Always together forever
32_Hyacinth
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Anyway, from that day on, we really went back to normal.
On weekdays, I went to work and my husband went to work too.
And when I get off work, the man comes to pick me up.
On weekends when I didn't have to go to work, I would play alone at home and then spend time with my uncle when he came home.
Today too, the old man came out to pick me up after work.
But today, it seemed like there was something different going on than usual.
여주
“What is in your hand, sir?”
성운
“In your hand? There’s nothing?”
여주
“And why are you hiding your hands behind your back?”
여주
“Hurry up and give me your hand, hurry up.”
성운
“There really isn’t any!”
여주
"But why do you keep avoiding me? I know something's behind me."
Finally, the old man reached out the hand he had been hiding behind his back.
The old man had something truly unexpected in his hands.
여주
“Sir, were you going to surprise me today?”
성운
“It wasn’t a surprise… I just picked it up.”
You picked it up on the way here... I guess you're still embarrassed to say you bought it because you wanted to give it to me.
What the old man was holding in his hand were a few white flowers.
Moreover, it wasn't a common flower that could have been picked up on the way, and it was brought in as a decorated bouquet, so it was natural that it had been bought at a flower shop.
여주
“Sir, this is really unexpected. You even bought me flowers like this.”
성운
“I told you I picked it up on the way here. I didn’t buy it!”
여주
“It’s obvious at first glance, but what is it?”
여주
“But what kind of flower is this?”
성운
“I don’t know because I picked it up here.”
여주
“I know it’s not true. Who would pick something like this up?”
성운
“You can pick it up!”
I kept insisting that I bought it, so I guess the old man got a little upset.
But what can I do if even a pouty face is cute?
여주
“You really don’t know what kind of flower this is? Then you don’t know what it means?”
At that, the old man reluctantly told me.
성운
“Huh..hyacinth.”
여주
“Hyacinth? I... I feel like I’ve heard it somewhere before..”
Now that I think about it, the flower looks like something I've seen somewhere before.
But on the other hand, it was a flower that looked a bit luxurious.
_
I returned home wondering why the old man had bought hyacinths out of all those flowers.
First, I looked up the meaning of the flower.
여주
Humble love?
Hmm... Does it have nothing to do with the language of flowers?
No matter how I looked at it, the old man was far from being a ‘humble’ lover.
This is the person who tells me that he always wants to be with me.
성운
"What are you doing?"
I was so focused on thinking about the meaning of flowers
I was also very surprised when the old man poked his head out from next to me and spoke to me.
성운
“Why are you so surprised? What were you so focused on?”
Then the old man looked at the screen where I searched for hyacinths on my phone.
Then he smiled meaningfully.
Is it right to look up the meaning of flowers or did I just buy any pretty flowers?
여주
“But it smells really good. It’s also really strong. Can I use it instead of air freshener?”
성운
"Good, right? Try growing that. It's a bulb, so you can just keep it in water and it doesn't require much maintenance."
여주
"is it so?"
성운
“Yeah. Just leave it there.”
I saw the man pointing behind me and turned my head to look where he was pointing.
I must have used my superpowers again, because a vase had already appeared.
여주
“Really… It’s only at times like this that I feel like you’re a spirit.”
I placed a bouquet of flowers right there.
성운
“Should we try growing other colors? White for you, sky blue for me.”
여주
“Is there a reason why you chose sky blue?”
성운
“Uh…um…just because it’s pretty?”
여주
"Something feels fishy. Why did you hesitate so long to say it?"
성운
“Okay. Should I try raising one in my room too?”
여주
“Since you’re raising one, why don’t you raise one too?”
여주
“But really, why did you bring hyacinths?”