Author : Meiroh
Title : Arachnophobia
Beta read by HollowSilence
I
was working at the little desk in this closet they called a bedroom,
trying to find a white paper among the dozens of white papers. A sigh
escaped from my lips.
This mission was getting on my nerves.
Having to stay in a gigai for a whole month was already hard to bear,
especially those new gigai from Urahara shop that sucked the reiatsu.
But having to share a so small flat with another man – and among
the whole Seireitei it had to be Renji ! - was a bit more than I
could handle.
A
hesitant knock at the door interrupted my thoughts.
« Hai. »
Renji
opened it slowly. That was a bad thing.
« Taichou
... »
He
was searching for his words now, and couldn't look directly at me.
Another bad thing.
« What's
going on, Renji ? I didn't receive any message from the Soul
Society... »
« No
sir, it's just that ...well... » He held his breath and
finished in a childish murmur :
« There is something in my bed. »
I
raised an eyebrow. « Something
? »
It sounded weird. From the beginning of the mission, I
managed to never get near this doomed area he had proclaimed to be
his room. The strange thought that my vice-captain was trying to get
me in his bedroom came in a flash and I tightened my muscles as if in
danger.
« Yeah,
I... touched it when I put my magazine away... It felt like... aspider...
or something. »
I
released my breath. So Renji isn't trying to trap me. He's scared.
I
stood up calmly, doing my best to hold back a smile, and went to the
dangerous beast.
As
expected, the whole room seems to have been a battlefield. He
withdrew some things to clear the way, staying carefully far from the
bed.
I
looked at it. Nothing abnormal.
« It's
under the duvet... just next to the magazine... » I
carefully touched where he said.
« You're
right, I sense something...but if it's an animal, it doesn't
move... »
He
took another step back, ready to rush out of the room. I can't
refrain from giving him a surprised look. Does he expect the thing –
whatever it is – to jump at him from the middle of the bed ?
His
face turned as red as his hair, and he looked away, almost turning
his back to me.
« I...
don't want to see it... » I profited he couldn't see me
and let the smile spread on my face. My exuberant, loudmouthed
vice-captain is arachnophobic... I know there is nothing amusing in
it, but I can't help finding it cute. Gladly, nobody can read my
mind!
Not wanting to keep him scared much longer, I withdrew the duvet in a wide move.
There it was, looking at me triumphantly.
A sock.
Note : This really happened to me, saving the fact that i didn't call for help (i'm not actually arachnophobic, even if i fear spiders). It was one of the most terrifying moments in my house, but after that i couldn't stop laughing, i almost woke up the whole house '