Byakuya sighed as he sank down in the onsen.
It had been such a long day, and he was exausted.
He let himself sink deeper into the water, only his head from the nose up above the warm water.
Byakuya felt a reiatsu coming closer, but his senses had been dulled by the hot water and the steem, so he didn't know who it was.
The sudden splash of someone hopping down into the onsen drenched him in water, and made him swallow the water.
He started coughing as soon as his head hit the surfice.
"Oh, sorry." a familiar voice said. "I didn't know anyone was here... Eeeh.. I didn't come here to peek lady, sorry"
"Renji, I'm not a woman." the Kuchiki heir said irritably between coughs.
"T-taicho?" Renji's face was suddenly inches away from Byakuyas own. "Wow. I couldn't tell. You looked like a girl"
Renji could have sworn Byakuya's cheeks reddened even more, but it could have just been because of the hot water.
Byakuya lowered his gaze, looking at a sakurapetal floating right infront of his lips, that was still under the water.
Renji decided to sit down next to his taicho.
Occasionly Renji would glance at Byakuya from the corner of his eye, after a while realizing that the older did the same.
Byakuya blushed and looked down, sinking deeper into the water, now only his eyes and up above the watersurfice.
"Are you blushing?" Renji asked curiously, lifting up Byakuya's face by the chin.
The blackhair glared stubbornly at his fukutaicho. "No." But his still-present blush made his lie useless.
Renji pulled Byakuya up in his towelclad lap, the taicho's blush intensifying even further.
"W-wha-what-" Byakuya stuttered, making Renji laugh warmly.
He took a gentle hold of Byakuya's chin, bending down and kissed him gently.
OWARI