Byakuya was doing his paperwork inside the Kuchiki mansion. It was quiet and no one is around. He needs to concentrate on doing this since he asked Renji to take over the 6th squad for incoming orders. There was a huge mountain of papers lying beside his table aside from the papers on top of it. He was using one pencil so sharpening it is definitely wasting his time.

It was afternoon then when the pencil he used was half the size of it. If he asks one of his servants, he won't be able to finish it by sunset. But he has no choice in the matter.

While waiting for the pencil, suddenly, Byakuya sensed footsteps that are heard towards the front door.

"Who's there? I told everyone not to disturb me…"

He listened well, the presence was still there but as if it was hesitant to speak. Then…

"Nii-sama, this is Kuchiki Rukia."

Byakuya was surprised to hear her voice since he thought that she wasn't back yet from the other side. The expression didn't last long from his face and replied in a serious tone,

"What is your purpose on coming over here, Rukia?"

Rukia took a deep breath first and told him,

"Nii-sama, I saw your servant passing by and asked why he is in such a hurry. So, he told me that you needed a pencil for your papers. But, I told him to leave it to me."

Byakuya was curious on why she did that. "Naze?"

"It's because I brought you one." Then she opened the door presenting the pencil from a distance. "Excuse me for disturbing you, but this pencil a different kind from the ones we traditionally used in Soul Society. It's what they call mechanical pencil. All you need to do is to push down this rabbit and the lead will come out. If it breaks, push it again. You don't need a sharpener for this one."

She left it inside and closed the door. As the footsteps were hardly heard, he stood and grabbed the pencil. He did what Rukia said and no time was wasted for it was finished just before sunset. After that, he took a stroll and went to Rukia's room.

She was asleep from the exhaustion after going to the real world. She must've been on time to give the pencil to him as she saw one of his servants. Byakuya covered her body with a blanket and left the pencil beside her……