I am so happy that you enjoyed it so, dear. I'm glad the relationships can resonate with you as well.
I love your MC's story with the Twinflowers! I love that idea of Willow being a crush. She actually gets some screen time in the coming chapter as well, so that might provoke some feels for your MC. And yes, the Twinflowers are those people, lol. And Willow's family is the same - with trees! The temptation to name their children after birds and bees was unreal.
Chapter 6 will have some big Zahn reveals for you, dear. It's going to be a roller coaster, but I think you'll like it! I'm so thrilled you enjoyed the ROs. It was important to me to tell their stories within the overarching story and not just have some fly-by-night romances.
Champagne is an adorable name, btw, totally her color too!
Our lovely god of destruction will make an appearance at some point in the future (may be a hot minute though). That was also important to me that death being apart of life and destruction also being pivotal to that was represented. Traditional depictions of death and such can be fun, of course, but I like this version where it's all really part of life as a whole. ^_^