Partly-AU, this is set before Bleach starts, when Ukitake and Shunsui are kids, and assuming they knew each other from before the Academy.

Chicken Soup is Good of the Soul

"Oi! Ukitake!"

Jyuushiro turned his head to the window, where the voice had come from.

He'd only met you brunette a couple of times and he already acted like they were long-time friends. He didn't really mind though, being sick all the time meant he had little time for friends.

Standing from the bed, Jyuushiro walked to the window where his friend was perched with a goofy smile on his face.

"Wow, you're haired turned white."

"Y-yeah..." Ukitake blushed.

"I think it looks cool! It would look even cooler if you wore it long!"

"You think so?"

"Yeah! Then we can both have long hair!"

Jyuushiro smiled, Shunsui could always make him feel a little better.

"Hey, do you hurt?"

"What?" Ukitake was confused.

"Yeah, when you get sick sometimes your head hurts, or you hurt all over. Or maybe you got injured. Which arm or legs hurts?"

Jyuushiro shook his head, his disease wasn't something he could explain to his friend like the doctor's had explained to him. He had tried to hide it the blood coughing, the whitening of his hair and skin, but eventually it had driven him to almost permanent bed rest.

"Uh, my heart hurts..."

More or less that's how he understood it. Shunsui had asked where it hurt, he coughed blood and blood came from the heart, so then his heart was the one hurting.

"Oh..." Shunsui turned a little bit serious. Second later he jumped off and Jyuushiro sighed, he had seen it coming, nobody wanted to get his disease.

Coughing a bit, he moved back to his bed, intending to sleep when Shunsui popped his head into the window again.

"Jyuushiro! I brought you something!"

Curious, he stood again from the bed and walked to the window, only to be offered a bowl.

"Chicken soup?"

"Yeah, they say it's good for the soul!"

"Soul?"

"Yeah. Because...if your heart hurts, means your soul hurts, right?"

Jyuushiro wanted to cry, indeed, his heart hurting a little at having no friends, a large family he'd eventually had to support and an incurable disease. Yet Shunsui had stuck with him the whole time, despite only knowing each other very little.

"Hey, don't cry, Jyuu-chan...I know, for every tear you drop, I'll have you laugh twice!"

A friendly hand patted is head and Jyuushiro sniffled. As long as Shunsui was with him, they had a whole life to get to know each other.

END

I hope you enjoyed. I like this pairing but it's not exactly my OTP, so I dunno if I pulled it out. I just wanted to write somethin cute in the end.