COMFORTING SAKURA SO HE EATS
genre: fluff, maybe slight angst because the suo case is mentioned here
warning: SPOILERS FROM LATEST CHAPTER!!
a/n: sakura refusing to eat his favorite food because suo's disappearance. ohhh if i catch you suo, i hope you won't see the light of day even if i still love him too but he made our baby all depressed
You were there with him after Sakura met with Endo.
After Sakura jumped back into his old habits of sluggish morning routine and dreading going to school, you start to worry. You've heard about Suo leaving Bofurin from Sakura, but you didn't know the rest so you ask Nirei about it.
He gladly texted you about it and even called you to make the explanation better. Nirei was quietly leaving it up to you to look after him.
You glance at Sakura sleeping in the day, refusing to go to school once again really shows how much Suo affected him. He has experienced people ignoring him countless times but never experienced people he cares leaving him.
It irks you a lot that Suo did this to Sakura, that Suo was the reason Sakura succumbs back to his darkness. Sure, you met Suo before. You know he's a nice guy but it doesn't make any sense what's the point of staying in Bofurin—staying in Makochi—making friends and protecting the town and all, just to leave everything like it doesn't matter to him!
If you could land a punch on the untouchable Suo, you would leave it where it hurts and double it. Heck, maybe more.
But enough about your frustration with Suo. Sakura needs someone, and you're the only one in his house right now.
Even in his sleep, Sakura is gritting his teeth. You notice his fist was tight, he was already sweating.
You gently touch his balled-up hand. When he doesn't wake up yet, you envelope your small hands on his and rub your thumb over his knuckles and the back of his hand, hoping to ease him. It didn't take long for him to finally jolt awake from his nightmare.
He's breathing hard but you still have your hands on his. He blinks then focuses on his palm that was starting to hurt. He relaxes his fist and sees red crescent indents on his palm because of his nails.
You glance at where he was looking and frown and start to rub the indents carefully.
Sakura feels embarrassed but not to the point where he would be a blushing mess. His emotions are jumbled up that he doesn't know which one to feel.
The next day was nowhere near different. He still lazed in his bed, once again refusing to go to school.
However, you both received visitors. Some fresh faces, finally. And very fresh to see Sugishita at Sakura's door.
You invite him, Momijikawa and Nirei in. As they all settle down, you are making tea for the guests and Sakura but Momijikawa walks back in the kitchen.
"Hmm?" You raise an eyebrow at him.
"Sorry. Mind if I use the stove? I want to make omelette rice for you all," he answers.
You say that you didn't mind yet you start to panic and say you can make them since he is a guest. The mature boy insists until finally you let him cook. You bring the tea to Sakura's room to which the owner of the house has changed into wearing his pants.
You go back into the kitchen to see if there's anything you can help Momijikawa. At first, he tells you to rest but you also want to learn how to make omelette rice so he allows you to stay around to teach you. You also help him make the fried rice since that's a more simple thing you can do while watching him.
Once he plated them all, both of you brought them to the rest of his friends. The table was very small so you had to scoot real close next to Sakura.
You let the guests take the first bite but you notice a very peculiar thing about Sakura. He's not eating, especially his favorite food! How could he resist?
Nirei tries to urge Sakura to eat but he wouldn't. He only stared. You think for a moment before touching his thigh next to you to gain his attention.
Once he's looking at you, you take a spoonful of your omurice and eat it. Then, you exaggerate your expression towards the food. To be honest, it tastes really good. You exaggerated it just so you could make Sakura jealous and gain an appetite.
"Hmmm!! It's so good, Sakura. You're missing out on Momijikawa's cooking," you say. The others—well, Nirei, specifically—look at you confused.
Maybe your acting wasn't good enough so you move on to the next plan. You take a spoonful from his plate and hover it over his lips. Usually, he would freak out when he sees you or anyone else take something from his plate but this time, he remains quiet.
He turns away and says, "I can feed myself."
You respect his decision and time so you put back his spoon on his plate. Then, you put a hand on his back to ease his tense muscles.
"Sakura, remember when you scolded me for not eating when I also didn't have the appetite because you came home all bruised up after a fight? And you guilt trip me by saying you went out the effort and bought those dinner for me because I haven't eaten yet? And you said I'd look like Jack Skellington if I don't eat?"
You continue when he doesn't say anything, "Well, I'm doing the same thing. Momijikawa went out the effort to even cook you your favorite food. He even learned it himself so he can keep his promise to you. Nirei and Sugishita came all the way here and bought the stuff needed for the omurice. I know you don't have the appetite and really don't want to eat. I'm not forcing you to finish it but . . . just take one bite. Have a little taste, okay?"
You rub his back again before letting go and eat your food.
While munching on your food, the corner of your eye caught his hand lifted and grabbed the spoon that still has the omurice you wanted to feed him. He takes a bite from it and chews.
You thought he was done there and you're happy enough he's tasting his food until you see him cut through his omurice to feed himself a second bite.
You smile successfully but you don't make a big deal out of it so you and the others let him eat quietly.