/jp/ - Otaku Culture

You always kept your word and in Gensokyo as its a small place being known as a man of your word goes a long way in smoothing things out with its natives. Naturally despite your relatively minor hangover from the cherry blossom viewing the night before and the exhaustion stemming from walking back home in the dead of night after helping wrangle up the drunk you downed a kappa made energy drink a bit before noon and set off, determined to make good on your promise of an afternoon teatime. Spiting the faintly throbbing hangover you find yourself at the base of the foothill the shrine is nestled on and lured with the promises of tea and good company you begin your climb with the dango you purchased for this occasion gently swaying in your bag. It didn't take long to reach the top and you figured Reimu must still be resting as seeing how there was still some trash and blankets scattered around the yard, and although you wanted to greet the girl you've become determined to spend your life with you figured theres no point in waking her up while she's recovering and get to gathering the trash and folding blankets.
It didn't take long to finish your task maybe only half an hour or a bit more thanks to the wind making folding them a bit troublesome but you gather them all and with one blanket having trash bundled in it you take it to to the house behind the main shrine. You naturally feel a bit of apprehension at venturing so close to the home of the girl you just confessed too in a drunken haze you but you know you won't get anywhere by dallying and theres little doubt she won't appreciate your actions in cleaning the yard. Following the path behind the shrine and turning the bend the stack of blankets made seeing infront of you hard so you just trust the stone path you can see and occasionally peak around the pile to guide yourself, which is probably why you didn't see the blonde magician resting lazily on the veranda and soaking up the sun until you put down your burden. You both make eye contact and with an "ehhh....." the light of recognition fills her eyes and she exclaims, "Ah, its the playboy ze!", more then a little embarrassed you feel a slight blush creep over your face and an awkward smile despite your best efforts and after ordering your thoughts a bit you reply, "I suppose thats me... Reimu invited me over for tea today but is this a bad time?". With a mischievous grin the girl you vaguely remember was named Marisa saunters inside and calls out walking towards a closed set of sliding doors, "Reimu~ your boyfriend is here to play!~" and enters the room closing the doors behind her, you hear a bit of paniced conversation on the otherside, recognizing Reimu's voice as the one sounding rushed.
Perhaps it was the embarrassment of shuffling around the veranda of the home of a women you just confessed to without a certain answer back, or that her friend was in there teasing the normally stoic miko while she undoubtedly dressed in a hurry but it felt like you were there for hours. Walking out with a faint blush with Marisa wearing a wide teasing grin Reimu makes eye contact with you and despite her blush growing a bit bigger she says with practiced ease of appearing calm, "Since you're already here I might as well put on some tea for us all...". As Reimu said that and made her way to the kitchen seemingly trying to avoid looking into your eyes Marisa raises up an arm and with a glint of mischievousness in her eyes loudly proclaims, "Ah actually I remember I had something to do today, so i'll be on my way ze~" and before Reimu could finish saying "wait thats not what you said!" Marissa took off on her broom leaving only a "don't have too much fun!" in her wake. In that moment you couldn't help but think a flustered Reimu was the cutest sight you've seen so far.
For you what comes next in your memory was simply taking a seat with Reimu still avoiding your eyes and the atmosphere becoming rather awkward as she heated up some water. Despite how slow time felt you knew it wasn't long till the kettle started steaming, it was as she started silently reaching into a cupboard for some snacks that you remembered the dango you brought over and clearing your throat with seemed to cause Reimu to jump a bit you mention matter-of-factly, "I picked up some nice dango by the way, theres a good shop in the village close to the square thats nice." and with nothing but a short "ah" she retracts her delicate hand and carries the tea on a tray over to the table in her living room. Reimu joins you at the table sitting down on the opposite end, but by this time her expressionless mask was back on. You knew you had to take initiative so you blurted out the first thing you could, "I was real happy when you wanted to invite me over again, I didn't think you'd remember" with a blush once again creeping on her face she mumbles, "I didn't think you'd remember that either..." and in an even smaller voice you hear "but i'm glad you did..."