『 Gloxinia 』

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"Sunny-ah, can you make this into a bouquet?" Taehyung handed her the flowers the the customer just picked. She nodded and quickly took it before doing her job. A few minutes later, she came back with the flowers tied together cutely with a purple wrapping paper.

"Here you go, miss!", Haesu smiled politely while handing the bouquet to her customer. "Thank you so much!" The young women smiled at her and Taehyung before leaving after she pays for it.

Once she left, Haesu's smile fade as she turned around walking away. Taehyung who notice it, only looked at her confused, before tailing behind her.
"I'm sleepy," Haesu mutters before taking a seat on the garden chair, resting her head on her palm. Taehyung who has been staring at her since the beginning, joins her and take a seat on the opposite side. "Didn't you sleep enough?" He leaned back in his chair. She nodded her head, but then followed with a yawn.

"I just feel like these days, the weather feels cool and the sky is a bit cloudy. It's just a perfect weather to wrap yourself with your blanket and go back to sleep," she smiled sheepishly but he actually agreed with her thoughts. Probably rain will start pouring this week.

"Why don't you take a rest? I can look after the shop by myself,"

"What?? No, no, I won't leave you alone to look after the shop. You help me a lot already and I won't burden you more," she blabbers. He looked at her while pressing his lips into a thin line to hold back his smile. "Okay, okay, chill. Why are you panicking? And also, you're not a burden to me, stop saying that.", he smiles. She froze for a second before looking away. She doesn't know why she needs to look away, but by her heart throb when he smiled, she just did it automatically.

"Also, I have a question,"

She replied with a hum before glancing back at him. "How do you know about the meanings from the flowers? Like the one you recommend to me when I first bought a bouquet from you." He asked while recalling back the memory. "Oh..I read it on a book my mother gave me," she got up to get her purse before taking out a pastel green book from it. She took a seat again before showing it to him. The book cover looks simple and the tiny pink flower on the edge makes it look cuter.

"My mother loves flowers, she once told me that sometimes you can't just adore what you see, but find the true meaning behind it. That way, you could give a positive message for someone else and make their days to get better,' she smiled. Taehyung's lips formed into a silent "oh", and starts to open the first page, then the second, and continued. "Do you want to see the meaning from the flower you bought?", she asked excitedly, making taehyung chuckled, "Sure,"

She pulled her chair next to him and leaned closer until their shoulders touched. Taehyung doesn't know why, but his heart beats faster, making his body flinch a little. She focused on flipping the pages of the book to search the flowers, while Taehyung froze on his spot, not even dare to move an inch.

Why am I over reacting like this? Come on, she doesn't even realize-

"Here!" He flinches again. "Chrysanthemum means 'I love you', and Daisy means 'loyal love', that's why I feel like these flowers suits-", her words stuck on her throat when she turned around to face him. Their eyes met and their breath hitting each other faces. Their eyes locked for a second before she almost instantly back away. Taehyung clears his throat awkwardly before trying to melt the sudden uncomfortable silence between them, "U-uh..this..this is kinda interesting. No wonder why you are good at choosing flowers for the customers". She still won't look up to him but she replied with a chuckle while rubbing her nape. "Y-yeah..you can borrow it if you want," she finally look at him but in a second, she looked away again.

How can you even look at him in the eyes after that?
God, how awkward they are right now.

"Thank you. If you allow me, then I guess I'll try to read it and help you choosing the right flowers for the customers." He took the book, before getting up and walking towards the counter where his bag is. Actually, he doesn't have to do it now, but he walked away on purpose to run away from the uncomfortable silence and the cause of his heart beating wildly.

She just stare at his back while trying to calm her heart and curse at herself for everything.

That was so close. She sighed.
But those brown eyes, I could really drawn into them if I didn't look away quickly. She spazed out before shaking her head to shake those thoughts away.

Well..at least now she doesn't feel sleepy anymore.

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I literally almost erase this part in my note.. God I feel like my soul just fly away..