I don't own Bleach okay? I know it's been awhile since I updated but hey. Today's word is "Seeking". Anyway, enough of the A/N, on with the fic!
She didn't know where he was. But he had to be somewhere. He couldn't be nowhere. No way he would abandon her like this. They were playing a game. He didn't want to but she had talked him into it. The park was big and slightly scary but she would not let him down. She had to find him! She needed to prove she was going to be as good a Shinigami as her parents were! Not to mention her Uncle Byakuya would be so ashamed of her. She wanted to be better than him and if she couldn't find her father with his bright red hair, then how could she fight Hollows as well as he did. He was Captain even!
"Come out come out wherever you are Daddy!" Ichika said as she looked around.
Renji smiled and stood closer to the tree. Sure, he was a grown man and was well beyond this, but it was his daughter and he wanted to spend each moment he could with the girl. But he wasn't going to give her everything. She needed to find him. But that didn't mean he couldn't call out to her. "Oh I'm lost Ichika! You have to find Daddy!" He yelled from behind a tree.
"That's what I'm trying to do!" Ichika pouted. "But you won't tell me where you are!"
"I'm lost. I don't know where I am. This is hide and seek after all!" Renji said with a smile.
"You know where you are!" Ichika said as she jumped in a bush looking for her father. This was frustrating. She was just a kid. Her dad had years of hiding experience when he fought Hollows. But then a frightening thought hit her. What if he really was lost and didn't know where he was and he really needed her to find him. Ichika thought as tears started to form on her face.
"Renji, do you really need to keep hiding?" Rukia said as she came up beside him.
"Rukia?" Renji said as he jumped up from the tree trunk. She looked at her husband with an annoyed face tapping her foot.
"We were playing hide and seek and she wanted to be it after I found her too quickly for her liking a few times." Renji explained. "So I hid and she has to find me. Besides, she's dedicated to becoming a Shinigami and going to the academy like we did, why not get her trained? We got our pre-academy schooling from the streets of Rukon. My little princess will have none of that." Renji said looking away from Rukia with a huff.
"Your little princess?" Rukia asked.
"Shut up!" Renji blushed. "You'll give away our position."
Rukia smiled. It was things like this she loved about Renji. Sure he could be tough and an excellent fighter but he had a soft loving side and treated Ichika better than anyone could have hoped. He had told her that he was dedicated to being a father since neither one of them had parents and they grew up on the streets. Now that they had the ability to give Ichika everything they never had, that was his goal with her. Rukia moved closer to Renji and stroked his face.
"Oh Renji, my red pineapple." Rukia smiled. "You are the sweetest man anyone could ever ask for." She stood up on her toes, regretting her short height in comparison to her husband and kissed him deeply. Renji then wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close, lifting her up to meet him and look into his eyes. "I love you." Rukia said breaking the kiss.
"I love you too Rukia." Renji said and he pulled her closer and kissed her deeply and she wrapped her legs around him. He felt his heart beat faster as Rukia began to run her hands through his hair. He slid along the trunk of the tree and lay back on the ground, gazing longingly into her eyes.
"Are you sure we have time for this?" Rukia smiled as some hair fell into her face.
"At the rate Ichika is having luck, I'm sure we can." Renji said mischievously as Rukia began to move her hands down his chest and began to untie his belt.
"I'm going to have to help out with that too….." Renji teased as he slid Rukia's obi off her shoulders and it fell at her belt.
"Oh Renji." Rukia said into his ear when a rustle was heard behind them.
"Found you Daddy! And Mommy! I didn't know you wanted to play too!" Ichika said, causing Rukia and Renji to jump up. "What are you two doing?" She asked, looking at her parents, half-dressed confused.
"Uhhhhhhhhh…" Renji began, his face growing as red as his hair.
"Ummm…" Rukia looked around knowing they were in a forest and thought quickly. "Checking for ticks. They can make you really sick."
"So you were checking Daddy for ticks?" Ichika asked looking skeptically at her parents. "Why does he have to be on the ground?"
"Well you know how much taller Daddy is to Mommy." Rukia said, trying to back up the lie. "He had to lay on the ground so I could see anything on him."
"And why is your shirt around your waist mom?" Ichika asked, still not buying the story.
"Ticks can slide down shirts. Mom thought there was one that fell down there." Renji said, helping Rukia out.
Ichika looked at her parents, like she knew they were lying but decided the story seemed plausible enough for her. She couldn't think of anything else they could be doing. "Okay. Looks like I found both of you!"
"That you did Ichia, that you did!" Renji said knocking Rukia off him as he stood up and tied his belt. "Now let's go get some dumplings."
"Yay!" She said. "As long as Mommy comes with us."
"Mommy?" Renji said offering his hand to help Rukia up.
"Sounds good to me." Rukia said adjusting her robes and headed out of the forest with Renji and Ichika.
So how was that? Good? Bad? Short? Long? Cute? Let me know in a review. Yeah I know it took a very long time for me to update this but whatever. I will do the best I can to update better. But life is pretty busy right now. So I'll see what happens. So remember to read (well you just did) and to review. Ciao for now,
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