Love is a Sweet Poison

"Thank you, I love it. When did you have the time to buy such a coat?" turning around Amelia looks up at Gabriel curious on how he would reply. 

"I sent Kosuke with Miyuki to get a coat for you. I knew that if I could get anyone to get it for you, it would be the people close to you. Miyuki has seen every outfit that you owned, so I asked her while we were at school one day to go to the market and pick out something that you would like." Gabriel smiled while placing one of his hands on her cheek. "I couldn't bare with the fact that you could get cold or even sick." 

Amelia hugged Gabriel and laid her cheek on his chest. "Thank you. You are the most thoughtful person ever, and I know that I would not be here if it was not for you. I love the coat. It is amazing."

Gabriel smiled at Amelia sweetly and then backed away. "Okay. Shall we head out now. I am ready to go, and I know that you ready." He picks up their boots and starts walking towards the front door. 

Blushing Amelia follows behind Gabriel and closes the door to their room and walks slightly behind him. When she gets to the door Gabriel helps her change into the books.

Quickly Gabriel changes into his own boots. Then he holds out his hand for her to take. "I would like the honour of holding my wife's hand, that is if you are okay with it?" 

Amelia lifted her hand and placed it in his palm. "Of course, your hand is the only hand that I want to hold for the rest of my life..." She stops and thinks for a moment, "well if we have a child I will be gladly hold their hand as well, but you are the only person I will be my husband and the only male that has that privilege." She says it all in one breath.

"I know what you mean, Angel. When we have a little one I will feel the same. So for now only you shall occupy my hands." Gabriel lightly squeezed her hand and then the two walked away from the inn and towards Subaru's place with him leading the way.

Amelia looked around in fascination. "There are some differences from our home town and here but I like how everything is laid out. It is very peaceful." She saw the townsfolk walking towards the patty fields happily. 

One of the men saw Gabriel and waved before jogging over. "I must thank you for the gift that you gave to Tomomi. She has not put that bunny down since you gifted it to her. You must be the lucky bride. I am Ito, Souji, Mari's husband."

Amelia bowed a little. "I am Saito, Amelia. I am glad that she loved the bunny. I had my Niece help me pick it out. It was fun, and it is a pleasure to meet you."

"Also, congratulations on the wedding! I heard from Subaru that you tied the knot. I guess the next step in your lives would be that you two have a little one… that is if that is what you want?" Souji thinks for a moment and sees that Amelia blushes more deeply. "I was just picking on you. I am happy for you both. Please enjoy your time here. I have to get my ass to work." He waved as he parted from the couple.

"He is a nice person. Is that how the whole town is?" Amelia looks at Gabriel hoping that he would have an answer to her question. 

"Yeah. That is one of the nice things about this place." Gabriel leads her to Subaru's house and when they arrive he waits to see how Amelia would react.

Staring at all the plants Amelia gasps. "This is truly wonderful! Could we build something like this at home. There is so much here, and I bet if we were to do this it would look just as great." She steps forward and starts to look at all the plants milk thistle, coleus, eyebright, calenoula, saffron, amla, black current, fennel, elderberry, cornflowers, ginkgo, and so much more.

"I am glad that you like my garden. Congratulations Amelia and Gabriel on your wedding. I am sorry that I was unable to attend even though I said that I would." Subaru bowed to the couple.

"Don't worry about it. I -also told you that it was not such a big deal, and you had a lot of work. I understand completely. Life is what comes first and there is no reason to apologize." Gabriel walked over to Subaru and patted him on the back. 

Amelia was standing in the middle of the garden surrounded by the herbs, flowers, and berries. She slowly made her way out, making sure that shew did not damage any of the plants on her way out. Once out she walked up to Subaru, "Thank you for all your hard work. I heard that you two have a business deal that helps the town out and helps me out." She bowed slightly.

"You do not need to bow to me. I am happy to do what I can. Shall we head out? I took Itsuki to Boss' place and picked us up lunch." Subaru held up the basket that he was holding.

"We are ready to go when you are. I must say that this will be a lot of fun." Gabriel took Amelia's hand once she made it around the fence and pulled her close. "In you want a garden like that do not worry you will get one. It will take a bit of work, but you can have one."

Subaru smiled and turned leading the way into the woods. They went by a large patch of green tea. "It is harvest time again. Harvesting the tea leaves is a never ending battle."

Amelia turned and looked at the green tea leaves. "Oh wow! That is so much. I love that you have such a large green tea garden!" She started walking towards them and plucked a leaf off then followed the guys away. 'It is too bad that we are not harvesting the leaves. That looked like it would be a lot of fun!' After they walked for thirty minutes Amelia looked around at the trees and was falling slightly behind. She stopped and caught her breath. "Are… we… al-most… there?" 

Hearing Amelia out of breath Gabriel turns around. He walks over to her and scoops her up. "We are over halfway there. I will carry you the rest of the way. Do not argue and stay still."

Amelia nodded her head and held onto his neck and looked at all the different trees. When they came to the clearing she saw another garden of a strange plant that she had never seen before. The leaves were straight and long with white steaks in the green. She looks at it confused.

Gabriel gently placed Amelia on the blanket that Subaru placed on the ground. "This is the herb I needed for your medicine. The one that was supposed to take me over a week to acquire." 

"I found this herb further north and I decided to plant it here deep in the woods were no one would be able to find it but also so that it would not damage my garden. I did not know what the plant would do or even how it would grow. I was still discovering it and then the garden here was overrun before I knew it." Subaru walked over and dug up a smaller plant and brought it over to Amelia. 

Looking at the root Amelia noticed that the root was white as snow. She held her hands out and took the root into her hands and she examined the root carefully. Slowly she broke the root and looked at the broken part, and it was still white inside. She took the knife that Gabriel was holding and cut the root in half. As she cut the root she cut the leaf as well. A scent of methyl hit her, and she examined the leaf more carefully. "This is a pleasant scent. Do you think that it would be possible to harvest it?" 

"There is a way, but it would take a rather long time as we do not need a lot of roots for your medicine at this time. As of this moment your medicine is the only one that this herb uses." Gabriel looked for a confirmation from Subaru."