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Author's Note: Terrible foreshadowing?! Perhaps…
Jushiro let out a sigh at the sight of the empty room. It had only been a few weeks since she had joined the shinigami academy, and he already missed her company. Shunsui noticed his friends staring, and let out a chuckle.
"Miss her already?" He teased as he took a drink of his sake. "She hasn't been gone long."
"More worried than anything."
"The girl has nothing to worry about, Jushiro. She's tough and beautiful." Shunsui laughed again. "Soon, you'll have suitors lined up asking for her hand in marriage!" At that statement, the white haired captain laughed and sipped his tea.
"If she weren't so aggressive, perhaps, but I feel she may be… off putting to most men. Not many like being weaker than their partner."
"I wouldn't say Abarai-san is weaker than her… I'd say they're on the same level." Shunsui chuckled dryly as he placed his cup down. "You have to admit, they'd be a cute couple." The 13th division captain chuckled in response at the thought; it was hard for him to imagine his own daughter becoming a housewife. In fact, he was almost positive that it would never happen.
"She's a born warrior."
"Are you so sure of that?" Jushiro shot a confused look towards his friend, who had decided to pull his hat over his eyes to cover them. "Depending on the situations we're in, we adapt. Perhaps if she had another person to lean on, she wouldn't have to be so abrasive…"
"I suppose you could be right, old friend." He smiled lightly, taking a sip of his tea again. "Whatever makes her happy, will make me happy."
"That, I'm not so sure of either…"
"Is there something you want to tell me?"
Shunsui chuckled.
"I just think that our little girl was forced to grow up far too fast; you said she had you train her since day one, correct?"
"That's right…" Jushiro nodded. "From day one she's worked hard to achieve what she has now, and she still works hard …"
"And after her friend's disappearance… What was her reaction to that, exactly?"
"She was angry; she ranted to me for hours."
"But no tears for her lost friend, right?"
"I haven't seen her cry since she's come to my home; besides that first night, no matter how tough the training or how terrible the wound, I haven't seen her cry."
"Let's just hope she breaks that habit…" Shunsui sighed, taking his chance to lay on the floor of his old friends home. "…Now that I think of it, I'm worried about her, too. But not because of this mission."
"…Yeah."
Silence ensued.
