Love Blooms Now - A Hanahaki Olix Fanfic

Chapter 3 - Questions

There was a knock on the door. He opened it. "Pix? You look a bit disheveled, are you alright?" The sheriff asked with a bit of concern in his voice.

"Oh- I'm fine, just fine..." Pix yawned, before continuing, "Would I be able to ask you a few quick questions?"

"Sure?"

"What's your favourite flower?"

"Poppys." Jimmy answered right away.

"With that answer, I don't need anything else! Thank-" Another yawn interrupted Pix, "thank you..."

"Hey- hey, maybe you should get some sleep. You seem really tired."

"Can't. Busy. Oh- I need to get going! Bye, sheriff!" Pix quickly shot off, leaving the sheriff very confused and concerned.

"Oh- hello there, Pixl." Joey smiled at the archaeologist. "Hello, pirate Joe!" Pix stepped out of the boat, now on the dock.

"Is there something you require? More prismarine?"

"No, actually, I need to ask you a question!"

"Shoot."

Pix tilted his head in confusion, "I'm not going to shoot you Joey, that would just be mean. Plus, I forgot my bow at home."

"I- I forgot you don't always understand those..." Joey muttered under his breath, before mentioning, "It just means go ahead, like shoot your question."

"Oh! A-alright!" Pix yawned, before asking it, "What's your favourite flower?"

"Whatever my darling Katherine likes!" Joey smiled lovingly.

"Alright... That's all I need." Pix told him. Even if Katherine's favourite flower was an allium, Joey didn't seem to know. Pix yawned once more, hopping back in his boat. "Bye, Joey..."

"Bye... Are- are you alright? You seem tired."

Pix chuckled, "I'm fine..."

"Favourite... flower? Y'know I live in a cave, don'tcha?" fWhip raised an eyebrow.

"I know, I know, but are there any flowers you like more than others?"

"Peonies or spore blossoms, I guess?"

"Alright, that was all I needed!" Pix smiled. The two looked at each other, before Pix coughed. A violent cough. It sounded painful. It was. Blood spattered on the ground, the small flowers sitting on it. fWhip held back a gasp, asking, "A-are you okay..?"

"I- I'm-" Another cough, "-Fine... I'm fine, fWhip. Sorry about this, I'll clean it up..."

"No, no, don't worry about it. Just... Rest?" fWhip suggested, "I don't know what this is, or whats going on, but please promise me you'll be alright."

"I should be alright. Don't worry about me fWhip! Well, I should get going." Pix told him. With a farewell, fWhip was left very worried.

"Questions? Oh, of course. Everyone wants an interview with someone as hot as me!" Joel gave a cocky smirk.

"Not an interview. Just a question. Probably only one." Pix told him.

"Whatever- whatever, same thing. Get on with the question."

"What's your favourite flower?"

Joel paused, "What an odd question..." The god thought for a minute before finally deciding, "Flower azaleas. I should really use them more in my builds."

"Alright, all I needed!" Pix let out a small yawn, before saying bye and flying off.

Pix was looking around in wonder at the buildings that took up the large empire. Soon enough, he found the person he was looking for. "Pix- Ah, sorry for the wait! I get lost in my own empire, y'know?"

"It's quite alright. I only came to ask a quick question."

"Ask away!"

"What's your favourite flower?"

Sausage gasped audibly, "You expect me to choose just one of these beauties? A truly impossible task."

"I think that's a good enough answer for what I need."

"Definitely not poppies. No... no... Maybe poppies? There are just so many to chose from. You are asking this of the one that lives in a flower field."

"Should I take poppies as the answer?" Pix raised an eyebrow.

"Fuck it, yeah, sure." Scott shrugged.

"Scott, what have I told you about your language?"

"Sorry, dad." Scott joked, getting an annoyed chuckle from Pix. "Also, why are you even asking about favourite flowers? Seems very random. Does it have anything to do with those alliums you asked about?"

"Oh- those... No- no- nothing to do with those!" Pix told Scott, his voice showing his obvious lie.

"Pix... Is something going on? Now that I look at you, you look very tired. What's going on? Are you overworking yourself on research again?"

"I-" Pix wasn't sure what to say. Scott was 100% right. "I have to get going! Bye, Scott!"

"Pix-"

He was already off in the sky. There was only one male emperor left. Pix thought about it.

No... No... It couldn't possibly be him. No... it must be some non emperor! Yeah, that's it! Should still talk to him... Just in case, but it couldn't be him! It couldn't be...

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