Summary: One of the winners from an event I did on Tumblr. The prompt was "Just say yes", and the summary was 'I think with this one, I would play off of his SFW Alphabet, mainly the 'L' section. So basically, it would a confession scenario with Kenpachi, right after he realizes that he loves the Reader. There may be some injury involved here, but it would be sweet overall. '

Warnings: none


The Fourth Division had never been in such an uproar before. In all of its years of existence, its members had never run around so confused and frightened, all of them having gone through specific training to avoid such a situation, but when Kenpachi Zaraki storms his way through your division, there isn't much else that you can do. It was like they had all entered a different dimension when they woke up that morning- that was how unusual the situation was. The bloodthirsty captain was usually either going the opposite direction to leave the medical division or he was avoiding it completely, but today, instead of adhering to either of those normalcies, he was thundering his way straight into the Fourth Division with a purpose.

If any of the Fourth Division medics had been able to keep their wits about them, they would have noticed where he was heading, but given how frazzled they all were, none of them were able to figure out that he was looking for you, one of the few people that could be considered a friend of his, who had just been injured in a vicious fight with a particularly powerful Hollow. Not once did he get lost as he tracked you down, yours being one of the few reiatsus that he actually cared to keep track of, and he was soon standing in the doorway of your room, looking imposing as he towered there.

The door had already been open, and luckily enough, you were sitting up in your bed, covered in bandages almost from head to toe, but still awake and alive nonetheless. He didn't say anything at first, just standing there in his imposing manner and waiting for you to notice that he was there. It didn't take long for you to feel his glare bearing down on you, although instead of looking frightened or even remorseful for worrying him, you had the nerve to give him one of those smiles that always stopped him in his tracks. He wasn't going to fall victim to that today, though.

"What the hell were you thinking, Y/N?!"

"Huh?"

Your smile immediately dropped, being replaced by a look of confusion. It frustrated him to no end, because it should have been more than obvious what he was talking about given what condition you were in.

"That Hollow was way outta your league! Why were you so damn reckless?! You should've waited for someone else to come and fight it!"

"Since when do you tell people to run away from fights? I don't see what the big deal is, anyway. Sure, I got a little banged up, but I still won! Why would you want me to run away from a fight that could make me stronger?"

As caught off guard as you were by Kenpachi's words, his lack of speech after your retort worried you even more, especially when his eye started to twitch. He did not look pleased in the slightest, and you didn't have the faintest clue as to why he was in such a foul mood. He usually didn't get like this around you, but obviously something had set him off, and you just had to figure out what it was. Of course, he didn't leave you waiting for that answer for very long.

"I don't want you to get hurt, dumbass."

"That's a little inevitable, don't you think?"

You could be beyond frustrating sometimes. Kenpachi wasn't sure how that had gone over your head; he was sure that his words had been plenty clear, and that their meaning couldn't be misconstrued, but apparently, he had been wrong about that. Maybe you'd taken a harder hit to the head than he'd thought, but he wasn't leaving that room until you understood what he was trying to say. He may not have been the most eloquent person in Soul Society, but he wasn't going to let that hold him back, not when he'd gotten so panicked when he heard that you were hurt.

He'd never had to think about what his life would be like without you before, but now that he had…it wasn't a thought process that he was fond of. Romantic love wasn't something that he was all too familiar with, but he was almost positive that that was what he was feeling. Why else had he been so enraged at the thought of losing you? Why else would that same thought make him feel so empty and hollow?

With a frustrated sigh, Kenpachi finally walked into the room, marching straight up to your bed and reaching out to gently grab your chin with his thumb and forefinger. He forced you to look at his face, hoping that his expression would convey the meaning that his words lacked.

"I don't want you to get hurt, dumbass."

You were still confused for a moment, but then he kept staring into your eyes and you were forced to see the worry that marred his gaze. Behind that worry was a myriad of other emotions and feelings, but the ones that topped all the rest were adoration, respect, longing, and…oh.

"Oh."

"Yeah, oh, so hurry up and heal so I can drag you off for some training."

"Huh?"

"You think I'm going to let something as weak as a Hollow take away something that's mine? You're not leaving my sight until I think you're ready to go back out in the field again."

'Mine.' That was something that you hadn't put much thought into before, not because you didn't want it, but because you didn't think that it was possible. Kenpachi was hardly a romantic person, and the idea of him being in love with somebody was just so…bizarre, really.

'Mine.' You wouldn't lie, though, the idea of actually being his was a pretty damn nice one. You'd admired him for so long now, but again, you didn't think that romance was an option with him, so you settled for being his friend instead, content just to be around him on a daily basis. Now that he had (somewhat) confessed to you, though…you couldn't stop the smile that overtook your face, and it just kept getting wider and wider as the realization set in that this wasn't all just a dream, and that Kenpachi Zaraki, of all people, actually had feelings for you. As sore as you were (which was nothing compared to how sore you would be after training with Kenpachi), and as hard as your fight with the Hollow had been, it was still a pretty damn good day to be alive.