I know you didn’t mean it in a ship way but-
“Until Cherry decides to help him” 👀
Whenever I post I feel like I need to add in a quick little- "if you take this in a ship direction/direction i didn't intend for then plow forward in that direction!"
As a little treat I shall provide some GearBlossom content:
Okay anything teacher/student or mentor/student related? These two basically own it.
Cherry quickly finding out that he adores spoiling Reki? Yes. Please. Give it to me now.
Anyway- back to the au (which was originally renga but pfft now we are doing this)- Reki goes to Cherry seeking a job because it turns out he is far too clumsy to be a waiter for Joe and apparently his style doesn't mesh well for a florist shop... Tadashi’s job seems boring and Reki is still a little weirded out thanks to the love hotel incident.
He is just trying to figure out what to do with himself and Cherry seems like he has it all together (and also Cherry is an artist and it would be super cute for them to connect over that).
So Reki, freshly broken up with and disappointed by the other idiots friends in his life, goes to Cherry. His only mission really is to learn and try and get an idea of what he wants to do with himself. Cherry originally doesn't want to help, but Reki is stubborn and doesn't give up and honestly it reminds Cherry of someone else in his life. He takes Reki in as a student of sorts. Mainly helping with board builds and being a bit of a life coach.
They grow closer and Cherry finds him... ~amusing~. A couple years pass until Reki’s birthday rolls around and he drops in with a bottle of wine.
"Reki you aren't permitted to drink in here. It is illegal-"
"Reki just turned 20 years old master" Carla chimes in helpfully.
"I thought we could celebrate" Reki has this easy grin. He has a stubble on his chin and this soft look in his eyes. There is no way wine is a good idea, but Reki clearly took time choosing it out and Cherry has a hard time saying no to the boy these days.
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