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Post by Byleistr Vacanze on Dec 20, 2016 13:02:42 GMT -6
The lock on the door clicked as the door slowly opened, Vacanze peeked out with a bright smile and a black smoked covered face. "Did I hear something about strawberries?" He sniffed the air and grinned.
"Chocolate cake?" Vacanze questioned as he slipped through the opening of the door and closed it behind him. Yuzu rolled her eyes and tried to push past him as he gently grabbed her forearm and pulled her back tugging her into his arms.
His head shook with a wrinkled nose. "You~ don't want to go in there right now." He pulled her closer wrapping his arms around her waist.
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Post by Yuzu Kurosaki on Dec 20, 2016 14:20:27 GMT -6
"And I don't think that Kisuke left you the lab to blow up," she returned in a low voice.
Her toes curled as he chuckled against her neck.
Before long, Yuzu couldn’t help but smile widely as he nuzzled into her hair, breathing in the peach and hyacinth bouquet left by her new shampoo. She leaned back against him and wrapped her arms around his own. Maybe it was okay if her surprise was ruined now. “You know,” she murmured, trying to keep her voice steady and unaffected, “I never said that the cake was for you. I only mentioned the strawberries. I could be cooking for someone else."
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Post by Byleistr Vacanze on Dec 20, 2016 22:53:36 GMT -6
"Ooh~" Vacanze turned her in his arms nuzzling back into the curve of her neck as he kissed lightly under her ear. "And who are you cooking for then? Kisuke, Yoruichi?"
Yuzu shook her head with a light giggle.
"Well I know it is not your sister she is not a sweet eater. So, Sub-man?"
Her head shook again as she then jolted slightly once he nipped the flesh of her earlobe.
He grinned against her neck and kissed lightly again. As he lifted his eyes movement catching from the corner.
"Soji, T-man?" Vacanze lifted his head higher as he looked their way.
"No silly!" Yuzu replied. "Why would they come here?"
"Don't know," he turned her to face them, "but they are here."
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Post by Yuzu Kurosaki on Dec 20, 2016 23:20:11 GMT -6
Yuzu blinked for a few moments, mind still locked on the moment she had prepared for her boyfriend and herself before glaring at Tsukiro. “If you have touched that cake, I will make you pay, Tsukrio Ashimitsu. And I won’t need my sister to do it!”
Tsukiro chuckled and grinned. “Already guilty,” he quipped. “I tripped and my finger landed just so~” He brought a hand to his lips and licked before laughing at her severe face. “Don’t worry, Yuzu-chan. I could tell that it was something special.”
“He did steal a strawberry though,” Sojiro added.
“Tsukiro!”
Her boyfriend’s arms tightened around her. “So you think you can take my strawberries, do you, T-man?”
Tsukiro shrugged and turned around. “Hey, at least I didn’t touch the cake. This time~”
Yuzu huffed. “I’m following you out of this hallway, and if you so much as look at it, I am going to zap with you a perfume.”
Tsukiro winked. “Awww~ that’s so sweet of you. If I smell good, Karin might go easy on me~”
“THAT’S MY CAKE, TSUKIRO SPOILED ASHI-” She didn’t get to finish her failed threat because Vacanze had decided to intervene by tipping her head up and kissing her. Her half-feigned irritation melted, satisfied for the moment.
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Post by Byleistr Vacanze on Dec 20, 2016 23:35:30 GMT -6
Breaking from the kiss Vacanze released Yuzu and looked to the two once more. "So why are you here?"
Tsukiro's hand went to Sojiro's shoulder as he pushed him slightly forward. "Seems Stud Muffin here needed to talk to you about something."
Vacanze chuckled and looked at Sojiro. "Stud Muffin, huh? I guess things are going well with that girl of yours?"
"When do we get to meet her, Soji-kun?" Yuzu asked.
Vacanze nodded, "yeah, you ever going to bring her around or you embarrassed of your family?"
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Post by Sojiro Ichimaru on Dec 20, 2016 23:47:50 GMT -6
Sojiro rolled his eyes. “When I get a moment to breathe and actually spend more than a couple dramatic moments with her, then I will ask her if she wants to meet you,” he retorted easily enough.
Tsukiro bonked his shoulder. “Dramatic moments, hmmm? Don’t tell me you’re taking advantage of her?”
Sojiro’s cheeks reddened before he straightened and turned to the nearest family member and gifted him with the Ichimaru smirk. “And if I was?” he mused.
Tsukiro blinked. Yuzu gasped in what sounded like joy, And Vacanze started laughing.
Tsukiro slapped Sojiro’s shoulder. “Alright, I’ll admit defeat on that one. Go talk to the more disreputable family member and I’ll check on you later tonight.” He looked to Yuzu. “When the cake is no longer off limits.” He ducked out of the hallway.
Sojiro turned back around. “Sorry for the timing. Kisuke and Dad are really taking no chances after the abduction. Until a couple days ago, I was either in class or training from sundown to sunup, it seemed."
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Post by Byleistr Vacanze on Dec 21, 2016 0:02:03 GMT -6
Vacanze pressed his lips to Yuzu's forehead and gave her a look of 'let me and the boy talk'. She gave his lips a quick peck and nodded slightly as she looked to Sojiro and waved then left them to themselves.
Vacanze looked back to Sojiro and smiled. "So what is up, big guy?"
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Post by Sojiro Ichimaru on Dec 21, 2016 0:20:28 GMT -6
Sojiro took a breath and then decided to take the plunge. “Makino loves me, but she hesitates in saying it because I am. And it’s not because I don’t lo-” he colored, “care deeply for her. I do. But I am still learning.” He looked to a point on the wall next to him. “I just recently realized that as much as I care for my friends that I wasn’t giving them anywhere near as much attention as they were me.”
He looked back to Vacanze. “I’ve been focused on Mom, Daj, Dad, Seto, and you guys, and then Take-jii died…” He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. “Dad said I have a narrow focus, and I believe it’s family. I think I’m scared to feel as deeply about anything else.”
He scowled at himself. “Why was it so easy for you? Even when you were supposed to be the enemy? I mean,” he let his hand down, “Dad believes that Aizen would have called any confession from him a joke, but from what I’ve read, Aizen separated you from Kita because of what was happening with you two.”
He looked up into Vacanze’s thoughtful expression. “Why could you tell her the words no matter what? And what did you see to let her go to my dad?"
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Post by Byleistr Vacanze on Dec 21, 2016 21:59:34 GMT -6
Vacanze looked at Sojiro, grinned and shook his head. "What words? I said a lot of words to your mother. What words are you referring to, Soji?" He leaned against the wall crossing his arms as he looked at the boy.
"You know what I am talking about. Why are you playing dumb, V-man?" Sojiro chirped.
Vacanze shook his head again. "Say it. I want to hear you say it."
Sojiro's soft pink cheeks turned a brighter shade of red.
Pushing up off the wall Vacanze walked over to him and looked into his eyes. "Can you even say it? Have you ever said it? To anyone~. Other than your mother."
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Post by Sojiro Ichimaru on Dec 21, 2016 23:40:48 GMT -6
Sojiro’s eyes narrowed, sparks of violet in his eyes. He did not come here to be challenged, but he wasn't going to back down, either. “I tell Daj I love him all the time," he stated firmly. "For a while there, it was the only thing that would calm him when I’d come back from the Academy.” Another thought caused him to look away. “I told Take-jii, too…. It would make him smile.” Vacanze was silent. Sojiro sighed and tried to shake off the grief that rose up from that stillness, raising his head to meet his family member's eyes again. "When I was younger, I told Tsuki and you, too."
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Post by Byleistr Vacanze on Dec 22, 2016 0:02:37 GMT -6
Vacanze chuckled and patted his shoulder. "When you were younger don't count," he turned and stepped toward the lab door. "The way you say it when you speak of your girl sounds to me like you not only don't want to say it, but you just don't love her."
Vacanze turned and looked at him again. "Look Soji. You came to the wrong guy to ask about feelings and emotions. You ask me how I could tell your mother that I loved her." He shrugged. "I don't even know if it was love. I just know when your father took her from me I felt more empty than normal. I could not stop thinking about her. It was an around the clock thing. If she was not at my side I felt like something was missing. I had no idea what was going on. I just knew I had to get her back. I did not know what I was feeling, or even thinking half the time when it came to your mother. She was different." He chuckled lightly combing his fingers through his fire red hair. "Hell! I am a Hollow. I should not even be here, but I vowed my life to your mother."
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Post by Sojiro Ichimaru on Dec 23, 2016 0:47:07 GMT -6
Sojiro’s eyes narrowed further. “That’s not true, and you know it!” Sojiro snapped. “I know enough about you to know that you’re not just here anymore because of Mom. You grew a heart a long time ago. Or you would have gone after Mom when she was to marry Seto, hurt feelings or not, and you wouldn’t have been seeing Yuzu for years now! And just because I haven’t told her doesn’t mean I don’t love Maki-.”
He halted and Vacanze chuckled at him. Sojiro’s irritation peaked again. “It’s not that simple. She’s already been threatened because I was ‘smitten’. I don’t want anything worse to happen to her because it’s deeper.” He looked to the ground and sighed. “I don’t know if I can stand it. I've heard enough screaming... And I was angry enough when I learned about the captains….”
He was silent for a few minutes. “I hurt both Riku and Maki that day. I almost lost them because I was so blind with rage.”
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Post by Byleistr Vacanze on Dec 23, 2016 13:35:09 GMT -6
Vacanze could not help but chuckle again. “Heart…” His head shook, “your mother used to use that word very loosely around me.” His fingers combed through his fire red hair. “As for rushing in and taking your mother from Tervaden..." He turned and looked at the boy.
“I wanted to. I wanted to rush in there and rip her away from the man. Take her as far away as I could. I hate Tervaden. Almost as much as your father hates Aizen. There is so much I want to tell her about the man. The things he did to her, her mother and father, Kisuke, Ichimaru, and even you.” His eyes cast to the floor. "But I was forbidden to enter soul society, even with my good standing with them. I am still an Espada, and their security system will not let me forget that.” A long sigh escaped him. “I was counting on your father to do it.” His head shook with another sigh. “I should have known better.”
He lifted his head and looked at Sojiro. “I know you will never understand this now, but as you grow older, live your life and experience things that I, your father and Kisuke. Even Kyo and Juushiro had learned in their lifetime. You will.” He paused.
“I am a Warrior—first and foremost, but I am a Hollow, something that I will never be able to overcome. Your mother is bathed in darkness with a sweet and pure soul. This is something that is very rarely seen in humans, or any creature for that fact. It draws creatures of darkness to her like bees to flowers.” He smiled warmly at the boy. “I vowed on my life that I would protect her because she is like this and such a rare beauty, inside and out. I am here still to this day for that reason and that reason only.” He looked at the Sojiro as the boy gawked at him. “Yes, I myself have become ‘smitten’ with another, Yuzu. However, that will not stop me from laying my life on the line for the woman I gave my vow to, and Yuzu knows this.”
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Post by Sojiro Ichimaru on Dec 24, 2016 16:37:46 GMT -6
Sojiro listened quietly, his mind on Makino and his friends at the Academy. “I’m falling for Makino, and I will continue to step up for my friends; however, I started to wield my sword for my family. To keep Daj, Mom, even Dad from more suffering. Losing them scares me more than anything else.
“And I know you have mixed feelings about Seto…. and for a while, I did, too. But she’s happy. And Daj is as happy as I was with you guys because he has his whole family. Also, Seto nearly died because Aizen kidnapped me. It helped with the screams that still linger in my head.” He leaned against the wall. “I don’t know where that leaves Dad and Mom, but if it helps, he doesn’t seem lost. Perhaps as long as he’s near her, it’s enough for him. You wish to protect her because she saved you, but you are no longer with her. Maybe that's the path Dad has decided on. For her sake."
Sojiro looked back to Vacanze. "He did go after her, but she was already carrying Seto's children. He stopped after that."
He lowered his head with another sigh. “I don't want Makino with someone else. It really tore at me when she was struggling with her eldest brother because of our relationship -- even more when I wouldn't say the words. When she decided to stop looking for her father's killer for me. When that killer is so close to me. When it's Mom. Maki does so much for me. What do I do for her?"
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Post by Byleistr Vacanze on Dec 26, 2016 0:08:25 GMT -6
"You do more for her than you think. Stop keeping points. It doesn't matter who does what for who, or who has done more or less. All that matters is that the two of you are there for one another and you're willing to bend, sacrifice your pride, give to make the other happy. Most won't do that." He looked away from Sojiro combing his fingers through his hair.
"Like Tervaden. He won't bend to let your mother see people he deems unworthy to be around her, or should I say people he is afraid will take her from him. She might be giving in to his demands now since she is pregnant, but in time your mother will retaliate from his actions. She won't stand for being separated from her family and/or friends."
He looked over at Sojiro once more shaking his head. "You love her. Tell her. You not telling her, is not keeping her any more safe or any more in danger. Aizen is aware of your relationship. The moment you brought her into your life and showed interest in her. Friend or lover. She was captured in Aizen's eyes. The only way for that unwanted attention to disappear is to have your memories erased of her. With no emotions linked to her, she would be safe once more from the reaches of Aizen." He stepped toward him with a wide smile.
"But from what I am hearing. That's not the route you want to take, so the only thing you're left with..." he stopped in front of him still smiling. "Tell her and then protect her with your life." His hand clasp to his shoulder. "And never think your alone in this fight like me and your father always believed." He paused. "Because you're not, and you never will be."
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