You vs. Them
Since the first night they made love Byakuya and Renji haven't spend one night apart. They walk to work together and eat lunch together they don't want to be away from one another and refuse to be apart for even a second. Byakuya told Renji he wouldn't marry Mariko even if that meant he'd be stripped of everything he worked hard for and Renji decided they'd go talk to the Head Captain about the threat. They found out the clan couldn't strip Byakuya of his power and kick him out of Seireitei and they could only if he was a deliberate threat to them. They could, however, take his title and squad six but in order for them to take squad six they'd need to follow the rules of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads and have a battle for the title. After being reassured he couldn't be kicked out of Seireitei Byakuya felt better and was no longer afraid of not marrying Mariko now all he had to do was figure out how to stop this wedding but he was pretty much out of time.
"You know I never asked you this." Renji said to Byakuya while they sat on the table in the manor library eating various fruits. "Do you sleep in the same bed with her?"
"No I sleep in the bed with you." Byakuya answered and then giggling when Renji gave him a you-aren't-funny look. "No I don't sleep with her. I sleep on the roof it's the only place I feel free. I can see everything from there, from there my life doesn't seem so..." he sighed "sad"
"Well now you don't have to be on the roof cuz I'm here to make you happy." he picked up a strawberry and fed it Byakuya. "On second thought you will be on the roof...getting your brains fucked out." he laughed as he patted Byakuya's back when he started choking on the strawberry. Byakuya smacked Renji's thigh hard and Renji yelped. They heard a knock on the door and then they heard it open.
"Dear." Mariko said walking in a little.
"Oh good thing we're in the back of the library" Renji said "but it'd be a shame if one of us were to make noise."
"Don't you even think about." Byakuya hissed getting off the table.
Renji grabbed his arm and kissed him. "Just so you know where you belong."
"My foot is going to belong up your ass in a minute." Byakuya growled kissing Renji.
"Dear." Mariko called out.
"I have to go, I'll be right back." Byakuya said leaving and walking to Mariko. "Yes, Mariko."
"Um when are you coming to bed?"
"Well a groom isn't supposed to see their bride before they get married so I won't be coming to bed anytime soon." Byakuya dead panned
"Oh." Mariko said looking down. "I just thought you'd sleep with me tonight but I can wait until tomorrow to share a bed with you."
"I'm sure you can. I have reading to do so bye."
"Goodnight." Mariko leaned up to kiss him but was stopped.
"Wait until we're married."
"But.."
"Goodnight." Byakuya said turning around walking back to his place in the large library he didn't walk over to Renji until he heard the doors close. "She just tried to kiss me, again."
"Well I hoped you stopped her because those lips are mine." Renji said stealing a kiss.
"They won't be for long if you keep talking like that."
"Every part of you belongs to me. I own that ass." he grinned
Byakuya lifted an eyebrow. "Really? Well if its your property what are you going to do with it."
"Make it scream." he lunged at Byakuya pushing him down on the table and hovered over him. "Over and over again."
"We're supposed to be quiet in a library." Byakuya giggled
"You're not supposed to have sex in it either." Chitose said standing in front of them.
"I didn't even hear the door close." Renji said sitting up.
"Jesus, you scared me." Byakuya said sitting up. "Is there something you need?"
"Just wanting to know what you're going about tomorrow?"
"What's tomorrow again?" Byakuya asked as if he didn't know.
"Your wedding."
"I'm working on it." Byakuya said
"Mmhmm" Chitose said leaving them alone.
"You don't have a plan, do you?" Renji said crossing his arms.
"No, I'll be on super watch tomorrow there's not much I can do. Do you have a plan?"
"Yes."
"What is it?"
"Can't tell you."
"You don't have a plan."
"I do have a plan."
"I don't have a plan." Renji said to a tea sipping Kisuke. "But do you have what I asked for?"
"Don't I always come through." Kisuke said tossing a small box to Renji.
"Thanks, I'll figure something out tomorrow."
"All I know is if Byakuya marries Mariko Yorichi'll attack me and if she attacks me I'll attack you."
"Why would she attack you?"
"That's what crazy people do."
"Okay Ikakku." Renji said pacing in his office. Everyone who was invited to the wedding had gone already meaning all the captains and lieutenants were invited except Renji and since Ikkaku was neither a captain or a lieutenant he wasn't invited either. "You gotta help me here we're the only ones not at the wedding and not being heavily guarded."
"I'm going to assume you don't have a plan."
Renji threw him the box Kisuke gave him last night. "How's that for a plan?"
"I mean this doesn't constitute as a plan its just a box."
"Whatever give it back." Renji said snatching the box from Ikkaku. "Okay we need to think."
"Why I gotta think I don't even like him that much."
"Could you just be a good friend please. I helped you with Yumi."
"Fine." he huffed "Why can't we just break in and steal him away?"
"They beefed up security."
"We can fight some security guards."
"The Kuchiki nobles have their own stealth force."
"Okay that's out then. What if we snuck in while he was still in his room and stole him?"
"Stealth. Force. There will be no sneaking of anything or breaking in."
"Well I'm running out of ideas." Ikkaku shrugged "What if we came in from the sky."
"On what? Ikkaku, on what?"
"I don't see you coming up with ideas."
"Well shut up and maybe I will."
"Whatever, Abari, whatever."
Renji rolled his eyes at Ikkaku and thought. "What if one of us was hurt and needed immediate attention and Captain Unohana had to look at them at the wedding or he'd die."
"I'm not almost dying for you."
"Well I can't do it." Ikkaku glared at him. "Fine, we'll pretend you're hurt and need immediate attention. We'll need someone from the fourth to alert her though."
"Hanataro."
"Look at you using that brain of your's."
"Fuck you, Red."
"No. Now to the fourth." Renji walked out of his office and ran to the fourth while Ikkaku cruised his way there. They quickly found Hanataro and told him their plan Renji nearly scared the boy to death when he cheered when Hanataro agreed to help.
"Okay Ikkaku now we have to hurt you." Renji said with a gleam in his eye.
"Why you looking at me like that?" he backed up holding his hands up.
"I just need to hurt you a little."
"Hey man, no you don't its not that deep."
"Its that deep." Renji lunged for Ikkau and he blocked the punch that was aimed for his face but Renji laughed instead of punching him. "I'm kidding we'll use makeup."
"Oh thank god." Ikkaku sighed "Wait who's going to do the makeup, Ran's at the thing."
"You need a girl?" Yorichi said appearing in front of them.
"Aren't you supposed to be at the wedding?" Renij asked
"That woman doesn't like me, everytime she sees me as a human I'm naked." She grinned evilly "So what do you need to girl for?"
"Well I have this plan that one of us gets really hurt and we need Captain Unohana to look at them right now or they'll die."
"That's stupid. How bout I just pretend I'm locking you up in the house because you're trying to break in and I'm keeping an eye on you."
"That works." Ikkaku shrugged.
"I liked my idea." Renji pouted.
"Aww." Yorichi cooed. "It was dumb. Lets go."
"You don't need hand cuffs?" Renji questioned.
Yorichi scoffed. "Who would escape from me? The better question is if someone did escape how far would they get before I caught them? Not far. That's how far. Not far."
"Now I see why Bya doesn't like hanging out with you." Renji said
"Shut up, you're just mad your idea was stupid."
Byakuya sat in front of his mirror looking at himself in full noble attire he sighed 'Renji better stop this damn wedding or I'm going to disappear' he thought to himself. He turned around and looked at his garden from his window, he could see most of the captains and lieutenants sitting down in chairs waiting for the wedding to start, he noticed he didn't see a certain woman but could see her husband 'Yorichi better show up' he growled in thought. He heard a knock on the door.
"Come in." he said, he was surprised to see his grandfather walk in.
"Good morning, grandson."
"Good morning, grandfather."
"I've always wanted to see you in wedding attire, I know I wasn't there for your first wedding but I would have loved to see it. I know this isn't your idea of a wedding or a marriage and you don't want to do this but I'm happy you're being the bigger person."
Byakuya looked at himself in the mirror again. "Grandfather, if I don't get married today would you be disappointed?" he looked at his grandfather.
"Honestly," Genrei got down on one knee so he could look Byakuya in the eye. "No. I wouldn't be disappointed. When I married your grandmother I loved her and when your father married your mother he loved her. You deserve to marry the person you love, so if its Captain Abari so be it."
"Are you sure?" Byakuya didn't want to disappoint his grandfather, he never did he always wanted his approval no matter what.
"Yes. He's a fine young man and I can tell he loves you. Also, my little birdies tell me you're back together."
Byakuya turned his head to hide the blush on his face but then a thought popped into his head. "I don't have a choice in whether I marry Mariko or not, its not up to me."
"You will always have a choice and I will always love you no matter what choice you make." Genrei kissed him on the forehead and left Byakuya to think.
"I still don't know what to do." he huffed to himself.
"Byakuya." Chitose said poking her head through. "Its time."
Byakuya sighed and stood up hoping Renji had a plan and came just in time.
"Where are you going?" A stealth force officer said stopping Yorichi and her prisoners.
"I caught these two trying to sabotage the wedding I'm locking them up in the dungeon." she said with a serious face making her completely believable.
"You may go." he said stepping out of their way.
"Thank you." Yorichi said walking past him.
"There's a dungeon here?" Renji asked when they were out of ear shot.
"I don't know, there might be." she stopped and pulled them into an empty room. "Now the garden is on the opposite side of the house I took you in on the east side the garden is on the west. It'll be a minute before you get there so travel quickly and carefully."
"You're not coming with us?" Ikkaku hissed
"No, Bya-boo'll skin me alive if I'm not there. Bye." she disappeared.
"Lets go then." Renji whispered walking ahead.
"This man's head better be the best ever."
"It is." Renji grinned.
Renji and Ikkaku made their journey to the other side of the manor where the wedding was being held as quickly and quietly as they could but Renji was completely lost. Yes, he had been to the manor plenty of times over the years but apparently the east and west sides of the manor are different. While trying to get out of the hallway they were in they ran into two dead ins and almost ran into a member of the noble stealth force three times. When they finally got out of the first hallway the arrived at a three more hallways and were completely defeated Ikkaku was ready to give up and Renji was ready to fight the stealth force but before they picked a hallway that was sure to get them lost someone saw them.
"What are you doing back here?" the voice said
Renji and Ikkaku froze not wanting to turn around. "What are you doing back here?" they said, they thought it sounded familiar but could never be sure.
"I had to use the bathroom." Toshiro said "I thought you were supposed to be stopping this wedding."
"Why are you so far away from the wedding?" Renji asked "And I am I just can't get out of here."
"Oh well follow me I got lost when I first got here so there's snowflakes every few feet."
"Oh thank god." Ikkaku sighed with relief.
They followed Toshiro to the west side of the manor without being seen by any of the stealth members, thankfully, and without getting lost. Toshiro left them in Byakuya's bedroom and went on into the garden to his saved seat bidding Renji a good luck.
"Okay so now what?" Ikkaku asked
"I'm winging it from here." he shrugged
"Hey what are you doing in here!" A stealth force member yelled walking into the room.
"Oh shit run." Renji yelled running to the door leading out of the garden. He burst through the doors interrupting the wedding, he ran to Byakuya who was holding hands with Mariko but was tackled by several of the new guards. He looked up and caught Byakuya's gaze. "Don't marry her." he yelled out. "Marry me." He managed to push the guards off and he ran over to Byakuya pulling the box out of his hands popping it open and getting down on one knee. "Will you marry me?"
Byakuya stood there frozen and speechless, he did not think this was Renji's plan. He pulled his hands away from Mariko and stood directly in front of Renji who was looking at him expectantly. He opened his mouth to speak but couldn't he tried again but nothing came out.
"Answer the boy." Shunsei yelled
"Yes." Byakuya blurted out without thinking and then he smiled "Yes, I love you." he grabbed Renji's face and pulled him up to his feet so he could kiss him. "Yes, yes, yes." He wrapped his arms around Renji's neck and Renji wrapped his arms around his waist lifting him off the ground and putting him back down. Renji pulled the ring out of the box and slipped it on Byakuya's finger.
"Wait a minute." Mariko said marching up to them with the noble elders behind her. "He is my fiance not yours." he growled at Renji. "And I will not let you steal him from me."
"Well actually.." Renji started but was stopped by Byakuya putting his hand up.
"I don't want to be with you. Did you honestly think things would change if we were married. I will never love you especially since you had a very big hand in breaking Renji and I up." Mariko's eyes widened in surprise she didn't think he knew and she hoped he would never find out. "No matter how upset I am I never forget a face. Goodbye." Byakuya grabbed Renji's wrist and began dragging him into the house until he remembered something. "Renji," he whispered "if I couldn't live in the manor could I live with you?"
"Of course."
Byakuya let go of Renji's wrist and walked over to the noble elders he pulled the Kenseikan out of his hair and handed it to them. "I quit." he took off the kimono he was wearing and the scarf and gave that to them too leaving him in his under garments.
"If you are not clan leader you can not live in the manor." the eldest elder said.
"I know, I'll be out by the end of the day." he turned on his heel and grabbed Renji's hand pulling him into his room for the last time.
"So now what?" Kenpachi asked
"There's no wedding." Unohana answered
"So we can go home?" Kenpachi asked
"I think we should help him move his things."
"That's not what I came here for. I thought there was going to be free food."
Unohana glared at him before standing up and going into Byakuya's room. "Congratulations." she said with a smile. "Do you need help moving?"
Byakuya sighed with a smile. "Yeah."
"Babe, I don't know how much of this stuff is going to fit in my tiny apartment."
"With my salary we can afford a bigger apartment, actually I don't know why you still live in that apartment you can afford a bigger one."
"I was going to upgrade I just wasn't sure when. But I should upgrade so my fiance will be happy." he grinned pulling Byakuya close to him and kissing him.
"Fiance. I like that name for you it was almost sex slave." he laughed "If I was to marry Mariko I would have kidnapped you and locked you in the dungeon."
"Do you or do you not have a dungeon?"
"Honestly, I have no idea."
"There's a dungeon I've been there." Captain Unohana said. "Well I have to get going."
"I thought you were helping." Renji asked
"You thought wrong." and then she disappeared
"Hey." Ikkaku said walking out of the bathroom. "What's..."
"Why are you in my bathroom?" Byakuya asked
"I needed to hide. So you movin'? What's up?"
"Yeah." Renij answered and then Ikkaku breathed heavily. "What?"
"I gotta help, don't I?"
"It would be nice." Renji said with a smile.
"Find but I'm sure he wouldn't want any of your things in here anyway."
"I'm not moving he is." Renji corrected.
"Fine, but everyone is going to help me I ain't doing this shit by myself." he walked outside and saw almost everyone gone. "They left already." he yelled "Shuhei, bring your ass back here." he said catching Shuhei trying to escape with a piece of bread in his mouth.
"Dammit, I'm coming." he said running across the garden. "What do I need to move?"
"Just everything in this bedroom." Byakuya shrugged.
"This is your bedroom?" Shuhei said "This is the size of Red's apartment."
"Hey, its a little bigger."
"Yeah this room is bigger than your apartment." Shuhei laughed. "I'll call the others." he said pulling out his phone "Hey guys we gotta help him move...No, Byakuya's moving...to Renji's apartment...I don't know I think their going to upgrade or something...I know right two people can't live there its too small."
"My apartment is not that small." Renji huffed
"It is, baby, but that's okay we'll buy a bigger one tomorrow." Byakuya said rubbing Renji's arm.
"Why can't we get one today?"
"Cuz we'll be busy playing."
"Playing what?"
"Naked anything." Byakuya said grinning and kissing Renji
"Enough of that." Ikkaku said
"They're coming." Shuhei said
"Good."
"Hey guys." Yumichika said walking over to Ikkaku and kissing his cheek.
"How'd you get here so fast." Renji said
"We were at the front door we didn't make it that far." Rangiku said. "Let me see the ring." Byakuya held his hand out letting Rangiku inspect it. "Oh Renji, its beautiful."
"What are we moving?" Ikkaku growled.
"Why are you so upset." Yumi asked
"I've been nice enough today."
"If you be nice for a little longer I'll be nice to you later."
"Okay." Ikkaku grinned "What we movin'?"
"The bed frame, the mattress, the vanity," Byakuya started his list of things. "the dresser, the couch, both nightstands, the book shelf, the lamp, the clock. Um I think I wanna take the hot tub out of the bathroom."
"Where do you think you're going?" Renji said "That won't fit in my apartment."
"I know we'll put it in my office and the room behind it. There's no way I'm letting Akinori get my things. Oh yeah, get the piano in the sitting room and the tv."
"The big screen is going to my apartment." Renji said
"Now that I think about it I want the whole bathroom I just got that redone. Maybe I'll just take the sink and shower head. What?!" he said when he looked around and everyone was looking at him. "Blame Yorichi her way of getting me to forgive her was retail therapy. I like buying stuff."
Renji and his friends began moving Byakuya's things out of the manor and put them wherever Byakuya told them to. The trip took them well into the evening and because it took so long Byakuya promised to buy them dinner for all their hard work. The emptier the room got the more anxious Byakuya got he never thought he'd miss living in the manor but the thought of never living there again was putting a small pang in his heart. He walked over to his mirror and looked out the window at the now cleared garden he had so many memories there and now they were all coming back to him, he put his hand on the window and closed his eyes as if he could feel every memory just by touching it.
Renji hugged him from behind and rested his chin on his head. "We'll make memories wherever we go."
"I never thought I'd miss this place." he sighed "I never realized that I have lived here for nearly 240 years and never anywhere else."
"Well you'll be living with me for a thousand years."
"Oh great." Byakuya said sarcastically. "I get to listen to you talk my ear off for a thousand years."
"Hey." Renji said biting down on his neck. "We won't just be talking."
"That's what I like to hear."
"Hey." Ikkaku said "Stop that and what's this." he said holding a wooden box in his hands.
Byakuya walked over to him and smiled down at the box. "This is a very important piece in the puzzle that is Renji and I." he opened the box and pulled out the scarf that started everything between them, the scarf he threw on Renji when they fought all those years ago. He walked over to Renji and wrapped it around his neck fixing it so it looked nice. "Hmm, it looks nice."
"I thought you gave this to the noble elders when you quit?" Renji asked
"That was a new scarf I bought when I gave you the old one. I could never give them this scarf I haven't worn it since you gave it back."
"Why?"
"Because its for you." he grabbed Renji's hands and kissed his knuckles. "I was supposed to give it to you when you made captain but I was rewarding you in other ways." he smirked "This scarf is the start of a lot of things for us and everytime you look at it I want you to know I love you."
"I love you, too." Renji ginned leaning down to kiss Byakuya and then there was a knock on the door.
"Yes." Byakuya answered.
Chitose and Hiroshi, the chef and the only other person Byakuya trusts in the house, walked in the room. "We were going to come in earlier but you were moving."
"And you didn't want to help." Byakuya laughed a little walking over to them. He sighed and could instantly feel tears coming to his eyes. "The outspoken Chitose and the silent Hiroshi I am going to miss you. You two have been the most stable people in my life and I don't know how I'm going to live without you."
"You won't be without us forever I am just a tantrum away." Chitose said putting a hand on his cheek. "I have never been too far from you, you know that."
"I'm going to be across town and I know Akinori isn't going to keep you around knowing you're my favorite people in the world." he sniffled wiping a tear away.
"Hey." Renji whined
"Shut up, Renji." Byakuya said "I can't even cook or clean or do anything without you. I need you."
"You'll be fine Renji is fully capable of taking care of you you don't need me anymore."
"I will always need you and Renji can't make me special hot chocolate when I'm sad."
"I thought you didn't like anything sweet." Renji said
"See he knows nothing about me."
Chitose smiled. "You will be fine and I know your cousin isn't going to keep us that's why we're on our way to your grandfather's home. We'll be with him so whenever you need to you can come visit."
"I've been with you since I was 14 I don't know what to do without you. What if you guys came to live with us?"
"And where are they going to sleep? In the sink?" Ikkaku said making everyone laugh.
"My apartment isn't that small." Renji huffed
"You know we can't do that, you can't afford us on a captain's salary." Chitose said with a giggle.
"Oh that's right I'm a regular person now."
Chitose pulled him in for a tight hug and kissed him on the forehead when she pushed him back. "I will always love you and I will always be there. Oh yes, and Hiroshi made your favorite dinner and he'll miss you he would tell you but you know he doesn't speak."
"Come on, babe." Renji said grabbing Byakuya's hand. "Time to be regular people."
"And have regular people sex?" Byakuya asked.
"Not on this new expensive mattress I just got we bout to have rich people sex." Renji grinned and kissed Byakuya's nose. "We'll be fine I can cook and washing clothes isn't that hard all you need to do is turn the knobs on the washing machine."
"What is a washing machine?"
"Oh god." Renji face palmed
"They have machines for washing?"
"You have a lot to learn about life."
After Byakuya treated everyone to dinner Byakuya and Renji walked to their new home at least for now. They held hands and shared kisses the whole way, even though Byakuya was upset about leaving the only home he'd ever known he was happy to be starting a new life with Renji, wherever they were Renji was home and that's all that mattered to him. As soon as they got inside the apartment Renji pushed Byakuya up against the closed door so he could kiss and bit and suck on his neck and as happy and horny as Byakuya was he could have sex with Renji just yet they had something very important to talk about.
"Renji." he said putting his hands on his shoulders.
"Hmm." he refused to be stopped this time.
"We need to talk."
"We just talked. We've been engaged" he check his watch. "For all of eight hours and we have yet to have sex. Come on, reward me."
Byakuya laughed a little and pushed Renji away the best he could. "This is important."
Renji rolled his eye and took a step back. "Fine but if you stop me again...I will figure out a punishment for you."
Byakuya rolled his eyes and dragged Renji to the couch that used to be in Byakuya's bedroom. "This couch looks nicer in here." he shook his head he had something very important to tell Renji. "So we're really going to need a new apartment.."
"I'm working on it if this is what you had to..."
Byakuya clamped a hand over Renji's mouth. "You know how I feel about being interrupted." he glared briefly. "We're going to need a new apartment because we'll need more than one bedroom if we want our child to have their own room. Or children depending on how the first child goes."
Renji was speechless. Was Byakuya Kuchiki letting him get what he wanted? Was Byakuya Kuchiki being selfless instead of selfish? "Wait a minute what are you saying? You want children?"
"With you, yes." Byakuya sighed "When my son was born I loved him he was a piece of my wife and any child we have will be a piece of you and I. Now I don't mean we're going to have children right this second but when we're both ready we will have children well child."
"How many can we have?"
"One, maybe two."
"I've always wanted four..." Byakuya lifted an eyebrow. "But I will take two. Compromise."
"Compromise."
"Now get your ass in that shower so I can fuck your brains out and then make sweet love to you on our new bed." Renji snapped playfully. Byakuya laughed and stood up heading to the bathroom connected to Renji's room, Renji slapped his ass. "You better hustle."
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