Petals on the Water (Swimming with Flowery x Reader)
Okokok, go, my swimming with Flowery idea
Plot: Slight au, basically a perfect world/outcome where the flowers darkworld can be sustained and not destroyed, UV lamps keep them alive in the light world, asgore isn’t kidnapped for this he’s chilling in his shop, Flowery made a recovery, reader has at least met all the flowers, jumps in the water by one of the many mini waterfalls, Flowery invites himself lol.
(Any of his voice clips are italicized after his regular sentences)
When you volunteered to help Asgore out in his shop after he needed a “vacation” you were happy to do so.
The very weird and specific instructions mind boggled you. You almost thought you were being pranked when you were told to enter the shadows in the corner to check on the flowers in the “dark world.” Asgore made you swear to secrecy as well at the time.
At first you were sure it was a silly prank, or at least a sign of Asgores mental state declining but you politely nodded and let him go sort out whatever he was going to do as a break from his shop. Color you surprised when you actually did investigate the dark corner of the shop and get magically thrown into a dark abyss and land in a fantastical flower land. You thought you went insane at the time. Maybe you did. But you decided being insane wasn’t so bad if meeting the interesting individuals in this strange world was part of it.
Fast forward to now, you’re past your period of volunteering while Asgores on vacation, you still stop by to help out a bit, but you mostly show up to see the friends you’ve made here.
Today inside the darkworld, which the flowery residents always warmly welcome you to, you’re sitting idly by one of the streams of water, a small waterfall offering a nice ambient background noise. You close your eyes and let your body relax as you take a deep breath. The day you have had before coming here for your weekly visit was less than ideal. You needed this. A soft breeze rustles the grass around you and the cool air from the water hits your skin. That’s when an idea struck you.
You decided shoes off was the best option. You’d never tried to remove vital pieces of the clothes that you seemed to magically shift into when entering this dark world, but nothing bad seemed to be happening so it was a good sign! After your shoes and socks were off you put them together a bit farther back from the waters edge, then put your feet in the water.
It wasn’t as near as cold as you would expect. It was actually quite refreshing. After a few more moments of enjoying the water, you decide to go all in. Removing any other loose or heavy items from your outfit and set them aside before scooting off the spot you were sitting on and deeper into the water.
The cool refreshing sensation of the water immediately envelops you. You let out a soft content sigh and sink down to your shoulders. You know there’s warmer water in the hot springs in the castle but something about the simplicity of this was what you needed more.
You float around a bit, letting the water move you around its surface, eyes closed.
“Having a berry good time in there?” A familiar cheery voice inquires. Your eyes shoot open and you startle, floundering around to get yourself upright again. You cough and scrunch your nose at the burning sensation of water having got in your nose, looking at Flowery like a pathetic drowned rat.
“Woah! Be careful Sunshine it’s just me.” “It’s me, Flowery.” He squats down to take ahold of your elbow so you don’t lose any more of your balance. You sheepishly smile at him. You weren’t really expecting him to come looking for you, you had kinda already parted ways with everyone earlier, you just got caught up snagging a serene moment for yourself.
He smiles at you and releases his hold on your elbow to rub your wet hair away from your face and you just blink at him in surprise, face warm.
You ask him what he’s doing. “Wiping your face!” He replies, smile unchanging, stating the obvious. You press your lips in a thin line, asking him what he’s doing here by the water. He stops rubbing your hair out of your face. “Hmmmmm.” He makes an over exaggerated thinking face.
“Can’t I just want to see what you’re up to?” “My human.” He presses his hands against your cheeks, squishing your face in a silly manner. You snicker and lean back out of his hold lightly splashing him. He laughs with you but doesn’t jump away like most people would. He cracks an eye open, taking in the scene of you in the water with his golden colored gaze. You rarely ever see him truly open his eyes. A moment passes and he stands up, eyes closed again.
“I’ve got it!” He says looking proud of himself. You raise a confused brow, asking him what he means. He grins wide at you and hops right into the water, feet first, shoes on and all. “Jarona!”
Your eyes widen and you shield yourself from getting splashed. He pops back up from being fully submerged and makes a show of spitting out water before smiling at you again. You laugh incredulously. You tell him he’s crazy but he just swims around you, happy as can be.
After a few minutes of splashing around you decide to just float on your back again. Flowery joins you, a cool hand reaching over to your wrist, keeping you both together as you float about.
It’s kind of nice….and you say so out loud, staring up at the colors above you. “It is!” “Yes!” Flowery responds, fingers trailing down from his hold on your wrist to your palm, fingers twining with yours.
