13. Glower
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BLEACH does not belong to me.
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The intense stare of
Intense ridicule, intense
Anger, shame, and blame.
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Several servant Arrancars turned their heads back, catching on to a commotion occurring onwards in the corridor. It grew louder, as two short figures approached, escaping the dim of the hall and entering the lighter portion.
One servant Arrancar quickly noticed a familiar Arrancar, the one at front who was dragging another by the collar of their uniform. Though she knew better, she approached the figure, several gasps of horrors breathed in as she drew closer.
"Lilynette!" the blonde called. The lime-head turned towards the sound of her name, face brighten in recognition.
"Hey, Menoly!" She greeted back, stopping in her tracks. The servant Arrancar stopped once close and both girls grasped one another's, shaking it in greeting.
"Haven't seen you in a while, Melon," said Lilynette, making conversations. "Kinda disappeared off the face of Hueco Mundo for a while, huh?"
"Lily, you just haven't noticed me because you're always cooped up with Starrk." Menoly retorted her voice playful. "Only reason why we saw each was because I happened to pass by the hall."
"Yeah, that's true." Lilynette held her gloved hand in front of her, studying her suddenly interesting nails. "'Cause your sis Loly was always seeing Aizen-sama, am I right?"
Menoly's face went red. "More or less, but she hasn't stopped at that part of the castle in a while."
Lilynette blinked at that. "You're pulling my leg? Whacha been up to?"
For a moment, Menoly gave Lilynette a reproachable look before turning slightly and wrapping her arms back and saying, "Why don't you ask your friend behind you?"
Though the last comment interested her, the lime-head grunted slightly before looking behind her, "Yeah, Pretty Boy, you've been quiet since I met up with Melon. Where's that loud mouth of yours?" Lilynette sneered.
From his position on the floor, Luppi looked like a sack, his uniform filled with creases from being dragged around for the last fifteen minutes. Arms crossed around his small chest, the brunette had kept his sight on the direction they came. Menoly's appearance perturb him none at all, but now he was the center of attention again, particular from the girl whose hold he was imprisoned in. He wanted to scream in frustration, but that crazy move would only make him question his sanity even more.
When a harsh tug brought back down, he scowled, though it quickly turned into his old coy smile a second later. He looked up at the fiery lime-head, a teasing glint in his eye. Just as easily as he shifted quirks, his rotten mood slid into the familiar devious one.
"Hmm, I wonder, Lilynette Gingerback," he drawled, the girl predictably flinching at his tone and full-use of her name, "Why would you be so curious about the personal life of others?"
Her upper cheek twitched noticeably, giving Luppi enough of a warning to brace the floor as Lilynette shook him roughly. "What's it to you, prick!"
The intense atmosphere did nothing to deter the slender male Arrancar. He chuckled, "Well, I don't know. I'd think you of all people would know how impossible it is to stand at the same level as Aizen." Just Aizen. Like hell he'd insert 'sama' after what he just went through. "No, one can't even dream of it!"
Slowly, permitting her to keep him in her grasp, he stood, her pink eye never leaving him, his violet ones on her.
He continued, feeling completely non-threaten. "When one can't reach their initial goal one always finds an alternative. I'm sure you of all people can understand.
Her patience reaching its limits, Lilynette clenched her unoccupied fist, thoughts of smashing it into Luppi's face filling her head up, she struggled to form her next words.
"Get to the point, Luppi."
"Silly, Lilynette. Do I have to spell it out for you? Really? Loly is in an affair."
In the span of an eye blink, the lime-head busted out laughing. Menoly watched the girl absorbed in hysterics, while Luppi only spared the scene with a blink.
"Oh, my God, good one!" She jabbed an elbow to Menoly's direction. "You almost got me on that one! Loly choosing another guy for Aizen-sama. Even she's not that delusional."
Menoly only gave the young girl a disheartened look.
With a snort, Luppi answered in turn, "She would, though if you ask me she could have made a better choice. Then again, finding a partner within this dump is hard enough-"
All too quickly, and maybe gratefully, Luppi grew silent. So silent, Lilynette grew suspicious of the sudden change in behavior, as she followed the dilated vision of his further down the hall.
"Come here!" Luppi hissed. Small hands with large reserves of strength vice-gripped the upper arms of the two female Arrancars. He pushed back off his foot, back meeting the wall. A yelp from his left, and Menoly's hand brushed over the invisible threshold of a door. The pitch black cleft of the room welcomed them within its expanse.
His fingers in between the slot of the door, Luppi peered through the crack, light irritating him as he awaited for the approaching figures. Their voices couldn't be heard (then again, he was muffling Lilynette's cry of rage so that might also be a reason), but he knew from the spikes in his Pesquista of the two Arrancars' identities.
The dread hanging over his head goaded time, and before long, in the mere second they emerged, he saw him.
He glowered to his right, eyes wandering around the door.
The feeling of animosity remained even as the pair of reiatsu flickered away.
Luppi would have breathed a sigh of relief if he hadn't been elbowed near the crotch by Lilynette. The blow still knocked the wind out of him, submitting him to his knees, as he watched Menoly attempt to reign the young girl in.
"That two-timing bastard!" Lilynette roared subsequently paling Menoly with its volume. "He's seeing Loly, too! Just wait until I tell Apache about this!"
"Um, what exactly is she going to do?" the other blonde wisely input.
"I honestly don't think she was paying attention to the previous conversation," Luppi sneered.
All of Lilynette's pent-up rage could be seen on the angry, red mark left on his face.
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A/N: Well, there's chapter 13. I seriously need to update faster. I don't have much to say. Summer's been uneventful so far. I guess the only thing I can spare for news is that I'm intending to update short stories this summer. I need to stop procrastinating…T-T
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