11. Trust
It was a perfect of give and take, and they'd been perfecting it for over a century. Ichigo took the outside perimeter, because he was good with the obvious, while Kisuke patrolled the inside of the house, looking for more subtle signs of attack.
The dead swarmed the air, all but blotting out the moon for those who could see them, but Ichigo trusted that Kisuke would tell him if anything was going truly wrong.
For all that the night was nerve-wracking, it was relatively peaceful, and Urahara joined his lover to watch the sunrise.
"Another year safe," Ichigo murmured.