Shunsui x Nanao
This year would be the year.
This year, she was going to accept his gift and see how much he cared for her and wanted to be with her.
This year, she was going to love him back.
"Good morning my sweet and lovely Nanao", he cooed in his lieutenant's ear as he placed a small black velvet box in front of her on his desk.
"Whatever it is, I don't want it", she told him coldly, getting up from her desk and walking away.
Shunsui had been hurt but he still had a few tricks left up his sleeve.
Sighing, he took the gift and slipped it back in his sleeve and followed out the door behind his ice angel.
"Come on Nanao", he whined. "What's wrong with the gift?" he asked.
Trick #1: buy a great gift
Trick #2: if gift fails, beg
"Because", she turned on her heel and faced him. "It's just cheap and tawdry like all the others. You don't really care about me, you just want to see if I'll fall for your charm", she huffed and stormed off again.
"But Nanao", he ran after her. "This time is different. I really do love you", he shouted but she was already too far gone to hear him.
Trick #3: surprise her
Shunsui knew this trick would have to work. There was nothing women loved more than a wonderful surprise and Shunsui knew, this surprise would knock the socks off her feet.
Nanao stormed all the way to the tenth division to talk to her best friend, Rangiku Matsumoto and get her advice on a certain persistent captain.
When she arrived at the tenth division office, she heard noises come from behind the door and knew someone was having a good valentine's day. She just wished that someone was her.
Unfortunately, her captain happened to love to flirt with half the damn women of Soul Society and she just couldn't risk her heart getting hurt by accepting his gifts. But the funny thing was, her heart was already hurting because she was falling in love with a man she couldn't have.
So, deciding that she wouldn't get her answers here, she decided to head over to the thirteenth division. If anyone could tell her how to handle her captain, Ukitake-taicho was the perfect person to talk to.
"Hello Ukitake-taicho", she bowed respectfully to the white haired captain. "Kurosaki-fukutaicho, Kuchiki-fukutaicho", she bowed to his lieutenants.
"Hello Nanao", Ukitake smiled at her.
"Hello", Ichigo nodded in her direction.
"Hi", Rukia waved.
"Is there something I can help you with?" the sick captain asked her. "Rukia, Ichigo, why don't you two patrol the division for me, okay?" he asked his lieutenants.
"Hai taicho", they saluted the captain in unison but as the two lieutenants got up, Rukia managed to step on Ichigo's toe, causing the orange haired shinigami to yelp in pain.
"Oww Rukia!" he hollered. "You stepped on my toe you freaking midget".
"Well maybe if you didn't have such large feet, I wouldn't have stepped on your foot", she retorted.
"It was my toe you loser", he corrected her. "And maybe if you would watch where you were going, my toe could have been spared some pain", he added.
"Whatever. Be a man and stop whining", she yelled at him as she ran to the door.
"I am a man and I am not whining you Chappy lover", he yelled following after her.
"What wrong with liking Chappy?" she shouted.
"I don't know, besides the fact its lame", he shouted back and they continued like that until they were out of ear shot.
Nanao just watched as Soul Society's number one couple ran arguing out of the thirteenth division.
"You'll have to excuse them", Jushiro smiled at her, drawing her form her thoughts. "They only argue to hide their true feelings", he informed her.
"I see", she said taking a seat beside the wise captain.
"So, what seems to be the problem?" he poured her a cup of tea.
"Well, as you know, Kyouraku-taicho has been showering me with gifts all morning and I just don't know what else I can do to get him to understand I don't want him", she sighed.
"Well, have you tried just telling him", Jushiro suggested.
"Yes!" she exclaimed. "I have tried everything. I have tried ignoring him, hitting him, throwing things at him, but nothing works", she exhaled heavily.
"Well, how about you go out on a date", Jushiro smiled.
"Are you crazy?!" Nanao jumped from her seat.
"I'd liked to think I'm not but it sounds like to me that Shunsui is not going away until you give him exactly what he wants", he answered her.
"But what if—"
"What if you discovered you're actually in love with him?" Jushiro quirked an eyebrow.
Nanao just stared at the floor embarrassed.
"Just one date and if you really don't like him, then I can assure you, Shunsui will never bother you again. I'll make sure of it", he told her.
"Okay", she agreed then turned to leave but not before she bowed and said, "Thank you". Then she left.
"So", a voice came from behind the white haired captain. "She'll go out with me?"
"I can assure you", Jushiro smiled to his old friend.
"Thank you Jushiro", Shunsui bowed to his old friend then left to win the heart of his darling Nanao.
"Hello Nanao", she heard a voice shout from outside her window.
"Taicho?" she asked as she opened her window. "What do you want now?" she glared at him icily.
"What do I always want from you Nanao?" he retorted.
"A date I suppose", she sighed then turned away and walked downstairs to let him in. "So, where are you taking me?" she asked him.
"Really, you'll go out with me?" he gleamed but not as shockingly as she would have thought.
"Yes tai—I mean, Shunsui, I'll go out with you", she smiled weakly at him, still unsure of it all.
"Great", he smiled then held up his arm. "Shall we go then?"
"Uh . . . sure", she smiled warmly then looped her arm through his and said, "Lead the way".
Shunsui knew his surprised had to be big and something he knew she would just love.
So, Shunsui decided the best way to an ice angel's heart is to first, melt it, then to second, get it to beat for you and third, make it almost stop completely.
Trick #4: aim for the heart
Shunsui got a tip from a certain busty fukutaicho that Nanao liked star gazing, so he decided the most perfect date for his lovely Nanao would be to take her up on the roof and have dinner under the stars.
"Oh my god", Nanao exclaimed.
"You like?" he asked her.
"I love it", she gasped tears welling in her violet marble eyes.
"I figured you would", he grinned then led her to the table.
"I can't believe you did all this", she swooned. "How did you know?" she smiled at him.
"Oh I have my ways", he pulled her chair out for her.
Now that I've melted her heart and made it beat, time to make it almost stop completely he smiled to himself.
"Hello, my name is Jushiro and I'll be your waiter for this evening", the white haired captain bowed then placed two menus on the table.
Nanao looked over the menu and noticed only three things were on it.
a full course lobster dinner
raspberry cheesecake
a helping of the very handsome captain of squad eight
Nanao could only smile at the thought of number three.
She hated to admit it, but the more time she spent with her captain, the more she was falling in love with him. She wondered by the time dessert comes will she be able to lie and tell him she's not interested or will she tell him the true and finally give her heart to the man of her dreams?
"Well, you can pick which meal you would like to start with first", Shunsui informed her.
"Really?" she looked up from her menu surprised. "Uh . . . I think we should just stick with tradition and start with the dinner first:, she told him, but she was flattered he let her choose. She thought that was very sweet.
"Okay then", he smiled and took her menu and handed them over to their waiter. "You heard the lady Jushiro, bring out the lobster", he told him.
"Yes sir", Jushiro bowed at the two then left.
"Here you go", he smiled placing two plates of lobster in front of the couple. "Enjoy", he bowed again then left.
"Wow that was quick", Nanao commented.
"Yeah, it sure was", Shunsui agreed. "So, how is your lobster by the way?"
"Perfect. And yours?"
"Terrific", he answered her.
After that, there followed an awkward silence before Shunsui cleared his throat and grabbed her hand in his.
"Listen Nanao", he stared into her purple orbs. "I know you think I'm all about getting some and then leaving, which usually I am, but with you it's different. With you, I could care less about that, not that I wouldn't want it, but I would want to get to know you first."
"I want to know what makes you smile, what makes you laugh, what makes you cry . . . I want to know everything about you. You are the first woman that I can honestly say had me under her spell and wanting more."
"Nanao", he stood then kneeled down beside her. "I love you. With all my heart and soul and I want to be yours and only yours", he slipped the black velvet box from his robe and placed it in front of her.
"Oh Shunsui", he saw a tear roll down her cheek. "It's beautiful", she pulled out the diamond bracelet with a ruby heart in the center he had tried to give to her that morning.
"So Nanao", he cupped her face in her hands. "Can I be yours?"
Nanao felt like her heart was going to stop beating if he didn't stop making her blush.
She couldn't believe her ears. He really wanted to be hers and hers alone.
Most guys would ask if she wanted to be theirs but he didn't want that. He wanted to be hers. She thought that was the sweetest thing she had ever heard in all her life.
"Of course you can be mine", she leaped into his arms pressing her lips deeply into his.
Shunsui was shocked.
Of course he had expected her to love the gift. He even had expected her to say yes but he hadn't expected her to kiss him. And what a great kiss it was too.
When they finally broke apart, Jushiro came back over and asked if they were through with their meal and ready for dessert.
"Actually, we'll be skipping dessert", Nanao smiled at him. "I think I'll be having the number three", she turned to Shunsui smiling.
"I think that's an excellent choice madam", Jushiro bowed and left the two alone.
"Okay my lovely Nanao, where would you like to have me?" he kissed her cheek gently.
"Right here", she answered him with a gleam on her face.
"Right here? On the roof?", he looked at her in shock.
"You asked, I answered", she smirked at him.
"As my lovely Nanao wishes", he took her up in his arms and cleared off the table.
"Uh . . shouldn't we have cleaned the table off in a more appropriate way?" she asked.
"Oh don't worry", he grinned placing her gently on the table. "I made sure to tell Jushiro to put a trashcan there so it would catch the food and stuff", he leaned on top of her.
"Well, you had this whole thing already planned, didn't you?" she raised her eyebrow at him.
"Well, just in case, but I must say", he untied her hair and removed her glasses. "That kiss was very unexpected", he lowered himself down further on top of her.
"There is more where that came from", she pulled his face closer to her but stopped short and said, "I love you Shunsui".
Shunsui was surprised then he smiled and replied, "I love you too Nanao".
Then they kissed and made love until the dawn of the morning after.
So, how did you like this couple? This is my first time writing Shunsui x Nanao. I hoped you liked it. Please review and I'll have the next couple up tomorrow. Sorry for the wait. Bye.