Title: One Way or Another
Summary: Kyouraku Shunsui is faced with a decision, to stay and do nothing or to go after his fukutaicho when she finally decides to leave Seireitei for good. One way or another, he's got to get her back, but can he possibly change her mind? How will Nanao react to all this?
AN: Yeah, another crappy story from me. I'll probably stick to a short fic, around 7-9 chapters. I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Bleach……..sniff.
Chapt. 1 The Last Straw
"Kyouraku Taicho!" the woman cried as she gingerly balanced the mass of papers in her hands.
The man lying comfortably in the cozy sofa, fast asleep, opened his eyes lazily. Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he mumbled softly, "Nanao-chan, yelling at me at such an early hour? Tsk."
Nanao sighed exhaustedly. " Taicho, it's already noon. You've been sleeping for four hours now so please, just this once, can you actually do some work?"
"Alright. Alright. I'll work," he muttered reluctantly, "For you, my sweet Nanao-chan."
Nanao flinched slightly at her nickname. "Err…..thank you, Taicho." Ha! Let's see how long this will last! She though, smirking. "Oh, Taicho?"
"Hmm?"
"You'd better wipe that drool of your face before someone else sees it."
"Oh." he wiped the drool of saliva off his face using his wrist. "Thanks."
For some reason, Kyouraku Shunsui never seemed to be embarrassed in whatever he's doing, especially if his strict fukutaicho is his companion. She already knew him as well as he knew himself, sometimes even better, and was already used to his nonstop flirting and teasing. Their responsibilities as captain and lieutenant were kept balanced. Mostly his ever so diligent lieutenant would do all the work while the ever so lazy captain would take his afternoon nap or drown himself in his sake as it has always been in the 8th division; but none the less, since the work is done—despite the captain's lazy attitude—the 8th division doesn't lag behind the other squads.
"Taicho, could you give me the documents of all the new comers with your signature in it? I need to pass those papers today."
"New comers documents? Oh right, I've got it right here." He handed her the white folder lying on his desk.
"Impressive," she said, inspecting the folder and its contents meticulously, "Not a stain or tear is visible. That's really good."
"Hmph, I can't believe how my Nanao-chan could think so low of me." He cried, faking a sob.
"I'm sorry, it's just that…..huh?" she flipped the papers one by one, her eyes widening in disbelief at every page. "Ta-taicho, the order, what happened to the order?" I arranged this according to their rank and last name."
Damn, I swear nothing could get past those sharp eyes! "E-er, yesterday…I sort of tripped and the papers got scattered all over."
"What? Taicho, it took me hours to do that!"
"It was an accident, Nanao-chan. Don't worry, I don't think they even check those type of things."
"Ugh, Fine! Just spare me the trouble and give me the summary of all the documents for this year that I made for you with your signature in it!" she demanded.
"Summary…….."
"Yes, the summary that I placed on your desk three days ago, where is it?"
Summary? I remember I saw it on my desk, but then what the hell did I do with it? He tried to remember what he did on that day with much difficulty. Let's see, I saw that paper on my desk before I took my nap and then Nanao-chan woke me up to sign a few stuff. Umm…. I think I went to visit Jyuushiro after that and then……oh, that's right! I bought two bottles of liquor and drank all night. Though I could recall spilling my cup all over my desk and then…..
He gasped. He remembered everything clearly now and wasn't at all pleased at what Nanao-chan would have to say. "E-errr, I remembernow. I ummm…."
Nanao raised her right brow. "Yes?"
"I was drinking and I spilled sake all over my desk and then….."
"Yes?" he could see her nose flaring, her eyes shooting daggers at him.
"I think I accidentally wiped the sake with the summary paper."
"NO YOU DIDN'T! Taicho, it didn't take me just hours to summarize all those documents for you but a whole week! A week of reading and organizing, for seven days I worked my ass off so you wouldn't have a hard time reading all those long and boring documents while you drown yourself in liquor." She paused to take a deep breath. "You know, you amaze me. You just destroyed a week's worth of work in less than ten seconds." Her eyes began to water. "Amazing, and to think those summary papers are due today."
"Look, Nanao-chan," he truly felt guilty for making her cry. " I'm really sorry, I was drunk and I couldn't think straight. Next time—"
"Next time? That's it, Taicho, no more. There won't be a next time."
He watched her storm out of the room and kept his eyes glued on her until she was no more to be seen, thinking if maybe he had gone a little too far.
Ta-da! That's chapter 1!! To those kind people out there, please review! Thanks. corrections pls, i'm not perfect you know.
-Genasyz
