Roses For Eternal Love, Lilies For Sweetness. . . .

[deadgirlsliekme]

He doesn't know why he's doing this. It's just - been on his mind, for some reason. A preoccupation that's somehow morphed into a compulsion. Something he simply had to do. He suspects that video had something to do with it - what, exactly, he can't be sure. But it was only after seeing it that everything started

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[save_us_alice]

Alice arrives in the intended meeting place, quite puzzled. What on earth could Victor have for her? It wasn't her birthday, and they weren't in the habit of exchanging more than notes over their PINpoints. Maybe it was a situation like those butterfly wings he'd gained briefly around Easter? That had been interesting. She grinned at the memory of seeing Victor flapping about his little apartment, happy as a clam. (Though she'd never understood why clams were so happy. Maybe she ought to ask the Tweedles, they seemed to know about such things.) If he'd gotten something interesting from a LOL, this was sure to be --

Then she caught sight of him, standing outside his door, looking very nervous.

And holding flowers.

Alice stops dead, staring. He -- he had flowers? Were those for her? Why would Victor give her flowers? They -- they weren't roses, but still. . . .

[deadgirlsliekme]

Victor spots Alice as she walks up, and goes to greet her -- only to stop as she does. What? Why is she stop --

Then he realizes what she's staring at. His cheeks promptly heat up. Oh no, oh no! "I -- Alice, I -- I h-had to b-buy them, t-there was t-this video in the N-Nexus, and -- afterward, I -- I--" Oh, this is going well. "D-do forgive me if I-I seem impertinent, I s-simply couldn't help m-myself!"

[save_us_alice]

Alice keeps staring at the flowers as Victor stammers out his explanation. Oh, a video in the Nexus? Probably some sort of LOL then. Odd that it would make him buy flowers, but. . . . And she can't explain why she feels the tiniest bit disappointed that it wasn't his own idea. "It's fine, Victor," she reassures him, stretching her hand out to accept the bouquet. "I understand." She looks over the selection. "I've always liked lilies," she adds, a little softer.

[deadgirlsliekme]

Victor relaxes a little as she says that. Good, so she knows it's a LOL. Thank God. "I'm sorry," he says again. "I really don't mean to b-be so foolish."

He looks a little surprised at that. "Really? Well, then, I'm -- I'm glad I got them," he says, with a slightly awkward smile. "I didn't want to get you roses, of course."