Happy Halloween my faithful readers! As promised, here is Rose's chapter! Enjoy!


Rating: T for swearing & suggestive themes, may change to M

Shipping: Plant X Human

AU: Humans are still alive & live with the Plants but the Zombies and Zomboss are still the same

I will try to keep the reader as gender neutral as possible


Rose

First Meeting:

7:46…in the morning.

Sitting at your kitchen table.

Drinking hot Cocoa and enjoying the sounds of the night transitioning into the morning.

This was your every morning ritual and you enjoyed it very much before you had to start your day only an hour later. You see, you were a gardener and a plant supplier in associations with Bloom and Doom Co.

So you ran a green house in your backyard which was fairly large, large enough to house around 20 or 30 some plants. Sure it could get pretty hectic but you always had your helper plants; Paige and Quinn!

They were two sunflowers which you were given as a gift from Dave gladly who welcomed you to the Doom and Bloom team!

Though…someone had to translate what he said to you, you didn't mind his gibberish and grabbled language that Dave spoke, you were happy to work with plants! You always had a keen interest in the little buddies that grew around you, there we living organisms just like you and you just had to study them and now you got to work with them!

You certainly felt like you were living the dream!

Now, the plants would be up in just an hour so you had to start getting ready. It was September 1st and soon you would have to bring the summer plants inside so you could make room for plants that were going to be in high demand for the winter.

When the summer ended, you would bring in the plants that weren't adopted by Doom and Bloom or other people who would come out to your green house to see them, they would be brought in and around the fall, they would begin to crawl out of their pots and once they get a feel of walking around and such, Dave sends out his recruits who pick up the plants and make them apart of the ever growing defense of plants that protect the city.

And during the summer time, in, around, March, you would receive plant packets for the summer demand. So it was a cycle that happened every year and it was a pretty resourceful one at that…though you admit that it was somewhat hard to let go of the babies, you would only have a few more days left with the few that weren't adopted out.

You sigh softly, looking out the window at the colorful greenhouse before you set your cup down and head upstairs to get dressed for the day.

You step out the bathroom, running a brush through your hair when you hear two voices coming from the spare room. It must've been Quinn and Paige! They were doing what they did when this time of year rolled around, getting the spare room in your home ready for the plants who weren't adopted out.

It was always fun to spend the little bit of time you had left with the last four or five plants, it was like being the cool aunt since they had spent most of their lives in the green house and besides since they were getting larger and couldn't fit in their pots, the green house would have been a bit too cramped for them so they got to experience new surroundings!

You straighten out your shirt and you walk to the spare room and peek in, checking on the sunflowers while they work. You step in the door way and greet them, still brushing your hair.

"Good morning girls!" You sound and feel more awake than you were this morning. Paige, a run of the mill, cheerful stuffy sunflower, greets you happily all the while, holding a pillow which more than likely came from the pile of pillows that she was standing next to.

"The plants are going to love all of these pillows!" She tosses the pillow up and it lands in the pile. "They'll be extra comfortable!" You smile and nod your head happily, she had to be about the happiest sunflower you had ever met! When you had first gotten her, she was shy and would always hide behind Quinn and would pretty much never leave her side but once she started to get to know you for the kind soul that you were, she grew fond of you and was always the happiest that she could be.

It really matched the feng shui of your home because you always wanted everyone to feel welcomed, including plants and this adorable little stuffed sunflower was always the one who tied it all together.

Speaking of feng shui…-

"Morning (Y/N)," You suddenly hear your other sunflower, Quinn, call out as she walks into view. A Vampire flower with a thick Romanian accent which always reminded you of the vampires from all those old movies your grandmother introduced you to like Dracula! You could've swore that she was his daughter but if he was a sentient sunflower.

Anyway, she was the lesser of the happy ones, not to say that she wasn't happy she just didn't show it 24/7 like her Stuffy counterpart. She was always a big sister to Paige and was always protective of her when they were still getting to know you but once she got to know you, she was lot less uptight but the trait was still there.

She tended to be a bit snarky and would always poke a bit of fun at you but you knew that she didn't mean anything by it, you were sure. She was sweet when she wanted to be and was always kind and patient with the plants so you knew she had a good heart.

"I thought you slept in again," She sets the pillow down and smiles at you and you, in turn, roll your eyes before looking at her, still keeping your smile. "When was the last time I have ever slept in?" You chuckle when you suddenly hear her speak up.

"When Dave called you this morning." You look at Quinn, "When? You ask, in slight disbelief. "I was up early this morning!"

"And I was up before you," She sounds like she's bragging almost. "And Dave called, I tried to wake you, but you look so peaceful cuddled up with your teddy bear." She laughs and you can't help but roll your eyes even more, she was being a bit snarkier than usual.

"Anyway, he told me that he's pushed up the date when the plants are being picked up and he wants to make sure you meet them." You can hear Paige make an O-ing sound while Quinn talks. "Must be super important since he called." She speaks as she tosses more pillows down. You quickly glance at the Stuffy flower who is standing on the other side of the pile.

"I was asleep until 7, I didn't know!"

You nod your head and look back over at the Vampire flower who rolls her eyes, giggling. You feel the strong need to let out the loudest groan that you could muster but no, you weren't going to let her antics get to you today. Besides you had other things that were added to your to-do list!

Looks like you were going to be playing the role of a gracious host very soon today!

"You can't catch me!"

"No fair, of course I can't catch you if you use burrow!"

"Quinnnnnnnn-"

"Play fair!"

Quinn sat out on the porch watching the few plants that were left play tag.

They had grown up so fast during the summer, and soon they would be going off to the backyard and would soon protect people from evil-doing zombies and naturally, this was always an exciting time in a plant's life!

Hayyel, a simple Peashooter with the determination to save the world, was the one who was the most excited to go off! She just couldn't wait to go to the base and begin her life with her friend who of which she used hyper to speed around!

Aerie, the little Ice cactus, who was giggling and spinning at the same time! She was almost always as enthusiastic as her best friend and was excited to meet all the new plants and to finally be out of her pot! She felt about as free as a butterfly right now!

All the while, Pixy, an adorable Unicorn Chomper who saw the world through the stars in his eyes, used his teleporting and burrowing ability to get the upper hand in tag with his friends Lade and Sun, who tried testing out their abilities to see if they could beat the Unicorn Chomper at its own game!

Sun, who was basically a child-sized Mob Corn, still managed to hold the same temper as a full-sized one as he began complaining to Quin about how Pixy was cheating, stomping his roots and everything. He does it so much that his hat almost falls off.

While Quin tries to calm him down, Lade; a squeaky Mystic flower, hops onto the Chomper, squealing excitedly as he teleports around the yard! He had to be the one that enjoyed being out in the yard the most, he enjoyed playing around with all the friends that he had made since he had been here, despite the fact that some of them mistook him for a female.

You yourself had to keep from laughing to avoid making the situations that happened, worse and that you did, it was a part of the job of raising plants. They were just like real children, except they weren't mobile and stayed in their pots for most of their childhood.

But you still treated them the same!

While they play, you finish getting everything ready, with Paige, who seemed extra bouncy today and you had already know that it was because of the new visitors that Dave was sending over to pick up the plants, she could be so obvious sometimes- but it was more of an adorable obvious.

Hey (Y/N), did Quinn tell you what time they would be here today?" She stops pouring little candies in the bowl that sit on your table to ask you.

"She said soon…and I'm not sure how to translate that into real time, so I'm just assuming that it'll be…soon?"

You lazily shrug your shoulder and return to wiping down the counters and making sure everything else was straight in the kitchen. All the while, the Stuffy flower makes an inaudible sound before looking back at you, walking toward the kitchen with the candy.

"(Y/N)…"

You look up from the counters, your eyes falling on the flower again.

"Yeah Paige?"

"Why do you and Quinn…seem like you dislike each other?" She asks curiously.

You reel back and give the flower a face scrunched in confusion. "W-What?" You shake your head and chuckle. "We don't dislike each other Paige, we just have one of those relationships like a brother and sister!"

"Brother and sister?" She tilts her head; her petals moving a bit. "We just play around, there isn't any harm in it and at the end of the day, we're still family!" You speak, a proud smile gracing your features. "Nothing will ever ruin our relationship!"

Paige blinks for a moment before a smile comes upon her own face, it made her happy that you thought of them as family though she wasn't 100% sure about the whole brother and sister thing. It was still confusing…

The conversation is suddenly interrupted when a loud knocking on the front door can be heard echoing throughout the home. Paige jumps at the sound, her face lighting up with excitement! You turn your head towards the sound of the door and you can't help but smile before you brush off your clothing, making sure you looked straight because, hey, first impressions are everything.

"Do you want me to get it (Y/N)?" Paige asks and you can just hear the excitement in her voice. "Sure Paige, just being them out to the backyard, the plants are still playing." With that, you find yourself rushing out the back, your heart beating quickly- there was the excitement!

As you exit through your sliding doors you spot Hayyel, Pixy, Sun, Aerie and, Lade surrounding a strange character, even Quinn was watching, whoever it was, closely.

You walk over to the group curiously when you're finally able to make out who it was- and it was a Rose wearing a cape with patters of stars all over it and a wand that of which was waving about in the air, hypnotizing the plants that stand around as well as you as you stand there, watching her for long moment-

"(Y/N),"

But it is abruptly cut short when you hear a deep voice behind you, causing you to almost jump out of your skin!

You spin around and see Citron behind you, wearing his usual shades and such.

"Hello, Citron, looking cool as always." You grumbled, clutching at your chest. "Have you met her yet?" He asks though he never looks at you, he seems entranced by her magic as well.

"The Rose?"

"Yeah, she was the one that Dave wanted you to meet, she had just come in from her time and he sent her over right away."

"Her time?" You ask curiously tilting your head. "Yeah, she's from the far, far past- medieval times."

You breath out somewhat shocked, "Wow, did she come bac-"

"Because of the zombies, yeh," He responds to your question before you even ask it, like he could read your mind.

"She keeps to herself sometimes, but she just seems snooty to me."

"Snooty, I've never heard you use that word before," You let out a laugh as you glance at the sun-glasses wearing orange who only turns his body to look at you. "You should get to know her, she's good with the plant kiddos."

With that, he bound off, his orange jiggling as he does so and that only makes you laugh again but you stifle it as he catches the attention of the kids using his ultimate coolness skills as usual.

Though it was obvious that Rose, who couldn't help being the center attention, enjoyed entertaining the plants that surrounded her. She enjoyed the sounds of the younger plants letting out 'Oing' and 'Ahing' noises at the sparkles that fell and flowed from her wand, creating waves and waves of glitter in the sky!

You can't help but smile at her and the show that she had put on before. You almost adored anyone who could put a smile on one of the younger plant's faces.

Maybe Citron was right in saying that you should get to know her more, despite the fact that he stated that she was a bit snooty.

You made a note of it to become better friends with her!

Second Meeting:

It was a late Friday afternoon when you decided take a stroll and visit your favorite pastry shop!

After you had decided to take the orange man's advice to becomes friend's with Rose, you thought what better way to do that than with foo and everyone liked food right? Even plants! Annnd luckily the pastry shop that you were heading to had pastries made special just for plants!

You push the door to the building open and you hear a tiny jingle ring out from the door hitting the bell above it. It was always a nice touch to tiny shops like this.

Always kind of made you feel like you were in an anime for some reason.

It almost made you forget about the tantrum that Quinn had thrown earlier today before you had left to head down here.

She was spouting off about how she didn't understand why you had to spend money to become friends with Rose. She was very proud and probably wouldn't except it but against Quinn's...'advice' you had come down here anyway and was ready to do whatever you had to become her friend.

You see, you made it your goal to become friends with every single person that you could because who couldn't use a friend?

But it was more important to you to become friends with the people and plants that you had worked with, even the bubbly Maddison who ran the Doom & Bloom shop back in town as well as the Pastry shop keep who had seen you at least every other day-

"Nice to see you again (Y/N)!" Vicky leans on the counter, placing her phone in her pocket as she does so. "Good afternoon Vicky, slow day today?" You ask trying to make light conversation as you bought your items.

"Today? Sure, but just a while back, people were swarming around my shop when those heroes came in." She speaks as she walks up to the counter. "Heroes?" Now she really had your attention. "Which ones?" She lazily shrugs her shoulders and places her hand on her hip. "Don't know them by name but I do know that one was a rose and the other was some kind of humanized orange!"

She exclaims, "The Rose was real elegant but the orange didn't seem too interested with the crowd and headed outside then started talking to someone else." She laughs and adjusts herself. "Guess I'm not too good at entertaining oranges!" She lets out a louder laugh and you chuckle at her little joke. "Don't be too hard on yourself, if you're talking about the orange, I know. He's not the best with people in general."

"You know them?" She asks a bit surprised. "Yeah, you know I'm once of Dave's suppliers." You speak showing off a bit. "I knew that but I didn't know you got the chance to meet the Heroes directly!" A smile falls upon their features as they talk to you.

"Hey, if you ever talk to that fancy Rose chick, let her know that I appreciate the she liked my Crème puffs!" She reaches under the counter and pulls out a tulip pink envelope with a note sticking out of it. "She even took the time to write me and tell me how good they were!" Whoa, it was always rare for Vicky to get those kinds of letters because no one really wrote letters anymore. "Crème puffs?" You ask looking around the shop. "Do you have any more of them?" You ask, ready to jump over the counter! "Calm down eager mc beaver, ol' Vicky always has enough for everyone."

"She chuckles as she walks over to a shelve and pulls down a decent sized brown box. "You want this gift wrapped?" She asks, already knowing what you were up to.

-Meanwhile back at the house-

"Hmmmm...~" Paige silently hummed a tune to herself as she polished off the last of the candy that was in the bowl from yesterday despite the fact that the other plants had eaten most of it before they had left for the base. She was simply thankful there was still some left over for her and her vampire sister.

She picks up the bowl, careful not to drop it as she makes her way to the room where they both stayed in to offer her sister the last few bits of candy. Pressing her back to the door leading to their room, she pushes it open and sees her sister sitting on the bed with her arms crossed and her eyes closed...she didn't look happy.

"Sis...?" They sunflower cautiously steps closer to her, still holding the bowl. "I have candy and it's your favorite..~!" She calls out to her sister in a sing song voice. "It's lemon, known to cure the grumpies~!" Quinn's eyes snap open and her pupils turn razor thin as she looks at her sister. "I was thinking, Paige." She growls. Paige steps back shyly. "I'm sorry...I just thought you would like some candy since you didn't see too happy this morning...or right now..."

Quinn looks at her sister and sighs softly. "…s-sorry Paige…I've just been thinking a lot lately."

Paige tits her head and smiles at her sympathetically. "Are you okay?" She asks walking over to the bed and sits next to her sister, holding the bowl in her lap. "It's nothing...just..." She exhales and rolls her eyes before closing them again.

"(Y/N)..." Is all that leaves her lips.

"What about (Y/N)?" Paige asks, she's even more curious now. "C-can you keep a secret...?" Quinn asks, her voice somewhat soft..."You know I can." Paige says in a soft voice trying to comfort her sister through she eager to see what was bothering the vampire flower.

But a secret is a secret...


-Meanwhile with (Y/N)-


You stroll down the street toward the base in the hopes of finding the elusive Rose.

Hopefully it wouldn't be too hard to locate her. To make it easier, you would ask around! Maybe Citron would help you find her since he was the one that recommended that you become friends-

"(Y/N)!" You suddenly hear someone call your name out and your turn towards the large gate leading to the Plants' base. "Hayyel!" You call out waving to the Peashooter who comes rushing over to the gate, Aerie following behind her as fast as her little feet can carry her. You can see the excitement in their eyes when they spot you! It was just so cute!

Once they get near the gate, it slides opens and you walk in to you hug the two plants happily.

"Hey guys, look at you two, I saw you just yesterday and you already look different!" You gush out excitedly as they both giggle and laugh. "How are you guys adjusting? What you'd do after you left? Have you started training yet?" You ask them excitedly and right away they both start talking at once.

"We went on a tour!" Hayyel exclaims-

"We got our own rooms!" Aerie squeals after her-

"We met other plants!" Hayyel squeaks excitedly-

"They were super friendly!" Aerie gushes-

"We met Dave!" Hayyel tells you-

"I couldn't understand what he was saying!-" Aerie says right after and you can't help but laugh!

"Whoa, whoa, whoa guys calm down!" You pat their head happily before standing back up as you hear another voice call out for the two plants in front of you-

"Aerie, Hayyel!" Someone comes bouncing the corner of the trunk and you spot Spudow!

You smile and wave at him, holding the box of treats in your other hand as you do so. "(Y/N)! He calls out as he comes over. The girls turn around to look at him, wondering why he was calling them.

"It time for training girls, say bye to (Y/N)," He speaks in such a friendly voice and the girls nod before saying goodbye to you and running off.

"What brings you here today (Y/N)?" He asks giving you a friendly smile. Spudow had to be the friendliest plant you and ever met besides a few other friendlies.

"Well, I'm actually glad I ran into you, I wanted to drop off friendship crème puffs for Rose," You speak, showing him the box wrapped in pink ribbon. "But I can't seem to find her..." You say trailing off as you look around, insisting your confusion. "Do you know where she is by chance?" You ask tilting your head at the hero curiously. "Yeah!" He bellows happily. "I had just seen her a few moments ago- she had went back to her portal I believe..." He speaks as he looks through the trunk that leads through the back.

"You couldn't miss it; surrounded by all sorts of roses!" He gives you a warm smile as you nod and thank him before begging to walk off...his smile fades and he calls after you-

"(Y/N)!"

You stop and look over your shoulder. "Yeah?" You look at him curiously. "Rose can be...kind of...ehhhh, so if she doesn't seem receptive at first, don't take it personal." He reassures you. "She just takes time to warm up to!"

You smile and nod, thanking him again as he turns and walks off in the direction of where the girls had run off in just a few moments ago.

You cross the inside of the trunk and come out on the other side, faced with three portals, you had seen them before but had never dared to venture inside of them in without the right authorization but this was a matter of friendship and this was more important than any kind of authorization needed!

You inhale deeply before you exhale, trying to calm your nerves as you stand in front of the glowing portal surrounded by roses just like Spudow had told you.

"Here's goes nothing..." With that last comment, you step within.


-∩(︶▽︶)∩-


You carefully hop out of the portal and look around the castle curiously. "Helloooo?" You call out, your voice echoing all around the interior of the castle. You take a few steps forward, coming to the steps before calling out again;

"Hellooooooooooo!" You make your way up the steps and stop when you hear another voice shout back;

"Coming!"

You jump slightly, unsure of where it is coming from because of the echo and you look around, doing a full 360. When you turn back around, Rose is standing, more like floating, directly in front of you! You jump and squeak, trying not to fall down the steps! You cough, trying to brush off the unconfident squeak and you adjust your clothing. "Ahh, (Y/N)!" She smiles. "The one I met yesterday, correct?" She asks curiously.

You open your mouth to speak but you only nod when nothing comes out. "Y-Yes!" You say once you finally find the voice to speak. "Nice to see you again, what brings you to my humble abode?" She asks and her voice is almost as sweet as the smell of flowers the waif through the air.

"Oh! E-err!" You find yourself stuttering and you seeming completely forget about the box that of which you were holding, but you had remembered it quickly to keep from looking silly. "Um, my friend Vicky down at the pastry shop said that you liked her crème puffs and I thought that as a welcome to the team gift, I would purchase and give you a box of them!"

You speak, your confidence returning.

"Rose blinks at you for a second before smiling softly and closing her eyes. "That's very kind of you, (Y/N) you shouldn't have." She says it so sweetly that you don't really realize that of which what she said!

"I've heard of you and your very kind acts (Y/N) but I'm not one to have people think that to gain my friendship and my trust, they have to purchase gifts for me."

She floats over to you and smiles at you and it has you mesmerized.

"Please take them and enjoy them for yourself, Vicky is indeed a very good baker!"

"Thank you again, now if you'll excuse me, I have important matter to attend to, feel free to look around and let yourself out~." She says and leaves off into giant double doors which close behind her with a loud whoosh and thud! But there you stood still something dumbfounded. It had taken a moment for what just happened to register in your mind before everything clicked.

Denied!

Had that really just happened? Spudow was right, she was going to be one tough nut to crack but you know what, you weren't about to let this one little event let you down!

You still hand a chance and you went going to let it get away! You stay determined and march out of the portal before finding yourself back outside of the back of the tree trunk, holding the box in one hand ready to plan your next attempt to gain her friendship when you spot Hayyel, Aerie and the other three plants, Pixy, Sun and Lade, playing around outside of the left exit for the tree trunk. You run over to the other side and before the distracted plants can notice you, you set the box down and knock on the trunk before running off towards the exit more determined than ever!

You weren't about to give up anytime soon!

Becoming Friends:

After last Friday, most people would've given up and just let it where it was but you weren't like most people! You were a determined bundle of friendship just wait to be unwrapped and you weren't about to let her get away! With that in mind, you go to the next friendliest plant you know-

Paige!

"So the treats didn't work?" She asks, her smile replaced with a curious look. "Nope!" You say with a large smile and your rummage around your room looking for something...what was it again? "Then what are you going to do since gift giving is out?" She questions while you pace around the room, forgetting what you were looking for the answer her question. "That's the thing, I don't know yet!" You exclaim. "Maybe she like talking, do you think she likes talking, maybe she likes talking!" You speak quickly which confuses the poor sunflower a little bit.

"I know you like talking!" She chuckles nervous and confused. "She has to like something, there has to be something that I can do!" You speak even faster. "S-slow down (Y/N)!" The stuffy flower says holding out her arms/leaves.

"Maybe you should just sit and think for a moment!" She recommends but you only pace more which makes her a bit dizzy. "If you keep walking back and forth like that, you'll make a hole in the floor!" She exclaims, trying to get you to stop pacing.

Finally stopping to exhale, you sit on the floor. "Sorry, I just have so many ideas but I just don't know which one is the right one..." You explain and you furrow your eyebrows and give the ground and brooding look.

"But I know it has to be at least one of them..." Paige sits next to you and thinks for a moment. You couldn't give her any gifts...what was the next thing you could do? You felt like it was on the tip of your tongue but you just couldn't put your finger on it-

"Why don't you ask around and get to know her?" If Paige could read your mind, she said exactly what was on it! Jump up, you yelp- "That's it!"

You grab your shoes and zoom out the door leaving a very confused Paige sitting in your room alone.

"Bye...?"


-()*-


You quickly found yourself speeding to the other side of town on your scooter, trying to reach the base as your mind race with one hundred and one questions that you could ask about Rose! All you needed to do was find someone or some-plant that you could relay them to before all of them left your mind.

You skid to a stop in front of the plant base and look around curiously, trying to find at least one plant to talk to. "(Y/N)?" You hear the voice of Pixy call out to you as he skips up, looking at you suddenly. "Pixy!" You spin on your heel and come bounding toward him before you come to another stop. "I need to ask you something super important!"

You can already tell that the Chomper is confused out of its mind. "What can you tell me, about Rose?" He pauses for a moment before speaking again. "She's nice she also had a wand but she makes sure she keeps it away from me and the other plants because she says it's dangerous since we don't know how to use it...I think." He says, trying to remember if he said that correctly.

You nod your head as you gain new information, obviously this wand was very important to her. "What else can you tell me?" You ask, looking even more determined now. "Um...I know she doesn't like me in her tulip garden...?"

"Tulip garden...hmm.." You nod your head and pat the top of the Unicorn Chomper's mane. "Thanks little buddy!" You thank him before speeding off again.


-( ▽ )-


"KNUCKS!" You scream the Bonk Choy's name and he jolts up from the comic book he was reading, nearly tossing it across the garage he was sitting in.

"(Y-Y/N)!" He exclaims tossing the comic book down...on accident or on purpose, you weren't sure. "I need to ask you something if you aren't busy reading..." You walk over to the comic book sprawled out on the floor.

"'Earth's Bitiest Heroes- Z-Team'?"

He hops up and shushes you! "Don't say it out loud!" He exclaims. "I don't want Chompzilla ripping up all my comics again!" He exclaims between clenched teeth. "Again?" You say aloud. "Not important, what did you need (Y/N)?" He asks while he pick up the comic book before brushing it off.

"Rose!"

"You want Rose?" He thinks for a second. "I think I know where she is-"

"No, Rose as in, what do you know about her?" You quickly stop him, mid-sentence. "Oh, me?" He sits back down with his comic and opens it back up again. "I don't know a whole lot about her but If you find, Artimis-"

"GOT IT!" You yell as you rush off once again!

You run off in search of the Peashooter, also known as Artimis. He was the one in charge of this base and he pretty much knew everything and everyone! If you could find the little shape-shifter, he would surely be able to answer all for all of your questions!


- *:.. o(≧▽≦)o ..:* -


You find yourself talking the stairs all the way up to the treehouse, still trying to find Artimis. It had been around 2 minutes and your legs were starting to hurt. Why did it have to be so high up! Why couldn't Dave put an elevator in! But you know what, it wasn't a big deal as long as you were still determined!

You would concur the steps and that you did when you finally make it to the top- huffing and puffing none the less but you made it!

You push the door open and find the office that Artimis worked out of from time to time when he wanted to get away from the noise of the base downstairs. "Artimis!" You call out and straight away, you are greeted by the Hybrid-Peashooter who of which is tending to files on the desk. "Hello (Y/N)." He speaks so formally you forget that you've been running around all over the base for half the day.

"I have to ask you about Rose!" You cut right to the chase. "I had a feeling that you would ask me about her..." He looks up at your catching you off guard a bit but then you remember that you have basically been asking about her for most of the day.

"Great, so you must already be ready to answer them!" You step closer to him, raising an eyebrow. "Sure but why bother asking other people about her when you could easily ask her yourself?" The way he talks tells you that something is up but before you can figure out what it is-

"Good evening (Y/N)...I've hear you've been looking for me?"

You find yourself looking over your shoulder as soon as you hear her voice and you freeze, your entire face become redder than a strawberry. "E-Err w-well m-m-aybe!" There was that stutter! "I-I was just- I-I just tho-thought, th-that p-possibly-" In response, she gives you an audible laugh before coming closer. "I enjoy your persistence and would like to see where getting to know you better would lead,"

"W-wah-"

"Tomorrow, if time allows, we could go back to the little shop with the pastries that I love and talk there."

Okay, what was happening?

"Think of it a friendly outing...a friend date if you may~" She smiles and waves at you before heading for the front door. "See you then...(Y/N)..~" The way your name rolls off her tongue sends shivers down your spine causing you to stiffen up a bit as she floats right out the front door, disappearing from the porch.

Meanwhile, Artimis is neatly stacking papers up before sliding out of the office chair when he walks next to you, patting your shoulder.

"You have no idea what just happened, do you?" He asks, raising one of his tick eyebrows as you only shake your head from side to side slowly.

"(Y/N)...you have no idea what you have just gotten yourself into."

Affection:

It had been an entire day later after Rose had invited you out on a friend date and you were still busy trying to process what went down back at Dave's home.

It was like it all had happened so fast that you hardly had any time to process it! But you had yet to tell Paige or Quinn…especially Quinn. You didn't want to upset her…At least not any more than she already was. Ever since the day you met Rose that day, she had started tripping out over nothing, it was like she had a problem with it or something.

But never the less, you brushed it off as best as you could, at least Paige was supportive in your endeavors.

"A friend date?" The stuffy sunflower asks with interest. "What is that...exactly?" She questions, trying not to make herself sound naive.

"We're just going to go out and get to know one another and that's it, nothing more nothing less." You explain to the sunflower who shakes her petals.

"I don't know (Y/N), sounds more like a regular date."

You laugh before you realize what she said. "A regular date?" You raise an eyebrow. "I don't think so, besides, I'm sure I'm very far from that even being a possibility, we are hardly friends but I'm hoping that 'hardly' will be replaced with 'Very good'!" You sound very optimistic indeed, hopefully that optimism will carry on when you guys meet at the shop.

"Well, knowing you, I'm sure you will get alone great!" The sunflower only encourages you as you glace at the clock- "Oh, shoot, gotta go Paige, see you later, stuffy." You wave to her as you rush out the room, slipping on your shoes. "Tell Quinn U say bye!" With that, you're gone like the wind.

Paige exhales and smiles, waving back despite the fact that you had rushed off to fast to see her do so. She walks out of your room and starts down the hall before her sister is right beside her.

"Where is (Y/N) rushing off to?"

"GAHH!" Paige jumps, bumping into the wall, not expecting the vampire to be standing directly beside her without her knowing. "Why do you do that Quinn," The poor flower whimpers. "If I was human, I would've probably had a heart attack!" The vampire flower rolls her eyes in response. "Calm down, I wasn't trying to scare you," She rolls her eyes. "I just wanted to know what (Y/N) was doing."

"Oh, um they said that they were going to meet Rose for a friend date...at least that's what they called it-" Quinn growls, "Sounds more like a real date to me..."

Paige looks worried for a second, was the fact that you were meeting with Rose, bothering her sister? Maybe there was more to the secret that Quinn told her than the vampire flower would let on...


- (;¬_¬)-


You arrive at the Pastry shop promptly despite the fact that you didn't take your scooter besides, it was a nice day for a walk...a wonderful speed walk.

As you walk into the shop, Vicky greets you, "Hey, (Y/N), back already?" She gives you a large smile. You nod your head happily, giving her the biggest grin she had ever seen from you and straight away, she knows something is up. "What's going on?" She asks as she leans over the counter. "Tell me, I know something is about to happen!"

She practically ready to hop over the counter all the while, the grin turns into a sly smile as you adjust your clothing. "I may or may not be about to go on a friend date with Rose right here, right now."

Vicky goes silent…before suddenly jumping over the counter, rushing over to you- nearly falling flat on her face before she reaches you! When she gets to you and grabs your shoulders, she looks at you with the most serious face you have ever seen on her.

"A friend date?!"

"With Rose?!"

"HERE?!"

You look at her a bit scared. "Um...yes?" You speak, trying to lean back. "Do you know what this means?!"

"I would say no but I'm scared you'll bite me,"

She quickly lets you go and begins exclaiming about how this would bring back the crowd of people to her shop again, oh, and also how she was happy for you too! "Thank you for you and your ways (Y/N)!" The woman yelps before hopping back over the counter. "Puff pastries are on me!" She exclaims and runs to the back!

"Thanks Vicky!" You call out as she speeds off to the back as you return to waiting for Rose, but it doesn't take you long before you spot Rose...being followed by a large group of people who of which were snapping photos and murmuring among themselves.

Holy cow plant, Vicky wasn't lying!

Entering the shop, she smiles at you and greets you politely and you smile and greet her back, bowing impulsively. That's how people greeted each other back in the Medieval era, right?

You both sit at an empty table all the while, the people who were following her were looking directly at you and it made you a bit nervous. It was like they were silently shooting you with lasers form their eyes. A few of them were giving you jealous looks even!

You have to put those 'Try to ignore them as best as I can' skills into high gear and enjoy your friend date with Rose as much as I could while you silently wondered how she could deal with all of this.

"(Y/N)?" You hear Rose call out to you and she looks a bit worried. "Are you okay?"

You blink, kicking yourself out of your thoughts, realizing that you had been sitting there, almost staring a hole into space. "O-Oh, n-no, I'm okay, just fine...just..." You glance at the glass before looking back at her. Almost instantly, she understands what you're saying without exchanging words. "Don't worry about them, they aren't going to do anything to you if that's what you were wondering." She gently reassures you though, that wasn't what you were thinking at the time…you were thinking it now.

And with the way some of them were looking at you, you thought maybe they were going to try and hurt you now.

Oh, sweet Mega Flower...


- (◍°̧̧̧o°̧̧̧◍) -


"So tell me about yourself (Y/N)," She gives you a friendly smile which distracts you from the fans standing on the other side of the glass. "W-well, you may already know this, but I run a green house!" You say proudly. "Oh!" She smiles. "I remember Dave saying something about you running one of the greenhouses around town!"

"Tell me (Y/N), what is it like to basically raise so many plants?" She questions you curiously. "Do you do it alone?"

You suddenly perk up and smile! "It's not as hard as you would think it is especially when you have the help of two other plants!"

"Those Sunflowers? " She ask you curiously and you wonder how she already knew about them. "Oh, Quinn had introduced herself and her 'sister'!" She suddenly giggles.

"It's cute how they call themselves sisters...have they been together long?"

"Oh, from what I know, they have, before Dave had adopted them out to me, they were already fully grown."

"Oh, you know Quinn is an interesting one, she spoke very oddly of you..."

You sit up and shake your head, "Oh no..." you mumble under your breath, looking away for a moment. "W-what did she say?" You ask, slightly worried. "Well, she praised you for a moment, telling me how you were great with the younger plants but then when I asked to know more about you," She suddenly trails off and looks away before shrugging her shoulders. "Then she just kind of, closed up." You look at her for a moment, kind of surprised.

Quinn speaking highly of you? She had never done that ever before so this was certainly news to you. Good news nonetheless.

"Oh, you'll have to excuse her sometimes." You adjust in your chair. "She can be stubborn."

She nods her head in understanding. "It's quite alright (Y/N), I understand completely."

"When did you take up being one of the people who ran the greenhouses?"

"Well, it was a long while back, I can't count how many summers, springs and falls have gone by that I've spent with each batch of plants I've gotten." You say smiling happily.

"Is it ever hard to let them go when the time comes?"

You look back at her and shift, feeling your heart sink a bit. "Majority of the time, all of the plants are bought out and of course it's hard to let them go every time," You sigh and look away. "The plants that aren't adopted out, the ones that stay with me for that one extra day...it's even harder to let them go sometimes..." You look down at the table and sigh again.

"But I mean-!" You look back up noticing that Rose is beginning to look down and you jump right into action! "I can always visit them because I always know where they are!" You try your best to lighten the mood, you didn't want to be a downer, you weren't use to that.

"I've just been blabbing on about me and myself, why don't you tell me about you, Rose?" Your happy tone returning quickly. "This is why this whole thing was set up, right?"

"Ah, me, I do suppose why this was arranged in the first place, indeed and well…"

She begins to explain how she had received word, in her time, that the plants, from our time, were in dire trouble and she had to come down right away! You listen intently as you add your two cents into the conversation and nod your head. You knew exactly what she was talking about. When everything that happened, happened, everything and everyone were in a panic! It was no wonder why the plants might've needed help.

But as she continues talking, you make sure you listen and you two were already getting along amazingly. Even after Vicky delivered the pastries, you ate and kept talking all the while the fan outside the window speculated, tweeted, snap-chatted, excreta as you and Rose sat talking well into the night and it wasn't soon before it was time to leave.


- (❛ᴗ❛)-


Eventually it was time for Vick to close up shop and you and Rose both rise from your seats, giggling at a joke that you had told her about a banana and a peel while you both head towards the door leaving out when she suddenly stops momentarily, still in front of the door.

Vicky walks back behind the counters and pretends to wipe them down as she glances at the two of you ever so offer, she wanted to know what was going on after watching you guys talk for so long! It looks like you were had really hit it off!

"(Y/N)…" Rose calls out to you and you stop abruptly, standing in front of her. "Thank you for today, I had a fantastic time." She gives you a smile that almost makes your cheeks turn red. "I'm glad I've managed to entertain you this evening!" You bow for the second time today and grasp her hand/rose.

Vicky shakes her head and mouths the words "Don't do the milady thing- damn it, you did it!" She exclaims under her breath as she watches you bow to the rose and do the very thing she told you not to do.

Rose only chuckles and you stand straight again, smooth moves.

"I suppose that it is time for us to part ways (Y/N)." She speaks as elegantly as she looks, it makes you want to swoon. "I guess so, but…Rose, I've had a question on my mind since I've first seen you and I have to ask," You take in a deep breath before exhaling softly.

"Are we friends?"

Time seeming slows as everything goes quite, this entire night was counting on this question…her answer.

Rose looks at you surprised for a moment before her smile returns upon her features and she opens her mouth to speak;

"Yes (Y/N), we are friends~"


What a whirlwind of adventure and intrigue!

*Exhales!

I was almost rushing to get this done and posted today to meet my deadlines that of which I'm going to try and set for myself to get those out at least once a month and I feel like it's worked well because I was certainly determined to get it out! Gah, more to come of course! Stay turned for tonight because it's coming...what is it you ask? I guess we'll find out when it comes! Spooky Squash, oUT