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Post by Bleach Leader on Aug 8, 2014 0:48:54 GMT -6
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Post by Lt. Renji Abarai on Sept 26, 2024 23:25:49 GMT -6
Bleach Unrated: REBOOTEDCurrent Arc: RejectionEpisode 523 "Time Together": (continued) Renji was in his quarters eating lunch, hiding from the mountains of paperwork and steady streams of questions from the lower seats about this case or the other. He needed a moment's peace to eat in silence and his room was the only place he was getting any of that. Aside from maybe hiding in the Fourth Division's psych ward's soft rooms which he had the displeasure of visiting once long ago after visiting a traumatized seated officer who had been a witness to a murder.
Renji sighed as he lowered his chopsticks away from his mouth. Leave it to him to be thinking of work on his break.
Suddenly there was a knock on his door, and as he turned his head, his yakisoba slipped off his chopsticks and tumbled off his uniform and back into the carton from whence it came, leaving a smear of stir fried sauce on his uniform. "Shit," he cursed under his breath, reaching for a napkin. "Come in! Unless you're Eighth Seat Kaida, in which case the answer is 'no, go back to your desk and keep sorting through those case files that should have been finished two days ago!'" He tried to dab the sauce away then gave up and shucked both the white and black layers of his shihakusho off to replace them as his door opened. He turned to see Rukia standing there. He blinked at her then started towards her. "Oh! Rukia! My bad. I didn't realize it was you."
When Rukia stared at him and turned as red as his hair, he looked down at his bare chest and laughed, scratching the back of his head, the layers of his uniform top hanging limply in his other hand. He grinned at Rukia. "Sorry, I spilled my lunch all over me. Didn't mean to give you an eyeful." |
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Post by Lt. Rukia Kuchiki on Sept 26, 2024 23:47:31 GMT -6
Rukia stared for a good few moments before turning around and folding her arms, doing her best to imitate Nanao at her driest. "Baka! Stop standing there and get another one on before-" She hesitated, the heat of her blush hot against her cheeks. "Before someone says something inappropriate."
She bit her lip after, both wanting to apologize for worrying about that and put that whole idea out of her head. She was already well and truly dirty -- to anyone that cared about that -- but sometimes -- with Renji, that didn't matter. She still hated bringing it up. And today, of all days, that didn't help.
She glanced behind her, trying not to look anywhere but his face, not the tattoos that were so different, so vibrant than that of the mark of the espada. Trying to hide the fact that she still liked tracing them with her eyes when he wasn't looking. "You- you're going to catch a cold like Captain Ukitake if you stand around like that, so hurry up!"
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Post by Lt. Renji Abarai on Sept 26, 2024 23:52:58 GMT -6
Renji chuckled and moved closer, placing his hands on Rukia's shoulders calmly before leaning over and pressing a kiss to the top of her head. "I don't think standing here in front of my girlfriend shirtless in my own climate controlled room is going to make me cough up blood like Captain Ukitake, but I have to admit..." He slowly spun her around so she was facing him. He took her hands in his and lifted them up to his lips, encouraging her to look up at him. He smirked down at her. "I'm a little disappointed that you didn't get at least a little bit of a nosebleed. Maybe I need to start hitting the gym with Shuhei and Ikkaku again if I'm really slacking that bad."
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Post by Lt. Rukia Kuchiki on Sept 28, 2024 23:34:49 GMT -6
Rukia’s fading blush reinforced itself full time with his teasing and she quickly freed her hands, pushing him back before she did actually start with one. Her hands fisted to keep from checking too. “Baka! You look ten times better than them any day!”
Renji grinned and crossed his arms. "I'm gonna need you to repeat that to them, otherwise they'll never believe me when I told them you said that." He nodded over to the table where he had been sitting. He went to get a new shihakusho kimono while Rukia sat at the table. "So, how was the memorial?"
Face still hot, Rukia tossed her head back after she sat, focusing on the new topic. "Long," she stated. "If it weren't for Nii-sama's presence I probably would have ruined it with fidgeting. I rarely sit in one place that long!"
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Post by Lt. Renji Abarai on Sept 28, 2024 23:52:43 GMT -6
"You're telling me." Renji threw his new kimono on and ventured back into the sitting room, taking a seat at the table across from her. He grabbed his lunch again, this time eating more carefully. "I know it was for a good reason but... events like those are always so stuffy. Makes me feel like I can't breathe." He nodded to her, gesturing to her with his carton of noodles. "Have you eaten yet?"
She smiled. "No, not since early breakfast. Apparently that's part of it, too. I'm not sure when Nii-sama is eating..." Her voice trailed off, reminded of the atmosphere around her brother when she left him. She shook the shadows off. "I wanted to go out. With you. If you want to."
Renji smiled and folded the top of his carton. "Hell yeah. You know me. I'm always hungry." He stood and walked over to put his leftovers away and his chopsticks in the sink. He walked back to Rukia and held his hand out, offering to help her up. "C'mon. Let's go get something good to eat. I'll take you to that one sushi place you like. Unless you're craving something else?"
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Post by Lt. Rukia Kuchiki on Sept 29, 2024 21:38:36 GMT -6
Rukia accepted his hand but dropped hers afterwards, looking away. ”That sounds good but actually….” Rukia rubbed her left arm. “I want to go somewhere first. I don’t know if we’ll find any good food there, so sushi’s fine if we don’t, but-”
Renji put his arms on her shoulders until she stopped making excuses and looked at him. “You know you can just say it. I’m not going to say no.”
Rukia managed a small smile in response before looking aside again, despite him trying to get her to look at him. “ Inuzuri,” she blurted out. “I want to go visit the river by Inuzuri. I know we hated the place, and it makes no sense to want to go back there. Where we lost Fujimaru and Kosaburou. But I need-”
Renji stopped her again.
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Post by Lt. Renji Abarai on Sept 29, 2024 21:51:08 GMT -6
"Hey, you don't have to explain it to me. If you wanna go there, then we can go," Renji shook his head as he smiled down at her. "It'll be interesting to see our old stomping grounds."
He paused for a moment then placed a hand on her shoulder. "And... I think it'll be good for you. For both of us. You know, like a therapy thing." He scratched the back of his head and cleared his throat sheepishly. "Well, you know I'm not good with words, but you get what I mean, right?"
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Post by Lt. Rukia Kuchiki on Sept 29, 2024 21:57:02 GMT -6
Rukia gave him a large smile in return, equally relieved and overjoyed that he understood why she wanted to visit their old haunt. “Thank you, Renji.” She embraced him, snuggling into his hard, reliable torso, taking in the scent of his clothes. “I don’t know if I will find what I am seeking there… but maybe, with you….”
She abruptly stepped away, clearing her throat and trying to stem another blush. “Do you want to go in uniform or not? I can change back into mine.”
Rukia wore a simple dark blue kimono with fish stitched on the cloth and a plain black obi with swirls in the fabric.
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Post by Lt. Renji Abarai on Sept 29, 2024 21:59:17 GMT -6
Renji waved it off and gave a shake of his head. "Nah. We go as we are. Nothing we need to change about ourselves. We're still the same people we were then. We've just... been through some shit. But we're still who we are where it counts." Renji placed his hand over Rukia's heart. "In here." Rukia blinked and then turned around, speaking over her shoulder with a sunny smile. "You know, for someone who hates poems and formal writings, you're pretty good at them when you want to be, and I don't think it's all from following Nii-sama. But don't quote me on that if you get tested." "Hey! I'm not a complete idiot! All that haiku crap Captain Kuchiki writes just makes no sense!" Renji threw his hands up in the air as they left his room. They headed out of the barracks and towards South Rukongai. Moved
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