The next couple of days were rather quiet despite Rangiku's constant presence around the household and workplace. Of course, that's not to say she didn't do anything, oh no. She still delivered meals to Rukia during work and tempted the young Kuichiki at home with various sexy outfits. Rukia kept herself silent, waiting for the right moment to hit Rangiku with a best right hook. Not a real punch; given their height differences, Rukia would end up smacking Rangiku in the boob. Something that would feel good…
Rukia slapped herself. This got the attention of Ukitake, who was walking by during one of his many attempts to cure himself of art-block. Seeing his partner slap herself in the head out of the blue didn't really bring a powerful story-building idea to his mind. A story about his hero fighting a villain who controls other people's doubts and forces them to fight for his villainous ideals? No, his editors would change the villain into some thief who steals dreams and there would be a subplot about a dolphin. Just because he didn't update Sōgyo's adventures every month doesn't mean the editors could force stupid changes. He grumbled off back to his office, leading to him becoming the center of attention instead of Rukia.
Rukia had buttoned her lip about the truth about what really happened in the restaurant. But then again…so had Rangiku about what really went down the night they two supposedly slept together. She hadn't used it against Rukia in a while. Rukia had considered that she simply got drunk and climbed into Rangiku's bed naked, with Rangiku doing the same later. They didn't have sex, they just ended up falling into the same bed together! Of course, no proof of that. Rukia was living proof of what happened during the fire of course.
Rukia tuned her eyes to the nearby sundial. Lunch time is coming soon. Rangiku will come walking in with a picnic basket and would whisk Rukia away to a park. Hopefully she would be wearing her regular Shinigami robes instead of some silly outfit. If she walked in with only a apron decorating her massive, Rukia would go bald from all of the hair-pulling she would be doing. Hopefully today would be the day where Rangiku would make a mistake and allow Rukia to keep her underneath her thumb.
"Rukia ~" Rangiku called from outside, sticking only her outstretched arm carrying the basket through the door. "I got sandwiches ~"
Still, free decent lunch. Rukia put away her work and joined her 'girlfriend' for their lunch break. They went out to the same park they went to during their first date, the same one where Rangiku ripped her outfit. At least she wore her regular robes instead of some elaborate getup and staid away from the more forested area. "Egg sandwich?" Rangiku waved a wrapped sandwich in front of Rukia's face, like a stupid parent waggling a stuffed key-ring in front of a toddler's face to entertain it. Rukia did what most smart toddler's woukd do, snatch the item and stuff into her mouth. Hmm. Egg, wheat, and plastic.
After she torn off the plastic with her teeth, Rukia turned to see Rangiku playing with her outfit, tugging on the robe's collar to show off more flesh. Ah, today's lunch is sandwiches, tea, cookies and sex. Rukia's absolute favorite. "Looks like we're hitting record highs." Rangiku moaned as she looked towards the ever-present and foreboding sun. "Man, these robes…" She started to slowly pull apart her robes to thankfully reveal her wearing a bra. "So…"
"J'accuse!" Rukia jumped up and pointed a commanding finger at Rangiku's face, mostly towards the beauty mark. "You aren't going to tempt me with your luscious body!" Rukia almost wanted to erupt into mad laughter but kept her cool and continued with her little confrontation speech she had been working on for several days. "Not after you let a poor, innocent man take the blame for your crime!" Rangiku looked perplexed. "Our date? At the steak place? The one you burned down?"
"Oh yeah." Rangiku muttered under her breath and covered up her infamous cleavage with her robes. "Oh dear…" She also muttered as she realized Rukia's true intentions.
"Trust me, I'm the hero now, so people will believe me." Rukia sighed, but keeping her smile intact and glaring at the quivering Rangiku. "So…how will we proceed?" Rukia paced around Rangiku, still laying down on the ground. "I mean, I could kick you out of my home…" Rukia stopped herself short, coming to a realization of her own…she hadn't thought this far ahead. She almost expected Rangiku to pull an excuse out of her cleavage. But with Rangiku clearly scared of the consequences, Rukia had clearly won this out. Now she needed to continue…but with what?
"Let's see…" Rukia pondered to herself, still trying to be imitating. At least Rangiku still looked scared. "…how about you do EXACTLY what I say from here on out?" Rangiku bobbed her head in agreement. "Wow." Rukia popped out suddenly, breaking away from her tough demeanor for a second. She regained her ground before Rangiku had a chance to confront her. "You…really don't want to be punished for the fire, huh?" Rangiku again bobbed her head. "That's sad." Rukia commented on.
"It was a accident…I didn't mean it." Rangiku weakly apologized. "I was attempting to have a good time while making fun of you…"
"Now a man is villainized and out of a job because of you." Rukia pointed out. "But I don't to let a fellow Shinigami be arrested for a small accident. On the other hand…" Rukia bent down and cupped a hand around Rangiku's chin. "…I really don't appreciate the advances. You can stay, but don't expect me to tolerate you as often."
"Understood." Rangiku sighed, completely dejected. Rukia let her go and took a second sandwich out of the basket and walked off, leaving Rangiku alone and miserable. Rukia this time unwrapped the sandwich before taking a bite. She felt satisfied. Rukia had placed Rangiku into her corner and planned on keeping the busty woman there for a long time. Rangiku will definitely keep her distance from here on out. But what would Rukia do with her new slave? And, more importantly, how will she insure this wouldn't backfire against her in some spectacular manner?
…will she regret doing this to Rangiku, the woman who threatened to reveal a nasty secret, forcibly trespassed into her home and let someone else take a blame for her crime?
Most likely not.
