"Would you like a cup of milk tea?" Heath asked amiably as he looked at the irritable Ho-Oh before him. Everyone had different ways of venting their frustrations, but Heath felt that drinking something sweet made it easier to forget upsetting things. At the very least, it could calm someone down a little. Milk tea was a very good choice, although back in his previous life, the stuff had become more and more like porridge.
All kinds of tapioca pearls, taro balls, coconut jelly, and other things went into it. There was less and less milk tea and more and more toppings. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought they were drinking porridge.
"I'll have a cup." Ho-Oh sighed, then nodded. Heath found the way Ho-Oh was today very hard to get used to. After all, the Ho-Oh he knew was proud and full of energy, not someone filled with resentment like this. If he hadn't known better, Heath would have thought he had run into a girl who had just finished watching a romantic idol drama.
Back when Heath was in school, he had known a girl like that. She especially loved reading novels and would cry at the touching parts. She was a very sentimental girl. Sometimes, when he saw her return from lunch break looking down, Heath knew she had probably upset herself reading a novel.
Heath had even written her a love letter back then, only to be told he was a nice guy.
Later, whenever Heath thought back on those memories, he felt terribly awkward.
Although Heath was very curious about what was wrong with Ho-Oh, asking her outright now wasn't a very good approach. So he decided to make her some milk tea first. He had already decided what kind to make: a