Me: Request from Cocopop55. Calling this pairing Misakai. It makes sense, the name! Takes place sometime in season 1. I don't own Cardfight! Vanguard or Cray Heroes would be the next season after Link Joker.
Astral: You could always call it Kaisaki.
Me: Nah, I like Misakai better! Sounds nice. Misakai!
"This is a bit ridiculous, don't you think?" Misaki Tokura, the lavender-haired woman of Team Q4 said to her idiotic uncle. "Besides, you're always the one going on about water and foods ruining the cards."
"Which is why you'll be handling it! That way no accidents happen!" Her uncle, the (hard to believe) manager of Card Capital answered.
"You have some common sense this time." She mumbled. Letting him near any sort of machinery always ended up bad. He could barely manage the cash register by himself. And how he brought in a coffee machine, which was supposed to help with business and, very unlikely, make the people hyped up enough to play more cardfights.
"Don't be like that Misaki! Just ask the customers if they want some and we'll be making more money in no time!" The manager laughed and walked off to the storage room. "Now where did I leave those instructions…"
Misaki sighed, then examined the machine. It was black, sleek, and came with a cookbook for the coffee which her uncle had, not surprisingly, lost. Well, now what were they gonna do with it? He had wasted $300 dollars on it, and it was going to go straight to the garbage dump now.
"What's that?" She looked up from the machine to see the two Hitsue Middle teens, the blonde waving happily and the brown-haired one looking as stoic as ever.
"Welcome." Misaki said, then looked back at the machine. "It's a coffee machine. Shin thought it could bring in more customers."
"Oh really! Won't the drink ruin the cards if it spills?"
"That's what I said." Misaki sighed. "He doesn't listen. I need to put up a sign that says be careful with the drinks."
"Well then, I'll have one! Kai, what about you?" Miwa elbowed his friend, who was looking at the cardfights happening instead of the current conversation.
"Sure, whatever." Kai replied. "Blue Mountain, dark roast. Two tablespoons of cream."
Misaki looked at him blankly. "Um…"
Miwa cocked his head. "What's wrong? Is Kai making things complicated again?"
"Of course not."
"It's not that, it's just…" Misaki took out a bag of coffee beans from underneath the counter. "Shin lost the instructions on how to make coffee. It has something to do with beans and water, from what I've heard, but I don't know how to actually make them."
"Well, figures manager would do something like that." Miwa said, then chuckled when the cat sleeping on the counter woke up and meowed at him. "Oh, I mean assistant manger." The cat meowed again, content, and went back to sleep.
Kai put his bag down, then walked behind the counter to Misaki. "Find a coffee bean filter." He said.
"What are you doing?" Misaki asked.
"I need some coffee, so I'll just make some." Kai said. Misaki didn't know what to make of the situation, but decided to go with it. She handed the paper cup to him, and he measured out an exact amount, pouring it into the cup and then placing it in the machine.
"You need 6 cups of hot water and 2 cups of milk now." Kai said. Misaki shrugged, then went into the back room to get the ingredients. She brought them back, then put the water into the coffee maker.
"Pour the milk in slowly while setting it to a slow grind."
"Sure." Misaki pressed a button and began pouring the milk into the slot with the beans in it.
"Not like that. You need to do it slower." Kai reached over her and took her hand, guiding her to pour the milk slower. Misaki's face turned red slightly from their hands touching, but continued with the making. When the milk was all inside the machine, Kai let go of her hand and shut the lid.
"It'll be a short while now." Kai said.
"Woah Kai! When'd you learn how to make that?" Miwa commented.
"Hmph. Knowing how to make coffee is simple." Kai said in his usual fashion, although there was a tiny touch of bragging evident in his tone.
The coffee maker made a small ding, and Kai looked at it. "Coffee's done." He said simply, taking the jug of freshly-made coffee and pouring it into two cups. "Here." Kai handed one of the cups to Misaki.
Misaki accepted the cup and took a delicate sip. "It's delicious." She said, surprised.
"Of course." Kai responded, drinking his.
"Hey, don't I get some?" Miwa complained.
"The recipe only makes two. Too bad." Kai said, ignoring his friend.
Misaki looked down at the swirling, dark liquid in her cup. She breathed in the bitter-sweet fumes, and relaxed. "Thank you." She said to Kai.
Kai looked at her. The end of his lip curled up slighly, almost into a smile. "You're welcome." He said.
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