Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen Angels ❯ ‘The Return of Aya’ ( Chapter 42 )

Chapter 42

The Return of Aya

Legolas nodded. The three made their way down the stairs. He crossed the street quickly, seeing the blond moving inside the shop. He opened the door, smiling as the blond turn toward them. "Good afternoon Kudo-san. I brought something for the young boy, Nagi." he said, knowing the other two had followed him into the shop. "How is he doing?" he asked, moving toward the counter.

Tiyamen's crimson gaze roamed over the pristine flower shop, marveling at the bright colors and healthy setting of the general area. "Lovely..." Maybe he would take some of these flowers to the Realm and plant them there.

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Yohji looked at the clock over the counter and frowned. He didn't want to admit that he was worried but the shivers had been running up and down his spine all morning. He'd woken up an hour late to open the shop and when he'd gone upstairs to find Ken the soccer player hadn't answered. He didn't want to wake Omi.

The teen needed to be there with his boyfriend even if the young Schwarz member was now all healed. So he had opened the store alone with Momoe and patiently endured the angry customers who wanted immediate deliveries that he had to say no to. And the fangirls who landed on the store during the nearby high school's lunch hour.

The bell over the door sounded and he looked up hoping that it was his lover or Ken so he could go look for his lover. He smiled as he saw the blonde Elf from the early morning with two other men. A tall good-looking blonde and smaller more delicate looking beauty in clothes that were just a touch to big him.

:::::::::: "Good afternoon Kudo-san. I brought something for the young boy, Nagi," he said, knowing the other two had followed him into the shop. "How is he doing?" he asked, moving toward the counter.::::::::::

"Hi, Legolas, welcome to the Koneko." Yohji pushed away from where he'd been leaning against the counter rubbing imaginary dirt off his hands before holding one out to the blonde elf.

"Thank you, I know he'll appreciate it. He and Omi were both still asleep when I came down to open the store. But he is doing much better; Enzu was able to heal him completely. That seems to have come in handy over the last two days. Thank you again for watching over him until we got home last night. We're in your debt."

He smiled hearing the smaller tri-color haired man comment on the flowers. "Thank you, if you see anything that you like it's yours. Any friend of Legolas is welcome here. And if you don't see something that you wanted just tell us we can special order it and even do the starting cultivation for it if you want if it only comes as seed or a bulb."

Jou who been quiet for a while, smiled at the boy. "I can grow any thing you want Tiyamen. I still have to show you my little garden. I got spices and other plants." The blonde looked around. "What kind of roses do you have?"

Yohji turned to the tall shorthaired blonde and smiled. "For individual sale we keep a variety of Gallicas and Classic roses. Those are the ones you see in the cooler there." He nodded to a long case that sat close to their worktable.

"But if your looking for something a bit more exotic in the rose family we do keep a small variety of Damask and Bourbon roses for customers who ask for more unique bouquets and arrangements. If you're looking for something to add to your garden…" he paused and held up a finger as he slipped around behind the counter and picked up a clipboard. "…We just got in some new China rose bushes. Only the red and white at the moment, I'm afraid, and two Blush Noisette bushes."

He looked at the blonde again a soft flush coloring his cheeks, he knew he was babbling but he couldn't help it. The worry over his lover had him edgy and off kilter. "Are looking for something for yourself or someone special?"

Saying Tiyamen was stunned was one way of putting it when Jounouchi said that he had a garden. Tiyamen frowned a little, trying to figure out how you can grow things inside the apartment and where had he been hiding it all this time. No matter, growing flowers was always better than those drug things Sugoroku had warned him and Yugi about. His crimson gaze shifted from the pair to the person entering the flower shop.

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Ran Fujimiya stepped into the too-familiar flower shop, his duffle slung over his shoulder and still bearing the tags of the airline he had just gotten off of. He noted the customers but his eyes went right to the blonde worker.

"Yohji."

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Legolas shook his head. "Here, when the boy wakes up, give him a cup of this to help him regain his strength." he said, sitting the pitcher on the counter. He frowned, noting the lines of worry that he could see on the other's face. He opened his mouth to ask what was the matter when he heard the bell sound. He turned to see a red head enter the shop. Cool violet eyes scan over them, and landed on Yohji. The new person was a warrior; he could see that in the other's movements. Green eyes looked pass the ice and saw a deep pain and sadness in the other's eyes.

He turned back to Yohji and bow. "I will stop by after classes to see how the boy is doing." The elf said. "I would like to stay longer but I promise my friends that I would help them with something." Legolas moved over to Jounouchi and Tiyamen. "Are you ready yet, Tiyamen? Jounouchi? Or do you want to pick up something here first before we head out?" he asked.

Yohji froze, his hand clenching on the clipboard as he saw a familiar red head come through the shop door. Emotions ran so fast through him that he barely had time to register one before the next took its place. Finally all that was left was a numbness so deep he felt like his lungs were frozen and he couldn't breath.

"Aya," he murmured, surprised at how calm his voice sounded even as he felt like the inner shaking was going to tear him apart. "I'll be with you in just a minute, okay?" He tore his eyes away from his ex-lover and turned back to the other three to finish up with them.

Inside he was screaming, `Why now, just when I was happy again?' And where the hell was Ken? If the younger man didn't show up in the next hour he would start looking for him. Unless he'd been mugged and lost his ID Kritiker would have been called by now if he'd been in an accident and Manx would have called them. Nor was it the first time that Ken had disappeared for a few days only to show up later perfectly fine after an extended date.

(Special thanks to Sae for playing Aya/Ran!)