to @divinetrcgedy with ♡
aera should know that becoming a healer would mean that she'd need to quite possibly babysit all the people around her, even more so those that she cares about; or maybe she became a healer because of that personality trait of her (and she tries to not think how ironic it is, the only person she's officially assigned to is also the only one who didn't request her services after the tournament) combined with the fact that she couldn't use her firebending to hurt the smallest of the flies, no matter how she didn't find them pleasant. it starts with geonwoo, who refuses to let her treat him because she supposes that's what brothers are like, then there's kean and yura and now there's yerim.
even though, to be fair, she doesn't come to the seok resident only because she's worried about her friend's chi paths and the balance of her yin and yang, but also because yerim is the one person that aera knows for sure that she can get overly excited about the different kind of (herbal) teas and she'll not only be heard but her excitement will be appreciated and shared. besides it was always thrilling to see what kind of tea that yerim can get her hands on due to her status and money. it's a little like a book club of the two of them but instead of discussing literature pieces over tea, they discuss tea over tea.
it's fun, aera thinks, and it does give her another purpose to showing up at the seok house just to affectionately nag yerim and check up on her.
" lady yerim , " she greets her friend still remembering her manners even though it isn't overly necessary when there's no audience around them. " hope that the festival of the blood moon treated you well . " and well if it didn't then aera was there to help her deal with the consequences of it. " and ! " she adds, finally showing more of her genuine excitement and less of her practiced formality. " i brought a special tea today ! i have yet to try it since i wanted us to have it together , but it's supposed to help with any sorts of inflammations and to help one to have a better night of sleep . "
