the next best thing

[misheard]

Title: the next best thing
Fandom: Fate/Grand Order
Character(s): Vlad, Sanzang
Pairing(s): Sanzang/Qin Liangyu
Genre: Fluff
Word Count: 245
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Vlad is surprised to hear that Sanzang has a request for him.
Notes:

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Servants tend to run in circles. There are simply too many of them in Chaldea to spend time with everyone. If you aren't put in the same combat parties, and they aren't in your friend group, it's easy to go without much interaction.

All that is to say that it takes Vlad a second to remember the name of the woman at his door. "…Sanzang, was it?"

"That's me!" She claps her hands together. "I have a request, and I heard you were the right person to ask."

What could a monk want from him? Perhaps Georgios recommended him to her, but even then, he can't imagine what it would be that he was the best choice for…

"You make plush animals, right?"

Oh. He surpresses a smile. "I do, from time to time."

"Can you make a panda?" she asks. "Liangyu really misses them but the simulator doesn't make them right for some reason? And her birthday's coming up, so I want to get her something nice!"

"I could, with a reference," he replies. Pandas aren't exactly common in Romania, but he's worked from photos and illustrations before. "But regarding payment-"

"I will farm bones for you while you're working."

Vlad, whose skills are currently 7/7/7, immediately says, "Absolutely. Please feel free to make as many purchases as you like."

(He isn't present when Sanzang gives Liangyu the plush, but he can hear her delighted cry all the way down the hall.)