It had been a lazy morning for Taekwoon, but it’s not like he didn’t enjoy it. Most days were extremely hectic so the occasional slow clientele was appreciated for him to relax. Though loving his job, he couldn’t possibly overwork himself and get sick. No one was there to take care of him or the shop, he couldn’t at all afford it.
He didn’t like the fact that when he was alone with his thoughts he always thought of his family. He wondered how they were doing, whether or not he would be welcomed back to the household if ever he decided to go back. However, he knew that it would never happen. He never planned on going back to the pompous and arrogant life he led for over 20 years. His newly found freedom was perfect, amazing, and everything in between. But he was afraid that his lifestyle from the past had ruined him for the one he was living at the moment. He, for one, was awfully quiet outside his shop. Flowers acted as a safe haven for him, as a shield against the real world he was so afraid to discover, and which his family kept from.
He still needed to work on his people skills, and slowly he was getting better at it. However, he needed a lot more work before he could be completely integrated in the middle class, a society he never thought of mingling with in his wildest dreams.
A shiver went down his spine before he could even look up to see who had come into the shop. A young man, definitely younger than him but he was oozing of high class, and he was sure he knew him. Or at least, he had seen him before. Where else though other than a charity event from his past social life? He recognized people that came into his shop more than once, and it was definitely his first time there. He stared at the other for a moment, and not only oculd he recognize his presence, but there was also something about his aura that indicated he wasn’t fully human.
Taekwoon wasn’t going crazy if the other felt the same way. “I don’t believe you’ve ever come into my shop. Are you perhaps a son of a wealthy business man?”
He quickly composed himself though. “Oh where are my manners. Welcome toAurora Flowers, how may I help you today?”
It automatically clicked in TaeHyung’s head the moment the man mentioned ‘wealthy business’. TaeHyung tried not to mingle with anyone other than his family after finding out about his real identity. He just couldn’t adjust to the thought of being only human anymore. Who could after finding out that they were an almighty god or goddess?
With a snap of his finger, and nod of his head, TaeHyung made himself more comfortable, leaning onto the counter. “My father is Kim TaeYun. CEO of the fancy-smancy company that created that one watch brand.”
TaeHyung tried to find any resemblance in the man in front of him from any of the business partners he had seen during his parents gatherings. He swore he could almost make out someone. “Safe to assume your just the son of one of those other wealthy corporation owners or something?” He raised a brow at the man before pushing himself off the counter, taking another good look around the store from where he was standing. “Ah, and I’m looking for some yellow tulips, to be exact. Back to what I was saying, I mean, otherwise, you wouldn’t be working here right?”
He stuffed his hands into his pockets as he began browsing the store again, making faces at the flowers reappearing in his view. “Say are you the son of the Lee’s? Son’s? Or is it Kang?” Stopping at the end of a row of neatly stacked flower pots, TaeHyung partially approved of the flowers safely packed into it. “You can tell I’m not really good at guessing games,” TaeHyung threw back a smile at the man, before muttering under his breath, “At least not with humans.”
He continued to observe the planted flowers in front of him before moving onto the next. He was starting to understand why his grandmother loved this shop so much. The flowers were incredible. Perfect, he dare say. But TaeHyung didn’t know anything about flowers. You could give him a dozen of roses and he’d probably still call them beautiful. Of course he wasn’t so dumb to not realize when they were dead or dying, but that could also have to do with how careless he was, disregarding anything that didn’t mean anything to him.