What began as a simple travel-style photoshoot at Rikugien Garden quietly became something else. Sakura petals were still clinging to the branches as they walked the garden paths, pausing, smiling for the camera, letting the morning unfold as if it were just another shoot.

Then he stopped. He knelt. The performance fell away.

Among the cherry blossoms, beautiful, brief, and already beginning to fade, the moment became real. What had been planned turned into something honest, and a love story unfolded that didn’t need to pretend anymore.