Title: Flurries
Rating: K+
Pairing: Hisagi Shuuhei x Kira Izuru
Preview: Who knew seasons could mean such deep things.
Warning/Perosnal Thoughts: I actually like the concept of this drabble, hope I wrote it right
Prompt: 022. Mother Nature
Izuru blinked at the article in front of him.
It was early afternoon when he had stepped into the ninth division's office to deliver a report. At any chance he could, Izuru would stop and talk to Shuuhei, most of the time short little conversations because one of them was busy. When he had tried today, Shuuhei said he was busy with the newspaper, Izuru having experience offered his help. Of course, Shuuhei refused but Izuru said if he helped then they could maybe eat dinner together and talk as they were working. Shuuhei only agreed so they could spend time together but Izuru wasn't complaining, not at all. It was late presently and although still pitch black, it wouldn't be long before rays of light danced along the sky.
"Something wrong?" Shuuhei spoke to break through Izuru's odd stare at the paper.
"Iie, I just never looked too much into seasons."
"Ah, that article, one of my members requested to do it. I thought exploring the seasons in a symbolic way may catch some interest, I mean people are interested in horoscopes and zodiacs so…"
"I wasn't questioning your reasons."
"Then what is it?"
"…" Izuru paused in his answer long enough that Shuuhei attention was drawn and he had stopped what he was doing. "Izuru?"
"I was just thinking." Shuuhei recognized that tone and moved to sit beside Izuru on the couch.
"Is something wrong?"
"Iie, it's just… do you think seasons represent who people are?"
"It could, doesn't always mean it does though."
"Do you think you're a summer?"
Shuuhei blinked at the question and leaned over closer to Izuru to look at the article.
"I never really thought of it but when I think summer, I think Renji." Izuru looked at him to continue "Well summer is about relaxing, it's a break, it's fun. It tends to be really bright and lively so I'm not quite sure that suits me. I think I would've been better as a fall, that's about getting back to work."
"I think you're fine as a summer, that's only one part of it. Besides you are a break, you take burdens off of people. Summer is about being content and happy, it's perfection so I think it suits you fine. Although fall's maturity does really suit you. Though I think you make people feel like it is summer and that may be more important."
Shuuhei grinned at the compliment.
"What about you?"
"What about me?" Izuru looked at Shuuhei skeptically.
"Nani?"
"It's nothing."
Shuuhei gave him an odd look as Izuru began to reach for another piece of paper to read over. "You're a spring right?
"Yeah but it doesn't suit me…"
Shuuhei glanced at the paper "I don't know about that…"
"You're sleep deprived aren't you? Me a spring? Spring is about youth, newness, beauty, innocence, none of those describe me at all. Spring is bright and brings hope. I'm more a winter because it is about death, and it's barren and bleak."
"Maybe you just haven't found the right method to melt the snow yet."
Izuru paused in his thoughts and stared at Shuuhei intently, something about that statement sounded so… personal.
"Spring is also about starting new, maybe that's something you need. Plus, if I can be summer, I think you can be spring. You're honest and tend to bring a fresh perspective to things, I believe you inspire people to change their lives. For the better of course because you give them understanding in the snow, I guess. By giving people that understanding, it helps people realize they're not alone in the barren winter and move towards their spring, you allow people to bloom."
Izuru could only gape at Shuuhei's words but his dismissal stopped as Shuuhei spoke again.
"You're fresh and you seem a little new as well, you feel to me like you're growing still, like you once were a summer and slowly gone through all the cycles of the seasons. However in the end, you'll end up a spring, born again, starting your life in the way you want, no one else's. A breath of fresh air, you certainly seem like a spring to me because of your maturity and you tend to think of situations from the start, you're always like getting to the core of things. Whenever you've tackled a problem, you've always looked for the source, the beginning then just dealing with it. You are like a beginning and, to me, you're a spring."
"I…" Izuru paused, trying to create saliva again in his dry mouth. He blushed deeply and had to divert his eyes because of embarrassment "Arigato…"
Shuuhei grinned again as he moved closer, their legs touched as Izuru's gaze stared at the contact. Shuuhei clasped Izuru's hand in his and brought it up and Izuru's eyes followed the movement. Shuuhei's dull hazel eyes seemingly having a shine in it as he looked right back at Izuru. His grin turned into a shy smile, one full of appreciation and admiration and Izuru wanted to look away at the approval he found there. Shuuhei held his eyes and Izuru felt like he couldn't look away from him. He didn't want to.
"So, can I be your summer?"
A/N: I like how this came out, I actually described a bit of the fuzzy feelings in the last paragraph that I feel oddly proud of. The ending is cheesy of course but we all know Shuuhei is a dork like that XD
Translations:
Iie = No
Nani = What
Arigato = Thank you