Chapter 4

The following day Hiromi walked down the main street of the town along with her father wondering what place they should spot at first. Or at least that's what she thought they were going to do up until she saw that her father was heading inside a bakery as he said, "I'm going to get some things from here. So enjoy yourself."

"Alright I'll try." The light short haired brunette replied back with, as she walked away from the bakery. After she had passed by a few more shops she sighed as she added, "Geez, I wonder if I'll find anything that'll grab my attention." But right when she had said this she stopped in front of a flower shop and walked inside it. And while she looked at all of the different flower arrangements she ended with, "Wow all these flowers look like they've been treated with a lot of care."

Suddenly though she heard someone walk out of the backroom and apparently whoever owned the shop was not expecting to have a customer yet as she heard the clerk let out a gasp followed by the sound of pottery smashing onto the floor as he said in shock, "Miss Hiromi!"

Hearing her name being said caused the young woman to quickly turn around only to see a sky blue half cat with purple eyes along with a dark green suit standing towards the back of the shop as she focused her eyes for a moment before she asked, "Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?" She then gasped when she remembered the pervious day as she went on with, "Wait a minute your one of Baron's nephews. You're Richard, right?"

The sky blue half cat nodded as he then bent down and started to clean up the small mess that he had made as he answered, "Yes, it is me."

She then walked over to him and bent down so that she could help him as she asked another question, "So was this the reason why you were in such a hurry yesterday?"

Again he nodded as he replied, "Yes, this is why I left so suddenly." And after all of the pieces to the flower pot had been picked up the purple eyed half cat offered her a hand to help onto her feet. While he did this though he added, "You see this shop used to belong to mine and Peter's parents before they passed away."

"Oh, I see. So I take it that your brother doesn't like this type of thing or something?" Hiromi asked, as she tried to look around for his golden furred twin.

"Actually he does enjoy nature just as much as I do. But when we looked at our parents will they had asked that I take over the shop." Richard explained, as he then realized that he was still holding onto her hand. He then let go of it as a light blush spread across his face as he went on with, "So is there anything in particular that you would like to buy today?"

"No, not really. But I'll let you know if I find something that interest me." Hiromi replied, as she then started to walk around to look at the flowers again.

Before the sky blue half cat could suggest something though Hiromi's father walked into the shop carrying quite a few loafs of bread as he said, "Oh there you are, Hiromi. I was wondering where you were." He then looked over at the purple eyed half cat as he added, "Hey, aren't you that same cat who ran off in a hurry yesterday?"

Richard nodded as he responded with, "Yes I am. And it's very nice to see you again, sir."

Renaldo nodded as he then took a look around the shop for a little bit before he commented with, "You know I never would have imagined one of Humbert's relatives running a flower shop. But at least you're working to earn an honest living instead of using your family's fortune so I can respect that." He then looked over at his daughter as he went on with, "Come on Hiromi, we need to head home so that I can get dinner ready."

The light short haired brunette nodded as she replied, "Alright." She then started to walk out of the shop. But before she left she turned and looked over at the sky blue half cat as she smiled and waved at him while she ended with, "Bye Richard, I hope to see you again."

And before the dark green clothed half cat could reply the young woman was gone as he let out a sigh and hung his head down for little bit. He then decided to head towards the back again so that he could throw away the broken pot as he thought, "It's too bad she had not found any flowers that she liked...oh well, perhaps next time."

After that was done he walked back to the front counter only to see his uncle standing in the middle of the shop as he asked, "Uncle Humbert, why are you here?"

"Can't an uncle just stop by to say hello to one his nephews every now and then?" Baron jokingly asked, as he walked towards the front counter.

"Yes, I suppose you're right." The sky blue half cat replied, as he picked up a watering can and started to water some of potted plants. While he did this though he added, "So how is Haru doing?"

"She's doing quite fine actually." The orange and cream furred lord answered, as he looked around one more time. A grin then appeared on his face as he went with, "In fact she's due to have twins in a few months."

Hearing this statement caused Baron's nephew to quickly turn around as he asked in shock, "Are you for certain, uncle?"

The green eyed half cat just nodded as he replied with, "I'm most certain. She is expected to have a boy and a girl."

"Wow. She is going to have a son and a daughter...that's wonderful news." Richard let out, as he moved on to the next potted plant.

Again Baron nodded in agreement as he then asked, "So how is your brother doing these days?"

He then noticed that his nephew's expression had sadden a little as he answered with, "His fine, but he refuses to leave the estate. And the only times that he does leave is if he needs to buy something or if he is invited to a ball."

"I see." Thr orange and cream furred half cat said, as he then started to exit the shop. Before he left though he turned slightly as he ended with, "Please tell your brother that I said hello. And I'm glad that your parents had asked at least one of you take over their flower shop."

While his uncle was leaving though Richard mentally said, "I am thankful for that also uncle." He then went back to focusing on his duties before he would close the shop later on that evening.