This is my first fanfic so please please please be nice and not flame me ;)
The I'm pretty sure that I'm going to add a few more chapters, but it I'm writing this on a whim cause I haven't seen many stories on these two and thought I could try one! Please review with some constructive comments so I can get better! And I apologize if there are any spelling, grammatical errors or OCCness. I'm totally open to any thoughts or comments or suggestions but cause i might not get very far without some help now and then...
The title was inspired by a quote I came upon by a Mr. David Tyson Gentry, "True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable"
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, *sigh* no matter how much I'd like to...
I saw him at our usual spot and knew without a doubt he already sensed I was there. As if to answer my thoughts he turned his head in my direction, gave a half smile and patted the ground next to him to invite me to join. I sighed, it seemed like he was still trying to play the cool and distant teacher even after all these years. I took my seat and waited for him to start today's lesson.
After maybe five or ten minutes it became apparent that he wasn't going to say anything and so I relaxed further stared off into the horizon. I'd mellowed with age and appreciated the calm after a long hectic week. It was especially busy because the academy students had just graduated and were getting sorted into the divisions that suited each student the most. I'd gone through dozens of profiles and fought with the other divisions over the more promising graduates. It didn't help that the lieutenant never helped but being the third seat I was at her beck and call, which of course meant that she liked to shove her paperwork on me, and the captain. Along with the captain, I was able to claim the prospects we wanted and shove the less desirables to other divisions, namely the fourth and thirteenth divisions.
I snuck a peek at the man beside me and he seemed to be as drained as me. He had to do his job as a lieutenant and take over the responsibilities of his captain that betrayed us. And it seemed that he was enjoying the peace as much too. With the new recruits we had to help them develop their skills and that was a harder than it sounds and though I'd calmed as I "grew up" I would still kick the ass of any subordinate that stepped out of place. Okay, and I still fought with Toshiro… and Renji... and just about everyone else, but I can control myself now!
After maybe thirty minutes I broke the silence, "We should do this more often" He jumped a bit, startled from his thoughts probably. I tried to hide my giggles.
"What do you mean?" He asked confused.
"The whole relaxing in silence, I can't do it that much on my own 'cause the Captain needs me to help with his mountains of paperwork, but no one interrupts our lessons... this is nice"
"That might be because I scared off anyone who encroached on our space when we began, they know better now." He laughed a bit at the memory. For a nice guy, he gets very serious and kinda snappish when someone interrupts his work, whether it's paperwork or training with a friend.
"Remember when Kira and Momo wandered down here and you yelled at them to go snuggle somewhere else?" I snickered.
He started to laugh too. "Yeah, Momo was read like a tomato and I swear that Kira looked like he wanted to die."
Satisfied that I was able to break through the distant façade that he always came with, I decided to enjoy the company of my closest friend in soul society. And I started to reminisce, going back to before we met, back before I died, back when I was just the sister of an annoying strawberry.