[Not satisfied with the characterization, postponed.
"I heard that anyone who likes summer flowers will die in summer. Is this true?"
"Then I like roses, but they bloom all year round. So people who like roses will die in spring, summer, autumn, and winter. They have to die four times."
—— Osamu Dazai, "The Setting Sun"
Footman and sickly master.
Late Middle Ages (? In fact, it should be considered fictional), short story, double black in the later period, be
"The rose should be blooming in the courtyard, but I want it to wither in my arms."
Short story.
Purpose: Growth in adversity.