Anime Drabbles, Ficlets & One Shots

Seiichi Yukimura ~ Planting Orchids

Genre: Friendship, Fluff 

Word Count: 1,666 

Pairing: Reader x Yukimura 

World: Anime, Prince of Tennis 

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A smile made its way to your lips as you looked down at the garden that lay in front of you. School had ended and the only students that remained were people belonging to after school clubs. You were one of them, belonging to the gardening club. Gardening has always been a passion of mine ever since you were a child. Flowers are just so beautiful and delicate.

"They're beautiful," a soft voice flowed over your shoulder.

Looking up, you locked eyes with your classmate Seiichi Yukimura. You looked back down, your fingers lightly brushing against the petals of a hydrangea. "Thank you, I worked hard to get them to grow."

He smiled, kneeling down next to you. "This is your garden, then?"

You nodded. "It is. Gardening always makes me happy and keeps me feeling calm."

"I can understand that." he gazed at the hydrangea between your fingers with a somewhat longing expression.

"You like gardening, Yukimura-san?" you questioned, gazing over at the blue-haired boy.

"I love it."

"Why don't you join the gardening club?"

He shook his head with a sad expression. "Unfortunately, I don't have any free time to dedicate to gardening between the tennis club and school."

"Oh, I see."

You had forgotten about Yukimura being the captain of the tennis team. Being on the team itself is time-consuming, but being the captain probably took up most every ounce of free time he had. Maybe that's why Sanada was so uptight.

"Y/N-chan?"

"Hmm?"

He chuckled, poking your forehead. "You zoned out on me."

"O-Oh! Sorry, Yukimura-san." you blushed, rubbing the back of your head sheepishly.

"Well, I should get back to practice so I can make sure no one is slacking off. It was nice talking to you, Y/N-chan."

"Bye, Yukimura-san."

He sent you one last smile before heading for the door.

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You smiled brightly as you carried plant seeds in your pocket, heading for the school. You were so excited to get them planted that you headed for the school as soon as the sun started to peek over the horizon. A couple of honor students and teachers were there but, other than that, the school was pretty much empty.

After grabbing the equipment you'd need from the shed, you headed up to the roof, choosing a bare spot in the square garden pot, pulling the seed packet out of your pocket and setting them down beside you. Now, to get to work! You dug the first small hole, dropping a couple of seeds into it before packing the dirt on top of it.

"What are you planting?"

You jumped at the voice, not having heard the roof door creaking open. Yukimura was standing behind you.

"Carnations, chrysanthemums, iris' and lisianthus."

He smiled, kneeling down beside you. "Do you mind if I help?"

"I don't mind at all!"

For the next hour and a half, you and Yukimura planted the seeds and shared pleasant conversation. The main topic was about flowers, but your conversation did branch out and Yukimura told you about the tennis team members.