flower shop & tattoo artist ayahina au
the kirishimas own a flower shop. one day, a new tattoo shop opens up next to their’s
hikari decides to gift a small bouquet of flowers to the tattoo shop in celebration for them, suggesting ayato to come too since he’s always been interested in tattoos
ayato looks at the large book of tattoos in the store, of the flowers, designs and other illustrations. hinami appears, smiling as she greets them. she asks if he and hikari need anything
he almost drops the bouquet of flowers in his hand because he didn’t expect this sweet looking girl of his age to work at a tattoo shop. hikari notices him go silent, holding back a laugh and takes the flowers from his hand to give to hinami
just like ayato, hinami is surprised someone who looked as angry and emo ™ as ayato would work full-time in a flower shop. shes very grateful and introduces herself to them.
ayato and hinami end up caught in conversation because they find out they went to the same school yet they had never seen each other before. hikari decides to leave, reminding ayato that it’s his turn to fertilise the flowers
he goes red and hinami teases him about being so in denial of working in a flower shop. he tells her that it runs in their family to own a flower shop. he also tells her he has a sister, who works in the cafe down the street, with her husband and six-year old daughter
at the mention of his niece, he gets noticeably soft, which hinami thinks is cute since he tries hard to come off sternly but is actually a big softie
‘come by again, kirishima-kun’ hinami says before thanking him again for the flowers when he leaves
even though she told him he could see her again, he felt too embarrassed to the next day. he spends the day watering the plants thinking of her, sweeping the ground thinking of her, arranging bouquets thinking of her. usually he does these tasks angrily (but carefully at the same time) to hide the fact that he loves working as a florist, but this day he’s unusually quiet. hikari picks up on it, teases him and asks if it’s about ‘the sweet girl in the tattoo shop’.
ayato denies this, going bright red. and Of Course since this is a shoujo, hinami conveniently walks in at this time
he’s already so red and becomes even more flustered at the sight of Her,, hikari calls him hopeless and greets hinami, who brought them a painting of flowers she had done on canvas for them, as a thank you for the bouquet of flowers the other day.
she looks to ayato who quickly looks away while sweeping the ground. she asks if he would make a bouquet of flowers for her
‘do i look like the type of person who can arrange flowers together?’ he says but hikari raises his eyebrows at him and reminds him that he arranges everyone’s flowers and even adds his personal touch to them. this makes him even redder and hinami is so amused by this angry boy who loves setting up colourful flowers together, tied in ribbons.
so he arranges flowers for her, telling her the meaning of all the flowers, how to take care of the bouquet, asking if that’s how she wants it, giving her a pretty vase and soft ribbons. she admires his concentration while doing it, and how much care he really puts into it
when hinami goes to pay, he stops her, telling her that since it’s her first time here, it’s on the house. once she leaves, hikari snorts and tells him that’s Not A Thing,, they never give out free bouquets for the first time
hinami comes by a lot, even if it’s just to annoy ayato who of course is never annoyed no matter how frustrated he pretends he is with her. he takes her around the shop, pointing at new plants and tells her about them, about his favourite flowers and why he likes them. she finds that he knows pretty much all the breeds of flowers and its such a cute fact of him that she really likes. ayato notices that she buys flowers every time she comes, and wonders who they’re for. is it for someone in hospital? maybe a partner? is she on a date? or just for tattoo references? no she has to be on a date right? he never asks though and hinami can tell he’s curious
one time when she comes in, she finds ayato kneeling down on the ground with a six-year old girl, helping her plant a seed into a pot drawn all over with crayon, presumably by the girl. he doesn’t notice her at first, and she wants him smile proudly at the girl and reach out to help her.
the little girl notices hinami before ayato does, asking who she is excitedly, that had ‘uncle ayato finally found a girlfriend’. hinami finds out that this is ayato’s niece, ichika kaneki. she realises that the name ‘ichika’ means ‘one flower’ thinking its a nice link to the flower shop. arata then comes to take ichika back to the coffee shop.
ayato and hinami wonder over to the counter where ayato asks what flowers she would like this time. when she says she’s unsure, he hesitates before asking who they’re for, since she buys them so frequently.
hinami smiles and tells him it’s for her mother who’s been in hospital. ayato quickly apologises, but she reassures him and tells him that her mother is being released from the hospital at the end of the week, that she had really loved ayato’s flowers
ayato is really happy for her, but he also secretly worries that hinami will stop coming by. once hinami leaves with the flowers to visit the hospital, her mother finds a note in the flowers. she hands the note to hinami.
it read “don’t wanna wait till morning again to talk to you *insert phone number* - ayato.” hinami can tell that arata advised ayato to write that in the note and she can imagine ayato saying that it’s ‘trash’ and ‘gross’ while writing it onto the card anyway with a red face.
it’s not just hinami visiting the flower shop by the next week, ayato starts visiting her tattoo shop. he likes seeing her sketch illustrations and of course it’s another excuse to see her when it’s his break. her mother is released from the hospital, and the kirishimas bring them flowers again, but this time ayato smiles at the fueguchis and gives them the flowers without hikari needing to step in
touka notices something is up with ayato, because he has started to ask her questions about how she and kaneki revealed their feelings for each other and how they knew they were in love. and he usually never asks these questions because it’s ‘gross’. she teases him and asks who it is that has his heart stirred up. he refuses to tell her, so hikari, who walks in, tells touka it’s ‘hinami fueguchi from the tattoo shop next door’.
touka, of course, is not the best romantic so it’s ken who gives him the idea to send hinami flowers meaning something to do with love. ayato rejects this idea at first, but three minutes later he’s grabbing a bouquet of flowers and scribbling a note and setting off to the tattoo shop. he’s so flustered he doesn’t realise he grabbed the flowers meaning ‘erotic love’ rather than the flowers meaning secret love
hinami isn’t at the tattoo shop when he gets there. he’s disappointed, but it may have been for the best, he thinks. so he leaves the flowers on her counter, with ‘from ayato’ on the note attached. hinami once she gets back remembers that ayato told her those flowers meant ‘erotic love’ and is confused but amused he sent those. she’s certain he was meant to send flowers meaning infatuation or something of the sort, but accidentally sent erotic love instead.
the next day, she walks into the flower shop. ayato notices her and his breath hitches, waiting for what she’ll say. he asks her if there’s a specific plant or flower she’s looking for, but she says she knows what to get. ayato takes this as the first sign of rejection. then hinami walks to a shelf and grabs flowers meaning ‘requited feelings’. ayato, of course, knows what those flowers mean and thinks they’re for someone else. so when he’s charging her, he shakily hands the flowers to her. she takes them for a second, before putting them back into his hands.
‘they’re for you, kirishima-kun’. hinami smiles at him, watching his shocked reaction. he doesn’t know how to react so she explains how he sent the flowers of erotic love to her and he goes so red she’s convinced he’s the tomato plant on the shelf.
‘kirishima-kun-‘ hinami begins to explain her feelings for him, but he interrupts saying, ‘ayato. call me that instead.’
hinami straight up tells him he likes her, and ayato isn’t good with words, so instead, he leans over and kisses her over the counter with the flowers between them. what they don’t know is that hikari, arata, touka, ken and ichika (the kirishimas + kanekis) were conveniently in the door way watching them at that moment
before ayato can comment, touka says ‘what’s this about sending a bouquet of flowers meaning erotic love now?’ hikari joins in the teasing while ayato covers his face groaning.
after that, hinami is invited for dinner with the kirishimas and the kanekis. the end!
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