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There was probably some kind of meaning behind both the colour and number of roses if Mercy was going to be so specific about her order like this. Hafwen figured, the smile on her face not once faltering at all as she stepped out of the aisle to stand next to the younger redhead the moment she saw her opening her purse to retrieve the money with which to pay for her purchase. And Fleur's too it would seem if the other girl who had stepped into the shop at the same time as them for her purple flowers wasn't opposed to the offer.

"I believe Mr Dhawan did say that he'll have the red roses ready for you upon your return to the booth so it should be just the pink and yellow ones you'll need?" She gently reminded Mercy, not wanting her to accidentally run into the problem of having a duplicate order because of something as minor as this.

Fleur turned quickly to face Mercy, eyes wide. She could have sworn that the younger girl had offered to pay for her flowers. Okay, so maybe she knew she wasn't imagining things, she was sure the offer had, in fact, been made, but it was just so unexpected. She'd gotten flowers before, of course, but not usually on Valentine's Day and never from total strangers considerably younger than her."What? Um... " She turned to Gwen, feeling rather panicked. Her fingers closed tightly around the flowers. "The price is fine." Part of her was feeling rebellious, like she didn't want this. Despite the fact that she wanted to save money, she was really to proud to happily accept from someone she was honestly thinking of as a little kid.

A bigger part of her, though, thought it adorable and sweet. It was Valentine's day after all. Buying people flowers was normal. She looked at the younger girl again, this time smiling broadly. "Really? If you want to pay, that would be very nice of you! Thank you! " So she'd get the frivolous flowers without the price tag. She was very happy about it, and smiled at Hafwen. Fleur thought she should be proud of her friend for doing such a nice thing.

[My apologies to everyone for being absent for so much of this RP! If anyone still needs/wants to interact with Krishna, I am able to do so now. Again, my apologies.]




The lollipop did not reach it's destination because Krishna grabbed hold of Richard's wrist. The florist had not been overly busy during the time since his customer's had left for his shop. He had every confidence that Gwen was treating them just fine, and it left him with the opportunity to people-watch all of the customers around him. An exotic athelete (Aitana) was as bright as any tropical flower to his eyes. Her demands fit well with his own tastes in candy. Which was why he bothered to step in now. "No, Richard. Cherry."

As a general rule, Krishna did not care for candy. He could not tell just by looking whether the transparent, heart-shaped sucker was cherry or cinnamon. However, as someone who made his living off of plants, however, he could tell by sense of smell. He had smelled many a cherry--and yes, even cinnamon bark--in his time. That lollipop was definitely cherry. The Indian grabbed a handful of lollipops, running each under his nose. A look of concentration was clearly on his face. Cherry. Cherry. Cherry.

Finally, sweet became slightly spicy, and he seperated this lollipop into his other hand to ioffer to Aitana. "This one is cinnamon."

((OOC: So sorry this took forever to get to! Either myself or Quick will roll later this evening, around 7 pm CST. Feel free to wrap up your posts at your own leisure, though- there is no rush!))

Inside the store, Gwen was greatly relieved that the situation seemed to resolve itself. If she didn't already feel bad about shopping at another floral shop, she would have felt even worse if she had messed up someone else's order. She was no business woman and knew little to nothing about retail and economics, but she knew that the one thing you couldn't do was mess up a customer's order. Ever. At least she thought so- she wasn't sure which one she'd be worried about more: the customer's wrath, or Krishna's. Best to not invoke either one, she felt.

She made good with the order immediately after the problem was resolved, and she made sure to hand everyone their proper purchases, her careful planning uncharacteristic of her and obviously so as she had counted items multiple times, no doubt looking like someone with a bad case of OCD. But she wanted to make sure everything was right, and when all the transactions were done, she was more than happy to see them off, if only to prevent herself from making another mistake. "Thanks for your patience. Here you go!"

She looked to Mercy and shrugged, not at all angry with her and understanding why she'd want to double check everything. After all, she'd do the same if she was buying something for Anandi... in fact, she had, but then again, Anandi was almost easy to please. But that wouldn't stop Gwen from trying. "No, it's alright, really! So long as you get what you need, that's all that matters!"

She then smiled to Fleur and Hafwen, wanting to give them the same courtesy as she did to Mercy. She wasn't exactly sure what they were going on about or if there was some minor flirting involved, but she wasn't going to stick her nose into their business. Especially when she saw more people beginning to pile into the store! Facing Generals, Dark Mirror senshi and youma were nothing- Valentine's Day in a floral shop would certainly END her!





Richard felt that he had everything in the bag with this exotic beauty until he felt someone's fingers wrap around his wrists suddenly. It took much of his considerable will power to not leap in fright, but one could see the short flash of horror in his crimson eyes as he looked to the man that held him. How did Krishna get there so quickly and quietly, and what did he say? "Cherry?"

He looked down at the lollipop that he had plucked and immediately wanted to object. No, it wasn't cherry! He had painstakenly made these candies himself, and he had placed them all in a specific order on the display to where he'd simply have to reach over and pull them without looking, or doing something as crude as sniffing. He wanted to tell Krishna he was wrong, yet, a single whiff of his own confirmed that he had in fact grabbed a cherry.

Which meant only one thing. No, there was no fault in Richard- there could not have been! The thought never once crossed his mind that he had placed the lollipops in the display, so it had to have been one of his employees! What he wanted to do was march into his store and coral them all in the back to find out who did this, but he kept face, even as he placed the cherry back into the slot it was meant to go in, as Krishna passed the cinnamon flavored lollipop to Aitana. His ego was bruised, but he did he best to hide it behind a carefree smile, as he addressed the florist. "Good nose you have there, Krishna. Thank you for spotting one of my employee's mistakes... one that she won't make again."

No, he wouldn't fire her, but he'd give her a scolding she'd never forget. Still, it was best not to focus on that just yet. No, that would come later. For now, he simply wanted to get the customers what they needed and carry on with the day. He left Aitana with Krishna for now, feeling that he had earned the right to service her, and his mood was instantly lifted when he spotted another beauty in the crowd for him to bedazzle. There should be no frowns on St. Valentine's day!