Sohma Marie shifted her feet nervously. Surely her Captain wouldn't refuse the transfer. It wasn't like she did anything important here in squad three.
She was a lowly unseated officer who mostly cleaned up after the higher ups in the squad. Namely Captain Ichimaru, he may not look it but he is a complete slob.
Marie looked up and suppressed a sigh.
Ichimaru Taicho had been looking at her transfer scripts for the last half hour.
She was never sure what to think when around her Captain. He mostly creeped her out on a daily bases.
It was much worse when she first started working for him. She felt strangled whenever she was around him for the first couple of months. But that was apparently normal. Everyone felt that way when around the Captain of squad three.
Finally Ichimaru looked over the paper and towards Marie.
Well at least she thought he was looking at her his eyes always seemed to be closed. Marie had only seen his eyes once and that had been enough of a shock that she never wanted to see them ever again.
"So Marie-kun, ya want ta transfer ta squad ten?" Ichimaru asked as he set aside the paper on his desk.
"Y-yes sir" Marie stammered on.
Her heart beat erratically.
What if he refuses? What if I'm stuck here forever? I can't handle that I need to… I need to…
Be someone.
And Marie knew in all her being she could never be the "someone" she wishes to be by staying in this squad.
Ichimaru tilted his head slightly to the side. Marie saw that as a good sign he always did that when considering the pros vs. the cons.
Her palms began to sweat so she wiped them on her uniform bottoms.
"Alight, I'll send the recommendation letter ta Hitsugaya-kun in the mornin. Izuru!" Captain Ichimaru said as he got up from the desk and called for his Lieutenant.
Mari quickly pivoted on the balls of her feet to face her Captain as he left.
"Thank you very much Captain Ichimaru" Marie said as she formally bowed to her soon to be ex-Captain.
Ichimaru spared her a quick glance and one of his famous smiles as he left the room.
Marie was very excited. So excited she was shaking. Her brown curls shook with her.
I'm so happy!
She remained happy even when the Lieutenant walked in. Kira never really liked her and Marie shared no feelings towards him either.
Happiness surrounded her as she worked throughout the rest of the day cleaning up Captain Ichimaru's living quarters and office.
No one was able to ruin her mood.
Not the mean lady at the mess hall.
Not the bullies of squad three.
Not even the bullies of squad eleven.
Her happiness stayed with her even in her dreams.