Alternate Omake
Hanatarou looked at the list Lieutenant Kotetsu had given him. Apparently Captain Unohana hadn't come in to the infirmary for rounds, so the lieutenant had split her duties among the two younger officers.
The Seventh Seat gave a resigned sigh. He hated having the violent show-offs from Eleventh Division on his list, but at least Isane had been kind enough to give him Ukitake as a balance.
He decided to start with the pleasant captain, and was surprised to find his missing captain in the room with him.
He was also somewhat surprised to find Unohana curled up against Ukitake with one hand tucked into his robe, but he figured it must be some clever new technique that his knowledgeable captain had developed.
"Ano, taicho... what are you doing?" he asked.
Unohana looked over her shoulder at her timid lieutenant. "I'm checking his breathing," she replied causally, shuffling her hand around inside Ukitake's shirt.
Ukitake grinned, leaning up to steal a quick kiss from Unohana. "And I'm checking hers," he remarked when they broke apart.
Hanatarou nodded, but he looked perplexed. "Okay, taicho. I'll leave him to you, then."
He let himself out, and Retsu and Juushirou shared a chuckle at the awkward but gifted healer.
Unfortunately, Unohana later regretted having a little laugh at her Seventh Seat's expense, when she found him trembling in a supply closet, holding a large syringe of sedative in a death grip.
"Yamada-kun, what happened?" she asked, kneeling to rest a comforting hand on the boy's shoulder.
"I... I..."
"Calm down, Hanatarou. Just tell me what happened. The Eleventh wasn't harassing you again were they?"
Hanatarou nodded meekly. "I just... I... Well, there was this one who got punched in the chest, so I needed to check his breathing, and I used that new technique you and Ukitake-taicho were using earlier, and..."
Unohana, compassionate and controlled shinigami that she was, didn't laugh. She marched over to the wing of the infirmary where the Eleventh Division members were housed and gave them a lecture that felt like a beating.
And then, she returned to the office and allowed herself a small smile at Hanatarou's mistake.