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No, just kidding...I'm not that confident of my writing that I think you would react that much to my stories. Anyway, after a bizzare 5 month abscence of me on FanFic, I'm back! Don't ask why this hasn't been updated since June...it just hasn't. But I'll actually continue updating, so please, put away your pitchforks and your axes and whatever else you have in the way of murder weapons.

So, let's get on with it, shall we? This drabble is...kind of RenjiRukia, with Byakushi as more of a brother type...get it? Got it. Good.

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Song I'm Listening To: "Howling" by Abingdon Boys School (from Darker than Black, an amazing anime...)

Prompt 026: Teammates

Rating: PG

Title: Him or Her, This or That?

The tension in the air could probably be cut with a knife.

He continues filling out his paperwork. The sound of someone clearing their throat makes him look up.

Renji is standing at the door, fists clenched, breathing raggedly, looking like he'd rather die than step any further into the office.

"Come in, Renji." It's a command disguised as an invitation, and the red haired man takes it as such. He crosses the room, looking like he was just sentenced to death.

Byakuya does not invite him to sit. This does not shock him, as he had expected himself to be murdered the second he appeared, so he stands, hands clenched, knuckles turning white, cutting off the blood flow.

Byakuya doesn't look up at him when he says "You're seeing my sister. So I understand…"

It's not a question, so the red haired man feels no need to reply, but when he doesn't, his captain looks up at him.

The look in his eyes scares Renji more than the time when he was almost killed by him.

Byakuya contemplates. Renji is his lieutenant, and he is his captain…but Rukia is his sister…his deceased wife's sister.

"You hurt her, and I swear to god, I'll slice you to pieces."

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Next Chapter: Prompt 082: If (Yeah...if...I don't have any hints...)

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