Dsiclaimer: Not mine
Notes: Written for capncosmo on LiveJournal in an attempt to aid her in her Akashi/Sakura fan essay.
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It wasn't something he could hold in his hand, but it was Precious.
It wasn't something he saw often, either. That only made those rare occasions that he brought it to light even more special. His mission to find this particular Precious was not an easy (but if it was, it would take all the fun out of it) task, but it would be worth it even if it took the rest of his life-- and there were times when he thought it would.
So he was somewhat surprised one day when it seemed to come effortlessly, when the other three members of their team were eating-- Masumi was removing the peas from his lunch one spoonful at a time until Souta craned his neck to eat one of the spoonfuls, and Natsuki burst out loud at Souta's raised eyebrow and Masumi's red face-- and Sakura's face lit up beautifully.
Chief Akashi came up behind her. "Sakura, are you smiling?"
Just like that, it was gone. "Of course not. There is nothing amusing in three-fifths of our team acting like children."
With that she was gone, claiming that the paperwork piling up wasn't going to finish itself. However, when she looked at him over her shoulder for a second, and he saw an upward twist to her lips, there was no doubt in his mind that Sakura's smiles were the greatest Precious.