Thomas Hemming was walking on eggshells this whole morning. Every flower had to be perfect, which isn’t a problem for Thomas, but it was the timing and the stress of the situation, and everybody else preparing under stress and a short timeline that got him like this. The girls were already in the castle and the garden was all set up and watered, and watering the garden is extremely hard becuase it’s huge and full of flowers that need to be watered and hedge mazes that needed to be shaped perfectly and constantly shaved. Thomas was all but ready to plop down on his bed and take a long nap to have some sleep since he wasn’t able to sleep at all last night, but as soon as his head hit the pillow he realized what kept him awake that night … *“Verdammt! I forgot to water the flowers on the outside of the windows.” He shot up from his bed and put his clothes back on. The flowers weren’t important for the girl’s arrival so for a few days he either put off watering those flowers or he forgot to, but he knows if he doesn’t water them again they would go dry, and that’s a shame because they’re such beautiful flowers. He watered some of them, but he had to be careful while he was watering the ones outside the room where the Ladies were currently meeting. Seeing him wouldn’t be a travesty, but he didn’t want to be noticed working on these flowers, and he felt that being noticed would make the ladies think he’s a peeping Tom looking in through the window. He knelt down to weed the area underneath one of the windows and when he stood back up he was caught working there by a lady that wasn’t there when he knelt down, one that wasn’t looking through the window but was both close enough and in the right position to notice and probably be frightened by a man suddenly appearing an inch outside the window. I suppose he forgot he was supposed to be secret, but he is pretty tired and forgetting yourself is easy when you’re very tired.
@Meekepeek - Saruna