This chapter is written in various artsy-farsty-ness. Its very therapeutic for me after churning out 5-paragraph essays, and I think it its interesting. Also, it is mostly smut.

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"Orihi-"

A clatter of the metal dinner tray, skidding to a sharp halt against a wall. A sharp gasp.

"Ulquiorra."

"Hn." The soft sound of a kiss.

Becoming less soft, then breaks apart.

"How long can you stay."

"Not long. I'm expected somewhere soon."

"Oh." A soft disappointment.

"I promise to be back later." A low, husky whisper. " I swear I won't be gone long-"

"Shh. I understand."

That same sound again, lasting longer.

A ragged breath. "I should go."

"Mm. I understand." Softly sorrowful.

"I'll be back as soon as I can, you know that."

"I do know that." A final kiss. The deliberately slow squeak of a door hinge, and then a resounding click.


I lean against the wall, and am alone with my racing pulse.

It's absolute torture to me when he stops in for a brief millisecond and then whisks away again. Not the actual visit: of course not. It's the leaving I can't stand. It's the damned leaving. It's cruel and unusual punishment to have a single taste, and then be locked away again.

Pacing, pacing. I examine the already well-examined wall. And the ceiling. And the window. They've already been studied too many times over. I turn on my heel, spin a bit more than necessary, and then back again.

I used to think I was a patient woman, didn't I? Ridiculous. All those years of waiting timidly for Kurosaki to make the first move were nothing to this.

I wonder if it's possible to claw my way out of here.

Walking by I watch the sliver of window in the window. My reflection looks frantic and haggard, and it's sobering enough that I stop pacing. For the moment I resign myself to it, staring outside to the soft comfort of the inky sky.


Obsession spreads as fast as wildfire.

The length of time that he can keep her from his mind is increasingly brief. He steals whatever moments he can: ducking into her room, if even for a moment. And the time when he closes the door is growing more and more tortuous.

The taste of her lips has settled over every other thought, he thinks, nursing the last sip of his coffee.

The meeting drags on. And on. It's not even anything remotely important, just some minor disturbances in the world of the living. He can't comprehend why Aizen would consider it important. He could be with her instead. Or, at least, be left in a bit more peace to be left alone with his thoughts.

It was her innocent way of conducting herself, he muses, that is stuck in his head at the moment. There is an utter innocence about her that'd be more common in a child, not a grown woman. Most women- not that he knew many- were catty, aggressive, or reclusive. In her situation, she had all the right to be any of these, and yet a fragile, trusting innocence stayed.

He found his mind wandering- only his mind, thank you- to the woman seated opposite him, with the striking eyes and dark body. While the woman was formability strong and admirably somewhat virtuously loyal to her underlings in this band of cutthroats, she had no allure to him. A woman like that would laugh at you for feeling protective of her, and that to him was about as endearing as a wild tiger. Not to mention the- attire. It left barely anything to the imagination- not that it was necessarily a bad thing, but, just- it just felt obscene to have that sort of display for the world to see. He personally was capable of ignoring it, but he was one of the few who could manage this. He wouldn't know what to do if…if Orihime were to-

His train of though derailed entirely as he considered the image of Orihime in Halibel's clothes. With the- the…and the-

The mental image was certainly extremely…Compelling.

Overwhelming.

Delectable.

A few minutes later, the Espada seated to his right noticed the 4th staring into space with a deep blush fixated upon his face that could not be attributed to any amount of hot coffee.


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