[Athrun is quick to notice the color in Yumi's face. It only serves to endear her to him all the more, and it's hard for him to keep a smile off his face -- or it would be if he were trying to do that.]

Really? I have to admit, I know next to nothing about calligraphy. I've never been very good at the arts. So far the only exception I've been able to find is the piano, and even then I practiced at it.

[Athrun had a strong motivation to practice it, though -- it was his way of memorializing a close friend who had died in the war.]