The fires burned long into the night, the party going on the entire time. Progressively more drinks were shared, people bringing out different things they had made or bought to toast to the couple. Tsukimine was amused at all the attention, and to her side sat the woman she actually loved. "Friends," and yet together at this important moment in her life. I was glad she had someone to share it with, that she wasn't going back to empty chambers by herself. The worries she had about never having children made me realize just how lonely the life of a woman with a neglectful husband was in our culture. She was lucky that her husband had allowed her to live in another person's chambers, that she was still relatively free, but this was still the last night that she would be able to truly feel fre
