This is my new Cam x Lillian story. I thought man I like being married to Cam, he's so sweet. But apparently in the JP Version he's very cold, but in the US Version he's just very shy. I wanted to make a cute little story using the language of flowers to show how they turn from friends into lovers.

Floral Arrangements

"Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes." — Clare Ansberry

Vinnia- Thoughts about friends

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His confused spring green eyes met her violet frightened ones. He had no idea of what he had done to strike such fear in that girl's heart— especially since he never met her before. If he moved slightly she would wince, if he tried to speak she would whimper and if he moved forward she would take ten steps back. Of course he was exaggerating but the fear was pretty visible.

He noticed in her hands was a small Chamomile flower. He looked at the Chamomile and smiled, how symbolic was it for her to hold that in her delicate hands.

Patience; that was what Chamomile meant and that was what he needed to have.

Although it was against his nature to worry about people or particularly care in general, something about that girl had intrigued him deeply. Something deep in his gut told him to just wait for her. He took a seat in the grass in front of the river and continued on with making his bouquet.

She was aware that her body went cold with fear when she spotted the blond man only five feet away from her. But now she was completely confused with his sudden choice of actions. She expected him to do something… but more in the nature of violence. She watched him, suddenly feeling her body soften and her guard more relaxed. Surely a man who took such gentle care of his flowers couldn't be that bad of a character.

"Um… My name is Lillian and I am the new farmer over in Konohana village." She said hesitantly.

The young man stared over at Lillian in surprise. Had she actually just spoken to him — when she had been so terrified of him? He noted to himself that her voice was very calming and kind of cute.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Cam and I'm the florist of Bluebell Town." He smiled at her gently.

She walked — slowly but surely— towards him and stopped next to his seated body. He smelled like a fresh garden, a scent that she had grown to like over her past few days on the farm. It was fragrant like flowers —not quite like the vegetables she grew— but a very welcome scent.

"It is nice to meet you as well." She said sweetly. "What kind of bouquet are you making?"

He looked up at her and felt himself smile at the inquisitive look on her face.

"A red bouquet, made with Gerbera, Nadeshiko and Red Rose."

He could tell from the look on her face that she was absolutely confused by his response. He held up a Gerbera and Nadeshiko for her to take. She took the flowers, hesitantly, before sniffing lightly and looking at them carefully. He admired the way she handled the flowers with care.

"Do you know about the language of flowers, Lillian?" Cam asked her.

She shook her head slightly; the language of flowers? What did that even mean?

"Each flower has a specific meaning and symbolic presence. Like how a Red Rose is always associated with love, all flowers have something like that."

She nodded with interest. She understood completely and was intrigued by Cam's extensive knowledge of flowers.

"Gerberas convey cheerfulness and Nadeshikos are a variant of the Carnation, which are pink which mean the love of a woman or mother."

"Colors matter as well?" Lillian asked before taking a seat next to Cam.

Cam was a little startled by her sudden openness but he wasn't discomforted — which was unusual as he usually didn't like to get too close with people— he actually enjoyed her presence immensely.

"Yes colors matter as well. Each flower's colored variant holds a separate meaning— such as how the red rose refers to passionate love, the lavender colored rose actually refers to love at first sight."

Lillian let out a slight 'ah' in understanding. "Cam it's very impressive and admirable… your love and knowledge for flowers I mean."

Cam thanked Lillian sincerely. He was glad she enjoyed the conversation, as many others would feign interest or get bored quickly.

"Is the rest of Bluebell more like you?" She asked quietly.

She noticed the confused look that graced Cam's features. Mistaking it for offense she quickly added extra to her previous question. "I mean friendly and interesting… I mean well I heard terrifying things about the town…" She trailed off.

He frowned in confusion before he finally understood what happened. "Lillian, despite what you've heard, this silly little dispute has always been between the mayors. None of the villagers echo their sentiments."

She nodded and blushed deeply. And here she had been expecting an angry mob to chase her up the mountain or angry and rude responses from the other villagers. She felt completely embarrassed.

"I don't blame you for initially being afraid of me then, after all the mayors like to instill hatred in newcomers for the other village. Mayor Rutger tried to do the same thing to me when I first moved into Bluebell…" He blushed slightly. "When I was a child I cried when I came in contact with Mayor Ina when she was younger. That was only once but it shows how far they take the rivalry."

Lillian couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of a little Cam crying from meeting Ina. Cam hid his face a little and looked down at his bouquet. He was glad that he made her a little more comfortable.

"Oh Cam, there you are, Howard's been looking…" A young man the same age as Cam entered the clearing.

Lillian unconsciously scooted closer to Cam out of habit. Cam slightly chuckled at Lillian's sudden revert back to fear.

"Hi my name's Ash; I'm Cam's best buddy. What's your name?"

Lillian looked at Ash shyly. "My name's Lillian, I moved to Konohana village a few days ago and I started the new farm."

"Oh, you're the new farmer that owns both farmlands in Bluebell and Konohana. It's nice to meet you!" Ash said. "My mom owns the ranch that raises livestock, she'll be happy to meet you."

Lillian moved from behind Cam and felt comfortable again. "That's nice… that was actually what I was on my way to Bluebell for. But I met Cam and we started to talk about flowers."

"Oh so you're into flowers too?"

Lillian shook her head. "No Cam was teaching me about flowers, but that did get me pretty interested."

Ash laughed merrily. "I'm happy that you made friends with Cam, he's actually very shy."

Cam glared at Ash, who in response just continued laugh. Lillian suddenly infected by Ash's jolly mood started to laugh with him. Cam wasn't sure how to really react, he was glad that Lillian had considered him a friend so quickly, since her first impression of him was kind of shaky.

Cam stood up with his finished bouquet in hand and offered his free hand to Lillian. Lillian looked up at him and took his hand softly. Her hands were extremely soft and smooth, for someone who started to farm. He pulled her up and let go of her hand before turning back to Ash.

"What did Howard want?"

Ash was distracted and staring in the direction of Lillian who was picking up a walnut off the ground; Cam shook his head at Ash. How obvious could his friend be at that moment?

"Hey Ash, what did Howard want?" He repeated.

"Oh… um he wanted you to come home was all he said." Ash blushed slightly.

Cam nodded before turning back to Lillian… who wasn't behind him anymore. But rather she was in the river… hand- fishing.

"Lillian what are you doing?" He asked as he watched her grab a Smelt with no problem.

"Oh I like to hand- fish because it brings in money and extra cooking ingredients." She smiled.

Cam laughed at her reason. He really found her quite endearing, kind of like when you meet a new friend for the first time and keep finding out tidbits about them. Lillian packed up the fish she caught and put them in her rucksack.

The three of them walked in union towards Bluebell Town. Cam, Ash and Lillian had talked about various things while walking. They were delighted to hear more about Lillian's background. They found out she had an older brother name Phillip who was helping out her family's farm in a different town. She got into a really scary accident on her way to the village and she chose to move to Konohana first because it was like her old hometown.

"Wow Lillian, you're only 18 and you still wanted to move?" Ash asked.

"Yes, I wanted to become more independent. Although it was pretty tough the first few days I decided to hold on and keep working!" She added cheerfully.

Cam admired Lillian's courage. He never really tried to leave Bluebell except for when he was traveling and studying flower arrangements, but it wasn't permanent, he had always intended to go back.

"Well here's our ranch, it's named after my mom we don't have a fancy name like your farm." Ash joked.

"Shiro is not a fancy name; I just took the name of my favorite cartoon character and shortened it." She pretended to be insulted.

"Well I better get back to the café, come stop by after you're done Lillian." Cam suggested before he ran off.

Lillian waved to Cam and walked into Jessica's ranch.

"Welcome!" Two very cheery voices greeted.

"Big brother you're back! I missed you!" A little blob flung itself at Ash.

Lillian walked up to the older woman and introduced herself, slight worry at the back of her mind, before waiting for her response.

"Well aren't you just cute, Lillian? My name is Jessica and I'm the mother of that silly boy." Jessica laughed. "Now Lillian I have one question?"

Lillian smiled. "What is that?"

"I don't normally ask this but since you're from Konohana, I have to ask… Are you here to actually shop or spy?"

Lillian's face turned as white as a glass of milk. Jessica didn't trust her, which meant she wouldn't believe her anyway. She guessed that not everyone was okay with Konohana in this town.

"Hahaha I'm kidding dear." Jessica joked. "I wouldn't dear suspect you of that, you look too sweet."

Lillian relaxed visibly. "Of course it's always the ones you least expect."

Lillian froze back up. She knew Jessica was joking again but it still scared her mercilessly.

"Mom, would you stop scaring Lillian?" Ash suddenly interjected.

"I was just having a little fun." Jessica laughed. "What would you like dear?"

"Um I wanted to buy a cow and a chick." Lillian stated.

"Okay I'll just ring you up and I'll have Ash deliver the animals to you by the end of the day." Jessica smiled.

"Thank you very much!"

Lillian looked over at Ash who still had his sister attached to him. She was very cute; blonde pigtails tied with ribbons, clear blue eyes and a cute green dress with a well made vest.

"Hi my name's Cheryl, nice to meet you, I'm Ash's little sister. Let's be friends!"

Lillian smiled at Cheryl. "Hi Cheryl I hope we'll be good friends."

Lillian looked at her watch and noticed it was still kind of early; she wanted to look around Bluebell a bit more and meet some of the other villagers. She might even bump into Rutger again, he was a very nice man, but she did like Ina more because Ina reminded her of her mom.

"Well I should get going, I'd love to walk around and meet the others in the town." Lillian said.

"Wait Lillian, I'll show you around."

Ash cheerfully ran up to Lillian about to walk out of the doors with her until Jessica's stern voice cut through him.

"Not so fast young man, you still have work to do. I let you take a break earlier but you will not slack off now."

"Aw but mom, Lillian…"

Lillian smiled at Ash. "It's okay, you have responsibilities as a rancher to help the animals and I wouldn't like it if you ignored the animals just to show me around."

"See Ash, you could learn a thing or two from Lillian. Besides you get to deliver the animals to her barn back in Konohana, so you have the whole evening to speak to her."

Ash reluctantly walked back towards the counter and waved good-bye to Lillian.

Lillian chuckled before waving good- bye and walking out of the shop. As she left the shop she noticed Cam was standing in front of the shop.

"Oh Cam, I was just going to visit you… But I wanted to look around Bluebell more." She smiled. "It's so much different from Konohana, it's very refreshing."

Cam smiled at Lillian. "Ah I've always wanted to go to Konohana one of these days; maybe you'll… give me a tour." He said shyly.

"Why of course I would, you're my friend." Lillian smiled. "By the way you wouldn't mind introducing me to the others would you?"

Cam almost rejected the idea. Not because he didn't want to hang out with Lillian —quite the opposite actually— but he was very shy, so speaking to the others actually wasn't his favorite thing to do.

"Um yeah, I don't mind doing that." Cam answered.

Lillian cheered happily before running off with Cam in various directions of the town. She took in the sights and noticed that almost everyone raised some sort of animal. She walked into a little hut and noticed two very familiar faces.

"Are you two Raul's twin brothers? He talks a lot about you two." Lillian smiled.

The two short men faced Lillian and greeted her very differently.

The one dressed in purple behind the counter flirted with her shamelessly. "Why hello, my name is Diego and I'm the oldest of the triplets." He smiled charmingly.

The other one dressed in blue waved excitedly. "I'm Enrique the youngest and the cutest of the brothers!"

Lillian giggled before introducing herself to the men. They told her it was nice to meet her and to come back whenever she wanted. Cam then showed her towards the animal shop.

"Oh hullo Cam, I can't say I'm used to seeing you here, what's the occasion?" A round man with red hair laughed merrily.

"Oh… um I, this is my friend Lillian, she wanted to meet the villagers." Cam said as he signaled to Lillian.

"Hi, my name is Lillian and I'm the new farmer over at Konohana." She smiled.

The man laughed happily. "Nice to meet you, my name's Grady and I'm the owner of the animal shop. If you ever need a horse or pet you're welcome here!"

Lillian nodded. "Thank you, you know there's an animal shop back in Konohana. He's a really dedicated guy, I like him a lot!"

Cam listened to Lillian speak. He didn't know that Konohana had similar stores to them. He watched as a young redheaded girl walked into the store.

"… His name is Kana, he's really cool." Lillian finished.

"KANA! That lily- livered no good show- off! I reckon someone needs to teach him a good lesson!"

Lillian jumped at the sound of the other girl's voice. She unconsciously stood back by Cam, who laughed at her reaction. Lillian glared at Cam before stepping from next to him and looking over at the young woman.

She had curly red hair and pretty hazel eyes. She smiled apologetically towards Lillian.

"I'm sorry I scared ya, it's jus' that Kana fella, he jus' makes me so mad!" the girl explained. "He always brags about how much care he gives his horses and I am jus' as gentle with my horses if not better than 'im."

"Oh, is that so, Kana never mentioned you to me at all." Lillian said. "But it's obvious you both love horses immensely!"

The girl smiled at Lillian. "Oh 'scuse me where are my manners. My name is Georgia; I'm the daughter of the shop owner. It's nice to see you've made a friend in Cam over here."

Lillian smiled at Cam. "Yes he was very nice to me! He knows so much about flowers, it's so impressive!"

Georgia looked over at Cam and smiled. "Well isn't that nice, you're breaking out of your shell ain't ya Cam?"

Cam said nothing and he looked away as Lillian continued to chat with Georgia and Grady. Cam was very shy but he just wasn't good at expressing himself or engaging in conversation. He couldn't tell good jokes, he wasn't cheerful and outgoing like his family and he couldn't just start up conversations like Ash.

"Well it was nice meeting you two; I hope to see you guys soon!" Lillian waved while walking back with Cam to the door.

Cam and Lillian walked together calmly talking about miscellaneous things until Lillian suddenly walked faster towards the Town Hall.

"Mayor Rutger!"

An older man most likely in his sixties stared turned around toward the voice. His blue eyes sparkled and his cheeks slowly rose as a smile made its way on his face.

"Lillian! What a pleasant surprise, I wondered when you would have paid a visit." The mayor smiled.

Lillian shared some of her experiences with Rutger and the more she spoke highly of Konohana, Rutger seemed a bit irritated and Cam seemed more intrigued in going to Konohana.

"Well it has been quite a pleasure talking to you Lillian; hopefully our next conversation will be about your new living arrangements."

Rutger cheerfully told Lillian goodbye before walking back into the Town Hall.

"Oh I'm hungry… Cam are you hungry?"

Cam shook his head but he told Lillian to come back home with him. Lillian nodded remembering that Cam lived in the café.

Lillian couldn't help but to stop outside the café and noticed the lovely floral smell that danced in the air. She spotted the flowerbeds and the small stand that had many flowers behind them.

"Cam is that your stand? It's absolutely lovely!"

Cam smiled at Lillian and thanked her for the compliment. The moment was ruined when Lillian's stomach growled loudly demanding attention. Cam took Lillian's hand and led her into the café with a laugh. He let go of her hand as soon as they entered the café and two people greeted the two of them cheerfully.

"Oh you must be Lillian, Cam mentioned you." A pretty blonde walked up to Lillian and grabbed her hands.

"It's so nice to finally meet you! My name is Laney!" The girl introduced herself. "My dad runs the café; he's only the best cook ever."

Lillian smiled. "Oh back in Konohana there's a tea shop and the owner's name is Yun. She also has the title as the best."

"Oh my, who is this adorable little thing standing in my café!" An effeminate high pitched voice called out.

Lillian looked up and came face to face with a very large man who had curly blond hair, small cheerful eyes and… ruby red lips?

"My name is Howard and I run this café."

Howard scooped Laney and Lillian into a big hug, picking both girls off the floor with ease. Laney complained and told her dad that the hug was a bit much, but Lillian hadn't mind at all, enjoying the extreme hug.

"Are you the amazing girl that Cam just seemed to go on about? I can see why, you're such a cutie!"

"Howard cut it out." Cam coughed trying to hide the pink in his cheeks.

Howard laughed before setting the girls down. "Are you a fan of sweets, Lillian?"

Lillian's ears perked at the mention of sweets. "I absolutely love a good dessert with tea!"

"Oh so you like tea?" Cam suddenly asked.

Lillian nodded happily. Cam went towards the back of the café and into a room. Howard set up one of the other tables and placed three plates of cheesecake on the table and Laney set down four cups of tea on the table.

Cam came back with a can in his hand. He placed the can in front of Lillian and smiled.

"Think of it as a late homecoming gift."

Lillian smiled at the golden tea can in her hand and put it in her rucksack. "Thank you Cam."

They all sat and conversed about different things and Lillian found out a lot about Cam. She learned that he actually disliked sweets and liked savory foods. She looked at her watch and noticed it was already 5 p.m. She excused herself and waved goodbye, promising to come back soon.

She spotted Ash loading the animals onto a transport carriage and called out to him. Ash returned the call and told her to hop on. She sat on the front of the carriage next to Ash and then he signaled the horses to move. All the way up the mountain and into Konohana, Ash and Lillian talked about interesting topics.

They reached her farm quickly, much to Ash's reluctance. She went into her house and looked over in the far corner and spotted her vase. Inside was an elegant looking flower that was a deep purple. She had gotten the flower from Reina, when the botanist spotted her staring longingly at the flower. Lillian didn't know the meaning of the flower but she felt that Cam would probably understand what she'd meant by giving it to him.

She ran out her house and caught Ash walking out of the small barn. She presented the flower to him and asked that he give it to Cam for her. Ash nodded with a promise that Cam would get the flower safely.

She smiled and wished Ash a safe journey before walking in her barn to greet her new friends, Cream and Omelet.

Back in Bluebell, Cam decided to walk over to the flowerbeds and tend to the flowers. He heard the patter of hooves coming close to him and looked up. Ash stood in front of him with his infectious smile and handed him a small purple flower. Ash winked before walking off.

"It's from Lillian, she says she doesn't know what the flower means but she hopes it's friendly."

Cam looked down at the flower with a smile. It was a nice gesture and it made him happy to know he had made an intriguing new friend.

Vinnia the flower that means "thoughts about friends."

Well this is the first chapter of Floral Arrangements. I wanted a flower that vaguely referred to new friendships. So the Vinnia made sense because it means thoughts of friends which could mean new friends, old friends or thinking about making a new friend. This is no joke but when I started the game I avoided Bluebell until Spring 4 because I was afraid they might have actually angry mobbed me out of the village. I mean did you see how Rutger and Ina interacted; That would scare any person away from the other village!

Well thanks for reading and don't forget to review!