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Closing time for the Black Needle had finally came around and despite it being a rather laid back day Mizuki found himself excited to lock the door and flip off the open sign. Clear had been helping out at his bar for a few weeks now and the bartender had decided the teach Clear how to pour a few different mixed shots just for fun. He’d noted that Clear was a quick learned and figured that having another set of hands behind the bar wouldn’t be a bad thing. He waited for the android to finish his closing duties before waving him over.
“C’mere Clear, I got a treat for you!”
“Ah, really Mizuki-san! What is it?” Clear eager tone only made Mizuki smile wider, setting out a few bottles, two spoons, and two shot glasses.
“You’ve been doing really good with your work, so I figured I’d teach you how to pour some shots after hours. Having this kind of skill will increase your tips, and…well…” he blushed again, coughing into a balled up fist to chase away a stutter. “It’d been nice to spend some time alone, just me an you. Alone…yeah…um, anyway…”
Clear’s giggle broke Mizuki’s nervous ramble and he was more than a little pleased to see a blush painting those pale cheeks. He motioned for Clear to take a seat, sliding him his own glass and spoon before starting off.
“Ok, this is a bit of a special shot, but I kinda wanted your first pour to be memorable.”
“Ah, really~? What is it Mizuki-san?” The pale man was leaning clear across the counter now and Mizuki had to laugh a bit, urging him back a bit.
“Patience, I’ll tell you at the end! So first..” He set the shot glass in front of him, pausing for Clear to mimic the action. “..you take your creme de cacao - ah, and make sure you use the white and not the dark, it’s important - and fill the glass just about half way….there…” he handed the glass bottle over to Clear, watching in amusement as he sniffed the liquid after pouring, wrinkling his nose a bit.
“Very good, now you take your spoon like this…” he took said spoon and turned it upside down at an angle over the creme de cacao “…and pour the amaretto slowly on the bottom of the spoon, see it makes a layer like this.” Clear got it right the first go and Mizuki nodded his approval at the band of amber liqueur.
“Very nice…now let it settle for a second. Perfect. Now do the upside down spoon thing again and slowly pour the Irish Cream on top of the amaretto like so. See? Three layers - Creme de Cacao bottom, Amaretto middle, and Bailey’s Irish Cream top, this particular stacking is important. Here.” He handed of the bottle and hummed his pleasure as Clear poured another perfect layer much to the androids delight.
“This isn’t hard at all Mizu-san!”
The nickname made him blush and despite his goofy grin he attempted to wave it off. “Ah..n-no, it’s not. The next step is a little tricky though. Watch.” he took a bottle of red liquid and opened it, pouring it into the actual bottle cap. “You take this and just pout tiny bits at a time, and it streaks through the layers and makes little-“
He was cut off by an excited gasp, Clear leaning comically close to Mizuki’s glass. “Uwah, Mizuki-san that is so neat!”
“Heh, it is…now you try..”
Clear poured himself a cap full of the grenadine and tried his hand at free pouring into the glass, ‘oh-ing’ at the streaks that were formed. As he recapped the sugar syrup Mizuki made a little show of inspecting Clears handiwork and nodding his approval.
“Perfect job, congratulations you just poured your first jellyfish!”
"What?! Oh, Mizuki-san, thank you! That’s was really fun to learn!” The android was practically vibrating with excitement and Mizuki didn’t bother holding back a full bodied laugh at the cute display.
“I’m glad, but the best part of these lessons is you get to drink the finished product. Bottoms up!”
“Cheers!” they clinked glasses and threw back their shots, Mizuki out of years of practice and Clear out of keen observation. The pink-eyed man smacked his lips appreciatively as the flavor afterwords. “It’s sweet! I hope I get to make these for a lot of people!”
“Me too Clear, hey…” Mizuki felt his nerve strengthen a bit in the comfortable air of the bar, leaning forward a bit and catching Clear’s attention. The androids expression shyed a bit at the closeness, eyes flicking to the table top before looking up to meat sea foam green. “Would you like to learn one more tonight? It’s really simple.”
“It’s called a Bartenders Kiss, lean forward and let me show you how it’s done.”
