Seifer sat, tapping his fingers on the table and flipping through a book. Just for some fun, he bought a book entitled, "Pick-up Lines That'll Perk You Up," thinking it was something dirty, and discovered it contained the worst lines ever known to humankind…and other kind for that matter.
"This has got to be the worst thing I've ever bought in my life," he said, flipping to the next page, then shaking his head as he glanced at the words.
"Why'd ya get it anyway?" asked Raijin, glancing at a page and grimacing.
"Eh, I thought it'd be funny."
Fujin snorted.
"You have something to say, Fu?" asked Seifer, raising an eyebrow.
"No," she replied.
Seifer leaned back. "The problem is, I said I'd do that whole courting thing, but I have no idea how to start."
"Didn't ya already kinda start by kissing him on the hand and all?"
"More like a warning, really. I mean, you have to warn them and all, and then you start the whole sending flowers and…" Seifer trailed off, his eyes un-focusing.
"…no…" said Fujin, managing to sound horrified with just that one word.
"Flowers? Ain't that what you do with a girl? I mean, he's not a girl, so he'll get pissed and all, right?"
Seifer took a moment to think about this, then nodded his head. "Yeah, probably."
They sat in relative silence as Fujin took a sip of her coffee, while Raijin fought the wrapper on his muffin.
"So, which flowers do you think he'll like the best?"
"I hate psychology," mumbled Sora.
"I don't see why," said Kairi. "It's not like that chemistry stuff you like so much, so what's the big deal?"
"It's boring!"
Riku chuckled as he opened the door for his friends. The class was fairly full, and they found some seats in the back. Sora practically flopped into his seat, leaning his head back to look at the ceiling. Kairi shook her head, getting her book out, then her notebook. She carefully organized the two on the table before hitting Sora upside the head.
"Ow! What was that for?"
"Get your books out!"
Riku looked amused as the two started to bicker. Kairi gave him a glare, but returned to pestering Sora instead. Riku took his notes in his book, much to Kairi's displeasure, but at least he bothered to listen. Sora had a tendency to take a nap in the middle of psychology.
Kairi had managed to at least get Sora's notebook out when the teacher finally came in and began her lecture. Sora yawned.
Then, there was a soft tap on the door, interrupting the teacher, and person very slowly opened the door.
"Uh, sorry…" said the person.
"Did you need something, young man?" asked the teacher.
"Uh, well, I was sent to deliver some flowers, but I didn't know it was the middle of the class…"
Riku wasn't sure how to describe it except that the eyes of the teacher seemed to light up. He had a feeling she was going to try to find some way to tie this all into psychology, and felt sorry for the hapless victim.
"Well, come in, come in. Who's the lucky individual?"
"I didn't get a name, ma'am. Person gave me a picture." The picture was handed to the teacher. She looked up and scanned the rows of tables, before falling on him. All eyes suddenly turned to him, and he felt his face warm up.
"Yeah! Here ya go, sir!"
Riku could hear the snickers from other students as the flowers were handed to him. However, nobody said anything until the deliverer walked.
"Now, let's talk about Riku's reaction…" began the teacher.
"Seifer!" called a voice from behind. He stopped and turned, watching as people moved quickly to avoid Riku as he stormed his way. In one of his hands were the flowers.
"Can I help…" he managed to get out before Riku hit him in the face with the flowers as if it were a bat.
"What the hell were you thinking, sending those in the middle of class?" said Riku, ignoring the sudden increase in giggling in their general area. Sora and Kairi stood behind Riku, both of them unsure if they should be angry or amused by Seifer's act.
"I just sent some flowers," he replied, wondering if he had any pollen on his face. Riku waved the flowers dangerously close.
"You….you are impossible!"
"So I've been told."
"You're actually serious about…about…"
"Courting you? I thought sending the flowers would make that one clear to you."
Riku shook his head, his face tinged pink. Seifer was almost tempted to try and get a kiss, but figured that might go too far at this point. No, he had to move slowly to give Riku time to adjust to the idea.
"Flowers?"
"Well, Fu and Rai thought it was a bad idea, but then I started to read about this language of flowers, and decided to do it anyway."
Riku took a step back, blinking, then looked at the flowers in his hand."
"What do you mean?"
"You know. Each flower symbolizes something." Seifer moved closer to Riku and took his hand gently, raising the flowers so they were directly in front.
"You see, this flower indicates that I'm thinking of you, while this flower indicates innocence. Then this third flower represents faithfulness and the last…"
Seifer leaned forward and said softly, "desire." He was pleased to see Riku shiver just a little.
"O-oh," Riku said as he took a step away. Seifer really wanted to grab him and hold him, but knew this would be a mistake.
"T-thank you, then…"
"So you like them?"
"I…errr…have to go!" With those words, Riku practically ran away. Kairi was giggling softly to herself, and Sora looked like he wasn't sure who to aim his glare at.
However, Seifer noticed that Riku did not throw the flowers away.
Notes: Some of the ideas for the meaning of flowers actually came from wikipedia, but I decided in the end not to use actual flower names
