SMG4 Apprenticeship AU Continued...

Luigi's Flower Shop

Luigi hummed, walking around his flower shop and tending to the plants. The sun shone through the windows at the front of the building, casting a beautiful glow inside the interior of the shop, giving more life to the flowers around the displays.

The door to the building opened, causing the bell above to ring.

The plumber looked towards the door and smiled at the two people who came inside, SMG5 and SMG6.

"You guys made it!" Luigi said as he walked towards them, putting his watering can down. "Great! Thanks for agreeing to help today."

"Of course," SMG5 said with a smile. "You said you were going to be busy today?"

Luigi nodded. "Yeah. There's a lot of things happening. Peach's coronation is this weekend, so I need to get the flower arrangements for that ready, and then I need to grab some arrangements for the other customer today, and then I need to get around to a few things here and there, so... yeah."

He smiled. "Seriously, thanks for coming. I know you two have been busy with researching different things about the multiverse with SMG1 and SMG2 after the whole... other dimension fiasco."

"It's not a big deal," 5 said. "We're always happy to help you, Luigi!"

SMG6 nodded with a bright smile on his face before turning towards the back room. "So... just tell us what to do!"

Luigi went to the back, grabbing two aprons and handing them to the two meme guardians. "So, SMG6 can run the front," he said, leading him over. "And you can ask me any questions you have based on what customers want."

He turned to 5. "You can help me in the back of the shop to help put the arrangements together."

The two nodded, heading to their spots.

The day started off pretty tame, with customers coming in and asking for their preordered arrangements, some people ordering their floral arrangements, and a few people just coming in to look at things or buy seeds. Although, it started to pick up quite a bit when the flowers for the princess' coronation came in.

SMG5 was helping Luigi with putting the arrangements together, and SMG6 had come back to help out too as the traffic outside started to calm down.

Then the bell above the door rang.

"I'll get it!" 6 shouted, rushing outside and noticing someone looking around the shop nervously.

There in the doorway stood Bowser, red eyes looking over everything around them. His gaze then landed on SMG6, who was staring at him in confusion.

"Oh. Hello," Bowser said with a nervous laugh before stepping closer and allowing the door that was apparently caught on one of his shell's spikes to close. "SMG6, right?"

6 nodded. "Yeah! Sorry that SMG5 and I haven't really been able to talk to you much. Busy with stuff."

The dragon nodded, looking around again. "Is Luigi here?"

"He's actually in the back working on the floral stuff for Peach's coronation this weekend," the orange meme guardian explained. "Why do you ask?"

"Oh. No reason." Bowser looked around some more before grabbing some fire flower seeds. "I'm just here to... buy some seeds. Trying to... to get a garden going at my castle..."

SMG6 nodded. "Well, I can ring you out," 6 said with a smile as he walked behind the counter to the register. "Unless you'd want someone else to do it...?"

Bowser's face turned red as he looked away. "Ahem... uh... no. No need. Um..."

SMG6 stared up at him with a knowing smile before he began walking into the back of the shop. "Hey Luigi?" He asked, looking towards the green Italian.