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He had made his way through the halls of the estate, making sure everything was in place. The floors were cleaned, the shelves dusted, the drapes washed. Thoma smiled to himself, noting there wasn't a speck in sight after doing his housekeeping duties at the Kamisato estate. Of course that had just left him with one thing to do and he quickly headed for the door, grabbing his jacket on the way out and making his way downtown. He had called in an order that morning about getting a couple dozen bouquets to brighten up the home and now he just had to pick up the flowers.
Aether was struggling. The call from that morning had left him short on quite a few different flowers and a few hours later he still still wasn't done with the order, it having been a rather busy day. He sighed, putting together one of the last few bouquets in the back before he heard the bell above the door chime. Quickly getting up, he went to the front to greet the customer and was met with a rather handsome face and friendly smile.
"Hello and welcome. What can I do for you today?" He greeted from behind the counter as the taller man approached.
Thoma had entered the flower shop and gave it a little look around, enjoying the different fragrances in the air before hearing the greeting and looking towards the counter, almost stopping for a moment at the man behind it. If Thoma could describe this guy in any word it would have been really pretty. He took a moment to get his bearings and calm down the warmth in his cheeks before approaching with a soft smile.
"Hey! I'm from the Kamisato estate. I'm here to pick up a couple dozen bouquets."
"Ah you're the one who called this morning." Aether leaned against the counter slightly. "The order is almost done but I'm afraid to say we've completely run out a qingxin for one of those bouquets." The blond gave a sheepish smile as he explained the situation.
The housekeeper hummed. "I suppose that is an issue." He looked around the shop again. "Can we maybe replace it with something else? Those cecilias look nice and might make a good addition."
Aether blinked before moving around the counter and grabbed a couple of the flowers. "I'll finish the rest of those bouquets right away." He had headed to the back again and Thoma had almost found himself missing the cute worker. He looked around the shop some more, finding other plants besides just flowers before Aether came back out with his arms full of flowers. The tall male had looked to him again, breath taken away from the sight. How could someone be so much more prettier than the flowers they were holding?
Suddenly the blond's face had reddened and Thoma wondered why until he realized he had said that last phrase out loud. He cleared his throat, his own cheeks warming up now, and paid for the bouquets before smiling as he pulled a flower out from one of them and held it out.
"I did mean it when I said you're prettier than all the flowers here."
Aether blinked, face only going redder as he took the flower and gave a small smile to the other man. "Well thank you."
"Don't mention it." He gave a two finger salute as he headed for the door and left. And if Lumine saw Aether with one of the flowers in his hair later on she didn't ask about it.