Title: every little thing
Rating: G
Fandom: Flowers
Relationship: Takasaki Chidori/Yaegaki Erika
Wordcount: 405
Short summary: Chidori has filled out her survey form about her Amitié, but she still thinks about two of the questions.
How would you describe your Amitié?
Chidori has already completed and turned in her survey form, but that question still sticks in her mind. There wasn’t anything that she wrote down that Erika doesn’t already know, but the exercise of trying to pin down her Erika in just a few words or sentences continues on in her mind. The top adjectives she thinks of sound negative or maybe neutral at best: stubborn, self-centered, sarcastic, tricky, proud. But underneath all these characteristics is Erika’s heart, which only a few people get to touch and experience. Erika’s kindness, empathy. Absolute loyalty.
Chidori had written something along the lines of Erika being a “known” quantity, a steady presence that keeps things with a fresh, unique perspective. A “rock” of sorts, to hold on as an anchor. Although others, including Erika, would probably describe Chidori with many of the same adjectives. So how do two stubborn, self-centered, proud people work so well together?
Because they know each other so well. Because they trust each other. Because of their loyalty to one another.
If you could change something about your Amitié, what would it be?
Another question that Chidori had mulled over. She could have left this response blank. Frankly if something changed about Erika, it’d no longer be her Erika, right? But she wrote a little wish that Erika could show a little more affection openly.
Because of Erika’s pride, Chidori knows she sometimes has to push and pull for scraps of affection. She knows Erika feels something between embarrassment and not wanting to lose. Still, any little smile or a little touch makes Chidori so happy. It might not seem like a lot, but no one else pulls these things out of Erika. No one else is able to because Erika doesn’t love anyone else as much as she loves Chidori.
Later this week they’ll have their one-on-one meetings with the teachers to talk about these survey forms. Chidori is sure Erika will be asked about these responses, and she’ll hear some complaints from Erika in turn. But Chidori is also counting on Erika’s ability to read between the lines. Because Erika’s not going to lower her pride. But if she does give Chidori a little bit more… If a smile appears a little more often, or a touch lasts a little longer… Chidori’s avarice has no bounds; she will gladly take in each and every little thing.