Covent Garden Flowers, Monday

[greenexorcist]

Sure it was almost autumn, but gourds as pots? Shiemi wasn't sure what that was all about, but they were kind of cute. And they would look nice with some of the fall flowers that were in the shop. She started to gather flowers to make arrangements for the last of the gourds but was interrupted... the delivery man had arrived with a large packing crate.

"Why does a flower shop need apples?"

"Ma'am? I don't question any deliveries I make to this place anymore." The deliveryman was skittish and kept looking over his shoulder. "Please? Just sign and I'll go."

Shiemi signed and the deliveryman ran out the door, not even offering to help move the crate from the center of the room. She kicked at it a moment, but since it didn't make a sound she figured the chances were good that it really was 'apples' and not some weird 'apple' monster. She looked for a note regarding a delivery of apples, but didn't find one so with a shrug, she opened the crate and began sorting them to be priced.

A sign soon went up:

Seasonal Apples for Sale
Or ask about our saplings and grow your own!


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[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo opened the door to the shop and stuck her head in. "Seasonal me?" she called, snickering like she'd just come up with the best joke ever.

[greenexorcist]

"Ringo-sempai!" Shiemi smiled happily. "Hi! Come in, come in. The flowers won't bite!"

Unless you went down aisle 3.

[soniaroadsqueen]

"That's right!" Ringo grinned.

"And how have you been, kohai?" It still felt weird saying that.

[greenexorcist]

"Hmm." Shiemi set an apple (and a knife and small doily) in front of Ringo. "Fine. I mean, I've been feeling kind of moody but it's okay. Probably it's my allergies. You?"

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Wait. How can you have allergies? You're, like, always around plants and stuff." Didn't that make you immune to allergies?

[greenexorcist]

"That doesn't make you immune, you know. It's in my official bio genes." Shiemi giggled. "It doesn't usually bother me too much so I work around it."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Awww, that's impressive! I mean, even with allergies you still work in a place like this."

Ringo flashed an impressed look at Shiemi.

[greenexorcist]

She blushed a little at the compliment. "But. I-If you love something, nothing should stand in your way."

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo nodded sharply. "Good philosophy!" she declared.

"I like the way you think."

[greenexorcist]

Shiemi blushed harder, but her smile was broad. "Surely you feel the same about something, sempai?"

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Well, of course." Ringo giggled. "Which just means we think the same way, right?"

[greenexorcist]

"H-hai!" Shiemi chuckled as well. "Though it's hard to imagine anything standing in your way."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"What? You think I'm some unstoppable robot or something?" Ringo teased with a laugh.

[greenexorcist]

"Nope. Just unstoppable!"

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo giggled. "Hey, can you keep a secret?"

[greenexorcist]

"Of course," Sheimi smiled back.

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo dropped her voice, whispering like this was a real secret.

"Sometimes even I get stopped."

[greenexorcist]

"Nope. I don't believe it." Shiemi giggled, shaking her head. "I bet you don't even stay still when you sleep."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Huh." Ringo looked thoughtful. "I don't know. How would you even be able to tell? I mean, you know, you're asleep."

[greenexorcist]

"Do you fall out of bed?"

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Not that I can remember," Ringo said slowly, clearly thinking back over her memories.

[greenexorcist]

"Or kick your blankets off in the night?"

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Oh, I'm pretty sure I've done that a couple of times!" Funny how she almost sounded triumphant about that.

[greenexorcist]

"Then see!" Shiemi was just as triumphant. "Can't even be stopped by sleep!"

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo giggled. "Depends on what sleep's trying to stop me from doing," she pointed out.