Lavender Kisses✔ (Johnmark)

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Mark drove carefully towards his dorm building. His cheeks were hot his ears tingling and his hear beating fast. He pulled into the parking lot and went up to his dorm revealing haechan sitting on the kitchen counter eating a bowl of cereal.

"where the hell were you?! You missed our show!" haechan complained shoveling another spoon into his mouth. Mark rolled his eyes and smiled at him.

"dude, I was at work, you know like a normal adult." Mark mocked.

"hey! I'm a normal adult!" haechan defended.

Mark looked him up and down.

"bro, you are wearing a onesie and eating cereal on the counter! What adults have you been around?" mark laughed and so did haechan, milk dribbling down his chin.

"so, how was the first day?" haechan said seriously hopping off the counter.

"it was good actually; I think I'm really gonna like it there.

"Well that's great! I'm glad you had a good day." Haechan said with a smile ruffling mark's bangs.

Mark smiled wide feeling his cheeks go hot.

Over the course of the next week, mark and johnny grew closer through work. Mark had learned how to properly care for the plants and deal with the customers. The two of them often went to dinner together after their shifts

mark woke up with the sound of his alarm He quickly threw on a white button up and dark blue jeans. He waved haechan goodbye and rushed out the door. He drove to the flower shop subconsciously straightening out his sleeves and smoothing the front of his shirt. He pulled into the lot and entered the shop.

The sun was just rising, its soft warm glow shining through the glass door bouncing off the room. Mark breathed in the floral air around him, a smile curling on his lips. He opened his eyes and saw johnny standing in the corner arranging some flowers in a vase. His reddish-brown bangs resting softly against his forehead, his eyes glimmering in the sunlight. He had a content smile on his face as he delicately moved various types of flowers. Mark stared at johnny's hands, they were big and manly but the way they moved was so delicate and gentle, using the softest possible touch to brush the petals.

"mark! Good morning!" johnny's voice was gentle but enthusiastic as he waved and smiled at mark. Mark walked up to him with hot cheeks waving back.

"hey johnny, wow, that... that's beautiful." Mark said in astonishment at the arrangement on the table.

"aw, thanks! This one is for the centerpiece at a wedding, I've gotta make like ten more of these." Johnny laughed scratching the back of his neck.

"well, need any help? I'm sure I could make some of them." Mark knew he sounded awkward, he wasn't sure why johnny made him so nervous but every time he talked to him his heart fluttered and his palms became sweaty.

"yeah! I mean if you want to." Johnny said calmly as he grabbed another vase from the counter.

Mark watched carefully as johnny showed him which flowers to clip and where to put them. He handed a handful of white roses to mark with a smile. Mark took the flowers and gently placed them in the vase followed by some pink roses and finishing with baby's breath. Mark stepped back to look at the arrangement the tones of ivory contrasting nicely with the baby pink roses. They were beautiful, but mark looked at johnny's compared to his, johnny's looked way better than his did. He frowned tilting his head, his eyes darting back and forth between his and johnny's.

"what's wrong?" johnny spoke up from behind him.

Mark looked at him with a pout.

"I don't know, mine doesn't look as good as yours."