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21.
"Did you say it back?" Completely enraptured, Rukia can't help but ask. She wilfully ignores Hisana's shhs. She's got to find her romance somehow.
"Of course!" Nel grins, skin shining like a beacon. "And what happened afterwards… well, it was the best we ever had."
Hisana arches her eyebrow, intrigued. She doesn't want the exact details, but knowing how active those two were…. she couldn't help but ask. "Really?"
"Really." Nel confirms quite blissfully. Her smile won't quite fit on her face, Rukia thinks with a sideways glance, if it truly represented her happiness. "Honestly, I should have said it sooner."
Her phone beeps. Nel looks down, giggles happily, and lightning fast texts something out.
It must be Ulquiorra, of course.
"So, why didn't you?" Hisana asks in unison with Rukia. They're diehard romantics, the both of them.
"I don't know. Maybe I couldn't. Not until he said it first. Maybe not. Maybe I should have said it first." Nel shrugs, not certain of her own uncertainty. It was a small rift between them, yet it existed no more. In all honesty, it was clear as day, how deeply in love they were. They'd always said 'best friends with benefits', but in reality they'd crossed the line as an official couple without saying the words. "But… I don't think it matters, does it? 'Cause we've said it now. He's my boyfriend."
And she's never said that word to anyone before, after they broke up. It was a mutual thing, how they got together afterwards.
Words unspoken.
Rukia grins because she thinks that Nel doesn't even know she's smiling. Even though her thoughts are so clearly about him. Rukia wants a guy like that.
"Oh, I am so being the bridesmaid to both your marriages." Bursting out, the youngest girl says, unable to stand it any longer.
"Rukia!" Hisana mumbles, face heating up into a blush.
"… both?" Bemused and excited at the same time, Nel picks up on that. Narrowing her hazel eyes, she looks at her friend that she's helped throughout university, feigning shock that she's been kept from this secret. "Hisana… what aren't you telling me?"
"Did you know that Hisana has a boyfriend?" Rukia asks suddenly, eager for conspiracy theories.
"I knew it." Nel crows, jubilant. It's like she said, a little bit of romance never hurt anybody. "Knew it!"
"He bought her flowers and chocolates and everything." Rukia claps her hands, relishing the spotlight that has been forced upon her elder sister. It still amuses Rukia to see Hisana fluster, and it's interesting to note the contrast of a blooming relationship of her subtle sister to the extrovert Nel.
"Tell me he's kissed you." The green haired university student giggles, voice lowered into a whisper.
"Mmhmm." The raven haired girl nods. "Twice. We're going a date later today, actually."
"You never told me that!" Outraged, Rukia says, jumping from the sofa. Legs flailing, she moves nearer to Nel now, and further away from her sister, careful not to bump into the table in the middle.
Brushing back a lock of hair that has fallen over her ear, Hisana replies with a demure smile. "… you never asked."
"But—but! Sisters are supposed to kiss and tell!" Clinging for support, Rukia has managed to master puppy eyes without aid from Nel, too mischievous by far. "Right?"
"Oh, I don't know… aren't people meant to have sex and shut up too?" Hisana reminds her more youthful mirror image. "I think we're defying expectations here."
Nel's phone beeps again, and the spotlight has been changed once more. Nel stands up and smoothes her skirt from the creases.
"Alright, I've got to go, but Hisana… you've got to tell me all the details. Okay?"
"Okay!" Hisana grins, and she thinks she's being ridiculously happy by just mentioning his name and thinking of how sweet he's been to her.
The door shuts, and Rukia turns the focus on her sister once more.
"Let me meet him."
"Byakuya-kun?"
"Yes. Him." Once more do the puppy eyes appear. "Please?"
Hisana does not look at her sister. She can't. Otherwise she's going to give. But her toes aren't very interesting. Maybe she should paint her nails.
"… I don't know." But even Hisana can tell that her resolve is breaking before her eyes.
"C'mon, I'll even help you with your make up." It's probably a really bad effort at compromise, but…
"With an offer like that, how I can ever refuse?" Light-heartedly agreeing, the two Souen sisters laugh into a tackling embrace.
"Yay!"
Her heart races when Byakuya-kun picks up. And Hisana cannot help but smile.
"Hey."
"… Hisana? Hello. Is everything alright?"
"Um, yes, actually. There is this one thing though…" Nervously, she plays with the hem of her sleeve.
"What is it? I'm sure I can oblige."
He's glad it isn't serious, but it is a challenge, Byakuya must admit.
However, he's a Kuchiki, and he must persevere.
And he will get into the Souen's good graces.
Like a proper gentlemen, he knocks on the door.
It's Rukia who answers the door.
"You must be Rukia." Byakuya says flawlessly, attempted a smile, but he's far too nervous.
Nevertheless, since he can tell the difference between them, the younger Souen sibling is impressed.
"That I am." Revealing a great big grin, the door opens, and Rukia somewhat gestures him to enter. Yet he declines, staying outside. "Would you like me to get my sister?"
"I would. But first, I must ask you this. Do you happen to like rabbits, perchance?"