I've never written a story like this before (as my lovely beta can testify) but still I'm not worrying too much about technicality - as can be seen from the next chapter when it comes.

Much thanks to Crazyfeatherhead for her beta'ing and crack.


Chapter 2: Real world

Kira awoke that morning with a start upon hearing the loud ringing of his alarm clock. It was a Monday morning, and he had to go to work today. He groaned as he rolled over in his bed, in his own bed. In his own room. In his own empty bed.

"Ugh, he said he would sleep with me tonight…" Kira sighed, voicing his thoughts out loud. He was not impressed, and just a bit disappointed.

Well, alright, he was very disappointed. But it was nothing unusual.

He growled silently to himself as he rummaged around for his ringing alarm clock, which was ringing very loudly. Aizen had made the volume louder so it would get him up in the morning the last time he spent the night here, which was so long ago now. Was it days? Weeks?

Months?

Hopefully not months, but surely weeks. Weeks they had spent apart, weeks he had woken up to find his bed empty and cold. He had hoped that he would have woken up in Aizen's room like he'd imagined that's where he was last night, or at least with Aizen next to him, even if he was in his own room.

He dug around and eventually found his still ringing alarm and turned it off. He sighed again as he looked out of the window to the outside world. Nope, it wasn't snowing outside. It was summer. The sun was shining, birds were singing, and Izuru was supposed to be happy.

But he wasn't.

Because the day he'd spent with his lover, the day that was supposedly yesterday, was just a dream. He stretched his arms out and then decided to get dressed and ready for work. Even though he didn't really want to go to work today, he just wanted to be with Sousuke.

He sighed regretfully again, now suddenly feeling quite lonely. "How long has it been since we've slept together Sousuke?" He asked, to the person that wasn't there. "How long has it been since you last made love to me like that?"

He dressed and put on his shihakusho, gathering up his sword ready for whatever today had in store for him, and the warm night that he would spend feeling cold and alone. Neglected by his own lover. He quietly leaves his room having gotten ready to go and closes the door shut behind him. Not heading towards the third division like he should be, but walking in the direction of the fifth company. Because he knows that he cannot go on like this much longer. For how can he love somebody that doesn't even spend time with him? How can he and Aizen be together and yet not even sleep in the same bed?

He got to the door of the captains office in the fifth division and knocked on the door, somehow screwing together all of his courage to be able to walk in when he heard his lover's voice. For the first time in weeks…

"Come in."

But Kira knows that he has to talk to him and just tell him how he feels. He needs to tell his lover how lonely and rejected he is feeling. How alone he feels not waking up next to him any more. Izuru walks in, swallowing hard as he does so, shutting the door once he has entered the room. Aizen looking up from the papers he is working on that are on his desk, with the pen still in his hand.

"Oh, hello Izuru-kun." He smiled warmly, just like he always does. His face lighting up with just a little hint of surprise in his voice. Because Izuru hardly ever comes to see him during office hours.

"What brings you here?" He asked, again in his usual kind tone, not fully expecting Kira's tone of voice to be deathly serious and his facial expression to betray all of the heartache and lonliness he is feeling.

"Sousuke, we need to talk."

"Alright." Aizen said, getting up from his desk and walking over to Kira, looking into his eyes innocently. "What do you want to talk about?"

"Damn it Sousuke!" Kira yelled, "Why do you always do that?" He yelled again, his voice shaking now.

"Do what?" Aizen asked him, wondering why his lover was in such a state of despair. "Kira, what's wrong?"

"Everything's wrong!" Kira wailed. Angry now that Aizen had no idea why he was upset. He should know of course, because he was the one avoiding him. "I don't get to see you any more! Why are you avoiding me?"

"But, Izuru-"

"Don't lie to me Sousuke!" Kira screamed at him, "Don't you want me any more? Is that it?"

Aizen looked shocked, but really, he should have seen this coming. After all, it was only a matter of time before Izuru snapped because he'd kept his emotions bottled up for so long.

"That's it, isn't it? Now you've fucked me you want nothing more to do with me."

"Izuru, you know that's not true…"

"Then why are you avoiding me?" Kira replied, his voice getting quieter now, and not shouting. He took one long deep breath and let out one exhasperated and emotional sigh.

"Damn it Sousuke…" He said, his voice getting really quiet now, but still loud enough for Aizen to hear him. Then looking up at Aizen with tears welling up in his bright blue eyes.

"We don't even sleep in the same bed anymore." Kira whimpered, tears starting to fall down his face, enough to make Aizen consider his recent actions.

"Oh Kira… I've neglected you for too long haven't I?" He stated softly, holding Kira close to him in a warm embrace as he cried into him, stroking his hair gently as Izuru let out all of the emotions that he had tried to bury inside him.

"Look, you know I love you right?"

Kira nodded, his face still firmly buried into his lover's chest, his arms wrapped tightly around Aizen's body.

"It's just… we haven't spent much time together since we… since we…"

"Since I first made love to you."

Kira whimpered and nodded again, unable to speak through crying so much.

"Tell you what," Aizen smiled, placing the tips of his fingers under Izuru's chin and tilting Kira's head upwards to face him. "Let me make it up to you. Let's go to the real world tomorrow, just you and me."

"But, don't we have work tomorrow?"

"Forget about work. You're far more important to me."

"You mean it?"

"Of course."

Aizen then kissed him, quietly. Well, as quietly as one could kiss somebody anyway. Brushing away the hair from his lover's eyes as he looked deep into them. "I'll take care of the arrangements; you just pack your things and meet me early in the morning before sun up."

He smiled softly again, wiping away the tears from Kira's pale cheeks as they embraced.

"We'll talk later tonight, you can sleep with me in my room. Now, you get back to work, I'm sure Ichimaru will be looking for you."

"Okay." Kira then said, having recomposed himself as he turned to leave. His hand still lingering in Aizen's grasp as he made his way to the door.

"Sousuke… no more nights apart okay?"

"Hm, agreed. I love you Izuru."

And with that, Izuru went off to work, in a much better mood than he had woken up in. But not without telling Aizen he loved him, and kissing him passionately of course.


Because they simply have to kiss.

Ahhh~ this fic... I smell a romantic getaway that's chalk full of smut coming. I do squeal happily though at what is to come in the next three I've got notes for~ I'm really enjoying this story.