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'why doesn't Jason come around, he's your friend right' my mum was standing at my bedroom door.

Curiosity killed the cat: 4

'he's busy, I don't see him that much' I hadn't seen the kid once since that day, as much as I wanted too, I couldn't find him, I didn't see him at home either, I guess I was worried about the kid.

It was at least a few weeks until I saw him at home, maybe he was visiting other family, but I guess I felt relieved to see him anyway. His appearance made me want to meet him again, to see if he was alright, so I did the immature thing, sneaking into his garden again, deliberately getting caught by jushiro so he would talk to me.

'your not allowed to be here.. I've told you that before' as small as jushiro was, the power he had was immense when he wanted to show it.

I gave him a grin 'well yeah, but that just makes the place more interesting' I was sitting in a tree.

'they've been told to punish anyone who comes in... Just saying...' jushiro looked at me, I could tell there was something he wasn't saying, it was upsetting him.

I shrugged 'oh well, it's not like I'm doing anything' I saw someone older approaching, I knew they couldn't see Me yet.

'young master.. What are you doing, you have a class' I gathered he was a servant as he bowed to jushiro.

'sorry.. Guess I'm late' so far I hadn't been caught, I watched the scene with distaste, jushiro seemed upset that he had been caught, he did as he was told and walked back inside with the servant. I wondered why he did as he was told, he obviously didn't want too. There was nothing more to do here so I left to comeback the next day, jushiro was a step ahead of me though, he was already sitting there when I snuck in.

'why do you keep coming back' he gave me a cold look.

'because its fun' I climbed into the tree again, getting comfortable.

'fun to break rules.. Laws.. Why would you bother in the first place'

'I don't know, I just do' I gave him a smile 'I guess I don't know anything but you seem lonely'

Jushiro gave me an annoyed look 'really..'

'yeah, I don't think I've ever seen you smile, only once, when I got caught by your mentor or servant, whatever'

Jushiro looked at me 'what does a smile matter in the scheme of things' then he walked off, I didn't follow, I sat in the tree until I was bored and left, I'd come back everyday, usually getting the same reaction, jushiro didn't seem to like me much.

There were days that he didn't come though, those days I wondered where he was, I couldn't help but worry a little, I know I didn't know him but he looked frail, like he would blow away If the wind was too strong, the fact that he wouldn't smile, I was determined to make his life a little bit better, if I could.

'jushiro, you alright, you didn't tell me off yesterday' I would greet him with a grin.

'I'm fine, I can tell you off twice if you want me too' he looked back at me, he never had much of an expression.

'I wouldn't listen to any of them anyway'

Thought so.. ' I'd been counting, over the two months I'd been doing this, he'd been staying longer and longer over the time, he would stay talking to me or complaining about my stubbornness for nearly 20 minutes, a huge improve ment to the few minutes previously.

'Juu, you should smile, it's healthier for you'

Jushiro stayed quiet after I said that, replying 'my names jushiro.. And yeah.. Maybe' he left early that day, I must have said something wrong, I figured I should apologise the next day.

'Juu, I'm sorry if I said something to offend you..' I looked down at him from the tree.

'thats not my name... And its fine.. It was nothing..' jushiro always seemed to have something on his mind, he never talked about himself, he never revealed anything really.

'juu, why don't you talk.. Tell me about you, why are you always so depressed' I watched him.

'I'm not that interesting... '

'but you are, it drives me crazy not knowing what's going on in the head of yours' I smile 'tell me one thing, please' I deliberately sounded like a begging child.

He gave me a weird look 'your rather immature... '

I grinned 'of course, now tell me something' whining.

Jushiro sighed 'im the oldest of my siblings.. There's 8 of us in all'

'woah, that's cool, what's it like having that many siblings'

Jushiro shrugged 'most of them are little, only years old, I am twenty myself..'

'so your as old as me' in soul society, it took longer then in the human world to age, 20 yrs only made us look about in our early teens.

'so it seems... '

'hey, we could be brothers, that would be cool' I jumped down from the tree and sat beside him, I was past caring if his family or servants saw me.

'I guess.. ' jushiro was uncomfortable, but it was Change from having no emotion.

'so your the oldest right, does that mean you will be the head of the family one day?' I watched him curiously.

Jushiro looked at the ground and started playing in the grass, pulling it out 'yeah... ' he didn't sound happy about it.

'don't you want to be the head?'

Jushiro said nothing, then got up and walked inside without saying goodbye, I watched him go thoughtfully, what was he thinking, that's about when I was discovered and I ran off, id figure jushiro out yet, I was sure.