You know, I never had the intention of making these connected, but at the rate I'm going, that's what it's looking like. -.- (sigh...) I guess it can't be helped. I'm liking how it's turning out anyway. Do you agree? Slightly connected to...a lot of them really, but more directly to the leeches one.

Good, not good? Let me know.

--KG--

Drunken Contemplation

Rangiku sat at her desk content, sipping out of her jug of sake. Normally, she wouldn't be found within a five mile radius of the office, but this time she thought she'd humor her easily-aggravated Captain.

Currently, Captain Hitsugaya was away in the world of the living on an assignment. Being a slightly trifling affair, she hadn't been needed. It didn't bother her all that much. As much as she liked to visit with her other world friends, she wanted to stay home and relax for a while.

Naturally, that plan went out the window at her captain's departure. He almost demanded (okay, well he did demand a bit) that she have all of her paperwork competed by the time he got back, or else.

This usually wouldn't bother her in the slightest, but he had been more agitated lately, muttering things about 'Ukitake and his crazy ideas' and 'don't bring that stuff here'. She didn't really want to think about what icy punishments she would receive if she didn't comply. On another note, he never said that she couldn't indulge while she was doing the paperwork, just that it got done.

She was perfectly fine with that.

Besides, it gave her plenty of time to think about her best friend and her drinking buddy.

She was pretty sure that her captain's mutterings had been about Captain Ukitake's sun and moon theory, putting it simpler, Shunsui and Nanao. There was no doubt in her mind that he was right about them. She could see it herself too. She had been around long enough to tell when people seemed good together.

It was something she, herself had wanted for a long time. It had always stayed just slightly out of reach for her though, usually leaving without mentioning where it was going. She sighed. She was not going to think of that now. Because of this deeper feeling she had, she wanted Nanao and her conserved (or perhaps lazy) captain were going to get together.

By hook or crook, whether by her hand or not, it was going to happen.

She smiled to herself. The incident at the lake had gone on smoothly enough. She had been mildly surprised when Shunsui had walked back towards the rest with Nanao in tow, but she had been more surprised in seeing the garment wrapped around the disheveled girl. Not to mention that she was wet, insinuating that she had fallen in the river. Judging by the way Shunsui didn't really look at her, more kept his eyes to the floor, she knew that something had transpired.

Smirking to herself now, she had to put a hand up to her mouth to stop her giggling like a school girl.

Oh, how she loved the color white.