Cloud

[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]

[ HE'S NOT ASKING FOR IT ]

Right. So you can't say I'm not doing the jobs you paid me to do.

[residentflorist]

Because you're not doing the jobs at all? [rude.]

[residentmerc]

You haven't asked me to do 'em either.

[residentflorist]

I'm saving the dress for a special occasion. [i.e. whenever she feels like it and it's going to be a surprise for both of them.] And the other ones...guess we can't really do 'em until we're out of here, huh?

[residentmerc]

A special occasion? [ should I be worried... ] Guess not. Can't blame me for not doing the job then, can you?

[residentflorist]

[she just smiles and gives no tells to the first part.]

Maybe not, but I could find other jobs for you if that's what you wanted.

[residentmerc]

Including dancing with you?

[ little tasks... give him little tasks... ]

[residentflorist]

Karlach and Robin both danced with me already. Don't you think that's a little silly they beat my boyfriend to it?

[she doesn't, it is solely to tease him and also fluster him with the b word. they weren't even dating when that happened.]

[residentmerc]

[ ! above his head at the b word and a bit of a blush on his actual face. it takes him a bit to formulate words after that give him a second ]

... We weren't... [ no you can do it cloud. ] We weren't dating back then.

[residentflorist]

[amused music notes and hearts.]

Is that the only reason it doesn't count then?

[residentmerc]

...... Yes?

[residentflorist]

I guess you might be right. [hmm hmm....] And if I said I didn't want dancing with me to be a job?

[maybe another little thing.]

[residentmerc]

[ ah... ]

... Guess I can make an exception for you.

[residentflorist]

[where the fuck is their giant baby. probably not too far ahead, so it means that aerith can pull him a little closer to stop their walking and loop her arms around his neck again.]

Think I like being an exception. [sparkling hearts...]

[residentmerc]

[ the baby is up ahead pecking at the ground in curiosity, it's fine. cloud's arms wrap around aerith's waist automatically now when she does this. the power. the progress. ]

Maybe I'll keep you as one, then. [ the sparkling hearts are making him blush a little not gonna lie. she's very cute? she's very cute. ]

[residentflorist]

[me as the baby running from het. anyway there's a very, very faint thought of pretty... that flickers past while she stays right where she's at, thanks. it's not her fault cloud's pretty when he blushes? and is pretty in general? terrible, really. this is such progress, she's so happy about that.]

Just maybe? How do I bump that up to being a guarantee?

[residentmerc]

[ ? at the pretty. where. what could she possibly mean ]

Mm. Don't know. Wouldn't want to spoil you too much. [ lightly, like he is not a big sucker already ]

[residentflorist]

Is it really spoiling me if it's something I know you like, too? [don't lie to her.]

[residentmerc]

Maybe it's spoiling both of us.

[ he'll ALLOW IT ]

[residentflorist]

[hmmm....]

I'll allow it! [says the meta, but she decides she's not done yet and kisses him because he's right there.] You should consider letting me spoil you a little more, actually.

[residentmerc]

[ kisses mean he's the one with eyes that are a little sparkly afterwards, but he blinks it away to ? at her again ]

I don't need spoiling. [ well, no one does in his opinion, but he's also not sure how she would even. ... do that ]

[residentflorist]

Need, no. But why should that stop me either? [she wants to mostly because she thinks cloud could stand a few nicer things after the last several months (years) of bullshit.]

[residentmerc]

So the only thing stopping you is me?

[ he really does not know how to feel about spoiling because lol cloud having nice things but he's also holding his girlfriend around the waist and looking shy so like. ]

[residentflorist]

[he can keep holding her, that's fine.]

Uh huh. I can hear what you're thinking already. [in a (frankly terrible) impression of cloud:] "Aerith, nobody needs that. Stop that. I don't have anything I really want."

[residentmerc]

[ ... is that what I sound like... ]

I don't sound like that. [ >:/ ]