Madatobi tea shop AU where Tobirama brews terrible tea because he simply brews it the way he likes it, oversteeped and bitter.
Despite Hashirama begging him to change his ways he never actually does anything to stop him and will never hesitate to take a cup whenever Tobirama offers him one.
Mito on the other hand is not shy about declining a cup and would rather indulge in the iced lattes while Touka will outright tell him his tea making skills are ass.
Hashirama works in research and development a the hospital and Mito heads her own department for forensics and Touka passed the bar exam a year ago and took a gap year to enjoy whatever she has going on with the Dean of students that no one cares to think too much about.
Hashirama man's the register and the advertisement at the teashop and Mito takes care of the ordering and inventory while Touka excels at making the wraps and sandwiches that can be purchased with any tea order.
Tobirama takes care of the tea.
Just the tea.
One groggy morning Mito is nursing an iced latte when the bell rings and Hashirama gives her a quick kiss to her cheek before heading to the front.
"Madara-chan?"
"What the hell are you doing here?"
"Come in come in its been ages!"
Hashirama and Madara were old high-school rivals friends (depending who you asked) and reunite in the tea shop.
Hashirama quickly introduces Mito, who had hastily taken as many sips of her iced latte as she could before the inevitable introduction, smiles politely in the face of Madara’s almost but not quite smoothed out scowl.
Touka, curious at the commotion, pokes hwr head out of the kitchen before making a noise usually reserved for Tobirama’s thick coated cat before not so suspiciously retreating to the kitchen.
She goes to Tobirama, who she noticed had already begun to brew (and fuck up) a batch of tea.
She opens her mouth to speak before she immediately freezes.
Its subtle, but she notices it in an instant. Gone is the easy smooth lines of his shoulders, blink and you would miss the way they are barely raised, as though he was hiding something.
She narrows her eyes and covers her mouth to smother a gasp.
The tips of Tobirama’s ears are flushed pink.
Thats when the door is thrown open and Touka dives for the walk in cooler just as Hashirama shouts excitedly
"Look who it is Tobirama! Madara-chan is here!"
Madara’s words die on his tongue when he is forced into the kitchen and Tobirama (stiffly) turns to see him.
Tobirama holds a porcelain tea pot (with really shitty tasting tea) in his hands.
Mito zeros in on his ears just as Hashirama's eyes catch the way Tobirama’s shoulders hunch ever so slightly.
Hashirama's eyes widen and he opens his mouth and Mito steps in his line of vision (before he could move to possibly throw Madara out) just as Tobirama holds out the pot in offering.
"Tea?"
Madara opens his mouth to (graciously) accept before Tobirama throws the hot tea in his face.
