A/N: I don't really know what to write. But I always love reading A/Ns, so I tend to write one myself. They make me smile, because you get to see inside the author's head for a moment...
Pairing: GrimmIchi (MalexMale)
Seasonal Greetings: Autumn
Autumn was the time of year the leaves began to fall, colouring the streets red, orange and brown. Ichigo loved autumn, he always had been rather fond of the leaf battles he used to have with his sisters every year. Pushing each other into a heap of leaves and seeing who would get out with the least twigs and leaves stuck in clothes or hair to be victorious.
In the end, he and Karin would gang up on his dad while Yuzu tried to stop them from hurting each other and his mother cheered them on. Somehow it seemed like the typical thing for the Kurosaki family to do. It was tradition almost and those fights were definitely one of the happiest memories he had, like most things that involved his mom.
Right now, he was in the middle of one of those battles with his favourite arrancar. Be it a very heated battle, way more aggressive and in a sense that made it all the more enjoyable. It reminded him of sword fighting, yet with less blood and bruises.
What had possessed Ichigo to ever push the other into a stray pile of leaves, he had no idea. It had been a spur of the moment thing, not that he regretted it. Maybe he had unconsciously missed the wars that autumn entailed in his family. Maybe it made him remember the times with his mom.
He didn't really know and he didn't ponder too long. After all, he hadn't had this much fun in a long time and never look a gift horse in the mouth, if that applied in this case.
Grimmjow, however, seemed to find the whole thing a lot less enjoyable. In fact, the other seemed more pissed off than anything else. (Perhaps they didn't have piles of leaves in Hueco Mundo? Apart from the obvious reason that there weren't any trees that weren't actually dead?
Although Grimmjow's foul mood could also be because at the moment he was the one on the bottom as Ichigo pressed him further into the pile of leaves. And it was a well-known fact that Grimmjow did not enjoy being the submissive one in anything.
He took a moment to observe the arrancar, looking at the result of their leaf war. Grimmjow's hair was more dishevelled than ever and twigs were sticking out from odd ends, which resulted into quite the comical sight. A sight that sent the substitute shinigami into a full-out laughing fit.
A glare and an angry growl were his reply and Ichigo did his best to calm down, yet one look at the arrancar sent him into another fit. Maybe it was something in the air around this time of year that had him feeling so giddy. Maybe it was Grimmjow looking as if he were deciding whether or not to kill the shinigami. Maybe it was the feel of crunchy leaves beneath them.
"I swear Kurosaki, if you don't stop laughing this instant…" Grimmjow growled in threat.
Ichigo sent him a sly smirk in reply. "Then, Grimm, aren't you forgetting who's on top?"
The blue-haired man was about to object when a pair of lips found his own, starting a battle more fierce than their previous one in the leaves. He instantly forgot his objections. Maybe it was because he enjoyed this kind of fight more than anything else. Maybe it was the thrill of having the shinigami pin him down. Maybe there really was something in the air around this time of year.
And maybe, it didn't really matter.
I am off to bed now. I don't know when I will post the last chapter to this series. (Winter) I have the idea in my head, but it's not ready yet to actually be written down... It needs more thinking (?), yeah let's go with that.
Anyway, as I have stated before, I love reviews.
Thank you for reading.
P.S. Can I state I am officially in love with GrimmIchi day?! It helps my plot bunnies and writing... Anyway, it's off to bed now...
