Chapter 4
After a long day, the guests were all either really full and happy or really drunk and happy. It was finally the sending off of Byakuya and Soifon into their new estate and bedroom. A new house was built for the two of them. It was standing since Hisana and Byakuya were together. The two had lived there previously but until Hisana died. Byakuya had moved out back into the main house. Byakuya was slightly annoyed at the fact that they used his old house for Soifon because it clearly meant a lot to him and Hisana. Soifon was not Hisana's replacement. It was completely refurnished for the sake of Soifon and Byakuya's wedding.
The elders led the two newly weds. Soifon was holding onto Byakuya's arm. Everything went as rehearsed. The guests followed in a line behind them. As they arrived at the newly furnished house, only the higher up noble heads and elders were allowed inside for the sending off. The remaining guests had to wait outside before leaving. Before going inside, Byakuya and Soifon had turned around to the guests and bowed once more. "Thank you all for coming." Said Byakuya and with that, they continued to proceed.
The new estate was big and it took a while to reach the bedroom. Byakuya's memories of Hisana were returning and he felt like he was betraying Hisana by doing all of this. The bedroom was rather big and in the middle lies the bed. The bed was fit for two and onto of the white sheets was filled with flower petals. The two were forced to sit on the end of the bed while the family heads and elders gave their blessings. Saying things like "May you two be eternally happy together.", "Hope you have children soon", "Take care of each other". Things you would say to a normal happy wedded couple not to an arranged couple. It was really annoying and difficult to hear.
By the end of all of it, everyone had finally left including the guests and the rest of the Kuchiki household. They were finally alone in their own house. Byakuya immediately got up and went to the bathroom to get ready for bed. In reality, this was suppose to be the night they made love to each other and try for a baby but Soifon knew it was never going to happen tonight. Soifon got out of the current clothes she was wearing and neatly folded them away. She put on herself a bathrobe and headed towards the other bathroom.
Everything felt so forced and artificial to the point it was uncomfortable for Soifon. In her entire life, she was so used to being superior to men, being a leader and most of all, being around women. She never felt love with any men ever. She had only loved Yoruichi; she was like an idol, a mother or sister figure to her. She thought that this night was going to be easy as would the rest of her life. But in fact, she felt nervous, she has never been this close to a man ever. The thought of sleeping in the same bed as Byakuya kind of disgusts her. She immediately shaked that thought of because it was a sign of weakness. Soifon had no intention of falling weak to the likes of Byakuya. Soifon got up and out of the bath and dried herself and got dressed. She walked back to the master bedroom.
As she arrived, Byakuya was already in his nightwear and sleeping on one side of the bed. It was just as she guessed, he would have no intention of doing anything with her and would most likely ignore her presence. Soifon walked to the bed and crawled into the sheets lying right next to him. Byakuya sensed her arrival and immediately turned his back to her. She couldn't care less and continued to sleep. Just as she was shutting her eyes.
"I have no intention of doing anything with you tonight and I hope that I've made myself clear before about having nothing to do with you. You will follow our clan's rules and regulations in this house and cause no trouble for anyone in this family especially me." Byakuya was a huge pain, he had to make rude comments and orders everywhere even in bed.
"I don't need you to tell me what to do. I can handle things myself without you asking like the boss of me." Soifon turned her back towards Byakuya and ignored whatever else he had to say and went to sleep.
