So, 3yrs ago I was anxiously hoping Simon would get a bouquet of flowers for me on special occasions. I waited and waited and there was none. So I changed my mind and requested for a stalk instead. But Simon was not convinced about the idea of getting flowers just because I like them. He feels that flowers will eventually wilt and die, so there is no point in getting them. I agreed with him and asked "Why not you get a fake one instead? It will last forever." I thought my reply was a clever one, but he smiled at me with his signature impish look and said "No".
I stopped my nonsense for a while and forgot about the whole flower issue. Occasions like Valentine Days, Birthdays, Christmas, "the day we met" came and went. My eyes would sweep pass girls who carried bouquets and it stopped there.
Simon finally got one last year on Valentine. Although it was not a surprised surprise, because he announced to me before stepping into the store to get one, I was elated. But to think the flowers reduced to this state now:
Upon seeing this, I promise not to ask for a stalk again. It was placed in an almost forgotten corner of my room and I am really disappointed with myself. I can't discard it because it is from Simon and I have a sort of illusion that if I threw it away, I am abandoning my love away as well. But it will gradually be infested with bugs? So I am wondering now, did those girls I once envied on the streets, have their rooms piled up with infested bouquets without knowing it? or they are in the forbidden kingdom?
Flowers are definitely beautiful and pleasing to the eye, but I think I will not feel the same way about it as much as before when I think a gift from someone will eventually rot and be forgotten, espeacially its from my love ones.
