Title: Orange Pekoe Tea
Series: Sukisyo
Character/Pairing: SoushiMatsuri
A/N: written after reading Kizu's translation of their White Flower drama epilogue. Circa 06? 07? Somewhere about there.
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Soushi lets the tea steep. The fragrance is soft and pleasing, one of his favorite brands, this time. There's always enough water boiled nearby should Matsuri drop in unexpectedly.
It's amusing, he thinks. – There's a camera from Matsuri's last visit on the bedstand and a red sweater on the chair that clashed with his hair but still managed to look elegant. There's cologne that isn't his and sits on the bedstand, something that smells like sandalwood and with a name which he can never remember, there's paperbacks – mysteries and dramas and even the occasional classic which have found themselves curled up against the countless books of law that populate his office and apartment. Chapstick (who else would have something popcorn scented?) and white hand soap, a hairbrush on the bathroom counter with a few long blond hairs still woven into it.
"There's more of you here than there" he says, and chuckles. "Or maybe you're just making sure I don't forget you"
Taking a sip, he smiled inwardly. Yes, that's just like you, isn't it, Matsuri?