🌹 Rose Giving Done It Myself

[Angelo Dela Cruz]

Angelo had agonized over sending Finley a rose this year. He'd sent one last year, but he'd also agonized about that, too, but the problem this year was he wasn't sure he wanted to send a yellow rose. Not that he wanted to send a pink one or a red one because he's gay! He's not! But because he wanted to make sending the rose meaningful? Like, maybe Finley preferred a red rose because he's a Gryffindor, and Angelo would really rather send a rose that he was sure Finley would like than just a rose saying "Friend," which for some reason had a weird alien voice in his head. In any case, he'd sent his roses with the organizers—he was pretty sure he could still feel the boy's stink-eye—and then grabbed the deliveries assigned to him—the older lady was much nicer.

His jaw dropped at spotting the first name on his list, and really, maybe he should have just delivered his rose to Finley in person because this was just ridiculous. Thankfully, he'd spotted his friend just as he was about to leave the Great Hall in search of him. "Finley! Hey!"

@Finley Mackintosh Baros ​

 

[Finley Mackintosh Baros]

He'd just gotten a rose from Angelo and now the boy had appeared in front of him. Apparently today was out to get him because he didn't know what if anything he was even supposed to say. Was he supposed to address it? Leave it alone? Pretend it wasn't a rose? Maybe pretend it wasn't a pink one? Merlin, he needed to sit and talk to someone about this and it absolutely could not be Angelo. "Oh! Angelo! Hey! How are you? Good? Me too, yeah, I was.. uhm, heading to... uhm... somewhere that is not here?"​

 

[Angelo Dela Cruz]

"Good! I'm good! Uhh... Yeah... Wait... Uh... Before you don't go I have a rose... Well... I have roses... But I have to deliver these one to you!" his English was not going good, but he did manage to thrust out a yellow rose with it's note.​

Spoiler: Note for Finley Mackintosh Baros

FINFIN! I MISS YOU, TELL LEMON I SAID HI! Joke's I'll tell Princess Lemlem myself <3
xoxo Nia

 

[Finley Mackintosh Baros]

Finley was maybe a little more hesitant about taking the rose than he probably needed to be. He already knew it wasn't going to be from Angelo because they wouldn't have had him deliver his own rose that would have been silly. But he was still trying to process a lot of his own feelings and it was hard to do it with Angelo around more today than he tended to be these days. he sighed almost in relief when he saw who the note was from, "ah Nia," she never failed to make him feel better, that was the truth of it honestly. "Thanks Angelo."​

 

[Angelo Dela Cruz]

Angelo figured it was time for him to make a quick exit before he embarrassed himself because clearly this was not going very well. "Well.... You're welcome.... I will go make deliveries.... Bye!" he said, awkwardness and all, his accent becoming more pronounced as he said whatever version of bye that was. Smooth Angelo. Smooth.​