Hello there! 

First of all, I’d like to thank you for wanting to read this story. 

Secondly, I’d like to personally inform you that I’m a writer of elongated descriptions. While I’m not going to go ahead and apologise on that, please – by all means – question the thoughts and questions of the characters. There is a reason (or rather, reasons) behind these descriptive paragraphs. So please, I welcome you to just enjoy it by questioning every syllables’ motives. And when the going gets easier (i.e. when the descriptions become short and precise all of the sudden), question it still.

Thirdly, each of the chapters have actually been split into three (maybe more, in future) for reading convenience. For example, the first chapter, “Connotations” has three parts: “Riveting”, “Careful” and “Linger”. I initially planned to combine them all and separate them via * (asterisk), but changed my mind since it may end up too long… But all works posted here are all pending reviews and edits, so yeah nothing’s final!

Fourthly, there is an opening poem. This poem has a lot to do with the “invisible” world of faeries (WHOOPS, spoiler there). These faeries are very straightforward when it comes to the idea of male and female (they like the course nature, no matter how unfair and turbulent) and it’s also because they live within nature. So they are just more attuned to male and female relationships, but it does not mean that they are oblivious to the kinds of human relationships that exist (I swear, they can be critical about it, however). I suppose they are similar to hobbits (meaning their male-to-male relationships go only as far as to Frodo and Sam’s relationship). I hope as readers you will be able to keep an open mind and understand and respect this. 

Fifthly, there is also an “Iris” at the start (and the Shakespeare quote beneath it). This is to mark each character’s perspective (yes, that means there will be more flowers. FIVE flowers, to be exact) and “Iris” is for Enna’s perspective. The Shakespeare quotes are equally important as it is purposefully assigned to that particular character. After “Iris” or Enna’s persepective, it will be the flower “Snapdragon”. And whose perspective is that, you ask? Well, you’ll have to wait for it. Hehehe

And lastly, you will notice afterwards that there is another synopsis (or rather, prologue). This synopsis is special because it is part of the storytelling. I would’ve added this to Tablo’s synopsis system, but it wounded up too long. So I needed to post it here for further… effects. You’ll notice it’s in Enna’s point of view as well. So you’ll have to read the synopsis/prologue first before the actual story.

So now, all you have to do is read on! :)

“And so the Earth is spread across;
within this land under the Heavens,
everything is made ready in pairs,
and of opposites.
So that you may wallow as you observe one of two;
of light and darkness;
of dawn rising before dusk;
of male and female—what is seen
paired with the unseen.
All pairs made the same and equal,
though different where it is discernible,
so relies on the other to exist.”

“Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that.
And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.”

–Bottom, Act 3, Scene 1, Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night Dream”