I would like to thank God and Jesus for my ability to write, for giving me whatever talent I have and inspiring me in the many different and at times mysterious ways that He has used. God Bless you all.
Momo awoke next to her husband, the man she had secretly married the night before, the man she had loved for quite some time. She had served as his lieutenant for only a short time now, but she had known him longer and known of him even longer. Back at the academy when she was still a mere freshman, she had seen him. Their paths later crossed and she got to see him in action against several Hollows. Ever since then she know she wanted to serve under him, and somewhere along the way, maybe as early as the first time she saw him, she fell in love with him. Despite him being quite a few years older than her she couldn't help but love him, though for the longest time she never would believe that he would ever return the feelings, and yet some how he had. At some point, he fell in love with her. She would never forget the feeling of learning that the one she loved, loved her back. However since he was her captain and she was his lieutenant they had to keep their courtship a secret in order to prevent complications. They had to make sure that no one ever saw them together off-duty, and if anyone did it had to look like a coincidence to avoid suspicion. In office relationships were always tricky at best, and when you worked as closely together as the two of them did, and everyone knew that you were seeing each other, tongues would waggle about any and all late night work sessions. And if the relationship did end, whether it end badly or on good terms, and you started seeing someone else from the office; if you were a man like Sousuke Aizen, no big deal, but if you were a woman, you were considered the office whore. Of course Sousuke hadn't wanted that for his lieutenant, so he had told her that it was best that they keep it quiet. At some point they both seemed to realize though that they loved each other, and had ended up getting married in secret one night.
'Last night,' Momo thought to herself as she looked at the man sleeping next to her, she sat up in bed and looked down at him. He looked so peaceful, sleeping there no doubt sleeping off the night's events. Momo couldn't help but feel a little sore herself after the night's events. They had married in secret for more than one reason; among them was the age difference, the secret courtship which would have many gossiping about their entire working relationship, and whether or not they really loved each other or if she had gotten pregnant and were just trying to save face, and the fact that she was his second in command. She knew that they would eventually have to tell others, but there was another reason they kept quiet about the relationship and finally the marriage; it had worked out so good when no one else in the Soul Society knew, and they didn't want to jinx it.
'I know it will sound lame or crazy to others,' Momo thought to herself, 'but so far it seems to work for this relationship, at least for now.'
Sousuke stirred in his sleep, it was still kinda dark outside which meant it was still early in the morning. Momo knew that she would have to wake him up soon if he was to return, to his own home in before anyone knew that he hadn't returned to his own residence after "taking his tired lieutenant home," as he had said, in an attempt to cover up the relationship.
"Captain," Momo said gently shaking him awake. "It's time to wake-up, it's almost dawn," as much as Momo hated the idea of being away from him, even if only for a few hours until they met up again at work; she still knew that for the time being they had to keep it looking like a professional relationship and nothing more. They both knew that if they played their cards right they wouldn't have to lie to those close to them or anyone else about their relationship, and when they finally did come out about their marriage it wouldn't be a problem at work. As long as they remained professional at work and didn't act in any way compromising to their job the rest of the Gotei 13 wouldn't or at least shouldn't object to the marriage between Squad Captain and Squad Lieutenant. Sousuke Aizen awoke, and after a few seconds, realizing the time got up and after kissing his young wife, got dressed said good-bye and left after kissing Momo one more time.
Momo sighed and lay back down, she knew that for a time this was the way things had to be. She had known this when they were dating, when they decided to get married, and all last night, and all the times in between. She held the covers close to her naked body, she suddenly felt so very much alone. She had been use to the idea of sleeping alone since she had for years once she had reached a certain age, but now, even though it had only been their first and thus far only night, she still couldn't help but feel empty inside, like apart of her was missing now that her husband was gone. Momo now found herself wondering if she would be able to continue acting like nothing was going on. Momo had always been told, "wait until after you are married to have sex, sex can make things awkward," and Momo had taken those words to heart, and she had waited, unfortunately since everyone else they worked with knew nothing of the relationship, she couldn't help but feel that things were going to be just as awkward as if last night had been nothing more than a one night stand. While Momo had no doubt that she did indeed love her husband, she didn't know if she would be able to hide this marriage long. While some in the human world managed to do so while in careers that didn't really allow much room for matters of the heart, Momo wasn't sure how they would be able to. Momo wondered how her friends would react when she finally did tell them. Would they be hurt or anger that she didn't tell them? No doubt they would be surprised, if she managed to keep her silence.
"I wonder how long I can go before I end up telling them, or have to tell them," Momo asked herself out loud. Only time would tell. Momo got back up and got out of bed, despite feeling sore from the night before, slipped on a kimono, and tied her hair back in a loose ponytail, and then began stripping her bed of the sheets. If she was going to be able to keep this a secret she had to clean her sheets as soon as possible in order to get rid of the evidence of the night before- if something were to happen to her between now and when she told her friends, and someone came into her house investigating and they found those sheets with the DNA samples on them, it could cause problems for her husband.
"I have a few hours, before I have to be at work," Momo said to herself. "That should give me enough time to compose myself before I see Sousuke again" Momo told herself. "In the mean time…" Momo told herself as she went about cleaning away the evidence that could compromise their secret.
Meanwhile, Sousuke Aizen, having left Momo to return to his own home, it would be daybreak soon enough, and he had to at least make it look like he had been home the night before. Sousuke, despite being a morning person, who enjoyed his morning walks wasn't to keen about sneaking around like this. To leave his wife and return his own home this early in the morning just to keep up appearances. While he did know that this was the way things had to be in order to avoid trouble it was still annoyance. Of course they had both put a lot of thought into this before they went forward with their plans it was still difficult, especially since they would continue working together as Squad five Captain and Lieutenant. Momo was the second lieutenant he had had, the first being Gin Ichimaru who was now a captain himself. Gin, being the shrewd son-of-a-gun that he was, might cause a problem. Gin still spoke with him often enough, might get wise that there was something more going on between his former captain and that captain's new lieutenant. Gin had often commented on Miss Hinamori to Aizen, sometimes in a crude way, often to see Sousuke's reactions more than anything else. Whether or not Ichimaru suspected anything for certain or not was hard to tell. Aizen knew Ichimaru well enough to know that he might catch on if they weren't careful about covering their tracks. Of course for all Sousuke knew Gin might already know. Arriving at his door he was about to enter when he sensed someone nearby.
"Well now aren't we arriving home late, or did you get up earlier than usual for your morning walk?" asked a silky voice that Aizen recognized as that of his former lieutenant.
"Hello, Gin. What are you doing here so early?" Aizen asked.
"Well I came here last night to give you some news about rumors going around, but alas you weren't here, so I thought I might catch you before your usual walk. However it would seem that either you ended up taking an earlier walk than usual or you never returned last night after taking your lieutenant, Miss Hinamori home," Gin said in a tone that suggested he had something on his mind. Something dirty most likely, considering that tone.
"What are you suggesting Gin?" Aizen asked keeping his tone even.
"Well, you have to admit that she is rather fond of you and people do tend to talk, you know that. Talk especially gossip talk is a like a sport, even if nothing transpired between the two of you, there is a good chance that people will suspect something is amiss," Gin said, he was toying with Aizen, baiting him.
"I will keep that in mind," Aizen said. " Now what rumors are going around, about the mission?" Aizen asked in order to get Gin to drop the subject on Hinamori.
"Well apparently we may be leaving as soon as this week, mind you it hasn't been confirmed yet" Gin said.
"Very well Gin," Aizen said.
"And one more thing, Sousuke, if you are going to come home after staying at your lieutenant's home all night you really should consider, using your shikia, you never know who you may run into," Gin advised.
"Gin, I have done nothing wrong and neither has Miss Hinamori, not last night or any other night, so why use the shikai when I have done no wrong?" Sousuke asked.
"If you say so," Gin said.
"God knows that she and I did nothing wrong, last night," Sousuke honestly told Gin.
"Very well, however you should know, that not everyone will believe you, and people do talk," Gin pointed out.
"I'll keep that in mind, Gin," Sousuke said.
"I still can't help but think that you two, are hiding something from the rest of the Soul Society," Gin added before leaving.
"Well, you are right about one thing Gin, we are hiding something, but it is not what you may think," Aizen said to himself. And with that he entered his own house, to get ready for the day, in a few more hours he would be working with his lieutenant, who was as of last night his wife and lover, and someday they would tell the others.
'I just pray to God that in the mean time we can continue to work together as professionals and that when the time comes that Momo's abilities aren't called into question because of our relationship and marriage,' Sousuke thought to himself.