Greenhouse Trust (Feat. Mukami Yūma)
It was the fourth day of their vacation. After the first two, Yui had found out something new about both Ayato and Laito in the process. She would be spending time with Yūma today. She was in the kitchen preparing lunch for them and had not noticed that Yūma had already left for the greenhouse. Yūma had left at sunrise without telling anyone. Reiji walked into the kitchen and saw her making lunch. “Yūma left hours ago.” He said. Yui jumped because she had not noticed that Reiji entered the kitchen.
“I did not know that but I figured that he would want to start early since he likes gardening.” Yui said with a smile. That was one thing his brothers knew and Yui noticed over time. Reiji took a mental note of that and left the kitchen. “Where is the greenhouse at Reiji-san?” She asked him.
“If I remember correctly, it should be behind the main building of the resort. Hurry up and get going.” He ordered as she finished packing the last few items into the lunch box. She wrapped up the box and then headed towards the front door of the beach house where she found Kō Azusa and Ruki waiting for her.
“Why are you running so late M Neko-chan?” Kō asked as he noticed the lunch box. He could smell the food that she prepared for them to eat for lunch.
“You should get going. We need to let her leave so she will not be any later than she already is.” Ruki added as he let Yui leave the house without delaying her any further. Yui took the opportunity and left the house without a question. She made her to the greenhouse.
Scene Change: Greenhouse
She arrived at the greenhouse and saw Yūma working already. She went to the entrance of the greenhouse and entered. “Sow, what took you so long to get here?” He asked as he continued to water the flowers. She set down the lunch box and went to grab a watering can.
“I made lunch and I did not know you left early this morning until Reiji-san told me.” Yui explained herself to Yūma. He just shook his head and finished watering the flowers. “What should I do?” She asked holding a watering can full of water. He looked at her and thought for a second. “You could go water those tomatoes over there and then water the melons. Then come help me pick the strawberries.” He said. He went over to the strawberries with a basket and started picking the ripe ones. Yui went over to the melons first and watered them then went to water the tomatoes. She put the watering can next to the one Yūma had been using. She grabbed an empty basket and went over to where Yūma. “Be carefully where you step.” He continued giving her instructions. She made her way over to Yūma without stepping on any of the strawberries. They picked all the ripe strawberries and placed them into the baskets. Once they filled their baskets, they made their way over to the other full baskets.
“You did a lot of work already.” Yui commented as she surveyed all the stuff he had harvested already. There were various fruits and vegetables. They were flowers too.
“We are supposed to deliver the flowers to a local flower shop. The vegetables and fruits will be used at the resort. We also get to take some for ourselves as well.” Yūma added. Yūma noticed the box that was wrapped up on one of the tables. “Did you make that?” He asked as he walked over to where the lunch box was and unwrapped it. He opened the box and noticed all the food inside. “So this is what you were doing?” He said as his cheeks turned a light pink color. He picked up one of the sausages and stuck it into his mouth. “This is good.” He said as he tried something else in the lunch box. It took him ten minutes to get through everything in the box. “Everyone thing is delicious.” He said complimenting her cooking.
“Thank you,” she said blushing as she ate some of the food she made. It was really delicious. She put a little extra sugar into the egg rolls. She knew he liked sugar. She decided to try a bit of everything since she did not sample anything as she was making it. Everything was delicious like Yūma said. They ate and finished everything within an hour. Yui wrapped up the box and then they got back to work. They worked for another three hours then delivered half of the fruits and vegetables to the resort. They delivered the flowers to the flower shop. The owner gave a bouquet to Yui as payment for their work. Yūma blushed again as she accepted the flowers from the owner. He was planning on getting her some flowers too similar to the bouquet the owner gave to her. They walked back to the beach house as they got closer they saw Ruki, Kō, and Azusa.
“Why are you here? Were you waiting for us?” Yūma asked his brothers.
“You could say that. Who gave her those flowers?” Ruki asked a bit suspicious of how Yui received a lovely bouquet of flowers.
“The owner of the flower shop we delivered the flowers to gave them to me Ruki-kun to thank us for the work we did.” Yui said blushing even more as she admired the flowers. “Yūma-kun, were you planning on getting me flowers too?” She asked Yūma who blushed and looked down. She just smiled and they all walked back to the beach house together. They laughed and joked around the whole walk back.
“You seem to be enjoying yourselves. Ruki, weren’t you in charge of the meal tonight.” Reiji said as they entered the house.
“Sorry, I will start the meal now. Any requests?” He asked. Kō’s face lit up. “No, Kō I will not be making you any Vongole Bianco tonight. Any other requests or I will just try something new.” Ruki added. Kō’s mood changed. “Do not get mad right now Kō. Go to your room and get cleaned up for dinner.” Ruki concluded as Kō stomped off to his room.
“You two get showered and changed for dinner.” Reiji said to Yui and Yūma. Yui headed towards her room but Yūma stopped her.
“After dinner can we go on a walk or something to talk?” Yūma asked as Yui just nodded her headed in agreement to his suggestion. She made her way to her room and got her stuff together to go shower. She headed to the bathroom where she closed and locked the door. She was aware that would not stop the others from entering while she bathed.
Two innocent yet very aware individuals have endured a long day of learning to trust each other while working in a greenhouse together. Yui got to bathe in silence because Yūma decided to stand watch and not enter the bathroom. He also kept everyone else away from the bathroom. Kō teased him about it for majority of the time Yui was bathing. Dinner happened in a perfect manner and everyone actually enjoyed Ruki’s meal. Yui and Yūma took their walk on the beach where they talked about their day. Yūma actually laughed as well at nothing important. He was a bit aware of his feelings but did not make it clear to Yui. His reward to her for a successful day in the greenhouse was letting have a free night from him drinking her blood. What could Yūma’s true feelings for Yui be? How will he finally express them to her?
