Flowers for the Florist - EnnoTana

Flowers for the Florist

It was early in the morning, the sun was coming up and it was still quite dark outside. Waking up early like usual, Tanaka made his way to open up his father's flower shop. He had volunteered to work at the flower shop while his parents traveled to another country for business overseas. He had been working there for three weeks already, and he started getting comfortable and used to his part-time job. However, he was a bit surprised to see something different that rested right in front of the store's entrance.

Lying there, on the shop's doorstep, are three yellow roses that were wrapped together with an orange ribbon. Confused, Tanaka bent down to get the roses, and as he lifted them, a card fell gracefully to the ground. The boy lifted his eyebrow with curiosity when he bent down again to pick the card up. It was a small white card, and to Tanaka's bewilderment, saw his name written in beautiful cursive handwriting.

Ryūnosuke Tanaka, it read. Tanaka looked right and left, attempting to see if anybody was suspicious nearby, but usually, nobody was there at that hour, and of course, he saw nobody. Looking back, he flipped the card, finding another message in that same handwriting. Finally got to see you again it read.

Still confused about the message, considering he hasn't met anyone new or seeing someone he hasn't talked to in a long time, he chose to ignore it for a while and focus on it later. He still has a store to run, especially since Valentine's Day is coming up and a lot of people got together in their town. Including his teammates. Sure, he got into a romantic relationship with Kiyoko, and they both loved each other truly, but ever since Kiyoko found this new job, their schedules were quite difficult to deal with, and they chose to separate.

He was sad to let go of that treasured relationship, but at least they were still on great terms, and Kiyoko was doing great in her new job with Yachi by her side. They got together a year and a half after Kiyoko and Tanaka's separation, and yes, Tanaka was happy for them. He was just glad he made many joyful memories with her.

And with that put aside, Tanaka unlocked the shop's front door, went inside, and put the flowers in the white vase near his place on the counter.

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"What flowers were they?" Nishinoya asked him through the phone. It was in the middle of the evening when Tanaka lay on his bed in a baggy white shirt and pants. Nishinoya had called him for their daily facetimes, and Tanaka told him about it, which Nishinoya got very curious about.

"Yellow roses. They were like- wrapped together with a ribbon. I placed them in a vase though." Tanaka replied. "The thing is, I don't know who it's from, or what that person's intentions were."

Nishinoya sat up from his hotel bed and created a smug look on his face while looking at Tanaka. "Could be romantic!" He told the latter. Tanaka's cheeks flushed with embarrassment. "You can't be f*cking serious right now, Yū!" Tanaka exclaimed, but Nishinoya still kept the smirk on his face.

"T'was just a suggestion! It's just a suggestion!" Nishinoya laughed off.

Tanaka frowned, "It could be a creepy-ass stalker, you know? Who knows, it might be some sort of old man!"

Nishinoya laughed more, which caused Tanaka to scowl a bit at his best friend. "IMAGINE- AN OLD MAN IN LOVE WITH YOU, RYŪ!" Nishinoya howled and kept laughing his butt off.

"What are you laughing about, Noya?" Tanaka heard a soft voice from the background, and he assumed it was Asahi. He was correct. Nishinoya finally calmed down, "NO-.. Nothing.." he told Asahi, a smile still on his face.  Nishinoya was still giggling, and Tanaka only looked at him blankly, waiting for him to calm down. "You done?" He mumbled. Nishinoya inhales and exhaled deeply before looking back at the camera at Tanaka.