Jardin de fleurs || A Les Misérables Fanfic

Quarante et un

Time jump: 1860
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"Happy birthday Liliane!", we said in union. Liliane clapped and laughed. "Lili, I have a present for you.", Matthieu said. He ran to his room and came back a few moments later. "Here Lili, I drew this for you. I hope you like it.", he said.

"Tell her what you drew.", I said. "This is mommy, this daddy. This is Gavroche, Evangeline and their dog Fleur. This is uncle Enjolras, uncle Combeferre and uncle Jehan. The people in the sky are mommy's and daddy's dead friends.", he explained.

Lili was stunned. Then her face lit up with a big smile. "It's beautiful Matthieu, merci.", I said. He smiled. "Món chérie, Enjolras will be over soon. He, Gav, Evangeline and Combeferre have a present for her.", Courfeyrac whispered.

I nodded. "Oh that's great. We have enough cake for a whole country anyways.", I said, thinking of the three cakes she had. And she only turned a year old.

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A knock was heard. Matthieu rushed to the door and no one else but our dear friends joined us to celebrate Liliane's first birthday. "Bonjour Madame, Mademoiselle.", Enjolras said taking the little girl's small hand. She giggled.

Then I saw Enjolras' face fall. I handed Courfeyrac Liliane and I walked over to Enjolras. "It's from R, this drawing, isn't it?" I nodded. "Oui, it is. He gave it to me for my 18th birthday. "He was a good artist. He was amazing and I made fun of him and his work.", he said burying his face in his hands.

Then I remembered. "Follow me.", I said to him. He looked up and followed me. I opened a drawer and picked up a small book. It wasn't mine and it didn't belong to me either. Not anymore. "One night, I saw a carriage parked in an alleyway at the Café. It was the middle of the night and Fey had followed me. We said our last goodbyes to our favorite boys.", I said.

"I found this and I know that it belonged to Grantaire. It helped me over his death, sort of. But it doesn't belong to me anymore. It's yours now.", I added, handing him the black book. He opened the small book and his eyes filled with tears. "This is me.", he whispered.

Grantaire had kept that small book to draw whenever he felt like it. I remember that he would usually draw his Apollo. Enjolras gave me a tight hug. "Let's celebrate Liliane's birthday.", he whispered. I nodded and we walked back to the small party.

The day was filled with laughter and we shared some cake.

(A/n: oh god, this book is almost over 😭 are you ready for the final chapters? I am not 😭)