Authot's note: Just figure that I should take a break from HitsuMatsu and try some new characters. It's my first time writing Ukitake and Kyouraku so do tell me if I've done it alright. Reviews of all kinds are accepted. (: Just remember to review.
Disclaimer: I don't own bleach, if I own it, it the end of the world. Since it's not the end of the world, it means I don't own bleach. XD
Drinking
Ukitake looked at the drunken man who was sprawled on the floor and sighed.
Kyouraku… not again?
He gazed at the sprawled out body in front of man wondering just what should he do this time.
Should I contact Nanao? Or should I just brin-
The window slide opened and a female shinigami hoped in skillfully. "Taichou, found you."
She shook her head and gave a sigh at the state of her taichou. She then proceed on to placing the book down at her side before slinging the drunken taichou's arm around her shoulders. "I'm sorry, Ukitake taichou."
"It's alright." Ukitake waved his plam back and forth and answered with a warm smile.
"I'll take my taichou back now." Nanao stated. She picked up the very thick book of hers and started towards the door.
"Ise fukutaichou…"
"Yes Ukitake taichou?" Nanao glanced over her shoulder.
"Have you ever thought why Shunsui drinks?"
Nanao was quiet, her eyes hidden behind those glasses of hers.
After a moment of silence she murmured quietly before disappearing out the door, "He refuses to tell me…"
Ukitake smiled.
It might be unbelievable for many that Kyouraku once dislike drinking sake as he used to state, "Drinking sake will only display the bad side of yours, so that would make girls dislike me isn't it?"
A lot of people would assume that drinking sake was Kyouraku's hobby just like seducing any females he came across. But it wasn't. The hobby of drinking sake was obtained a little while after he entered the 13th protective squad.
Kyouraku had never specifically told Ukitake the reason why but being his buddy for like hundreds of years, the reason was quite obvious.
Lisa… Lisa Yadomaru.
After his fukutaichou disappeared or was condemned to be executed as a hollow, he was desperate. He closed himself in the room for weeks refusing to eat or drink anything. When Lisa disappeared along with the others. Every day he sat at the entrance of the 8th Squad building. He even slept there.
When Lisa was determined dead, Kyouraku refuses to find a new fukutaichou.
"She'll be back." He told himself.
Soon he started drinking.
"What a terrible blunder… What a terrible blunder… I… I shouldn't have sent her… I…" Kyouraku started sobbing. And all Ukitake could do was pat him on the shoulder and told him it's not his fault.
That was the first time.
"Why don't you stop drinking Kyouraku? It's bad for health." Ukitaki stated.
"But sake is good. It…" He stopped in mid sentence and stared out the window. Then he continued in a whisper, "Helps to forget…"
The situation only got better when Nanao came. He took her in as a fukutaichou. Ukitake could still remember how delighted Yamamoto sensei was when Kyouraku finally got a new fukutaichou.
Yamamoto despite being as strict and serious as ever still have a heart afterall.
"Kyouraku, you really should stop drinking. It's bad for health. Plus drinking displays your bad side and girls would stop liking you, you remember?" Ukitake warned.
Kyouraku laughed and gulped down a bottle, he answered with a drunken laugh, "I can't stop even if I wanted to."
Ukitake glanced out the opened window and smiled at the Ise fukutaichou who was whacking Kyouraku on the head with the thick book. Apparently Kyouraku had said something that offended Ise again.
So you've noticed.