9 | Tea Shop Date

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It's a Saturday morning, I usually would be sleeping in but there is someplace I want to go before training this afternoon

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It's a Saturday morning, I usually would be sleeping in but there is someplace I want to go before training this afternoon.

Today is one of those days, I woke up in a great mood and I have nice expectations for how I want today to go.

I hopped in a taxi and requested a location.

I arrived at an old house covered in ivy that's wedged between two larger buildings. It doesn't look inviting but this house is actually a Café.

This café is special because it offers the Phantom Black Tea, "Imperial Golden Tips". It's an expensive tea. From what I've read about it, it tastes as good as it sounds.
I have got to try it!

Before entering I send a distressed sounding text to Todoroki.

There's not gonna be trouble or anything, I just want him to get here. I'd probably never get him to agree to come out for tea at 8:00 am on a Saturday if I asked politely.

It's an evil tactic, but evil is what I do.

I walk in and find the place totally empty, spare the tiny 70-year-old owner. She's sitting behind a large wooden Gongfu style tea table sipping tea from a very small cup. Soft music is playing in the background.

"May I try your Phantom Black 'Imperial Golden Tips' tea ma'am? Two cups please, I'm expecting a friend" I say loudly but in a sweet voice. I'm not sure if her tea drinking habits have helped slow her aging or not. She looked so wrinkly and well old.

The woman comes back with two cups and a jar of loose leaf tea. I watch as her skilled hands prepare the tea leaves for drinking. The atmosphere is calming. After a few minutes, I am happily sipping on my hot tea.

The stillness of the room is disturbed by the door opening and a figure stepping through the threshold.

He actually came, I'm surprised. He looks like he just got out of bed with his hair in a messy cowlick.

I stood up and walked to him smiling. His face, however, was in a scowl.

"I know I know, I'm sorry for lying about the distress call. I have tea waiting for you though!" I tried to lighten his mood. Of course, it didn't work.

"For all, I knew you were being attacked, Suzuki. Don't do that again. I'm serious." His calm tone made me feel as though I was being scolded by a parent. I nodded my head sheepishly.

"I'm sorry, Icy Hot."

I walked back to my seat, once we were both seated the owner filled our cups.

"You called me here for tea?" The irritation was all over his face.

"Not just any tea, this is Phantom Black Tea 'Imperial Golden Tips'." I closed my eyes and enjoyed the smell of the leaf water.

"That's a bad look for you, why don't you try smiling instead?" I teased him.

I found Todoroki enjoying the tea as much as I did. We've never actually talked about things we like before. Maybe it's time we become friends.

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