Flowers and Tattoos

Ch. 5

It's Easter in America, so if you celebrate Easter, happy Easter! If you don't happy holidays!

Dinner with Namjoon has pretty much become a regular thing a couple times a week. It was now November and the air just grows chillier by the day. The leaves were everywhere and covered the entire town. It was now too cold to plant flowers outside the cafe so I've been giving Namjoon my various things of tiger lilies to put around his parlor. His idea, not mine.

My friends also have been dying to meet him formally and I don't know if Namjoon would be comfortable with that. My friends are really good and nice people, but sometimes they can be a bit much for even me to handle. I'm sure Namjoon and them would get along just fine, but I don't want to overwhelm him, I just want to ease him into it.

This time of year is when the cafe gets especially busy because we serve hot chocolate, pumpkin pie, and our christmas drinks are back. My favorite one is our peppermint foam latte served with a candy cane inside of it. It's very very delicious. We also have a lot of poinsettas and we hand dye a lot of our roses green and red so people can use them for decoration. We also make centerpieces this time of year for thanksgiving and christmas, those are really popular as well.

I love this time of year because they start getting out the christmas lights and decorations, children can be seen all bundled up in their winter attire, and most of all the food this time of year is especially good. I can never get enough of turkey and ham around this time of year. It's just so good!

It was 7:45 am and I was only 10 minutes away from the cafe. I enjoy walking instead of taking a car. I can drive but I prefer to walk since it only takes 10 minutes. My car sits in the parking garage, but I usually take it out for a drive every sunday morning before I go to the cafe. I was happily looking around when I bumped into someones back.

I fell backwards onto my butt and looked up, "Oh my gosh I am so sorry! Are you alright?"

"Watch where you're going, you litt-" he was about to insult me and then turned around, it was Namjoon, "oh hi Jimin." He helped me up.

"What're you doing just standing in the middle of the sidewalk?" I asked, brushing myself off.

He shrugged, "Just enjoying the scenery I guess. It's quiet out today."

I looked around, "Well duh, it's only almost 8 in the morning."

He chuckled, "Wanna walk together?"

I gave him a small smile and nodded my head. We walked to work together and talked the whole way about anything. He was so easy to talk to and he could tell you anything about whatever topic it is you're talking to him about. He was either really smart or just bullshitting me. I think he's just really smart.

We got to the cafe and I was expecting him to go to his parlor, but instead he followed me inside. I was kind of suspicious but he just started wiping down tables and setting things up for me.

I cocked an eyebrow, "What're you doing?"

He shrugged, "I don't open until 10. You want to get this place cleaner quicker, let me help."

I thought for a second and then nodded. He went back to cleaning up and Taehyung and Jungkook came strolling in. They looked shocked as they saw Namjoon helping me get the place ready.

"Um...What's he doing here?" Jungkook asked.

"He insisted on helping me clean up a little bit." I explained, shrugging my shoulders.

"Oh...Okay." Taehyung said, eyeing Namjoon.

Namjoon turned and looked at him, Taehyung shrunk back a little bit. Namjoon looked a little amused and walked closer to him. Taehyung eyed him suspiciously and gulped a little bit. Namjoon stared at him for a few seconds and Taehyung's eyes just kept getting wider. Namjoon stuck his hand out and Taehyung flinched.

"Namjoon, Kim Namjoon. You are?" Namjoon said, holding his hand out for a handshake.

Taehyung looked from his hand to his eyes, then slowly reached his hand out and grasped Namjoon's, "Taehyung...Kim Taehyung.."

Namjoon firmly shook his hand and let go, then stuck his hand out to Jungkook, "And you are?"

Jungkook hesitantly shook his hand, "Jungkook, Jeon Jungkook."

Namjoon let go, looked at me, back at them and then he gave a small smile, "Nice to meet you both." His dimples poked through a little bit..It was cute.

Taehyung seemed a little at ease, "You too...Nice tattoos.."

Namjoon looked at his arms, "Oh, thanks."

"So, what's it like doing tattoos? Isn't like gross because of the blood?" Jungkook asked.

Namjoon shook his head, "Actually it's pretty satisfying and therapeudic to me."

"Is your whole body covered in tattoos?" Taehyung asked.

"Just my arms and I have some on my neck and I have one on each shoulder blade. I have one on my waist and my thighs both have a big tattoo on them. So, not totally covered." Namjoon explained.

"Jiminie has a tattoo! It's on his ribcage." Taehyung announced.

I flushed red, "Taehyung! No body is supposed to know about that!"

Namjoon smirked, "So the softie does have some rebel to him."

"Yah! Not you too!"
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The whole entire day has been nothing but Taehyung and Jungkook teasing me. They are so ruthless and don't hold back. They've been making jokes and kissy noises at me since Namjoon left. What's even worse is that Hoseok joined in and then Yoongi did eventually as well. I was so annoyed but couldn't stop them cause half of what they were saying was true.

They would say I just liked him so much, which I do, that I think he was hot, no denying that thought, and that I thought his tattoos were attractive, and hell yeah I do. Am I gonna tell Namjoon that? Absolutely not. We've only known each other a month and I feel like I've known him my whole life. He's just so interesting and once you get know him, it's so hard to not like him. He's just one of those people that's insanely charming and really likeable.

I have to admit, I am starting to grow a crush on him more every time we talk. He's starting to really grow on me and it kinda scares me. I enjoy him and his company, I enjoy talking to him, but I'm scared he's just being friendly. I'm scared he's just trying to be my friend platonically and nothing more. I'm never gonna tell him that because that would be really stupid.

It's hard to tell how Namjoon feels because his emotions switch all the time. He has mood swings that can change by just a snap of a finger. He can be happy one minute and then angry the next. When he's angry it's kind of scary but he tells me that he doesn't want to talk to me when he's like that because he doesn't want to hurt me. That's a sign.....right? Ugh, who am I kidding, he's just being considerate.

I had to close the cafe early because Jin had a family emergency with his brother's wife. I didn't mind though because it was really slow today. I was sweeping the floors when Namjoon walked in and started picking up the trash. I stopped sweeping and couldn't help but watch him.

"Take a picture, it'll last longer." He remarked, not even looking at me.

My cheeks turned pink, "I-I wasn't staring!"

"I can feel your eyes burning into my skull." He teased, looking at me and smirking.

I wanted to smack that smirk off his face, "Why does everyone tease me!?"

"You're an easy target." He replied, throwing the trash away.

I pouted and went over to the floral section and just started organizing the flowers. I loved doing this because it was like therapy to me. Just organizing them by color and by type satisfied me for some reason. I felt someone watching me and I just grinned to myself.

"Take a picture, it'll last longer." I mocked, grinning a little.

"Okay." Then I heard a camera click.

My head snapped up and my eyes met Namjoon's amused look. "You really took a picture of me!?

He chuckled, "You told me to. Besides, it looks absolutely adorable."

My face turned red and I hid behind some daisies. Namjoon you are going to be the death of me.