Jyuushiro Ukitake had noticed many similarities between his current best friend, Shunsui Kyoraku, and his old best friend from when he was alive. Both were drunks and both understood the value of a good woman. Ukitake had noticed Shunsui staring at him with a very familiar calculating glance more than once. It was almost as if Shunsui was trying to fit together the unconnected pieces of some puzzle.
Even though the man was a lazy bastard, he knows what he was talking about. When the thing with Aizen happened, Shunsui had seemed only mildly surprised. Not even really. The man had had a small smirk on his face almost like he had suspected that the betrayal was going to happen. Later while Team Hitsugaya was in the world of the living, Ukitake had gone to Shunsui's office later one night. He found not only a sleeping Kyoraku but also dozens of papers with possible things wrong with people. One was even for Kira-fukutachio that had lupus crossed out.
"Hey Jyuushiro where are you?" Ukitake shook his head it was too much like working at PPTH again with the way Shunsui acted.
"In the garden, Shunsui," he answered. James Wilson was always ready to be a friend even when he just wanted to be alone with his memories.