When byakuya awoke in the morning, his rage increased. They sabotaged my relationship! He raced to the elders counselling room and shoved the doors open. All of them turned to him in confusion. "What seems to be troubling you lord byakuya?" questioned the eldest elder. Byakuya shot him a dirty look before expressionlessly scowling at him, "You elders hijacked my relationship with hisana." the elders brows were by now raised, "Lord byakuya we will not have this talk, it was settled seven years ago, I say we forget and move on, she's not even worth talking about." One of the elders said gruffly. "I am your leader! You will all do what I say." byakuya growled. The oldest elder sighed, "Yes, we stopped the relationship, but she's a commoner, YOU, my lord are a noble!" "It does not matter, I hereby now announce that you all are to not make a decision without my approvals." Byakuya gave each elder a firm stare before leaving. He thought about hisana, and he thought about what he said before his cold goodbye to her. "Here is some money, your boss doesn't know how to whisper." He didn't forget the surprised, hurt features shown on her face before she looked away. Her saddened image stung his mind. Just then, a small knock on the manor doors caused him to spin around. There were no maids around so he took the opportunity to open the door to this person. He was then greeted with the familiar smile of hisana. "Hello my lord."
Hisana felt nervous, I'm sure he wouldn't mind, would he? Oh dear... what if I got the wrong nobles home? Last night he was in a strange mood, he was all over me, then he was cold to me... men are so difficult. When a guard towered over her, she started to feel giddy. "What business do you have with the lord?" Her mouth suddenly went dry, "I um... I just wanted to return this to him." her voice cracked on the last word. "Are you alright? You sound parched." the guard replied, hisana was suddenly surprised, "What? N-no! I'm fine!" she exclaimed, he checked the small sack, and gently patted her arms, shoulders and abdomen before sending her in the gates. She took all her courage just to present a knock on the beautifully detailed entrance door. When the door slowly opened she was surprised to see byakuya, she expected a maid to open the door. But she swiftly recovered her face with a charming smile. "Hello my lord." she meekly murmured.
"Hisana! What are you doing here?" he exclaimed, surprise drenched his words. She offered him another sweet smile, "I um, wanted to return this." she held out the small sack of money. "Oh..." he stared at it in confusion. "Forgive me, I just took a small amount to pay for your and my meal at the restaurant last night, I didn't take anything else." she mumbled. He stared at her, studying her chewed nails, a smirk tugged at his mouth, he reached out his hand and held her hand up. "Hisana, were you nervous when you came here?" his eyes locked on hers. "How did you know?" she curiously asked. "I still remember that you chew your nails when your nervous." he pointedly gestured. "Oh..." they stood in silence a while longer. During this time, byakuya studied hisana from head to toe. She knew he was intently observing her, so she didn't say a word to disturb him, until it was too much. "Well... I'll be going then." she gave byakuya the small sack before turning away to advance to the gates. Just before she was about to slip out the gate did byakuya catch hold of her waist and hauled her to the side. "Wha-!?" Hisana began but was then Shushed by the unexpected carriage that rushed past them from the gate. Byakuya felt her shaking. When she turned around, she looked confused and dazed. "T-Thank you..." she mumbled. He wanted to pull her closer to him to hold her fragile form, but she retreated and walked onto the sandy gravel road...
In the afternoon hisana went to look for her sister, "Excuse me, sorry to interrupt your day, but have you seen a little girl that has black hair, pale skin, she's an orphan, her name is rukia." She'd ask strangers this a few times, but no luck would ever come. When she had enough of the hot, cramped, bustling streets of inuzuri, she went back to her miniscule, wrecked, cottage somewhere near the pond. She was surprised to see a carriage parked in front of her home. "Are you a miss hisana?" said a voice behind her. "Y-yes why?" "I'm afraid you're arrested for-" "WHAT!?" her eyes shot wide open. Laughter came from the strange man, "I was just jesting you're in no harm." 'Y-You fool! I had a heart attack! Don't do that ever again." she shouted while weakly hitting him. "Anyway, I'm a messenger from the kuchiki clan, Master kuchiki told me to ask if you would come for a walk with him at the shinigami academy tonight." "Sure, I'll go." hisana mumbled. "Right, be sure to be there!" "Uh huh."
That evening hisana saw the figure of byakuya leaning against a tree, he was gazing at the stars. "Byakuya-kun?" he swiftly turned around, "You're late." "I-I know, things were caught up in the restaurant and my boss wouldn't let me go yet." "Ahh." he nodded. "For a moment I thought you changed your mind." he murmured, a few feet away from her. "Well I did think about ditching you..." she slyly replied walking closer to him. "Oh?" a giggle fell from hisana's mouth before she bent down to sit on the damp, dewy grass. "Come here." she softly beckoned. Byakuya's heart quickened when she gave him a softened look, and her smiles always melted his icy eyes. "Byakuya-kun, why did you invite me for a walk?" "Well, this morning after the carriage incident, you seemed a bit stunned, so I just wanted to see if you're alright." "Well, thank you, I'm fine now, yes..." Hisana studied byakuya for a few seconds. "Is there something on my face?" he mumbled, "What? No! I was just observing your posture, you seem so dignified, and proud." "Maybe because I'm am a noble and I was raised with pride." he looked at her, softening at her vision. He observed how her posture never slouches, or how her shoulders aren't hunched, he examined how her head tilts up gracefully to look at the sky, her beautiful violet eyes curiously gazes towards the stars. "Byakuya-kun, I'd just like to thank you for inviting me to this walk, you didn't have to check on me you know." She smiled at him. "Hisana, you don't have to thank me, and, I didn't just wanted to check on you, I also wanted to do this." Before hisana could question him, her mouth was silenced by the soft lips of Byakuya's. He deepened the kiss by circling her waist and pulling her closer to him. "Byakuya-kun!" she gasped in the kiss when her mind finally regained control. "Hmmm?" he mumbled, she tried to pull away, but he just pulled her closer. "Byakuya-kun, stop." she begged. With one last force of the kiss, he pulled away. "You're confusing me." she breathlessly sighed. "Oh? How so...?" he murmured while stroking her cheek. "What exactly do you want with me?" she whispered, melting into his caress. "I want you, Nothing else." he smirked when he heard her whimper while he was tracing her lips with his thumb. "B-Byakuya-kun..." her voice low as ever. "Its true, I missed you, I tried searching for you, but I never found anything." a sad tone filled his words. "Then... can we have a walk again tomorrow?" hisana shyly asked. Byakuya smiled at her words, "I'd like that very much."