A/N: Part of a drabble challenge from a couple of years ago
"Fuu, what do you like about Ferio?" Hikaru asked.
It was just her and Fuu in her room at the dojo. Fuu was reading a book while Hikaru dangled her head from her bed, seeing the world upside-down. Umi was running late, but they didn't mind the time together.
Fuu glanced over the edge of her book at Hikaru, surprised by the question. She was sitting in the doorway leading to the enclosed garden, a slight breeze rustling the leaves of the trees, halfway in the room and half out of it, and let the book fall against her chest, "Why do you ask, Hikaru?"
Hikaru shrugged, kicking her legs on her bed, "No real reason. I mean, I know you like each other, and your relationship began so smoothly and cleanly, but I don't think you ever really mentioned what you liked about him."
"Smoothly?" Fuu asked, smirking.
Hikaru nodded enthusiastically, "Yeah! I mean, your guys' connection was apparent immediately, and the balance you two have! Even in the Forest of Silence, where you were slipping he was covering you, and vice versa!"
Hikaru grinned when she noticed Fuu's blush, "It was kind of like watching a dance or something."
Fuu rolled her eyes, "Oh now you're just exaggerating."
"Am not!" Hikaru replied, sticking her tongue out at her friend and rolling over so she was right-side-up again., "Ask anyone else! They'll tell you the same thing."
Fuu rolled her eyes again, smiling.
There was a pause as Fuu stared absently out into the garden.
"C'mon, Fuu," she heard Hikaru quietly encourage her, "What're the Prince's virtues?"
Fuu giggled at her, and shook her head, "I don't know. I mean, it's like you said earlier; our relationship is…easy."
Hikaru arched an eyebrow at her, "Well that's a bit dull."
Fuu made a face at her, "I think you've been spending too much time watching those TV dramas with Umi. And I wasn't finished."
Hikaru held her hands up, conceding, then pretended to zip her lips closed.
Fuu rolled her eyes at her and sighed, "Like I said, it is easy. And we do have some sort of connection that neither of us can explain. You know, even when our relationship isn't easy, and we fight and we try to avoid each other, it's like we just…can't. We always find each other. Now, for what I like about him, as he is…he makes me feel…normal. Even within the circumstances for our meeting, and our cultures clashing, and even my habits, he's never made me feel strange. He takes everything in stride. It's like…when I'm with him, it's just like I've been away from home for a while and while I was away, I picked up habits that he's not used to but he's willing to work with and around them."
She pauses, thinking over her words, and smiles, "That's what I like about him, Hikaru. When I'm with him, I feel like I'm home."