Title Coming Out 1/?
Author: Littlestkitten (saratu on lj)
Fandom: Bleach
Pairing: Ganjyu/Hanatarou
Rating: PG
Word count: 493
Summary: Ganjyu and Hanatarou decide to come out to their friends and family. These are their varied reactions.
Notes: This was in response to yoruhana's prompt of "coming out". I drew a bit of a blank and could not think of who they should come out to other than Kuukaku, which was sort of obvious. So, I'm thinking of extending this into a series of drabbles with all the different reactions. That way I can just add on when I think of suitable people. So, anyone have any suggestions of who else they should "come out" to? I'm taking requests and will try to make a drabble for each suggestion.
Ganjyu and Hanatarou had discussed for a long while the subject of whether or not they should be public about their relationship. Ganjyu was not one to hide his feelings and felt as if by doing so they were acting ashamed of being together. Hanatarou, being habitually reserved, did not think it was something everyone needed to know. He figured that if people wanted to know they could ask. He wasn't saying they should hide their relationship, per se, just that there was no need to make an announcement or anything. They finally settled on the compromise of telling their close friends and family. So far, it was going as well as could be expected.
"So, you screwing yet?"
Ganjyu let out a rather embarrassing squawk at the abrupt question from his sister. He and Hanatarou were not 'screwing' (at least not yet), furthermore, they had not even been together that long. And his Hana-chan was so shy they had hardly progressed past kissing, Ganjyu being far too afraid of hurting his friend to even think about pushing. He knew without looking that the smaller man was blushing right now and decided to put an end to this sort of questioning.
"Nee-san! That's not the sort of – Ow!"
"Kuukaku-san, please don't hit him so hard."
"You tell him to respect his sister."
Silence descended on the room as Hanatarou examined the new lump on Ganjyu's head and Kuukaku lit her pipe.
"So, are you screwing?"
"No, Kuukaku-san. Ganjyu-san and I wanted to wait a while to get to know each other better first."
"Sounds like a load of pansy bullshit if you ask me. Most likely the kid just doesn't know how and doesn't want to embarrass himself by telling you that."
"Nee-san! I know how-"
"I said, be quiet! Now, since you asked so nicely, and since Hanatarou deserves better than you, I will explain how these things work. Now, exactly how far have you gotten?"
Ganjyu slowly hunched down as he tried to make himself physically smaller, as if this could help him escape the coming discussion. He was quite surprised when Hanatarou not only answered the question but also did so quite candidly as well. Apparently, the fourth division was required to be knowledgeable and willing to discuss the subject. Hanatarou assured Ganjyu and Kuukaku that he had had a suitable education in these manners and was used to consulting with patients on the topic.
Ganjyu learned quite a few things that day, not least of which was that his little Hana-chan was not as innocent or as shy as he had previously assumed. He also decided that it might be a good idea to borrow some books from the real world on the subject. If Hana-chan already knew all this then Ganjyu needed to do his best to catch up. Although he didn't think he wanted to know what whips had to do with sex.