Flower Crate (Snufmin)

Snufkins Buttercups

Snufkin had just arrived back to moominvalley.
and with him, his flower cart.
He set up shop again for spring and laid out his wooden crates, pots and vaces with flowers he collected when he travelled south.
Usually, he used his harmonica so that his customers knew he was open, thats why he set the shop so close to moominhouse, so that when he played his harmonica in the spring moomin would wake up from hibernating.
He finished unpacking, then pulled out his instrument, the first song is always the most special.
Because during the winter while snufkin was selling his flowers in a different area, he was thinking about the new tune he would play for moomin. And it was first thing in the morning for him to wake him up.
He picked a few buttercups and started to make a flowercrown, he said that buttercups were his favorite once, and ive made tons of flower crowns before. i should make him one , thought snufkin.
He finished making the flower crown, and even made one for himself made of daisies, he grabbed the harmonica and played, as he played he heard the tappingof the floor boards from moominhouse and knew that moomin was running down to greet him.
The door bursted open and slammed against the wall, he saw the white figure running towards him, huffing.
As he reached snufkin he was sweating profoundly.
"H-hey snufkin" he said with a smile on his face and sweat streaming down his cheek, he layed on the arch of the bridge, trying to keep his excitement from showing too much.
"Hello moomintroll" said snufkin
"Hows the sales been going?" Asked moomintroll
"Pretty good I think, im just waiting for the hemulen to come again like each year to see if ive found any rare flowers, I may have a few for him that he may like"
"Thats great"
Snufkin grabbed the flowercrown from under the table and placed it on moomins head
"You look cute" said snufkin with a smirk plastered across his face.
He then grabbed his own flower crown and wore it, then pointed to the flowers "we match"
Moomins face turned red, he looked up on his head to see his flowers.
"Buttercups, my favorite" his cheeks still rubescent, moomin smiled endearly at snufkin, which made him turn his head, his face now also flushed.
"Ya, i heard" he mumbled with one of his hands covering his mouth.
Moomin grabbed snufkins hand and placed in on his face
"No need to be embarassed snufkin, i really like it. Ive missed you"
"Oh really?" Replied snufkin
"Your asleep for most of the winter anyway, whats there to miss?" Added snufkin
"I sleep, knowing that youre out there having fun without me, it may sound odd to you but...i start missing you even in my dreams i-is that weird??" He asked, as if he was choking on his words.
Snufkin felt embarrased, but non the less replied
"I miss you too you know moomin, every winter when youre asleep, i think about what song im gonna play to wake you up, worried that maybe one day my tunes arent good enough to wake you up again. Thankfully that hasnt happened yet" he giggled pathetically afterwards.
"Your tunes are the best snufkin! I cant believe that you would think that they wouldnt be good enough to wake me up, you could hum the tune softly to yourself and id probably still wake up" he said to snufkin.
"Thats comforting" he uttered, now fumbling with his fingers, so much that they were almost tangled.
As the two stared at each other in awe, little My skittered pass them and headed to moominhouse ignoring them.
She came back waving at moomin and snufkin
"Guys! Moominmama made tea, she told me to call you" she glanced waiting for a response.
Moomin and snufkin stoped staring at eachother and walked to moominhouse, snufkin tried to grab at moomins hand to hold, but he resisted.
They sat down in a chair next to one another, and snorkmaiden poured them a cup of tea, sniff sat next to her and My sat on the table, stabbing at a small biscuit covered in pink icing.
"I dont know what you guys were doing, but you guys didnt even notice us walking by, did you?" Snorkmaiden stated.
"It doesnt matter snorkmaiden, just drink your tea" Sniff said.
Snufkin blew on his tea then began to sip, moomin stared at his cup for a few seconds before he decided to drink, then burned his tongue when he did but he tried to pretend he didnt.
Moominmama walked into the kitchen.
"Oh hello dear Snufkin, back to selling flowers now are you?"
"Yes mama" replied Snufkin warmly.
Moominmama pulled out a chair and sat on it
"Do you think i could buy a pack of sunflower seeds from you?"
"Of course" he said while still taking sips of tea
"Wonderful, they would look great in the garden" moominmama said with a smile
"Im sure they would" snufkin said.
"Whats with the flower crowns?" Snormaiden asked
"Ya, youre boys, flowercrowns are for girls---" sniff said without consideration , then immediately being punched on the shoulder my snorkmaiden.
"Boys CAN wear flower crowns yoy sexist!" Almost screamed snorkmaiden, making sniff choke on his tea.
"I dont know, we just felt like it" replied snufkin.
"Oh, uh okay" said snorkmaiden, but little My didnt seem convinced.
Moomin slammed his palms on the table hurridly and stood up
"Oh! I almost forgot, i was gonna show snufkin something"
"Another dragon?" Asked My sarcastically
"Oh shut up My" replied moomin.
He grabbed Snufkins hand and ran up the stairs to his room.
"Theyre up to something, I just know it" My said with a slight irritation in her voice.
"Oh hush dear My" moominmama calmly.
"They have the right to privacy, we should leave them be until theyre ready to talk" added moominmama.
Little My huffed and ate the broken pieces of biscuit left on her plate.
Moomin exhaled a sigh of relief once they reached his room.
"Lay on my bed for a second Snufkin, I know your a bit tired from your trip back" told moomin.
Indeed snufkin was, he sat on the bed and slowly sank into the soft matress.
It smells like him, snufkin thought.
Like freshly baked cinnamon rolls, or like something snufkin would gladly eat really.
Snufkin was tired, but he didnt want moomin to wait until he woke up to see him so he stood awake, but now that he was on a bed, on MOOMINS bed no doubt, he couldnt get back up.
He fell asleep after a few seconds, still wearing his flowercrown, leaving white petals on moomins bed.
He sat on the floor next to snufkin and gazed at him, moomin brushed away the bangs covering snufkins forehead and continued to stare at him.
He sure is tired, moomin thought.
He placed his hand on the top of his forehead and kissed it as if it were instinct, as he did he saw Snufkin blushing and opening his eyes slowly, he lunged backwards suprised, covering his face with his palms
"Oh god oh god--"
"Snufkin im sorry I didnt---I didnt mean--"
Snufkin pushed his hands on the pillow and glared at moomin with an ominous expression, his eyes were glittery and bright like stars.
"Do it again" the mumrik said without hesitation, he snapped out of his behaviour and like moomin, covered his face with his hand, he was as red as a tomato and warm as the sun.
"D-do it again" he uttered
His hands were tightly gripping onto the bed sheets.
Moomin got up to snufkin hurridly and plucked a flower from snufkins flower crown, he put it behind snufkins ear and hitched him again with an embarassed expression plastered on his face.
The look in Snufkins eyes before he grabbed his hat to cover his face made moomin go feral.
Snufkin flicked his hat up and placed his feet on the ground, he reached his hand up to moomins face and cupped his cheek, they felt warm.
He gently pulled moomin closer to him until they heard a loud knock at the door, which made the two slip out of their cloud of ease.
Snufkin fell off the bed hitting his forehead onto the floor board, making a  large bang
"Fuck" snufkin whispered behind his breath
"What are you two doing in there?" Little my practically screamed
"Nothing, My" snufkin said with a tone of annoyance in his voice, he clung to Moomins arm and tugged at it.
"Come on"
Snufkin pulled him up and they opened the door and headed to the kitchen
"You two left us" Snorkmaiden said
"Did you guys do something without us? That does sound like you guys" sniff added
Snufkin huffed, he put his hand on his mouth.
"I need to smoke" the mumrik said quickly, grabbing a pipe and bursting out the door onto the porch.
He packed cannibis into the pipe and pulled out a match box, he lit a stick for the pipe and  inhaled the smoke, he did it in a messy manner which resulted in Snufkin coughing.
Moomin was still inside, he could smell snufkins pipe through the open window sill.
His arms were spread across the table, reaching for an empty tea cup.
"So what WERE you doing?" Littly My asked, with an attempt of being intimidating.
Moomin sighed, his face pink
"Its not of your buisness"
My leaped out of her chair and opened the door
"I know youre lying, im gonna ask snufkin"
She slammed the door closed, moomin rested his head on the table and rested, still being bombarded with questions by Snorkmaiden and sniff, questions that he decided to ignore.
My walked towards snufkin and slid next to him
"I know what you two were doing you twink"
Snufkins pipe bubbled, he faced the opposite direction of My
"What are you talking about?" The mumrik replied
Little My smirked
"I know you two like eachother, that was obvious, everyone else is just stupid"
Snufkin grabbed at his pipe tightly, as if he were trying to break it.
He could hear sniff and snorkmaiden babbling inside the house, almost forming together making it hard for him to understand what they were even saying.
Which made snufkins head steam, its their life why do they keep on interfering?
"Just get together already 'dear' brother" little My said with sarcasm, but she was being serious.
"I think we are now, but i dont know"
"You litterally made out with him, can you be any more oblivious?"
She did make a point.