It had been a very long time since anyone had enjoyed tea with Fugaku. Anyone but Mikoto. Most other people only came to spend time with him when he made them, or when they wanted something from him. The thought of having someone his children's age teasingly him about enjoying tea with her...

Well, it was half baffling, but mostly made Fugaku realize he had become a very solitary creature, despite the people he saw and all the talking and listening he seemed to do.

Maybe it would do him some good to connect with one of the younger ninja in the village. Or pretend to. "Perhaps." Fugaku wasn't about to agree to being "coaxed" into anything.