A Love Story: Jun & Saya
This is the story of two young people, Jun and Saya, in Trott Bailey Family Civilization who met and naturally began loving each other through shared experiences and challenges. Follow them as they declare their intentions and see their exciting life leading up to and after marriage
Trott Bailey Family Civilization · Love & Life Stories
Jun & Saya
A Love Story
They met at sixteen, spent a year and a half apart, and found one another again when Jun unexpectedly walked into Saya’s ice cream parlour.
The hardest Shubaka Jun had ever done was baby care. As it turned out, those two years would also bring him Saya.
Chapter 01
They Met in Baby World
Ages 16–18 · Two years of mandatory Shubaka
Jun and Saya were sixteen when they met in Baby World. Both were beginning the mandatory two-year Shubaka contribution in baby care, which they would complete at eighteen.
There were babies to feed, bathe, change, settle, and keep comfortable. There were experienced care stewards to learn from, and there were days when nothing seemed to go according to plan. A little one could be freshly washed, fed, and comfortable, yet still have a great deal to say about the situation.
Jun had already become familiar with practical work. In the Trott Bailey Family Civilization, every young man passes through mandatory Shubaka in home building and construction, farming, animal husbandry, cooking, cleaning, and baby care. He liked figuring things out. Give him a structure or a working system and he wanted to understand how every part fitted together.
But babies? Babies had ideas of their own. Baby care was the hardest contribution he had experienced yet.
Saya was learning alongside him. She enjoyed people and had a way of paying attention to what they needed. They saw each other on the easy days and the difficult ones, making mistakes, getting better, and laughing at the little things that happened along the way.
During their free time, they would often talk at the Sabennerie. Sometimes it was about Baby World. Sometimes Jun wandered into his favourite subject: birds, their nests, and how the surrounding ecosystems worked. Saya listened to his observations, and he listened to her talk about the people and places she loved.
She spoke often about her father. Jun remembered those conversations, though neither of them could have guessed how useful they would become later.
They also talked about travelling. Both wanted to see far more of the world, learn new things, and try different Shubaka contributions in different places. Neither imagined spending a lifetime doing only one kind of work.
Over two years, their friendship grew familiar and dear. Jun came to know Saya’s warmth and sense of humour. Saya got to know the thoughtful young man who could be wonderfully absorbed in something that interested him.
By eighteen, they knew each other well. They had not yet spoken plainly about the feelings growing between them.
Chapter 02
A Year and a Half Apart
New Shubaka interests · Old feelings
When their Baby World contribution ended, Jun and Saya went their separate ways for a while. They were eighteen, full of curiosity, and ready to explore the particular fields that interested them.
Jun moved into landcraft engineering. He enjoyed assembly, testing, understanding how the systems worked, and learning from experienced engineering stewards. He soon showed a keen aptitude for the field.
Outside that contribution, his deeper interest continued to be birds. He studied nesting systems, the materials birds used, how they chose their sites, and how those structures fitted into the ecosystems around them. He wondered what living systems might teach him about structures and engineering. He also wanted to travel, watch birds in unfamiliar habitats, and try many other Shubaka roles around the world.
Saya chose food preparation, particularly Gaúcha ice cream, the wonderfully stretchy ice cream developed within the Trott Bailey Family Civilization. She loved working with fruit flavours and was becoming skilled at getting that unusual texture just right. She helped prepare and serve it, learned from other stewards, and enjoyed seeing children, couples, families, and elders delight in the result.
She also had a good aptitude for another part of hospitality: organizing and caring for groups of performers backstage at singing performances on the Balushu grounds. She enjoyed helping groups find their places, getting people ready, and keeping things moving when backstage became busy busy busy.
Like Jun, Saya wanted to travel around the world. She wanted to discover unfamiliar fruits, meet different people, learn new skills, and take part in Shubaka fields she had not even considered yet. Ice cream was a contribution she loved, not a job she was bound to keep for life.
Their days filled up with contribution, learning, and ordinary life. Still, each kept remembering the other.
Jun would think of their conversations at the Sabennerie. He wondered where Saya was contributing now, whether she was enjoying it, and whether she ever remembered him when she had a quiet moment.
Saya remembered Jun too. The young man who had struggled through Baby World, who loved birds and their nesting systems, and whose mind was always trying to figure something out.
She had liked him for a long time. But Saya had her own little inner principles. One of them was that a young man should be the first to tell a young woman how he felt about her. She wasn’t going to confess her feelings before Jun declared his.
She wanted to hear it from him, plainly and confidently.
A year passed, then more months. Nearly a year and a half went by without their seeing one another. Neither had quite managed to get the other out of their mind.
Chapter 03
The Surprise at the Ice Cream Parlour
An unexpected meeting · A familiar face
One day, Jun happened to run into Saya’s father while the man was carrying out his Shubaka contribution.
Jun recognized him. Saya had spoken about her dad so often during their free-time conversations at the Sabennerie that seeing him brought all those memories rushing back.
They got talking, and naturally Jun asked about Saya.
He learned that she was enjoying her contribution in ice cream preparation. Her father told him which Gaúcha ice cream parlour she was working at.
Well, Jun didn’t need much more encouragement than that!
One day he turned up at the parlour without telling Saya he was coming.
He spotted her among the activity of the shop, busy with the food she had learned to make so well. She was preparing and serving Gaúcha ice cream, handling its long, creamy stretch with the ease that comes from practice.
Jun stopped for a moment and watched.
Somehow, in the year and a half since he had last seen her, Saya had changed so much. She was still the young woman he remembered, with the familiar face and curls, but she seemed more grown, more assured of herself, entirely comfortable among the people she was serving.
Then Saya looked up and saw him.
Jun!
There he was, in her ice cream parlour, after all that time. She was delighted, and he could see it. Their conversation picked up again with plenty to catch up on: his landcraft engineering, her fruit experiments, what they had learned, and everything that had happened while they were apart.
Saya had thought about him for a long time, and now he had come looking for her. That was encouraging. But did he still feel about her as she hoped?
She wasn’t going to answer that question for him.
For Jun, seeing her again settled something in his heart. He had missed her more than he had admitted, even to himself. They had grown and changed, but he still wanted to be with her, to share the places they dreamed of visiting, the things they wanted to learn, and eventually a home and family of their own.
He didn’t want to risk letting another year and a half slip by without knowing where they stood.
Jun knew he wanted to marry Saya. He only hoped she felt the same way.
Chapter 04
Jun Asks for Saya’s Hand
Clear intentions · Both families together
After finding Saya again, Jun was not prepared to leave his feelings unspoken. He spent time with her, and when the moment came, he told her plainly how he felt and that he hoped to marry her.
It was exactly the kind of courage Saya had hoped he would show.
She had known her own feelings for a long time. She was glad, at last, to hear his. And with their intentions clear between them, the next step was to meet with their families.
Jun came to Saya’s family home with his parents. This was a warm household meeting, with the comforts of family life around them. Saya’s father and mother were there to receive them, along with Jun’s parents, who supported their son.
Jun had come for a reason, and he meant to speak for himself.
Standing before Saya’s father and mother, he respectfully and boldly asked for their daughter’s hand in marriage.
Saya watched him happily. Here was the young man she had met at sixteen, the one who had made her laugh during Baby World, who loved birds, who wanted to see the world, and who had found his way back to her after a year and a half apart.
Now he stood before her parents, making his intentions plain. His own parents were beside him, but it was Jun doing the asking.
The two young people already knew something of the practical responsibilities of family life. Both had spent two years learning baby care. Jun had also completed mandatory contributions in construction, cooking, cleaning, farming, and animal husbandry, while Saya had been growing in food preparation and hospitality. There was much more to learn, of course, and both still had a world they wanted to explore.
They could now look ahead to preparing their own household, supported by their families and the Trott Bailey Family Civilization. A beautiful home, furnishings, everyday provisions, clothing, personal care, and free travel would be part of the life they were preparing to share.
Their private family marriage ceremony, including the joining of their hands by their parents, was still to come.
For now, Saya could look at Jun and smile. She had heard him say what was in his heart.
From two teenagers learning baby care to two young people preparing for marriage, Jun and Saya’s story is only beginning.
TROTT BAILEY FAMILY CIVILIZATION
Jun & Saya — A Love Story
Part Two: Beginning Married Life
Love & Life Stories
Jun and Saya had known each other since they were 16, when they met during their two years of mandatory Baby World Shubaka. They had learned together, laughed together, spent their free time talking at the Sabennerie, and eventually gone their separate ways to explore new interests.
For nearly a year and a half, neither quite managed to get the other out of their mind.
Then Jun unexpectedly met Saya’s father during his Shubaka contribution, discovered where Saya was preparing Gaúcha ice cream, and went looking for her.
Seeing her again settled something in his heart. He loved Saya and wanted to marry her. And Saya, who had long been fond of Jun, had been waiting for him to have the courage to say how he felt.
Jun eventually visited her family home with his parents and boldly, respectfully asked for her hand in marriage.
Now the day of their union had arrived.
Chapter Five — The Hands That Joined Them
There was something particularly beautiful about Jun and Saya’s marriage ceremony. It was intimate, warm, and surrounded by the people who had known them from childhood.
Both sets of parents were present, along with their siblings and the civilization’s authorized marriage officiators. The officiators included experienced elders, with younger apprentices assisting them.
They had come to witness the union, confirm the couple’s consent, acknowledge the families’ inheritance passovers, and officially recognize Jun and Saya as husband and wife.
Saya looked lovely in her specially chosen marriage garment, her red hair beautifully arranged. Jun stood beside her in his own distinctive groom’s clothing, looking every bit the confident young man who had visited her parents to ask for her hand.
There were smiles, a few emotional faces, and much affection among the families.
When the time came for the hand-joining, their parents stepped forward.
Jun’s parents supported his hand. Saya’s parents took their daughter’s hand and placed it gently above his. The parents then rested their hands upon Jun’s shoulders, blessing and recognizing the new union.
Finally, they withdrew.
Jun and Saya stood together as husband and wife.
The officiators had witnessed the actual joining of hands. They also witnessed the family-resource and inheritance passovers, recording what had been transferred and formally acknowledging the new household.
There was no need for a crowd of spectators. The civilization had witnessed what needed to be witnessed, and the families had shared the moment together.
Once the official proceedings were finished, the atmosphere became wonderfully relaxed.
The siblings came forward with happy congratulations. Parents embraced their children and one another. Even the officiators joined in the smiles and warm exchanges.
Jun wrapped his arms around Saya from behind, holding her close. She leaned back against him, smiling.
“Well, husband,” she said softly.
He smiled at that.
“Yes, wife.”
They both laughed.
After all those years, the Baby World friends were finally married.
Chapter Six — Gifts Made Just for Them
Among the marriage provisions prepared by the civilization were beautiful gifts chosen especially for Jun and Saya.
These were personal gifts, made for the two people beginning their family together.
Saya had selected a custom ring featuring rubies and pearls, along with golden ear cuffs and beautiful pearl accents.
Jun had chosen a black onyx-and-ruby ring and a custom wrist cuff. They also received personalized necklaces bearing their initials.
The pieces arrived in carefully made presentation containers, each arranged and protected in its own place.
Later, in the privacy of their furnished living space, the two sat together opening and admiring the gifts.
Saya held up her ring, turning it gently so the light caught the stones. Jun examined the construction of his wrist cuff, trying its movement and fastening.
He had always liked seeing how things were made, and this piece held his attention.
Saya smiled as she watched him studying it.
Jun eventually looked up and admired her ring, then helped her examine the delicate details of the matching jewelry.
They were surrounded by beautiful furnishings, comfortable textiles, and thoughtful household provisions prepared for their married life.
There was no rush. No crowd waiting to see their reactions. Just the two of them enjoying the things that had been made for their union.
Chapter Seven — A Month Later, Everybody Came!
About a month after their marriage ceremony, Jun and Saya held their welcoming celebration for friends, families, neighbours, and the people they wanted to share in their happiness.
The outdoor gathering grounds were beautiful.
Covered seating areas provided comfortable places for conversation and rest. Food and dessert stations offered lovely slices of cake, chicken wings, fruit skewers, heart-shaped treats, and plenty of other things to enjoy.
Children had their own welcoming area with places to eat, play, run, and enjoy themselves.
There were conversations everywhere. Some guests sat together laughing. Others were busy eating or greeting relatives and friends they hadn’t seen for a while.
And then came the water!
Jun and Saya had wanted a celebration where people could have fun together, and the water-spraying quickly became one of the liveliest activities.
Friends were laughing, ducking, trying not to get wet, and spraying one another.
Children were running around, playing with balloons and joining the excitement.
Some guests were quite determined to remain dry. Others seemed equally determined that they wouldn’t succeed!
Jun and Saya were right in the middle of it, laughing and enjoying themselves.
There were no formal speeches demanding everybody’s attention, no stiff arrangement of guests waiting to perform their congratulations.
People visited, ate, played, talked, rested, and enjoyed the day together.
It was a happy celebration of a young marriage, with plenty of food, beauty, family warmth, and water-filled fun.
Chapter Eight — Fifty Hectares and a Little River
Jun and Saya’s marriage also established their entitlement to family land.
Within the Trott Bailey Family Civilization, every newly married couple is entitled to a minimum of 50 hectares. The entitlement follows from their witnessed marriage. It does not require a separate struggle to prove they deserve a place to begin family life.
Jun and Saya’s land had a particularly lovely feature: a small river running through it.
The couple visited the civilization’s Marriage & Household Establishment Hall, where officials helped coordinate the practical arrangements surrounding their new household, land, animals, and family provisions.
The Marriage Hall had already been responsible for official witnessing and recognition of their marriage. Now its wider household-establishment work was becoming visible.
From there, the couple went to see their land in person, accompanied by civilization stewards familiar with the terrain and the work of establishing family compounds.
Jun was immediately interested in the trees near the river.
There were birds moving through the branches, and he wanted to know which species were nesting there.
Saya was looking at the open grassy areas and imagining where their future goats and sheep might live.
They talked excitedly as they walked, stopping to listen to the stewards and asking questions about the river, planting areas, animal grounds, and possible home locations.
Fifty hectares gave them plenty of room to shape the kind of family compound they wanted. They did not need to develop or manage every hectare. Much of the existing living environment could remain as it was.
Jun was particularly pleased about that. He wanted to study the bird life already living there and preserve useful nesting habitats.
Saya was interested in productive animal grounds, fruit trees, and all the good things they might grow and prepare together.
The river brought the two interests together beautifully.
Chapter Nine — Saya Chooses Her Animals
Saya was especially looking forward to choosing goats and sheep for their family compound.
She and Jun visited the civilization’s Animal Selection Grounds, where experienced Animal Stewardship Shubaka contributors introduced them to different breeds and explained their characteristics.
This was much more than choosing animals because they looked beautiful or were amusing to have around.
The couple wanted animals that could contribute to their family and the wider civilization.
There were dairy goats whose milk could be used for drinking, cooking, cheese, and other nourishment. Other goats had strengths in meat production or valuable textile fibres.
The sheep offered different possibilities too: milk, meat, wool, breeding, and contributions to the wider nourishment and textile networks.
The stewards explained that different breeds had different care needs. Climate, forage, shelter, breeding characteristics, health, water, and suitable grazing conditions all mattered.
Saya paid close attention, particularly when they discussed the dairy animals.
Her interest in food preparation made her curious about what she might learn to make with fresh milk. She was already imagining the cheeses they could prepare, and perhaps new food experiments she hadn’t tried before.
Jun joined the discussions, interested in how the animals would fit into the land without disturbing the river and surrounding habitats.
The stewards also explained how healthy breeding could allow the family’s animals to multiply, with offspring and useful animal products shared back into the civilization.
Animal keeping meant real responsibility, and the civilization’s support would continue after the animals arrived.
Eventually, the first animals began settling into their prepared grounds, with stewards helping establish water, shade, grazing routes, care arrangements, and healthy introductions.
There was plenty for Jun and Saya to learn.
And Saya was thoroughly enjoying it.
Chapter Ten — Where Shall We Put Our Home?
One of their happiest activities was walking the land together and imagining how their family compound would take shape.
They talked about the river, the orchard, the animals, their sleeping spaces, a comfortable verandah, and the many little things they wanted around their home.
Build-Life stewards joined them during the planning stages, helping them examine suitable building areas.
They discussed sunlight, shade, breezes, rainfall, drainage, walking routes, access to the river, and how the buildings could sit comfortably within the living landscape.
Jun and Saya took an active part in these conversations. Jun had already completed mandatory home-building and construction Shubaka during his younger years, and his more recent engineering experience added to his curiosity.
The couple also reviewed different house species already authored by World Ruler Sher.
These were distinct Trott Bailey family building designs, created with different architectural bodies, living arrangements, sleeping systems, verandahs, water systems, and support spaces.
Their choices would help determine the form of their own compound.
Rather than filling their land with buildings, they wanted their family living areas to be comfortable, beautiful, and well organized, with room for the land itself to remain alive.
And naturally, Jun had opinions about keeping good trees near the house.
Saya had opinions about the garden, the kitchen, and how the animal grounds would connect to their everyday life.
They shared ideas, studied the plans, and enjoyed imagining the places where their future children might one day play.
Chapter Eleven — A Home Prepared for Them
Jun and Saya had selected many of their household furnishings, appliances, textiles, equipment, and personal comforts through Pacorips.
While they continued planning their compound, the civilization’s Service Shadow Team worked with the appropriate building and household stewards to prepare their chosen living spaces.
There was much to do.
Cooking equipment had to be installed and checked. Storage arrangements had to be organized. Their furniture had to be placed according to the rooms and living arrangements they had chosen.
The sleeping spaces needed their bedding and textiles. Water, lighting, ventilation, and the household systems had to be tested.
The kitchen needed useful provisions and properly arranged cooking tools.
Different workers attended to different tasks, coordinating through the household information already available from Pacorips.
Jun and Saya did not need to stand around directing every little operation or repeatedly explaining choices they had already made.
The Service Shadow Team could prepare the rooms, coordinate installations, confirm that items had arrived, and make sure the living spaces were comfortable and ready.
The household was being prepared for actual living, with the couple’s chosen furnishings and systems finding their proper places.
And then, finally, it was time for Jun and Saya to enjoy their prepared home.
Saya wandered through the rooms, examining the arrangements and occasionally calling Jun over to see something.
Jun admired the craftsmanship and practical details, taking an interest in how several things had been built and fitted together.
They explored the kitchen, their sleeping room, the beautiful furnishings, and the comfortable spaces where they would spend time together.
Outside, their land stretched beyond the home, with the little river winding through the greenery.
There was still much to develop across their 50 hectares, but they had a lovely place from which to begin.
Chapter Twelve — Their First Morning at Home
The next morning, sunlight began slipping through the screens of their sleeping room.
Saya woke to find Jun beside her, already awake.
“Good morning, wife,” he whispered, smiling.
She smiled back.
“Good morning, husband.”
They were still enjoying calling each other that.
Jun pulled her closer, and they stayed together for a while, talking softly about their home and the things they wanted to do that day.
Outside, the birds were busy busy busy.
Jun was already listening to them.
Eventually, they made their way to the kitchen to prepare breakfast together.
There was fresh fruit, bread, eggs, cheese, and other provisions ready for them. Jun washed and cut some fruit while Saya prepared the rest of their meal.
They talked about their animal grounds and the things they wanted to learn.
Saya was particularly interested in cheese preparation and how different animal milks might behave. Jun suggested they could visit experienced cheese-making stewards together.
They liked that idea.
After breakfast, they walked toward the river, enjoying the greenery and talking about their orchard plans.
Under one of the trees, Jun noticed a bird carrying nesting material.
He stopped to watch.
Saya followed his gaze.
The little bird disappeared into the leaves, then emerged again with more material.
Jun explained something he had noticed about the way it was building, and the two watched for a while.
Farther along, they visited the animal grounds, where the new goats and sheep were settling into their environment.
Saya was delighted to see them. She and Jun spoke with the animal stewards about their care, feeding, breeding, and the practical work ahead.
Later that afternoon, they returned to their verandah to rest together.
There were so many things they wanted to do.
They wanted to plant fruit trees, spend time with their parents and siblings, continue their Shubaka contributions, explore animal husbandry, and visit different parts of the world.
Jun was still keen to study birds and their ecosystems wherever they travelled. Saya looked forward to discovering unfamiliar fruits, food traditions, and new things she might learn through Shubaka.
Now they would enjoy those adventures as husband and wife, building one life together.
As the afternoon light settled over the river, Saya leaned against Jun.
“Are you happy?” she asked.
He turned toward her.
“Very.”
He kissed her.
“And you?”
She smiled and tucked herself a little closer.
“Very.”
Jun & Saya’s Love Story continues…
TROTT BAILEY FAMILY CIVILIZATION · LOVE & LIFE STORIES
This is the story of two young people, Jun and Saya, in Trott Bailey Family Civilization who met and naturally began loving each other through shared experiences and challenges. Follow them as they declare their intentions and see their exciting life leading up to and after marriage
