Clarence does not glance at them as he could already picture what was happening but he did look at the younger couple and her hard-set gaze softened. "Gabriel, you are a wonderful son so I am happy that you finally look alive. Amelia, you are the one that makes him happy so I do hope that you will accept a small gift from us?" "You have already given me so much but if you already have it prepared then I will accept it. Thank you for your consideration." Amelia bowed her head and sat back up slowly.
"Do not bow too much right now. I can tell that it is causing you grief. I know that you are very polite. It is ingrained into you but you are going to be one of my daughters and as your doctor, I am going to ask that you do not do it so often in the house." Clarence got up and lifted a package that was wrapped and brought it to Amelia. "Welcome to the family, Amelia."
Irene was holding a handkerchief and dabbing her eyes from the tears that she was unable to hold back.
"Before I open this, may I give you all something?" Amelia got up and Gabriel got up with her as well. He grabbed the fist bundle of flowers and handed it to Amelia. "This is for your Father Clarence. The symbol on the handkerchief for you is some medical herbs. She took the next bundle and went to Kazuki and Suzuka. I embroidered two baby bundles on a handkerchief for you two."
Gabriel handed her the next bundle and she went to her parents. "Mother, Father. I did this for you and the handkerchief is some calligraphy work with the phase that apple does not fall far from the tree."
Edward took the bundle and smiled happily. "You did a wonderful job." He reached his hand out and patted hers.
Irene looked at the flowers. "Who did the flower arrangement? Surely that was not done by you."
"That was done by me, sorry if it is not perfect. I did that so Amelia could make the handkerchiefs." Gabriel handed Amelia the bundle and watched her go to Edna.
"Mother Edna, this one is for you. The handkerchief is the sakura tree. It is not very detailed but I hope that you will accept it." Amelia handed her the flowers and took the bundle for Gabriel and she walked to Subaru. "I do not know you very well Subaru but since you helped Gabriel get back here faster I put a pinwheel on the handkerchief as you had a wonderful son."
"Thank you, I am here for a few reasons. I hope that Gabriel will pa.s.s along the story I have told him." Subaru accepted the flowers and smiled.
"I am sure that when we have a moment to chat we will do as such." Amelia took the final bundle for Gabriel and handed it back to him. "Gabriel, this is a gift from me to you. I would like your permission to arrange these in your room as I did with the one in my room. The symbol I choose for you in a phoenix as you renewed me and brought back the light in my world."
Gabriel took the final bundle back and kissed her on the cheek. "Of course that is more than okay with me." He took her back to their seats. He placed the flowers to the side gently and placed his hand on her thigh.
The servants came back with daif.u.ku* and mochi ice cream*. They placed all the plates down and sat down in their spots. Miyuki poured more tea for Amelia and smiled happily. "I hope you enjoy this!"
Amelia looked dome at the pink coloured desserts and picked up the wooden stick and cut into the mochi ice cream. She took the first bite and closed her eyes. "It"s so delicious."
Gabriel had poured some sake and drank it before trying the sweets. "I am glad that you like it." He took his stick and cut the ice cream and ate a bite. He took a second bite and saw that Amelia was really happy with it and smiled at her sweetly.
Amelia finished off the ice cream and then picked up the daif.u.ku. She looked at the pink colour before she took a bite. She ate it slowly while enjoying the flavours. "I am very happy with the desserts. Strawberry anything makes me happy."
"I will keep that in mind. I will ask if there is more mochi ice cream for a snack later so that you can have some more if that is what you would like?" Gabriel looked at Amelia and wanted to offer her some of his but knew she would not be able to eat anymore so he continued eating.
Amelia finished off the dessert and smiled happily. "Gochisosama. That was very delicious thank you for an amazing dinner." She covered her mouth and yawned a little bit
Gabriel finished the desserts shortly after her. "Gochisosama. Would you like to lie down and rest a little bit? It has been a bit of an eventful day for you."
Amelia nodded her head, "will you stay with me while I nap? I would feel better knowing that you are close by. I do not want to be alone right now."
"Yes, I will stay with you. I do not want to leave you all alone either as you are not in the best state right now. I will do everything that I can to stay by your side. I sketch as you rest, that is if you are okay with that?" Gabriel gets up and leads Amelia to the front of the room. "Mother, Father I will take Amelia to rest for a bit. When she wakes up I will get Miyuki to come for you, Father so that you can do a check-up."
* Daif.u.ku is a glutinous rice cake stuffed with a sweet filling, most commonly anko, sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans.
*Mochi ice cream is a j.a.panese confection made from mochi (pounded sticky rice) with an ice cream filling.