#purplediamon

Bureaucracy and everything down to the bathrooms behind metaphorical red tape, it’s a government site after all.

I got another ask to have just general Saeran flowershop Au’s, so I’m going to include some in this!

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“Yo-You really didn’t have to do this.” Saeran takes your hand in his, squeezing tight. “I- I don’t-”

“Shh, I didn’t have to, but I wanted to. Come on, let’s look at the inside together!” You smiled, pressing a quick kiss to his cheek.

He takes a deep breath, trying to steady himself. When Saeyoung had handed him a small box this morning with you eagerly waiting beside him, he honestly expected nothing more than a personalized ‘coupon’ book from his brother, not a small and rather plain looking key with a bow. At first, he thought maybe it was a key to something simple, or maybe another pun related gift Saeyoung had prided himself in, but as he got in the car with you two and was taken to an area he knew too well-

“Saeran?”

Gently, you give his hand a shake, snapping him from his thoughts. 

“I-I think I’m still in shock, Mc…” He admits. The key feels heavy in his grasp, and if he was right in his assumptions, it was carrying a greater deal of responsibility than he was used to.

“I’m right here, okay? And just because you have this key doesn’t mean you can’t change your mind, but please consider it first?”

Nodding, almost missing what you’re saying due to being so wrapped in his nerves, he finally inserts the key and unlocks the simple green door in front of you.

His first reaction is to hold his breath, trying to feel his heartbeat and look for any tale-tell signs that this is a dream. Trying to understand if his nerves are making him numb.

Then…He takes it all in, and acknowledges that this is real, and it’s with you.

“So, before you outright say ‘no’, which is okay if you decided this isn’t for you, I want you to hear about a few things first,” You start off as he lets go of your hand, slowly walking around the empty and slightly dusty shop. “Don’t worry about the cost of everything, because me and Saeyoung have that all settled out and doing this didn’t make us break the bank. Secondly, I know this is really scary, but once Jumin heard that we were doing this, he said he would be willing to help you learn how to run a business like this successfully. Even Jaehee said she’d help, too!!”

Saeran walks towards the windows, taking in how the afternoon light gives the baren shop a warm and welcoming glow. Even Jumin wouldn’t mind talking to him? It still surprised him with how kind the RFA was to him, despite all that had happened.

“And I know this seems so scary, so that’s why it’s okay if you need to say no, but I…I really don’t want you to say no because you think you don’t deserve this, Saeran.” Suddenly, your arms are wrapped around his waist as you rest your chin on his shoulder, pressed up against his back. “You’ve done so well with therapy, honey… You’re recovering and you’re so strong and so capable of doing this if you want to. You deserve this, even if your anxiety tells you otherwise.”

Saeran smiles, feeling his eyes threaten to water as he slides his hands over yours.

“We would run this shop together?”

“Absolutely, Saeran.”

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Some bonus bullet points!

- He most definitely cried when Seven came in to reiterate that Saeran deserved the shop, and there was a three-way hug and small cry fest because Saeran felt so loved and everyone was happy.

- Seven and Mc would have planned this flower shop surprise for Saeran as a double gift! One for all the hard work he had put into making himself healthy, and another for an early birthday present. The birthday present part was more of Seven’s idea, but he really wanted to give his brother a big enough gift to make up for all the past ones that didn’t reach him.

- Jumin would indeed want to help out and wouldn’t do it because of Seven’s badgering, but because he would think that Saeran was capable enough to run a shop if he really wanted to and didn’t mind offering advice. ( listen it might be ooc but the fact that he went out so far in Saeran’s good end aaaaaaaaaa )

- The shop would have a rocky start at first because it would no doubt probably trigger Saeran to relapse into the negative thinking about how he didn’t deserve such a wonderful thing, but eventually, with support he would be able to get the hang of it and go on from there.

- Seven would help out with everything he could, Building things for the store? Helping crunch numbers? Cleaning? Okay well the last part might not be a promise but he would do anything to make Saeran happy with the shop.

- I think honestly the whole Rfa would help out if they could, even if it was just Yoosung buying a small plant to show support or something along those lines. 

I’ve tried but can never wind up absorbing anything that’s said. Always wind up getting distracted and when I focus on the talking again it’s two hours later and I’m totally lost.

Not too much, we’re trying to keep that under control. Get to it early.

Then we will have a very involved talk. I saw what it did to Pepper and I viscerally know what it did to me, I can’t watch my wife go through that again and I can’t let my daughter drag herself through what I did. But I’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.