Drabble #54: Flowers
Summary: The cool, tough Cloud wasn't supposed to melt at the sight of a pretty flower girl!
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"Would you like to buy a flower?"
Her soft voice had caught his attention long before he had set eyes upon her beautiful features. He made his way into the centre of the Sector in time to see a brunette woman being thrown to the ground by a large man. Her basket of flowers tumbled out of her hand and she barely had time to catch it before the contents spilled out onto the ground. She gave out an annoyed breath and stood up, dusting herself down and arranging the flowers in the basket again. Feeling his eyes upon her, she turned in his direction and Cloud immediately felt his cheeks heat up at her gaze.
'Urgh, what's the matter with me?' he cried in the back of his mind. The cool, tough Cloud wasn't supposed to melt at the sight of a pretty flower girl; a very pretty flower girl with large, expressive eyes and soft brunette curls.
"Excuse me?" she said, approaching him slowly. "Um, what happened?"
Cloud cleared his throat. "Nothing," he snapped and immediately felt guilty for the shocked look on her face. "Hey listen," he added, his eyes falling on the flowers she carried. "You…don't see many flowers around here."
She smiled lovingly down at her plants. "Oh these? I grow them. Would you like to buy one? They're only one gil!"
If it had been any other girl, Cloud would have told them to get lost. He wasn't supposed to care but for some reason, he found himself digging into his pocket and handing her a 10 gil coin, telling her to keep the change. Her eyes went wide and she protested but Cloud insisted, still confused as to why he was acting so nice. There was something about this girl that he liked.
She soon walked away and he watched her go, hoping that he would see the flower girl again.