Will Sprout's Card story – Bouquets for You

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Will: Welcome! Would you like these flowers wrapped?
Akira, I'm sorry, but can you replenish the flowers over there? I'll take care of the customers.

Akira: Yeah, got it... Heave ho.

Customer: Can I borrow you for a second, young man? I'd like some tulips...

Akira: The tulips are over there. Red, purple, yellow... we have various colors.

Customer: Thank you.

Akira: ... Huff.

Will: That must have been tough, Akira. I'm sorry for making you help out in the shop on your day off. "Easter League" has also just ended...

Akira: Don't sweat it! We do this every year, besides I'd have been more concerned if I didn't help.
More importantly, we've been hella busy since we opened up, huh? We replenish and replenish, but the flowers sell out in the blink of an eye.

Will: That's because with the cold weather there almost weren't any fresh flowers in the shop. I guess these are the flowers our customers have been waiting for for so long.
Many of them have told me they watched the "Easter League"... I'm really glad we were able to hold it with no accident.
It seems there are also people who came to the shop after getting to know me through "Easter League" among them.

Akira: Ooh, ain't that amazin'?

Will: Ah, we have customers. Welcー

Gast: Heya Will, Akira. Lookin' busy in here. 

Ren: ......



Will: Ren... and Adler? Why are you here...

Gast: I heard from Akira and came to see how things are going. He said you were short of hands and that he came to give your family a hand.
So after patrol, I told myself I could help around if you needed a hand.

Will: Help... you and Ren?

Gast: Yeah, I've never worked in a flower shop, but I'll make sure to handle the flowers with care. You have experience, right, Ren?

Ren: ... Yeah, helped several times during the busy season since childhood. I also helped a little on Valentine.

Will: No, that's not what I'm worried about...
You two must be tired after "Easter League", no? The number of customers has also settled down, so I have enough people. I'll be fine with Akira hereー

Akira: Will! A restaurant in Carmine street has ordered fresh flowers to use as decorations. They asked mainly for daisies and roses and to use spring colors.

Will: ! Understood!

Akira: A new order requesting the delivery of 30 sets of bouquet for Easter arrived! Auntie wants us to divide the work and make the bouquets.

Will: 30 sets!? G- Got it...

Customer: Excuse me~ do you have hyacinths?

Will: W- We do! Please, wait a moment!

Ren: ......
... Will. Are the hyacinths at the usual place? I'll take her there.

Will: Ah... Thank you, Ren. You're a lifesaver.

Gast: Will, what should I do?

Will: Eh? Let's see...

Akira: Will! Auntie asked me to be the delivery boy, so...  Wait, Ren's helping already?

Will: Yeah, he's taking care of the customers for me.
... Then, I'd like you and Akira to do the delivery, Adler. I'll arrange the flowers for the restaurant immediately.

Gast: Leave it to me ♪

Will: ... I'm counting on you.

Akira: Huff~~~ I'm beat~~~~
There's been a rush of extra orders a bunch of times after that, but somehow we survived.

Gast: Maan... I underestimated the hell that a flower shop can be.
You and Ren are sure amazing, Akira. You only helped a few times, but you're really good at it.
What surprised me the most is the fact that you know the names of the flowers, Akira.

Akira: Oi, are you making fun of me?
I hear the customers saying the names of the popular ones all the time, plus I gotta replenish them frequently, they simply got stuck in my head.

Ren: Though it seems he can only remember them for a few days.

Akira: Haah? That ain't true.

Ren: Then, do you remember the flower that was popular the most on Valentine?

Akira: Course I do... It was, hmmmm...?

Gast: Ahahah...

Will: Thank you for helping out today, everyone, you've been very helpful. The orders have also slowed down, I can manage now.
We also have training and missions to do tomorrow, so let's call it a day. Also, here...

Akira: What? A small bouquet?

Will: Yeah, it's to thank you for the help. It was particularly tough this year, so...

Akira: Thanks, Will.

Will: If it's okay with you... will you take it, too, Ren, Adler?

Ren: ......

Gast: I'll take it with thanks. I feel like it'll lighten the mood if I put it in the living room.

Ren: I'll take it, too... Thanks, Will.

Will: Fufu, I'm glad.

(We've been through a lot of hardship, but I hope Easter will be uneventful next year. Nevertheless...
It might have become an unforgottable Easter because of the great deal of painstaking work... ♪)