Oneshots (Book 2)

(SDS) Tattooed Flower

(Requested by the-ace-shipper, hope its what you wanted)

Michael pov

It started one day, just a random day, I was tending to my flower shop, my friend Brandon was tending to his inn across the street and my other friend David was tending to his bar (Idk, I'm just trying!) when Brandon comes over and has David by the ear and waltz into my flower shop to tell me that his brother was coming into town and to be wary because his brother was a huge flirt and very inappropriate at times. The next day I see the moving truck (you know how Marrinete lives above her parents shop yeah that's how i'm imagining David's Michael's and Ritchie's homes) and a man with burnt orange hair talking to Brandon as well as moving his stuff inside the building, at lunch Brandon drags my but over to his inn and cooks some food for me, David and his brother. We get to know each other and so forth, the new guy's name is Ritchie, well technically it's Richard but he goes by Ritchie, he's a big flirt and is very inappropriate just like Brandon warned and he owns a tattoo parlor, after lunch we head back to our respective homes/shops and finish the day.

The next day

I am tending my flowers customers coming in every now and then, its quiet, its peaceful and overall my favorite place. {chime} the bell goes off indicating someone has come in, i look over at the door and am greeted with Ritchie standing at my doorway, "hello Ritchie, what can i do for you?" I ask, he smiles, picks up a flower and walks over to me and says "I was just showing this flower how beautiful you are." i give him an unimpressed look "really a flower related flirt?" I ask he chuckles "Well I tried." then places the amount the flower was worth on my counter and walks out.

He does this everyday, a different flirt a day, some about flowers, "if i had a garden i'd plant my two lips and your two lips together." some about tattoos "Are you a tattoo? Cause I want you on me." and it's always the same time everyday. I'd never admit it but, the pick up lines and/or flirts are working on me, I am falling head over heels in love with him. Today he walks in a little wobbly but i gnore that as he walks up and says three lines, instead of his normal one line, "If you had eleven roses and looked in a mirror you'd see the 12 most beautiful things in the world." he grins cheekily at me and continues "Can i take a picture of you? So that way i can show my tattoo artist what i want." he smiles softly and picks up a rose and puts the money on the counter and says "If i had a rose for everytime i thought of you, i'd be walking through my garden forever." then he walks out and I slump to the floor, blush on my face. I found it odd that he said more than one, but pushed that to the back of my mind, as I tried to regain control of my blush.

The next day i wait for Ritchie, acting like i don't, but when he doesn't show i get a little concerned, but i push it off and continue my work, the next the same thing happens, and the day after and the day after. Four days pass and i am really worried so i head over to Brandon's to see if he knows anything, when i tell Brandon his eyes go wide then worried and he yanks me to his brother's studio, the door has a [sorry we're closed] sign but Brandon ignores that and uses his keys to get in. "What's happening?" David asks from behind me, and I jump since he wasn't there before, Brandon shushes us and we slowly walk in, and up the stairs. Once upstairs we hear a pained wheezing and Brandon lets out a sigh of relief, and walks normally into a room and says "you do realize you have my phone number right?" we hear a gasp and then a cough, and the cough turns into a coughing attack, we hear Brandon saying softly "Easy Ritchie, easy, i got you." Once the coughing dies down Brandon says "well you sure got Michael in a tizzy, he stormed over to my inn just to see if i knew anything about you." and I blush David elbows me and I glare at him, he puts his hands up in surrender knowing I have a temper the size of Jupiter (I don't know!). "Sorry, jus din'n feel well, din'n think'd be thiz bad." i hear Ritchie say slurring, brandon hums and says "Michael, David, come on in." we walk in, Ritchie looks pathetic, and sick, Brandon's by his side holding him against his chest "can one of you stay with him? I have my inn to get back to, but he needs help, when he gets sick it attacks his lungs and it can sometimes get really bad." I nod and say "I can, I closed my shop already." Brandon smiles and i walk over, he tilts his head to the bed and i get on it, he lays Ritchie against my chest. Ritchie lets out a small whimper before cuddling me, I pet his hair/head and he slowly drifts to sleep, Brandon smiles at me and then waves and walks out David following behind.

I spend the next few hours there, Brandon comes every 1 hour to make sure I have entertainment and that Ritchie has things he needs to feel better. As the sun sets Ritchie wakes up, Brandon begins asking him questions and Ritchie answers, then once Ritchie is awake enough to realize he's not laying on Brandon, he looks up and sees me, he shoots off of me and onto the floor, where he begins to have a coughing fit, Brandon helps him back on the bed. Once Ritchie is calmed down he croaks out a sorry to both Brandon and me, we both sigh and Brandon says "Ritchie stop thinking your a burden, you never have been and you never will be." he kisses Ritchie's head and lays Ritchie back onto my chest, Ritchie hums and hugs me again and Brandon leaves. I can tell Ritchie is falling asleep, but he whimpers and sits up, he pulls off his shirt then lays back against me with a sigh and I say without thinking "your tattoos are so amazing, that I forgot my pick-up line." Ritchie snorts against me and looks up at me and whispers "that's the oldest tattoo pick-up line in the book." i grin sheepishly and he hums then whispers "Roses are red. Lilies are white. We'd make a great couple. You know that I'm right.." I blush and he smirks then I bend to the best of my abilities and kiss his nose, he hums and drifts to sleep.

(I have no talent for these pick-up lines/flirts so here are the websites I got them from)

https://pickupline.net/body-feature-and-common-expressions/tattoo-pick-up-lines/

https://pickupline.net/situational-pick-up-lines/garden-and-farm-pick-up-lines/