Life Was Boring {RamKing}

Part 7

Ram froze just as soon as the door closed behind him. His eyes widened staring at the male who was standing in front of his coworkers, facing him and looking at him with just as much surprise in his eyes.

"P'King, did P'Bohn tell you we were coming?" Duen spoke and Ram was glad that he did because finally, King's eyes were off him and Ram could just turn around and start looking at the plants on the shelves. How was it possible that out of all the plant shops there where they had to go to the one, which King worked in? He was not planning on meeting the male anytime soon and seeing him out of the blue, without any plan or warning ahead almost caused Ram to panic. Which eventually ticked off another box in his head. King was one of Bohn's friends, whom he heard a lot about from Duen. He tried to act as unbothered and normal as possible by staring, rather harshly, at one of the plants on the shelves. He had no idea what it was, but Ram was not ready to turn around and talk to King face-to-face just like that.

King, on the other hand, tried to keep up with Duen's questions about seeds. His eyes kept wondering to the male standing far from him looking at the shelves. He tried his best to avoid looking, but he could not help it. Ram, the same Ram he had been chatting with on the phone for the last few days, appeared out of nowhere in his plant shop and it seemed as if him and Duen where friends too. Ram did not have many photos on the app, but King could recognize that neck tattoo from a mile. He only saw Ram's photo, so he never noticed that the male was quite taller than he was. He did not get close to him, but King could tell that from a certain distance.

"So, cosmos are the best option?" Duen asked.
"Yes," King said, "they don't need too much work and they are easy to plant and grow. Especially for children."
"Thank you P'King," Duen said.
King nodded and smiled at him. "I'll go get you the seeds. If you need anything else just ask me or Frong over there." King walked to the backroom after pointing out his new employee who was sorting the flowers.

Ting, who had been roaming around the shop while Duen was asking the questions, approached Ram who was still staring at the same plant. "Do you want to buy it?"
Ram finally took his eyes off it and looked at his class assistant, "what?" he asked surprised.
"That plant," Ting said, pointing at it, "it feels like you fell in love with it or something. You've been staring at it for the entire time we've been here."

Ram shook his head, not realizing someone else approached him. "That's a Venus flytrap. It's quite hard to grow but it gets rid of insects." Frong must have noticed the conversation between the two and decided to give them some knowledge about the plant in question.
Ting, knowing Ram's personality thanked Frong and took one of the plants in her hand, "I'll get one for myself since it gets rids of insects," she said quickly.
Frong walked away and Ting decided to stop trying to get Ram to talk at that moment because it seemed as if she would be going around in circles.

King returned with the seeds and handed them to Duen, "you should have enough for two classes." the older said peaking over at Ram, "but if you need more just tell me or Bohn."
Duen smiled at him, "thank you P'King," and he went to pay.

"Is the coffee shop next door good?" Duen asked King.
King looked up and nodded, "yes. I really like the Americano and the wraps are good if you plan to eat from there."
"Thank you P'King. I will see you. You won't be coming tomorrow right?"
King shook his head, "no, I have to go home tonight. However, I will definitely come next time."

Ram was the first to slip out of the shop, finally feeling like he was able to breathe once more. He could not believe that he could just bump into the person he was chatting online with that easily. He was not ready to face him like that and he was glad that Duen did all the talking, leaving him staring at whatever plants were in front of him at the moment. If he did not mess up with not replying to the messages two days before, he was sure King would give up on talking to him seeing how he acted. Ram was not sure whether he would be fine with that or not.