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Sweet tea and a happy grin
Klueless

Jiroh loves to drink tea for two main reasons. First he loves adding sugar cubes and watching them disappear, and second he loves how sweet it tasted with all the sugar added. Throughout this year, Jiroh came over to drink tea; and I had gotten used to drinking it. I had never been a big fan of tea, especially sweet tea, but one thing made me start liking it.

"Ne, Atobe. Could I add some sugar into your tea?"

Jiroh looked up at me and asked, after he finished adding about twenty sugar cubes to his.

"Of course."

I answered. And Jiroh would place in a sugar cube and watch, as it would slowly get smaller, and then disappear. He would add another and another. No matter how many times he did it, it seemed to fascinate him. I had noticed that the strangest things caught his attention. He looked up from my teacup, and flashed me a grin.

He kept putting in more sugar cubes, and he commented on some of the ones that were more interesting than others. Even though to me, they all looked the same. But I just nodded, and agreed.

Jiroh placed in another sugar cube, but it took longer for it to dissolve. And once it did, I saw the color of my tea had changed from a light clear brown it started out as, to a murky whiter brown.

"I guess that's the last sugar cube!"

Jiroh looked up and showed me a great big grin.

"I guess so."

"Now, we can finally drink our tea together."

Jiroh picked up a spoon, and stirred up his tea, then next mine. He brought up the spoon to his mouth and licked it.

"Perfect! I just love sweet tea, don't you?"

A few months ago the answer would have been 'no, I hate tea. Especially sweet tea.' But something had changed, and the way Jiroh asked me made me agree with him.

"Yes, I love it."

We took a sip together, and he showed me a happy grin. And I contently took another sip, and smiled. Not the usual smirk, but an actual smile. I wonder again, if I really still don't like sweet tea. Or maybe it was just seeing that happy grin, when we were able to drink sweet tea together that I liked.

AN-I'm not sure if Jioh likes sweet tea, and if Atobe doesn't, but in my fic they do. -