Title: Tea
By: akinosora01
Category: Hana Yori Dango
Status: Complete
Chapters: 1
Author's Note:
I'm more emotionally invested in the Yi Jung/Ga Eul storyline, but I have a soft spot for Soujirou/Yuuki.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of the Hana Yori Dango franchise.
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Tea
Yuuki's attempt at tea ceremony is much like the girl herself: clumsy yet sincere.
Soujirou hides his smile with a cough, readjusting his kimono as he watches Yuuki carefully measure out the matcha powder to whisk the tea. This is her third attempt at making it, but he has time: he can wait.
He does, though, approve of the persimmon-shaped omogashi that Yuki has made to accompany the tea. While simple, the wagashi is beautifully made, the bean paste fine and smooth, with the slightest sheen.
"I'm so sorry, Nishikado-san," Yuuki stammers, unable to look up as she's whisking the tea powder with a little bit of the hot water. "I know I practiced…"
The tips of her ears are visibly red, and Soujiro finds that strangely endearing. Over the months he has seen her, it's the little things he is noticing, and slowly, slowly, she is filling the empty niches of his fractured heart.
(She doesn't need to know that, though. Not yet.)
When Yuuki, flustered, stutters that she has messed up again, that she's so sorry, and moves to fetch another bowl, he scoots forward and takes her hand, smiling at the doe-like expression on her face, and demonstrates how to properly whisk the tea.
When she does fumble while getting another bowl, Soujiro sits back and enjoys the pretty blush dusting her cheeks.
He could definitely get used to this.