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Three Wishes Or You

Special 1- Tea time from Natsuki's POV

Nimara

I technically lost the concept of time awhile back and it wasn't until recently that I slowly gained it back in the most unusual way. Some people cut their days up into hours and minutes and that was the standard concept of time. I no longer had use for that type of system, being stuck in this sort of peculiar limbo. She seemed to have a different concept of time, though, that I felt I had been dragged in to. Sometimes I don't even think she knows how her mind and body splits her day up for her. For some, they run on clock-time. For her, she runs on tea-time. Tea-time! I didn't notice it until at least a week after I met her but I knew something was unusual about the way she ran the house. It was extremely precise in this absolutely ridiculous fashion. Tea-time divided the day into five parts. The constant and genius rhythm of it was almost as beautiful as she was.

8:20 am (give or take a minute or two) : She trudges into the kitchen with sleep still in her eyes and boils water for her morning tea. She takes that tea with her a light and simple breakfast; miso broth with daikon (to my dismay) and a slice of toast.

11:10 am: She returns to the kitchen for a snack of fruit. Without fail she preps for another batch of flavorful tea, which I discovered would always compliment her choice of fruit. The first time I met her happened to be right before her second tea which explains the strawberries she had taken out.

1:32 pm: And yes, I really do mean the thirty-second minute. It doesn't seem to matter what she is doing, but at 1:30 pm she will clean up whatever she it is and head to the kitchen. Water is on the stove once again and she prepares lunch at the same time.

4:45 pm: This was actually the first time I began to notice her pattern of behavior. At 4:00pm I watch television, always a crime show (by the way, there are great visual effects this generation). When 4:45 pm rolls around, my show is almost always on a commercial break and I can hear the faucet running to fill the kettle with water. "Ara, that show again, Natsuki? Maybe you wish to become a special investigator?" She chimes from the kitchen. Someday I will answer back, "Ara, tea time again, Shizuru? Maybe you wish to become like a tealeaf?"

She doesn't take any type of meal or snack with this particular tea. Dinner time, her final meal, is almost never at a consistent time. She will begin to cook dinner anywhere between 5:00 and 8:00 pm but never has tea with it. You know what this woman needs besides more tea? A dog.

9:30 pm: Last tea of the day. She used to drink black tea then take sleeping pills before she went to bed. Now, under my advising, she takes chamomile with honey and lemon. Wondering if the house smells like tea? It does. Or rather it smells like Shizuru but Shizuru smells like tea.

And so, that is how she has divided her day. So far I have not been able to witness an event that conflicts with her tea time. I wonder what would happen then. The world may just implode on itself. As this is how her concept of time works, it is now how my concept of time works. As odd and silly as the entire thing may be, I find it comfortable. Maybe this is why I plan my own day around tea-time just so I can be there to sit down with her while she has her tea. The future is pretty unknown for us and especially for me. For now, I'll just enjoy life as it is with Shizuru…not one day at a time but one tea at a time.

Beta's Note (graceful amethyst):….Awh. Cute. D:

Nimara: Haha, dun cry.

A/N: Here is a little taste of how the special chapters will be like. This one is exceptionally short, if anything the chapters will be usually longer than the regular chapters. I just wanted to give a little warmup on Natsuki's thoughts and help ease into these chapters. I know I said I would released it later this week but I felt that you guys should get a chapter early for once. The next chapter will be up in a week and a half, two weeks. Any questions or comments are greatly appreciated! If there is anything you would like to see or have cleared up in teh next few chapters, send me a note!

Once again, thanks to all the wonderful reviews! I can't believe how successful this story has become and appreciate every moment.

Review Replies:

Jules- HIII! Nice to hear from you again. I like that 'fit' comment as well. I was actually one of my favorites. hehe

-Nimara