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"Is everything ok?" Jaemin asked with a huff as he entered the flower shop.
Jaehyun smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, I just got bored and thought your break was long enough."
Jaemin just pouted at the older as he walked up to the desk, snatching the keys that were being dangled in front of him.
"Fine. But when it's my turn to take over I'm gonna cut you off too."
Jaehyun just shrugged and gave a smile.
"See ya later!"
Jaemin kept his pout as the older practically ran out of the flower shop. He then looked at the cash register and checked inside, noticing absolutely no difference.
Man, Jaehyun hadn't managed to sell anything.
Jaemin rubbed his temples and regretted creating all the flowers in the back. Now he was going to be extremely tired and not be up for anything.
Luckily though, the bell hanging on the door rung and caught Jaemin's attention.
He looked up to see a woman and a man all smiley with each other, holding each other's hands with slight tints on their cheeks. It looked like they were about middle aged but were acting like love-struck teens.
The man finally looked up and spotted Jaemin, happily dragging the girl with him to the front desk.
"Hello! Welcome to Nana's flower shop, how may I help you?" Jaemin said as he held a steady smile.
"W-we'd like some wedding flowers, please," the man said and smiled sweetly at who Jaemin now figured was his fiancé.
"Oh, congratulations! Any specific flower requests?"
The man shook his head no and looked towards the woman who also shook her head.
"Guess we'll leave it up to your choosing!"
Jaemin smiled and nodded, going into the back room. But before he grew and collected the specific flowers, he decided to do something nice for them.
He came out with two orange roses between his fingers, the thorns stripped off in order to prevent injuries.
"Here," Jaemin said, handing each one of them a flower. "The orange rose represents true love and a genuine connection to a person."
The two stared at Jaemin and the flowers in surprise.
"Thank you, that's very kind of you," the man said and the woman smiled.
"Yes, we very much appreciate this."
Jaemin smiled widely and nodded, before he escaped back to the back room to collect the needed flowers.
It warmed his heart to see people so in love, he almost envied it.
It seemed so sweet and warm, having someone you can always count on no matter the circumstances. To have someone that always keeps you company even if they have lame jokes, they both laugh anyway.
He found himself accidentally staring at the orange roses as he shook his head violently.
Save those thoughts for three AM, Jaemin.
Beautiful white flowers with a dash of blue were soon collected and Jaemin was pretty satisfied with how the bouquet looked.
He walked out and wrapped up the bouquet, then handing it over the counter to the couple.
"Thank you! This is absolutely gorgeous!" the woman cooed as she examined the flowers. The man also smiled widely and pulled out his wallet, taking out about six twenties.
"Will this do for about 30 of those?"
Jaemin's mouth hung open as he stared at the money in the man's hand.
"Y-you want thirty??"
The man nodded and Jaemin swore his soul just left his body. He was so incredibly happy right now that he almost couldn't speak. Never had someone ordered for an event before and he usually gets 5 dollars an order. This just blew his mind.
"Yeah... that'll work perfect!" Jaemin said with a huge smile as the man handed the money over. The boy felt overjoyed and suddenly didn't regret going to work today.
"Ok then! I'll need them by this Friday at this location. I'll leave my phone number so that you may reach me if anything happens," the man said and slipped a piece of paper over to the boy.
Man, he hadn't even done a delivery before. This was nuts.
"Thanks! You have an awesome day and congratulations again!" Jaemin said while feeling his bones shaking.
Both the man and woman smiled and linked each other's arms before making their way back to where they came from.
Jaemin looked at the money and practically hugged it. He could finally repay Jaehyun back at least a little. This was so friggen awesome.
He almost dreaded that he had to put the money in the cash register because it practically became his one and only in a matter of seconds. But he sighed and did so anyway, saying goodbye to the 120 dollars for now.
A smile never left Jaemin's face for the rest of the day.
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Jaemin called off his work an hour earlier and closed the shop at 6 instead. I mean, he got a lot of income for one day and was feeling pretty happy about it.
He walked home silently and noticed the bench he saw Jeno on the other night. Don't ask why his eyes immediately found it, they just so happened to land on it. But this time, the seat was empty and Jaemin felt a little saddened.
It didn't take too long until the light haired boy reached his home, immediately coming in to the smell of something cooking.
"Wahh that smells delicious!" Jaemin said and sat his work supplies on the counter.
"Jaemin! You're home early!!" Jisung yelled as he ran to hug his brother.
Jaemin just nodded and smiled widely.
"I just got this huuuge deal and it's going to make us so much money," he said with his arms spread out wide to emphasize his point.
Jisung just clapped happily and cheered Jaemin on. He swears this day is just going so well and he was seriously debating on thanking Jesus.
After the three of them ate dinner while explaining each other's days, Jaemin decided to head to his room in order to start organizing the flower set up and how to handle it.
The only downside to this was that Jaemin would have to put a lot of his power at hand, and he was tired just thinking about it. He needed a plan to separate the growth so that he's not passing out while decorating the wedding hall.
Jaemin rubbed his eyes as he tried to think. He doesn't even have his driver's license so he needs to ask Jaehyun or someone for help. He decided it was a good idea and went downstairs to chat with his roomie.
"Jaehyun I have a question," Jaemin said as he walked into the living room where the older and his brother were watching some scary movie.
Jaehyun apparently hadn't even heard him because he didn't move an inch with his eyes glued on the tv.
"Jaehyunn," Jaemin whined this time while shaking the other's shoulders from behind.
A jump scare suddenly happened and all three of them jumped backwards. Jaehyun then groaned and turned his attention to Jaemin.
"What you want."
"Wow glad to know I gave importance in this world,,"
Jaehyun rolled his eyes and gave a smile towards Jaemin who was now twiddling his thumbs.
"Can you maybe... just possibly... maybe um... drive me to this wedding on Friday?"
Jaehyun looked at Jaemin and gave the younger a sad face.
"I cant Jaemin, me and my friends have been planning a surprise party for Doyoung's first job. Sorry bro," Jaehyun said while patting the younger's head.
Jaemin smiled and understood, but now was faced with a new problem. He could just call a taxi but honestly he's never gone in one alone and didn't necessarily want to.
He scraped his head for ideas while walking back up to his room. His back flopped on his bed as he pulled out the card the dude wrote the wedding info on, and also his phone. It wouldn't be a bad idea to save the man as a contact so that's what he did.
After doing that, his eyes then landed on a person's name that was listed right beneath the new contact.
An idea then clicked in Jaemin's mind and he immediately pressed the call button, holding his breath as he held the phone to his ear.
"Hello?" the other line spoke through and almost scared Jaemin.
"H-hey Jeno, it's Jaemin," Jaemin said as he sat up on his bed.
The other line giggled before responding. "I know. I have you as a contact, you know."
Jaemin found the giggle cute but mentally facepalmed himself.
"I knew that," he retorted with a scoff.
"Sure."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing."
"You don't think I'm smart, do you?"
"Nah you're smart, just slow."
"I take offense."
They both laughed for a bit before Jaemin regained his composure, swallowing a lump in his throat. He really needs this from the other but Jeno does have his own life. Jaemin is pretty much asking the older to put it on hold for a day and that seemed like a lot.
"So uh, Jeno..," Jaemin finally called out and the older regained his focus as well.
"Yeah?"
"Would you possibly... maybe... I mean, if you don't mind... could you uh... ummm," Jaemin said as he tried to formulate the best way to ask the older.
The other line just laughed again and interrupted Jaemin's wordless ramble. "You can just ask me, I promise not to be offended."
Jaemin calmed himself upon hearing this. He took a deep breath and decided to finally spring the question.
"Would it be alright if you drive me to a wedding? I'm really sorry to ask this but I can't drive and my roommate can't take me and my brother's too young and I don't know of anyone else who can and I mean I don't even know if you can drive or if you have plans but I really need this favor but trust me I can take a cab or something even if I don't really want to but don't feel pressured to say yes I just could really use the-"
"Sure, why not," Jeno interrupted Jaemin's ongoing explanation.
Jaemin sat frozen, not knowing what to say. Did Jeno just say yes so nonchalantly??
"Really??"
"Yeah, but one exception."
Jaemin let out a sigh and fell back on his bed. He knew a simple yes would be too good to be true.
"My friend would like to come too."
He then perked up and felt relieved. "That's all??"
"Yup."
Jaemin let a huge sigh of relief. "Thank you so much Jeno I really needed this."
"No problem. But may I ask why a wedding?"
"It's a job I got. I have to decorate the hall with bouquets of flowers for a good looking price."
"Ooo nice. If you want I can tell my friend to get off his butt and both of us can help set up too," Jeno said.
Jaemin smiled widely and nodded violently, then remembering that Jeno couldn't actually see him right now.
"That would be amazing! Thanks so much Jeno I owe you."
They then talked for a little longer while telling each other about their days. Jeno was apparently playing video games all day with his friend whom Jaemin recently found out his name was Mark, and the older was complaining how he kept losing in Mario Kart.
Jaemin found it kind of funny and enjoyed listening to the dark haired boy's little rant. He really enjoyed chatting with Jeno and felt his heart pick up pace a few times.
Although, after about 15 minutes, Jaemin's eyes started to become heavy. He tried his hardest to stop them from closing but was unfortunately losing to the side effect of using his power.
He felt his vision getting blurry and his breathing became steady.
"Jaemin?"
Jaemin heard his name before the depths of sleep finally took him under.
"Jaemin?"
Jaemin felt the cold hand caress his cheek as it wiped at the wet tears that were trickling down in a constant pattern. His heart heaved with heaviness as if an anvil of emotions was weighing it down and crushing it between his lungs slowly.
Each breath came out as a wheeze as the light haired boy stood completely still, unable to even move his eyes. A figure slowly formed in his vision that had pale skin, and was surrounded by darkness.
The hand belonged to the figure, and its fingers were clammy and cold as he felt them slide over the soft skin of his cheek.
It seemed almost comforting, but there was something wrong.
The figures eyes then opened, letting Jaemin see who was in front of him, the outlines of the face then forming slowly.
Deep, dark brown eyes stared him in the face.
"Jaemin."
Jaemin shuddered from the person's voice, the tone rattling his bones inside and out.
"Please don't die."
The last part came out as a whisper, before the figure with dark eyes disappeared completely.
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Lol I'm sorry if this sucks