#rubynoble

It was difficult to know what to say in the company of a woman, with so much tangled history. Close kinship with the groom-to-be. Romances gone awry, through the lines of war and politics. All the people in their shared proximity; Kaito, Xinyuan, Tian Feng... It is a tangled web, and with so much shared, it is almost surprising how little they have spoken. It is a comfortable enough silence, as Kai-ming and Midori sit together to supervise the selection of flowers on arrival. Midori's fingers twitch on her side - where to start?

"Do you know that I have never been to a wedding?" She begins, by way of conversation. An attempt to forego their history, and start on neutral ground. "Unless you count the few I snuck into as a girl, to steal food from." She admits truthfully. "Kaito's will be my first. Grandest, too, based on the expense alone."