Fuku looked at the colorful seed packets in his hands. With Matentines a thing of the (recent) past, seasonal items of the time have long since gone down in cost, and roses—while still fairly expensive year-round—had experienced a decrease in price steep enough that made splurging on a few packets of seeds a reasonable decision that didn’t break the bank. Among the packets were also seeds for white carnations and baby’s breath, though not as plentiful in...