SONG ;;
Stand in the Rain by Superchick
PAIRING ;;
Sosuke Aizen x Momo Hinamori
UNIVERSE ;;
AU.
She'd woken up a few days ago, members of Squad Four surrounding her. She hadn't known why she was there. She had faint memories of Captain Aizen not being dead, of her finding Captain Aizen and hugging him because he was there and alive and it had been wonderful, but…
She hadn't been able to remember anything past that. She still couldn't, really, but she remembered pain and blood and total disbelief. Something had happened. Something had happened and now whenever she mentioned Captain Aizen people turned away, made some excuse, and left her. She hated it when they left her, hated it when she was stuck all alone in Squad Four with nothing but the occasional member of Squad Four to keep her company. Not that she had anything against members of Squad Four; they were all very nice even though they wouldn't tell her why she was there.
One night, when the only one in the same room as her was a newer recruit of Squad Four, Momo slipped out of bed, knocking the other Shinigami out with a small raise of her spiritual pressure. It took more out of her than she'd like to admit – what had happened? Captain Aizen hadn't been dead. Captain Aizen had been there, she'd touched him, she'd hugged him. And then… and there had been blood. There had been blood and there had been pain and she knew she couldn't believe what had happened and that's why she couldn't remember it.
She left Squad Four and headed to Squad Five, sitting down in Captain Aizen's room and rifling through the calligraphy he'd left behind. Why wasn't he here, if he was alive?
"Momo."
Was that – no. It was just Toshiro. She turned around to face him. He stood in the doorway, arms crossed, looking annoyed, as usual, but maybe a bit sad, too. "Where's Captain Aizen?" she asked, and he glanced around the room awkwardly. No. She should have said hello first. She'd messed up.
"Momo… he… don't you remember?"
She shook her head, and he took a deep breath. "You should get back to Squad Four. You'll reopen your injuries if you run around like this-"
"I'm not going back there," she said. She was absolutely sure of this. She wasn't going back there. "I'm going to go find Captain Ai-"
"Damn it, Momo!" Toshiro was angry. She didn't know why she'd made him angry. Maybe because he wasn't as inherently good as Captain Aizen. Maybe that was why. "He stabbed you! That's why you were in the hospital! That's why he's gone! He faked his death and betrayed the Soul Society!"
Toshiro wasn't making any sense.
She was going to go find Captain Aizen.
She pushed past Toshiro and flash-stepped away, ignoring how much it was taking out of her. She was still weak, but once she found Captain Aizen it would be okay. It would all be okay.
And she did find him. She found him sitting beside a river in Rukongai. His glasses were gone, but, if possible, he looked even more handsome without them.
She still sort of missed them, though.
"Momo," he said. "Sit down."
"Toshiro says you stabbed me," she said, sitting down beside him. "I don't think he's right, though… right?"
"Toshiro stabbed you," Captain Aizen said. "I was merely trying to protect you. I had to flee. The Soul Society is a corrupt place. Kaname, Gin, and myself have plans to correct this, but to do that we must leave. "
"Let me come with you," she said, and for a moment it looked like he was going to refuse and she was worried. But he came through, as always, and nodded.
"We will be working with… hollow-like beings, however," he said, and she nodded. "But it's all for a good cause."
"Okay," she said. "I trust you."
Captain Aizen smiled and she hugged him and this time there was no pain, there was no blood, there was no disbelief. And it was wonderful.
huh it's been a while since i wrote any bleach fanfiction hi
