Truth.
"It was frightening, Renji-san. The way he looked at me… like wanting to eat me up!"
Ikkaku snickers at the boy.
"Maybe he's fallen in love with you."
An evil grin is easily missed as the eleventh division officer clasps himself.
"Hanatarou! Can you feel fires of lusty passion yearning for you? Mayuri, come into my-"
A lunging sixth division vice-captain is too late to catch the fainting shinigami, their combined impact knocking a convenient hole through the floorboards.
Looking at the enormous gap, Ikkaku scowls.
"C'mon, my jokes aren't that bad! Renji? Hanatarou? You guys are not funny!"