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[residentflorist]

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Lilium
Derived from Latin lilia, which may have come from a corrupted
pronunciation of a word from an extinct Eastern Mediterranean language
Humility, devotion, restored innocence after death

"Lovers used to give these when they were reunited."

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[residentmerc]

... I haven't thought you were wasting my time in a while.

[ not since they first met, really, and even then he'd changed his tune... pretty quickly. ]

[residentflorist]

[she's letting her arms loop around his neck, leaning against him for a more comfortable position.]

I know. I mean...I know, but sometimes I think about it and...[no that sounds dumb, too.] I know. But the confirmation's still nice sometimes.

[residentmerc]

[ hmmm... brushes some hair out of her face with his free hand that has long abandoned his sandwich ]

What sounds dumb? [ he can be the judge of that. tell him your secrets ]

[residentflorist]

[leans into the touch even if she's pouting a little to think this through.]

...do you remember when you were stuck acting like me for a little while? I don't know if I ever realized how much it could be for some people.

[residentmerc]

[ ... he's trying not to find this funny... ]

Has it been bugging you since then? [ it's cute when you do it. ]

[residentflorist]

I wouldn't say it's been bugging me... [anime sweatdrop betrays the lies.] It was just a thought! It's not like I've ever encountered myself before.

[no but she met zack and it's sort of the same.


there are little flowers immediately sparkling overhead though when he says it's cute.]

[residentmerc]

You were weirded out because it's not me, and it's not actually you. Like a caricature. It's not the same thing if I'm the one acting like that.

[ the flowers make him realize thought week betrayed him and he blushes a little while averting his eyes ]

[residentflorist]

It didn't help that at the same time I was Lavi. And also convinced I was in love with Robin? [that whole day was a mess. but he blushes and it means she's still petting her thumbs over his cheekbones because it's adorable. baby. baby boy.]

[residentmerc]

[ that is kind of making him blush harder he's in agony ]

Yeah. And then you were hallucinating. [ it was. it was a Day. ]

[residentflorist]

[good, suffer.]

Yeah...that definitely wasn't fun either. [all of that was bad.] A lot happened after that, too, so I never thought about it too much.

[just enough to lowkey think about it in the background, like a lost internet browser tab you found that you opened on your phone three weeks ago.]

[residentmerc]

Just enough to still remember it now.

[ he'll point it out? aerith your insecurities!! ]

[residentflorist]

I did say it was sort of dumb. [or thought it. whatever. the point is it was out there.]

[residentmerc]

... I wasn't saying it's dumb, I...

[ well he was trying to reassure her but clearly failed so he shakes his head ]

Never mind. Point is, you're not... too much.

[residentflorist]

[oh. she sees the misunderstanding here.]I was, because it feels really silly to worry about it now. [...] You're oblivious sometimes and you're not always good with being touchy but it's not like I ever wanted to actually risk making you uncomfortable. With words or actions or anything. So...that's good to know.

[residentmerc]

[ sorry the. the line about being oblivious and not good at being touchy makes him kind of squint. ]

Hey. [ IT'S TRUE BUT DOES SHE HAVE TO SAY IT OUT LOUD ]

[residentflorist]

[lmao she just kisses him like that's going to make him less :T about it.]

[residentmerc]

[ he still >:T into the kiss!!! and after!! ]

... I'm not oblivious. [ he can't defend the touch thing he is not a touchy person. ]

[residentflorist]

[she just...gazes at him...]

Jessie.

[residentmerc]

Biggs and Wedge made it pretty clear she was just... like that.

[ a ho. a big ho. ]

[residentflorist]

But she still hit on you and you probably didn't even think much of it, huh?

[residentmerc]

...What's that have to do with anything?

[ he wasn't oblivious he wasn't interested. so different ]

[residentflorist]

[she tilts her head.]

You really weren't interested in a girl like her?

[residentmerc]

[ like her? ]

She was a friend, it wasn't like that.

[ he also knew her for like. two days. but ]

[residentflorist]

[bitch you only knew aerith for a few hours, what's your excuse for that?]

If you're sure. [so her impression is that jessie is pretty, talented, strong and forward.] I guess there wasn't really time for you to even consider it back then anyway with the work Avalanche was doing.

[residentmerc]

[ it was at least ONE DAY and the difference is aerith did not immediately invite him to fuck ]

This isn't something I think about that much in the first place.

[ like yeah he liked tifa for forever and that is maybe probably still a thing but he doesn't think about romance that much he has 999 more problems ]