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- Heeseung gives you tulips.
- No occasion, no special reason, no fancy words. Just because. Because he wanted to. Because he was passing by a flower shop and suddenly thought of you. Maybe it was the moment he saw their delicate colours, or the scent that reminded him of something quiet and peaceful. He didn't think twice, he just bought them, as if his intuition told him it would be a nice gesture.
- The tulips he gives you are pastel, soft shades of peach, pink, cream, maybe with a slight touch of yellow. They are not loud or exaggerated, because that's not what Heeseung is like. These are flowers that don't have to fight for attention, yet they catch the eye with their charm. Just like him, he doesn't have to shine to be noticed.
- Sometimes he may appear with a small bouquet wrapped in brown paper, with a gentle smile and a quiet ‘for you’. Tulips from Heeseung are not just a gift. They are his way of saying things he cannot say. When he is silent, the tulip says, ‘I've been thinking about you all day’. When he is shy, the tulip says, ‘I want you to know that I care about you.’ It is his quiet ‘I am here’ in a world full of noise.
The door to your apartment closed quietly behind you, and exhaustion enveloped you like a soft, heavy blanket. The day had dragged on endlessly, each event leaving its mark, and all you wanted was a moment of peace and quiet.
You sat on the sofa, trying to gather your thoughts, when suddenly you heard a soft knock on the door.
You opened it, and there stood Heeseung with a bouquet of tulips in his hands, as if he had come from a completely different world, straight to yours.
‘What are you doing here?’ you whispered, hardly believing it was really him.
‘I was just walking past a flower shop and thought tulips were the perfect reason to show up,’ he said, gently lifting the flowers. Or at least a little excuse. I couldn't just show up without them, it would have been too ordinary.’
You smiled tiredly, gently accepting the bouquet.
‘Even if it's just an excuse, I'm glad you're here. I really needed this.’
Heeseung came in, and in that moment, you felt the world suddenly become a little brighter and the weight of the day a little lighter.