My Love from my Photograph

Part 12

(Y/n)'s POV

Today is Valentine's Day. Time really does trickle away fast. I hope that Joseph will like this gift. With the help of Tracy, I can make the old music box move again. But I changed the melody to the song I've written before as it is something that meant a lot for us. But one question, how am I going to give it to him? I clutch the gifts in my hands and look at the huge doors of the hunters' building, not sure how am I going to present him these gifts.

"Happy Valentine's Day, Jack!!" I turn my head back, only to see Emma giving Jack her gift. In exchange, Jack gives her a bouquet of roses."Happy Valentine's Day to you too, my little princess."

"This is for you, my dearest dancer! Thanks for the lovely gift this morning," Joker winks at Margaretha as he hands out his gift.

"Thank you!"Margaretha accepts the gift happily and asks him about the gifts. Joker nods happily and leads her to a bench nearby.

I feel a tap on my shoulder, I turn around to see Fionna the priestess standing behind me."Good morning, Miss (Y/n). Have you sent out your gift yet?"

"No, not yet."

Just then, a familiar looking owl flies down and lands on Fionna's arm after twirling a circle around her.

"Oh, looks like Eli has sent me a gift! Here, little fella, take this back to him, and tell him 'Happy Valentine's Day' too!" The owl takes her gift and fly back to Eli.

"That's so sweet of him to still remember my favorites!" She exclaims happily when she opens up the present.

From somewhere not too far from the crowd, I can see there are two people running while yelling at each other. I squint my eyes to get a better view of them. Looks like it's Martha and Naib.

"Martha! Happy Valentine's Daaaaaaaay!!" Naib yells at her as he chases after her.

"Yeah, thank you! Happy Valentine's Day to you tooooo!" Martha, on the other hand, jumps up the walls and then to the rooftop.

"Martha!!! This is for you!!! I love you!!!" The mercenary throws a present at her, which the coordinator returns him with another gift."Thank you!! Love you too!!" Then they keep on running around the area. Wow, their love is really wild.

Emily and Aesop are probably exchanging gifts in a quiet place somewhere. So now it looks like everyone has exchanged their gifts except me and Joseph.

"Bonjour, mon chéri." I'm being pulled into a warm embrace from the back. My cheeks turns red when I find that Joseph is hugging me in front of the others. "B-bonjour, J-Joseph..."

"Joyeuse saint-Valentin, mon chéri!"

He lets go of the embrace, I turn to him with the two gifts on my palms. "J-j-j-joyeuse s-saint Valentin, J-Joseph..." I push the gifts straight towards him and look down at the floor, not wanting anyone to see my red face.

He chuckles at my expression and accepts the gifts. "Thank you for the lovely gifts, my dear." He smiles as he sees the brownie and the music box."Wow! You still have this music box with you after all these years? But the melody isn't what it used to be when I gave you."

"Y-you, um, I, actually... Wanted t-to share this song with you, b-but something came up and I guess, I-I haven't get the chance to s-share it with you..." He gently kisses my lips before I can finish my words. "J-joseph!" I whisper in embarrassment as he smiles again. "I like it very much, mon chéri. Thank you."

"Here," he places a cream white rose flower crown on my head."It suits my dear (Y/n) as always!" Looking at him, I can feel my cheeks burning every second.