Wada Calcium CD3 - Getting Rid of a Bad Taste

"Stop being a baby and just take the pill; it's for your own good." Byakuya snapped.

"No, who the heck needs a stupid calcium pill?"

"You do." He shoved the packet of calcium pills under her nose, "Now stop being difficult and take your medicine, unless you want to take another trip to the hospital."

"Do you want me to shove it down your throat?" Tatsuki asked angrily.

"Don't be silly; this thing tastes horrible!" Byakuya shuddered at the thought. There were very few things that could make a man like Byakuya shudder and this calcium pill was of them; he had been forced to take it once, when he was younger, and had vowed never to do so again.

"And you want me to take it? Ha! Never."

It was difficult to believe that she had just woken up from a three day coma seeing as she had enough energy to give him a hard time. She had taken quite a beating in her run in with the arrancar, but she had still managed to save herself. She was a tough human but also, as it turned out, a horrible patient.

Byakuya popped one pill out of the packet and placed it in his open palm. He held it in front of her and sighed, "What do I have to do to get you to swallow this one tiny pill?"

She paused for a moment then slowly a mischievous smile he was certain he did not like spread across her face, "Bake me an apple pie." Byakuya looked at her as if she had grown another head,

"Are you insane? Do I look like someone who can bake?"

"I'll help you." She grinned.

"No."

"Fine," she shrugged as she pushed his hand, with the pill in it, away from her.

"You're a piece of work, you know that?" His eyebrows twitched in annoyance, "fine, just take the stupid thing."

Tatsuki hesitated. She looked at the pill for five good seconds. She had never had to take one of the pills but she knew the after taste was something to be feared, but the thought of Byakuya trying to bake was just too tempting. "I better make sure I have plenty of space on my camera."

"No cameras." Byakuya protested,

"Too late." Tatsuki smirked as she snatched the pill form his open hand. She swallowed the pill without water and without so much as flinching.

At first it was ok, and then an indescribably bitter taste began to fill her mouth. Tatsuki shut her eyes tightly and clutched the bed sheet. It was horrible. Lips brushed against hers. Softly, at first, but they became insistent. Her expression relaxed as a hand cradled her head and he deepened the kiss. He tasted so sweet – almost like caramel, which was strange because as far as she knew he had an aversion to all things sweet.

As he pulled away slowly Tatsuki whimpered in objection. "Just helping you get rid of a bad taste." he breathed deeply, "Did it he-" She didn't wait for him to finish his sentence; she pulled him down by the collar of his shirt and kissed him passionately. If this was the after taste she got maybe Wada Calcium CD3 wasn't so bad after all