Title: The Difficulties of Being a Lieutenant

Rating: PG-13

Characters: Nanao, Ukitake, Kyoraku

Pairings: Kyoraku/Ukitake

Spoilers/ Warnings: none

Genre: humour, romance

Word count: 310

Summary: Nanao was prepared for all sorts of difficulties with her job, but getting her Captain to do some work was the most difficult part of it.

A/N: written as a present for cmc42.

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach and make no money from writing this.


Suspicious increases in Hollow activity, balance of monthly budget, paperwork – Nanao Ise was prepared for all sorts of difficulties when she got appointed Lieutenant of the 8th Division. Little did she know that the biggest difficulty would be getting her Captain to do some work. She kept trying, but gave up after one memorable event.

On that day, she urgently needed the Captain's signature on documents of utmost importance. But the Captain was nowhere to be found. Lieutenant Ise looked in all possible locations, mentally crossing out the places in the list. Sleeping on the office couch – no. Napping under a shady tree – no. Snoozing on the sunlit roof – no.

Then it occurred to her that the Captain might be visiting the 13th Division. 'Perfect,' Nanao thought and allowed herself a little smile. Who else would be able to motivate her Captain to do some work if not his oldest friend, the ever-responsible, diligent Captain Ukitake?

With that hope in mind she determinedly walked in the direction of the 13th Division.

Lieutenant Ise decided to take a shortcut through the emptier streets. And just when she turned around one corner into a back alley, not far from the 13th, she saw something that made her gasp.

That was her Captain engaged in an embrace with captain Ukitake! And before her glasses completely steamed up, she noted they were kissing!

She slowly backed out of there, wiped her glasses, and went back to her Division. Her Captain managed to get even the responsible Captain Ukitake engage in frivolities right in the middle of the day. Clearly, Captain Kyoraku was absolutely incorrigible.

And after that Lieutenant Ise gave up trying to make her Captain do paperwork.

However, she suddenly developed an interest in photography, and other Shinigami sometimes noticed her armed with a camera lurking in the back alleys of Soul Society.