Well, I think my laptop's keyboard may have officially died. We'll see tomorrow when I try it out again. However, thanks to a good friend of mine, I can still use it! My "r" key is now located where my capslock button is, and the real 'r' key doesn't do anything now. Which is good, because before, the 'r' key decided to pretend it was always pressed, and made typing a l m o s t impossible for awhile. On another note, the weird guy keeps calling me and now he left a voicemail asking me to do something this weekend. I dunno what to tell him, and I'm so chicken. I may just text him and tell him I'm getting back together with my ex or something. He doesn't have to know it's not true.... Better than saying "you're too weird to go out with" right? Blah, I hate dealing with this stuff.
Thanks to: blackteaplease, Akane Higabana, Beautiful Nightmare07, Blueberry Absinth, and Sonozaki-sama
53. Rivalry
He had not thought much of it when a guy would stop to flirt with Rangiku. Gin barely glanced a guy's way when one would try day after day to get Rangiku's attention. But now there was a man, a younger man at that, who had gained Rangiku's attention. She had even allowed him into her circle of drinking friends.
Gin was not entirely sure how oblivious Rangiku was of Hisagi Shuuhei's attentions, but he did not like it at all. In fact, he flat out avoided Hisagi, because he was not sure he could be his usual mischievous self in front of him. Not when he made Gin feel so murderous.
But how to keep Rangiku away from Hisagi? He knew the other man did not like him in the least, which kept things difficult. Then again, Gin had always liked challenges.
Gin, however, did not like the new challenge that presented itself to him when he walked into Rangiku's favorite day haunt, a café modeled after those in the human world. Hisagi was making her laugh. He stared at Rangiku and waited for her to notice him.
She did not. Instead, she threw back her head with a loud peal of laughter at something he said.
"Wha's so funny?" Gin said, snapping his jester's mask into place.
"Oh, Gin. What're you doing here?"
"Ya forgot ya told me ta come?"
"Did I? Was that today?" Rangiku said and scratched her head. "I guess I forgot when Shuuhei-kun started telling me the story."
"Tha's not very nice."
"Sorry, I didn't know she was meeting an old friend here," Hisagi said.
Gin was positive he put just a tiny bit more emphasis on "friend." "Yeah, so why doncha go on yer merry way so we can catch up."
"Why don't we all just hang out together?" Rangiku said.
Gin smiled at Hisagi, opening his eyes slightly. From Rangiku's angle, he probably looked as normal as he ever did. From Hisagi's angle, however, he knew he looked a little nightmarish.
Unfortunately for Gin, it turned out Hisagi had a spine. "Yeah, sure, why not?"
"Nah, I don' like that idea. Can't be tellin' all my secrets to strangers," Gin said.
"Aw, but Hisagi's a good friend of mine," Rangiku said.
"But not mine."
"Someone has issues," Hisagi said, Gin was certain he was not supposed to hear. He had unusually good ears that he put to good use eavesdropping quite often.
"Yare, yare, tha's not very nice of ya ta say at all," Gin said. He could feel his smiling grimace grow. He would not be nasty, or else Rangiku would get angry with him. "I don' appreciate it. All I wanna do is talk to my favorite girl fer awhile, an' here you're sayin' not so nice things bout me. Tha' ain't nice at all."
Five minutes later, Rangiku chased both men out of the café, slamming the door shut after them. Gin stared at the closed door for a long while. He had been sure Rangiku would only throw Hisagi out. This was not good at all.
More Gin for us all, AND a little angst. Weeee.
