#the reason this took so long is that andromeda simply short circited everytime i tried to answer this.

[cinderellatype-a]

“Don’t open this until I leave, okay!” Yanfei couldn’t even pinpoint why she was so nervous about dropping off the package. It was just a present for the pretty worker at Bubu Pharmacy… no big deal right? Inside the box they would find a dark blue sweater with gold embellishments along the sleeves. “The weather is getting colder and I happened to have extra cotton from my last projects so I thought that maybe you’d– ah, I’ve said too much! Don’t want to ruin it!” With that, she was leaving just as suddenly as she appeared.

“ um, th-thank you ! ” andromeda calls out- after watching the retreating pink blur that had just deposited a box into their hands- only to get a reminder to get back to work by gui.

she ended up opening it on her lunch break, tucked away in a corner in heyu tea house, in between sips of her tea and bites of her takeout. her fingers run over the beautiful and tasteful embellishments against the deep blue cotton fabric, before carefully putting it on- afraid of ruining such a wonderful and thoughtful gift.

in inazuma, it never snowed- it stayed warm and humid all year round, and very few places in fontaine that ever showed frost, in andromeda’s memory.

when she returned to the pharmacy after her meal, she penned and scrapped several thank you letters- not able to find the right words.

eventually. andromeda settles on a simple thank you note, neatly rolled and sealed with wax, tucked into the box she had been given, alongside which andromeda had put some of the chocolates she had been sent by her aunt, and homemade sakura shrimp crackers, alongside a pair of new hairpins she had bought on a whim.

she asks around, and is eventually directed to an older lady in yujing terrace, who promised to give the box to yanfei, after andromeda’s tounge-tied and flustered request, and subsequent sudden retreat at the sight of pink hair.

next time, they’ll say thank you in person.

@wise-innocence.