Disclaimer: Bleach is not mine
AN: Okay. I do not know how to explain this. This is not exactly a new multi-chaptered fanfic. These two drabbles here are something I've written way back a couple of years and posted separately on Tumblr.
So what made me post it here after all those years? A lot of reasons actually. I'll explain by the end of this chapter.
For now, read (if you haven't yet read it on Tumblr) and enjoy!
1. bae
The dark-haired Kurosaki woman was trying not to snap at those three annoying girls near the soccer field where she and her friend were spending their time-off, but said girls ridiculous giggles made it hard for her to tone down her irritation. She sent a glare on their direction in the hope that they would get the message and keep their traps shut. Unfortunately, the girls were too absorbed on fawning over something on their phones to notice her looking daggers at them.
Her right eye twitched just as one of the girls squealed excitedly and slapped her two companions on the shoulders, practically bouncing on her place as she did so.
"Oh my god, Misa-chan, Yoko-chan! Lookie! Bae sent me this really sweet message!" she exclaimed in a high-pitched voice, too high that it wouldn't be a surprise if it tore her vocal chords.
The other two joined the earsplitting cheers.
"Waah, Aya-chan! He is so romantic! I'm jelly. I wonder when I will meet my own bae."
Karin turned to the white-haired man beside her and found him looking at the space, completely oblivious about the annoying girls around them. It was really amazing how he could always shut off the rest of the world at moments like this.
"Let's get out of here, Toushirou," she suggested, keeping an intent stare at the man.
Toushirou sounded relieved as he sighed. "Yeah."
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She still couldn't get over it after a while of walking. "Seriously, they were so annoying. What does 'Bae' mean anyway? Bacon and eggs?"
Toushirou shrugged. "An internet slang that you humans are so fond to make up. An endearment for one's partner, which is short for babe, much as babe is short for baby. Although some believe that it originally is an acronym for 'Before Anyone Else', so as to say that their boyfriend or girlfriend first before anyone else. Or something like that."
Karin looked at him incredulously. "What the hell, Toushirou. How in the world did you know about it? Though you are not around here in the living world every day, you seem to know an awful lot of stuffs about my world more than I do. And since when have you learned about internet in the first place?"
Toushirou rolled his eyes. "It's called curiosity and research. Sometimes, you need it to keep you from being left behind from this constantly changing world, Kurosaki."
"Stop calling me Kurosaki, will you?" Karin frowned.
Toushirou scoffed. "What do you want me to call you then? Bae?" He practically sneered the last word, proving his own disfavor of the term.
"Ugh... Toushirou." Karin gagged. "It's even worse when you're the one saying the word. I might have gotten goosebumps, hearing it from you." Heaving a sigh, she added, "But seriously, those girls were annoying."
The smirk that Toushirou gave as he glanced at Karin's direction was teasing. "Aren't you just sounding jealous of them?"
Karin raised a brow. "I admit they're maybe prettier than I am, but that's not something I should be jealous of. Besides, I have more important things that they don't have."
"Uh-huh," Toushirou answered, sounding as if he was having fun talking to his friend. More like, teasing. It was not everyday that their roles were reversed like this after all. "Like?"
"Like you, duh," Karin told him as though it was the most obvious thing in two worlds.
"I am not your bae though."
Laughing, Karin punched his shoulder goodnaturedly. "Stop saying that word, Toushirou. It's freaking me out." She paused for a brief moment enough to reduce her laugh to a sincere smile. "But you know, I am serious about it. What would I need a stupid bae for when I have a best friend extraordinaire?"
Toushirou returned the smile. "I suppose I should be flattered, huh? Thank you." Walking ahead of Karin, he added not so quietly. "And those girls are not prettier than you, Karin. Not even near."
AN: So here are the reasons why I decided to post it on this site.
One: As I was recently thinking of writing a HitsuKarin ficlet, I thought of these two drabbles and realized how my new idea are somehow alike with these two when it comes to setting, style and concept. And I thought, why not create a single place wherein I can drop these little things and turn it into a fanfic with loosely related chapters. (That means, while there is a consistent setting for all the chapters, this story is not really intended to be a full blown story with an actual plotline. It's just all about Toushirou and Karin's everyday 'randomness' as best friends.)
Two: Sometimes, I badly need a break from writing long chapters for my multi-chaptered fanfics, but not writing for a long time often times saps my inspiration altogether. Writing for this drabble collection may help me keep my HitsuKarin muse alive while I'm on a break from my other fanfics.
Three: God knows we need more of HitsuKarin in this site, so yeah.
On to the next chapter~