Petals and thorns

Arc was certainly used to the relationship between his sister and her boyfriend by now so he hardly even noticed when they started making eyes at each other until Scylla made a comment about it. He chuckled a little and was about to get back to his search for herbs and plants when Scylla added a quip about flirting with him in turn and caught him off guard with her tail trailing under his chin. He blinked with surprise and gave her a sly—if slightly bashful—grin. It was hard to refocus after that, but after looking around a bit more he found a spot where it looked like some lavender was at least trying to go. The stems were pretty short and the few buds he saw weren’t fully opened. Still, that smell of lavender was unmistakable. “It doesn’t look like it’s ready to pull from yet, but there’s some lavender over here,” he called back to Tira over his shoulder.