist wrap the flowers in a paper and bought some of it seeds, Kai took her hand and led her around the town. Without those heavy and vibrant clothes, they look like a normal couple which let them walk around without being escorted by guards.

For once, the responsibilities of being a Queen was not there and she can finally breathe normally like a normal person. She can act like one For a while. Just for a while. Before everything turns into reality and she will have to wear the crown and become the people's ruler beside the King, her husband.