"Oh a lily given to someone named Lily how original."

"Just take the damn flower."

I giggled, reaching out to pluck the yellow flower from Luke's hand. I sniffed it. Call it ironic, but lilies were my favorite flowers. I brought the hand I was hiding behind my back around to reveal what was in it. A tulip.

"Aww." Luke commented patting my head. "How adorable."

"Just take the damn flower."

He laughed while taking it from me. Then he reached out to take the lily from my hand and placed it behind my ear. I would have blushed at his sweet gesture if a sudden white flash hadn't made me wince. When I regained my sight, I noticed a black box in Luke's hand.

"You jerk! No pictures!" I hollered, turning my back to him. He laughed again.

"Please! You look so pwetty."

"No!"

Another flash and I was running. I could hear him right behind me. Before I knew it, he had lifted me up and tossed me carelessly over his shoulder. I pounded his back with my fists. "Put me down! I'm wearing a skirt! If anyone peeks, I'll kill you."

The lumberjack rolled his eyes. "You'd have to wait until I finished killing the guy who peeked. Trust me."

"Well, aren't we protective?"

"Just protecting what's mine is all."

"I'm not a THING to protect."

He snickered, poking me on the leg. Then he sat me down on an already-prepared blanket directly under a sakura tree. While we started to get the food out, I had to constantly push flower petals off my food and sometimes pick them out of my drink. After the fifth petal got in my glass of water, I groaned. "I love theses trees and all, but I want water that doesn't taste like pollen!"

"Should have brought an umbrella."

I rolled my eyes playfully and switched over to where I was sitting beside him. While munching on a ham sandwich, he placed his arm nervously around me. I smiled and leaned against him causing him to tense. He was still nervous around me? That's kinda cute. It had been almost a full season since we decided to go out, I think. Just a few more weeks. I wasn't the type to celebrate every single thing we do, but just the thought of us being together for an entire season made me just a tad excited.

I guess I was just weird like that.

Suddenly, while I was in mid-sip, I was whisked to my feet and dragged away by someone. When I stopped, I yanked my arm free. Fearing that I had just been kidnapped, I looked up and saw Kathy with a red face. "What the heck, Kat?"

"I wanna go out with Ian!" She blurted out. I blinked rapidly. "I-I don't know where he is." Okay, this is totally random...

"Who?" Angela asked as she walked up beside us. We formed a small circle to avoid being overheard. "Who are you guys talking about?"

"Kathy," I jerked my thumb towards her, "wanted to come here with Ian, but he seems to be hiding. I'd go find him, but..." I bite my bottom lip, glancing back to see Luke chatting with Julius.

Angela nodded. "I think he's at home. I'll go get him." And with that, she dashed off. The barmaid wrung her hands nervously in front of her.

"D-Do you think he'll come?"

I chuckled. "Kathy, trust me, I know my brother. He'll get here."

The petite farm girl slowly opened the door to the house, looking around till her brown eyes settled on the lump in the bed with Licorice and Shaggy sitting around it. Angela closed the door behind her which caused the animals to wake up and rush over to her. She took a moment to stroke their heads before poking the warm lump.

"Ian, come on. The Flower Festival is fun."

He groaned. "I don't wanna go. I'm dateless."

She rolled her eyes. "Why do you care? I went without a date and I'm having a great time."

"Yeah, but I'm pretty sure Chase and Gill have been swarming you, so technically you already have a date."

"True...they are having a competition on who can get the biggest bouquet of flowers for me or something, but this isn't about me! Kathy wants you there."

He was silent for a little bit until he said, "Really?"

She smiled and got down on her knees to be face to face with her friend. "Yeah! She is lonely and awkward standing by herself. It's a little sad."

He peeked out from under the covers. "Fine...I'll go."

"Good boy!" With a sharp tug, she managed to pull him out. His head hit the floor with a thump. "Come on! It ends in a few hours!"


"Lilies smell nice." Luke said absently, sniffing the flower that was tucked behind my ear. I smiled a little while fingering the stem of the tulip I had given him.

"Why do you like tulips? I didn't even know you liked flowers until you told me."

He shrugged. "I guess it's because I don't know a lot of flowers. Beside tulips are cool...as cool as a flower can be really." While he was talking, I placed the red flower under his bandana where I figured his ear was. When he finished talking, he yelped from a bright flash.

Luke rubbed his eyes and leered at the camera in my hands. "It's only fair."

The lumberjack rolled his eyes, snatching the camera from my hands to see how the picture looked.

"Kathy! I got him!" Angela shouted, dragging Ian behind her. He adjusted the glasses on his nose when he and Kathy were standing in front of each other.

"T-Thank you." She said quietly. Was it just him or did she look completely flustered? Was she nervous?

Angela walked away from the two as they just stood awkwardly. After a few minutes of nothing being said, Ian cleared his throat. "Should we sit down? I saw a nice spot over there." He pointed at an available picnic spot. Kathy nodded and followed him to the blue blanket. "So, why are you so...uh..."

"Nervous? Quiet? Freaked out?"

"I was going to say pale, but yeah those work too."

The blond smiled faintly before squirming. "W-Well I was a little scared that I'd be here alone."

"That's all?"

"No. That's kinda what I hate. Being alone I mean. I think it has something to do with my mother dying. I thought the same would happen to Dad and I would be all alone. It's childish, but..." She averted her eyes all the while scooting closer to Ian who seemed a little oblivious. "I-I'm glad you decided to come with me."

He scratched the back of his head, chuckling. "Yeah well, when Angela told me you wanted me to be here, I knew I had to."

"Oh..." Kathy said, her head dropping. Ian frantically waved his hands as he realized his mistake.

"I-I mean it's not like I only came because of that! I wanted to so you wouldn't be all lonely and sad!"

She giggled, resting her head on his shoulder and placing her hand on his knee. "Thanks."

"Y-Yeah. No problem." He coughed, moving to a more comfortable spot. "The flowers are pretty."

"Mmhm."

"I wish I had come last year. Now that I think about it, we had moved in a few weeks into spring so we must have missed it."

Kathy and Ian sat in the happy silence as the other couples chatted and had a great time around them. No words were needed for anything like this. Just the fact that both of them were there was enough.


AN: gah sorry for not updating in a while. I had gotten a little writer's block DX. I have a lot of stories I've started and ugh I wish I could just delete them, but idk...I won't...

so yeah enjoy the fluffiness