Okay. Chapter 7 is a bit shorter than most chapters I think. Oh well! Please enjoy!
Still do not own Bleach or any of it's characters. Still own Lena, Kie and Jared. Still do not make any money off of this.
Return of the Missing
Chapter 7 Birthday Wishes
A couple days later, three to be exact, Lena was in the office, doing paperwork and talking to Ukitake.
"Any idea as to where Kiyone and Sentaro are?" Lena asked, looking around. From what she had seen these last couple of days they were always there.
"No. They usually are here long before now. I wonder what could be keeping them." Ukitake replied, also looking around. Lena swallowed, nervous. Ukitake heard her, and glance at her, asking what was wrong.
"Well, a couple of days ago, on the fifth to be exact, Kiyone and Sentaro were asking me a thousand questions about what I wanted for my birthday. It's my birthday today, and they're nowhere to be found." She replied. That morning, when she walked in, Ukitake, who had gotten there first, had wished her a happy birthday.
(Author's Note: Anyone know what this means: "hand wished her a happy birthday."? Because my computer says that is how it should be. The only hand signs that I can think of are sign language [duh] and flipping people off. Sorry, but Ukitake doesn't sound like the person to flip another one off. Okay. Sorry- just felt putting this in.)
A couple minutes later, the door opened, Kiyone and Sentaro walking in, smiling. Walking over to Lena's desk, Kiyone put down a basket of apples, along with a pair of gloves, onto it. Sentaro put a drawing sketchbook that had the picture of a cherry-blossom tree on it along with some drawing pencils.
"Happy Birthday, Lena!" They said at the same time, for once not stopping to glare at the other. Lena looked at them, slightly shocked.
"Um, thank you." Lena said, having not expected that. Kiyone and Sentaro smiled, going and getting to work. She piled the gifts up neatly, putting them off to the side of her desk and continuing to work.
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A couple of days later, Kiyone, Sentaro and Ukitake were at the office. It was the morning, and they were waiting for Lena to arrive. It wasn't like she was late- she was just slightly later than usual.
Randomly, Kiyone walked out of the office, not saying anything. Sentaro and Ukitake watched her, Sentaro wondering aloud about why she had done that, voicing what they were both thinking. A couple minutes later, Kiyone came back, but this time Lena was with her.
"So, you decided to try to get brownie points and walk Lena-chan here, did you?" Sentaro said, frowning.
"No. I just thought that I would be kind to my fukitaicho and walk her here." Kiyone replied, sitting down and continuing to work on paperwork.
"Hello Sentaro-kun. Hello Ukitake-taicho." Lena said, greeting the two males as she sat down and started to work on her paperwork. Sentaro gave a enthusiastic hello, Ukitake nodding, smiling and saying hello.
Suddenly, a couple of minutes later, Sentaro suddenly stopped, looking at Lena and asking, "So, why did Kiyone suddenly go and get you?"
"Well, when she had done that I was already on my way here, but I had stopped because I got distracted. Apparently Kiyone-chan sensed that, so she came and made sure that I actually made it here." Lena said, shrugging it off as she signed another piece of paper.
A couple of hours later, Kiyone and Sentaro had gone out to eat lunch really quickly, leaving Lena and Ukitake alone in the office.
"How have you been doing as fukitaicho here?" Ukitake asked, trying to make a conversation with Lena.
"It's been going great! I really love being fukitaicho." She said, smiling wide and signing yet another piece of paperwork.
"That's good." Ukitake said, also signing paperwork. He frowned in his head- what should he say? Lena spared him from having to rack his brain too much.
"Do you want to join me for dinner?" She asked, thinking that nothing was wrong with that. In theory, nothing was wrong with that; but when people hear of that- namely Rangiku- then it becomes wrong.
"Sure. Do you have anything planned, or did you want to go out to a restaurant?"
"A restaurant. I heard of a little café- cheap of course- that opened not too long ago. I've been meaning to try it out." She said, remembering what she had been planning. Going to that café had been her original plan for dinner, but she decided that it was a good time to get caught up.
"I think I know where you're talking about. Do you mean SilverMoon?" He asked, recalling the café that had opened up maybe 5 years ago.
"Yes, that's the one!" Lena said, pausing in signing the paperwork and grinning over at her captain. "Have you been there yet?"
"No, I haven't. But I've heard there is good food there from everyone that has been there." He said, recalling what he had heard about SilverMoon.
"So, what time do you think what be good for dinner?" She asked, trying to figure everything out. She always needed to know a lot of the details; her friends from the Rukongai had made fun of her for that a lot.
"How about seven? I believe that we'll either be finished, or close to finished, with all the paperwork, and maybe Kiyone-chan and Sentaro-san will be off at their own dinner." Ukitake said, using reason to come up when they would go out.
"Sounds good to me." Lena said, having to change what she was originally going to say to that. She was going to say "sounds like a date to me", but she realized that it might not be a good idea. They continued their paperwork, making small talk as they did.
Wow! The story is progressing somewhat fast. Oh well! It's going good! Reviews are still more than welcomed! :)