The next week was strange. Many of my ladies had gotten married, but there was none of the nervousness or hopes that things would somehow be okay that I was used to feeling. This marriage was not one except in name, even the night of her wedding, Tsukimine would sleep in my chambers. There would be rare occasions when she was summoned by her husband, but that aside, it seemed that her life would barely change. It didn't sit right, but it also meant that she was free to be more herself. Was this what it meant to be truly an adult? To see that it was not right, to know that the world was not what you needed it to be, but to also know that there was nothing you could do? If so, I didn't like it.
True to his word, AAta began to come and see me during the daytime hours, choosing to spend his
