Chapter 186 - The Weight of Flowers

​The following morning dawned with a completely clear and cloudless sky over the picturesque neighborhood of Setagaya. The morning sun filtered warm, golden glints through the translucent curtains of the living room, softly illuminating the fine threads of steam spiraling up from the cup of freshly brewed tea on the counter. However, the air inside the Japanese team's residence did not breathe the same lightness or freshness of the outdoors; the dense, sweet, and enveloping perfume of freesias and mint had spread into every corner of the first floor, blending almost suffocatingly with the previous arrangements that already occupied the kitchen ledge, the hallway side table, and the window sill in Bek's room.