Her hand paused over the questionnaire. It wouldn't hurt to complete it. After all, everyone got one. It wasn't personal. It wasn't a comment on her love life, or lack of love life.
Everyone got one.
It might be fun.
Besides, it was worth fifteen bucks, enough to buy those pearl earrings she'd seen at that boutique in Karakura Town last time she'd been there. And for two forms it meant thirty. Maybe she'd get the strappy sandals instead.
Questionnaires were demanded from everyone, except for Yachiru, who had managed to get paid for two forms despite not entirely participating.
Well, one had to expect the president of the Shinigami Women's Association to get perks, as if slinking around and catching the occasional glimpse of Byakuya in not much more than his underthingies on the way from the Kuchiki residence hot springs wasn't reward enough.
Not that she'd ever seen him, but Yachiru was florid in her descriptions.
Her pen paused over the form.
Sexual Preference.
"Male, of course," she said as she wrote the word on the line provided.
Brief Physical Description Highlighting What You Believe to Be Your Best Feature.
The more she thought about that one, the less Bests she found. She lied about her height. Moving on.
I Feel Most Vulnerable When...
She frowned for a long moment. "At night when the nightmares come and I can't get away from them," she said aloud as she wrote, and then added, "and when I'm mistaken for a boy by people who only see my face."
Most Attractive Attribute in a Mate.
"Sensitive with underlying strength when needed," she murmured, pen on the paper.
It took a few more minutes to complete the form, several answers having to be erased and others shored up with un-provable falsehoods.
She gave the questionnaire a smile, and then a sigh, and pulled the second form closer.
"Why two? Do they want the same answers?" she mused to no one in the back of the supply room. Not much time to finish the second form, she thought. Eleventh Division was due to finish training soon and the next round of casualties would be straggling in for treatment.
Maybe she could fill it in for someone else. She thought furiously. None of the women, as Nanao had made sure everyone had their own applications already. Yachiru had made a dot-to-dot on hers.
Think, think, think.
She brightened, one name coming to mind. She smiled and leaned over the form again.
"Division Three Vice-Captain Izuru Kira," she said as she wrote. "He sorely needs a woman. Raising a sword against Vice-Captains Hinamori and Matsumoto really sapped him."
Brief Physical Description Highlighting What You Believe to Be Your Best Feature.
She visualized for a moment, and then put the pen to the form. "Pale blond hair that sweeps devilishly to one side, blue eyes, moderately lanky build belying an understated masculinity..." She reconsidered what she'd written.
No, his eyes weren't quite blue, but not exactly hazel. Blue-green. Green-blue?
"Milky blue eyes," she said, writing. She sat back and sighed. Milky blue sounded weak. "Blue eyes," she rewrote. Best feature? "Emphasis on hair."
List Any Previous Painful or Failed Relationships.
She didn't think twice about that answer. "Abandonment by traitorous captain and forced into uncomfortable position of leadership." She smiled at her work, and then scribbled it out. "They probably meant painful or failed romantic relationships."
She wrote in None.
She looked over the answers, and then to the 'Personal Comments' section. "I consider the best attributes in a woman to be dedication and intelligence, but also unafraid to be spontaneous," she wrote in her best penmanship.
She smiled at her work.
It was Vice-Captain Kira to a T.
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