A/N: Sorry, had it done but heavily distracted by Digital Devil saga 2
Title: Friendship
Pairings/Characters: Urahara, Yoruichi
Rating: PG
Genre: Angst
Disclaimer: Don't own Bleach
Words: 446
Number: #3
The skies seem to tear open whenever Urahara looks at them. His somber eyes stare up at the vast blue, overlapping each other, never besting each other. He tells himself that its one whole connection, but really, its all paint. Overlapped and done in different strokes.
He lays on the grounds, the built grounds of their former training area.
He noticed long ago, even when he thought about replicating it during his first years as a Gigai, it wasn't going to be the same.
It didn't feel the same at all.
The land didn't hold the luxurious golden warmth to it, never made his eyes light up at the sight of it. Rarely was Yoruichi around to make the place feel alive. The trees never grew, instead they stood wooden and rotting like death claimed them all year long.
Even the rocks didn't bounce quite the same when he tossed them. Never was there a single weed to pull and criticize over that bugs would be attracted. No longer was there that special vast outside world with the waterfall he favored staring at, just when the rainbow touched it.
He liked how it sparkled and shimmered, reflecting all those lights. He use to take frequent trips to stare at it when there was nothing to be done.
"Urahara…"
The man didn't reply to the woman's voice, even when he felt her breath against his cheeks, and hand falling upon his chest. His eyes slipped close at an unspoken pain and lifted a hand to tilt his hat forward, covering his face. He knew that Yoruichi wouldn't leave, she never did. Not once.
Sometimes he wondered if he'd do the same. If he could.
Urahara's blond bangs blew to one side, and before long he felt a sudden pressure on his chest and managed a small smile. Tears gathered in his eyes when he felt the woman's arms around his middle, hugging him tightly. Reassuring him more so then her choice of words.
"I'll never leave your side Kisuke. Never."
And he believed that.
Because that was why they were beyond best friends.
And acknowledged each other as family.
"Not until you come with me. Not until you can go back. One day…" Yoruichi whispered placing her head on her friend's chest.
A single tear, holding all the memories, all the times he laughed, all his friends, and his life, fell down his cheek.
And he responded. "Aaa."
Feeling the paint smooth out in his eyes.
And he smiled at the 'sky'.