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Moonlight
Ukitake gazed at the full moon from within his room, sitting on a chair by the window. His eyes were unfocused as he thought of how beautiful the peach tree outside his window would be once it was in full bloom.
Strictly speaking, be wasn't supposed to be out of bed. His tuberculosis had acted up pretty badly earlier in the week so he wasn't to be out of bed, as commanded by the 4th squad captain Unohana. And he hadn't been until now. His new fukutaicho made sure of that.
Just then, the door to his room slid open, and there was Rukia, glaring at him. "Speak of thy devil, and thou shalt come." He said chuckling.
She sighed. "What are you doing out of bed Ukitake-Taicho? You know what Retsu-San said. If she knew you were out of bed, she'd have my neck! Besides the fact that you could have had another attack or fallen down or-" she stalked over, pulling him up with his arm and giving him a pleading look "Get back in the bed, Ukitake-San, please."
He chuckled once more eyeing her an odd expression.
She blinked. "What?" her hand went to her cheek; did she perhaps have something on her face?
"I'll go back to bed quietly…"
"Why do I sense and 'if' here?" She sighed.
He laughed softly. She knew him well. "I'll go back to bed quietly, if…" He ignored the glare she was giving him. "If you come with me."
He smiled at the expressions on her face. First their was shock, then an embarrassed blush, and lastly was a look of confusion. All of which Ukitake thought was entirely endearing.
"Why?" She asked bluntly.
"Because, " He started, grabbing her around the waist and pulling her closer to him, causing a dark blush to bloom across her cheeks. "I care deeply for you."
"Y-you do?"
He shook his head, laughing some. "Of course, Rukia-chan. I have cared for you for years. Its why I requested that you be transferred to my squad, and then promoted to fukutaicho." He smiled sweetly.
She still looked confused, her eyes clouded in thought. "But, I thought that Nii-San.." She trailed off seeing him shake his head at what she was saying.
"I asked him to switch you to 13th squad all those years ago, and I've been waiting for you to become powerful enough to be promoted since then. But, weren't you trying to get me to go to bed?" he asked, kindly reminding her were the conversation had started.
Rukia's mouth hung open in slight shock of what she'd just learned, but she quickly snapped it shut. "You promise you won't try to get out of bed again?" she asked with slight suspicion in her voice.
He nodded sincerely. "As long as you're with me, I'd never want to leave."
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I love Ukitake, so I just needed to do a drabble with him in it. But I can't help but wonder if he was a little ooc; with a tiny bit of Aizen or Gin thrown in that made him darker or creepier. I'm not totally sure. in any case, I love reviews, and flames are welcome. Salut!
EDIT: Someone suggested I get rid of the OC, and I totally agreed. I think having this as Rukia makes it much better, thanks!