The Sands Of Thyme (A Tythan Flower Shop AU)

Chapter Twelve- Aftermath and Alyssums

- Exactly 0.0001 Seconds After The Events Of Chapter Ten -

Ethan melted into the kiss, loving the warmth that radiated off the body in front of him.

He could hear shuffling and a small gasp near them, but hell the only thing he was paying attention to was Tyler.

All throughout the kiss he was wrapped in the others loving embrace.  He could just hear the lovely words it was meant to say to him.

Your not worthless

Your an amazing person

So many people love you and admire you

I love you.

The words swathed his brain in a soft blanket, making everything else in the world fade into the void.

That feeling lingered even after he felt Tyler pull away, both of their eyes locking, equally full of joy.

"'Eyyyyyy, keep the PDA to a minimum at work please."

Oh god, there went Ethans cheeks, turning to a sizzling summer red.  He turned his head, making a small yelp as he saw Jack, the speaker, staring at them with a smirk on his face.

Tyler gave a nervous chuckle, releasing the blue boy from his grasp, and hugging himself.  To be fair, his cheeks were pretty bright as well.

"J-Jack!" Ethan stuttered out, wowie flustered boye.

"The one and only.  Oh, and I won't tell the others." Jacks shit-eating grin seemed to trap the two in its shit-eatingness, and all they could do was sigh.

As the green bean walked away, he called over his shoulder "But, you two have to do me a favor~ Meet at my house tomorrow at five o clock or I'm telling!"

Ethan stared after him, a new loathing in his gaze.  Oh, that kid knew how to get on his fucking nerves.

"Sho-should i- uhm, should we-?" Tyler stuttered, not really sure what he was trying to say.

The blue boy shrugged, then stood up on his toes to give the taller male a peck on his lips, murmuring "Get out of here nerd, I gotta work."

Tyler laughed his deep, cheerful laugh, a very happy grin on his face.  "Alright, alright.  But, don't believe for a second that this ends here."

Ethan watched him leave, a dreamy sigh leaving him.  Mark seemed to hear this, surprising how he heard that but not anything else, and slid over as the blue boy leaned against the shops counter top.

"Aw, Mr. Hunk left?  You poor thing."  The Korean cooed, feigning sympathy.  Ethan grunted, shoving the other away.

"Fuck off man, your such a dick."  Ethan spat, very salty and still kinda embarrassed.  Mark held up his hands in surrender, backing off to go talk to someone who had just come into the shop.

Ethans mind was spinning.  Okay, he just got kissed by his crush and was currently feeling ecstatic, when not even half an hour ago he had been curled up in the bathroom and crying.

What a whirlwind of emotions, emotions he didn't regret.

Jack slipped some teasing into conversation whenever he could, resulting in a suspicious Mark and a very confused Kathryn.

When Mr. Moron came by to pick up some shit, Ethan was exasperated.  The combination of dodging his co-workers questions along with helping customers on an empty stomach was getting to him.

" Hey Jordan." He mumbled, sounding dead.  It got him a strange look from the male in front of him, but he was just set on helping.

"That'll be- oh fuck you know how much it is." Ethan sighed, taking the money that was offered to him.

Aaand, that's how he ended up telling Jordan everything, and spending half an hour answering the others questions.

" So, in closing, I'm absolutely in love with Tyler." He finished, his throat feeling sore from all the talking, his face pink.

After he finished, Jordan grabbed his stuff, zooming off and yelling "iM GONNA TELL EVERYONE I KNOW!"

And at that moment, Ethan knew that he fucked up.

Luckily, it was closing time, so like his friend before him, he grabbed his stuff, said a rushed goodbye, and got the hell out of there.

The walk back to his apartment was filled with nervousness and uncertainty.

He just kept wondering if Jordan would actually tell anyone, god he hoped not.  Until him and Tyler figured out their situation, he didn't want to go public.

Oh, wait, he should have thought of that before confessing his sins to the one person who can't keep a secret.

Ethan mentally slapped himself for that.

When he got to his apartment, he dropped his phone, and himself onto his bed, groaning.

" Oh god I fucked up." He mumbled into the fabric, lazily holding up his phone to chec- oh god.

Oh god.

His phone was being assaulted by why didn't you tell us that you and Ty were dating? And oh god I love you my little gay son Oh, and the best one, from Tyler that said shit are you getting spammed by everyone too?

Yes, Tyler, yes he was.

_-~*Lord Of The Ty's*~-_
E: Yep... might be my fault

T: What the duck did you do now?
T: duck
T: fUCK
T: Fucking autocorrect

E: lol, but anyways, I might have been fangirling to Jordan about the whole you-kissing-me thing and he may have told everyone?

T: Sweet Jesus
T: Okay, Eth, this is the moment we've prepare for.  Grab the fake I.d's and let's get the hell out of here.

E: You do realize that we wouldn't even make it to the border before the others dragged us back?
E: dude, we sold our souls to them, now we have to pay the price.

T: yikes your right tho.... see you tomorrow at Jacks I guess? I'm so tired

E: haha get some sleep man.  I'll see you tomorrow.

T: Night,

And then there was a little pause... and then

T: Mi amor

And with that, Ethan was a squealing mess.

God, why did he have to feel like this?  Why did Tyler make his chest hurt so much, yet also set his heart aflutter?

He didn't know why he loved the other so much after only knowing him for a short amount of time, was it his hair? His eyes? His personality?

He didn't know.

All that he knew was that he didn't want this feeling to go away.