Kaiju No Hanauta｜怪獣の花唄

Green Tea

Green tea taste light, grassy, vegetal, sometimes slightly sweet, or nutty.
Over-steeping it would become astringent due to over-extraction of tannins.

"You're drinking that plain?"

You paused midway through your tea steeping. Turning around you saw an unfamiliar face sitting at your bar, waiting to be serve. She has short grayish pink hair and oddly distinct pink eyes with black rings.

She looks pretty, but you should know by now that you shouldn't judge a devil by their looks. And you already gave up asking how they like to appear out of nowhere.

So, you nodded your head. "I like it plain." You continue pouring the hot water in and leave it aside to steep before tending the newly arrived devil.

"How can I help you?" You asked as you lean on your bar.

"What do you offer?" The lady looks around your shop, looking at the flower decorations and jars of tea leaves.

"Mostly teas."

"How about food?" She noticed an oven underneath the counter.

"Blueberry Muffins?" You grabbed an apron and sees lady nodded her head.

"How do I pay you?"

"I only receive stories as payment." Opening the oven, a fresh waft of blueberry came.

"Then I'll tell you about my sisters." The lady says.

"Your sisters?" You raised a brow as you grab 2 of the muffins out from the oven.

"Yeah, I have three of them. Two younger and another elder."

"Middle child huh, you must have a lot stories." You smiled and placed the plate of muffins in front of her with a small fork.

She nodded again, but before she tells you anything, a loud gunshot was heard.

You both paused at the noise and the lady sighed. "That's one of my sisters." The lady ignored the fork and took the muffin with her barehand.

"She..."

"She is involved in the war with Chainsaw." She took the first bite, and you notice how her brows were raised slightly.

" Ah, an active lunatic huh. I'm fine with it as long as the fight stays away from my shop."

"Well, not like I can do anything about it." She shrugs and takes another bite.

"Why not?" You pour yourself a cup of tea and sat across her.

"They're willing to do anything to get their hands on their desire, the last thing they do is listening."

"Sounds like a handful."

"They are. Anyway, why tea?" The lady asked, opening the paper wrapper of the second muffin.

"What do you mean?"

"Why open a tea shop? It's just leaves in hot water." She asked, munching the last bite of the muffin, didn't even notice the blueberry stain on her cheek.

You chuckled and grabbed a napkin. "Yes, it's just leaves in hot water."

And cleaned that blueberry stain on her cheek. For a moment the lady got caught off guard.