Hunted
Staying Calm, Part 2
Yoruichi falls to the ground and manages to throw out her left hand to steady herself into a crouched position, her right hand clamps down on the bullet wound to apply as much pressure to the injury as possible. She can feel the blood pouring out of her body, covering her hand in the slippery life fluid and making it hard to keep it pressed tightly over the wound. Something clatters to the ground beside her and Yoruichi tilts her head to the side to see it's the gun and hears the man take off, sprinting away from the scene as fast as his feet can carry him. Soifon is at her side within seconds and Yoruichi guessed the shooter wanted to get away before Soifon could identify his features clearly and get him arrested.
What happened in seconds played out in slow motion for Yoruichi, her hand knocked into the man's gun wielding arm as she reached down to her front pocket. It dislodged the gun from her side by only a little but enough that when the man pulled the trigger it was pointing at an angle and not directly at her side. Yoruichi felt the bullet puncture her skin and it rip right through her to burst out the other side. Compared to previous injuries she had received this was barely anything; in fact she compared it more to a needle being passed through cloth but it was still painful enough to cripple her, even if only for a moment.
"Shit! God Yoruichi! Are you alright?" Soifon crouched down beside Yoruichi and helped keep her steady, trying to assess the injury herself but there was too much blood staining the orange jacket to tell how bad it really was.
"It's alright, I'm alright." Yoruichi gritted her teeth against the pain and knew it partly true, she was very lucky her movement knocked the gun otherwise it would have been a whole lot worse.
"What do you mean it's alright? You've been shot!" Soifon exclaims frantically and whips out her phone within seconds and is demanding that an ambulance arrives as soon as possible. Afterwards she tears her jacket off and gets Yoruichi to move her hand away and she places the jacket over the wound, pressing down on the area as Yoruichi had been doing, only better since she could easily reach it. "There's so much blood…" Soifon panicked as she felt her jacket beneath her fingers slowly absorbing Yoruichi's blood.
"Don't tell me, you're the squeamish type?" Yoruichi joked weakly though couldn't stop the painful moan escaping from her mouth at Soifon pushing down on the wound, trying to contain the bleeding.
"Sorry I didn't – Wait, what are doing? Stop!" Soifon's eyes widened in horror at Yoruichi starting to stand back up and it took all of Soi's weight to pull her back down and keep her from moving.
"It's alright, I can still walk." Yoruichi pointed out like getting shot was an everyday occurrence for her.
"They told me not to move you! That it could make you worse!" Soifon all but shouted at a bewildered looking Yoruichi and quickly recovered the wound with her jacket now that Yoruichi had stopped trying to stand up.
"Ok, I won't move, I'll stay still." Yoruichi spoke to Soifon calmly; catching those angry silver eyes with her own and can tell straight away it wasn't enough to calm Soifon down. They wait for the medics to arrive in the uncomfortable silence that fell between them both where Yoruichi felt like if she so much as breathed too loudly it would set Soifon off since she snapped at her to be quiet and save her energy whenever she tried to talk to Soifon. The tension between them grew even more once the medics arrived and Soifon told them about how Yoruichi tried to move and then she had to put up with them lecturing her as well while they did their best to patch her up during the ride back to the hospital. Yoruichi couldn't help but feel a little relieved when they arrived at the hospital and the doctors took over her treatment, shooing Soifon from the room so they could work without distraction and giving Yoruichi a little break from Soifon's cold, unyielding gaze.
Through the light haze created from the combination of medicine given to her, Yoruichi was busy trying to work out what she could possibly have done to get Soifon so angry with her and she couldn't recall saying anything that could have upset Soifon which left only one thing, when she had tried to stand up. Surely that one act couldn't have made Soifon this angry…could it? Yoruichi had stood up because she could and knew from personal experience she could have made it out the park before needing to rest again but then again, to Soifon it was a reckless act…maybe that's it…Yoruichi thought, she's angry at being reckless… The full effect of the sedative and pain blocker kicked in and Yoruichi simply decided that she could worry about Soifon later.
Kukaku rounded the corner with Kisuke, both paying attention to all the signs labelling which way they needed to go.
"These places are always a maze." Kukaku groaned, they had already gotten lost on the third floor before they had to ask a nurse for help. "You're sure it's room fourteen? I don't want a repeat of what happened earlier." Kukaku warned Kisuke.
"Yep, this is where the nurse told us she'd be, just ahead of us." He stopped when he saw someone sitting outside the door he guessed was Yoruichi's room. "Yep, we're at the right place." He confirmed and Kisuke followed his gaze to see Soifon sat in one of the chairs that lined the corridor.
"Hey Soifon." Kukaku announced, clearly startling Soifon, "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you there, thought you saw us coming." Kukaku apologised to her.
"Wha – oh no, it's fine." Soifon told them half heartily, clearly distracted over something. Both Kukaku and Kisuke shared a look and shifted uncomfortably from the silence. Kukaku nudged him, indicating that he should say something to her.
"Erm how are you doing?" Kisuke asked tentatively.
"I'm fine; Yoruichi was the one who got shot." Soifon responded monotonously. Kukaku shot Kisuke a look, believing he could have come up with something more original than that question. Kisuke just shrugged hopeless since he doubted anything they said to her, would not make her feel better.
"Yeah…about that, what happened? I was told she was mugged." Kukaku decided to go ahead and ask since it's clear she couldn't rely on Kisuke making Soifon feel any better.
"That was pretty much it." Soifon confirms impassively, "The guy moved up behind her, Yoruichi said he wanted her money and he shot her. He ran off when I got to her, called the ambulance and their giving her stiches right now. Apparently the bullet passed right through her side, they called her lucky for it just clipping her." Soifon relayed the details, skipping all the long detailed medical stuff the nurse had rambled on about to her about which drugs they were using on her and that she didn't need to be put in for surgery since it was minor injury.
"Well that's a relief." Kisuke smiled and sat down beside Soifon happily, all his anxiety for Yoruichi's wellbeing gone now that he knew she was doing alright.
"That woman's got more lives than a cat." Kukaku muttered through a half smile, also relieved though didn't sit down; she was quite content to remain standing. Kisuke, who had been watching Soifon's hard expression, spoke to her again.
"Was that the first time you've seen someone get shot?" Soi whipped her head round at him and locked eyes with his, stunned.
"Kisu-" Kukaku hissed at him but Soi's answer stopped her.
"Yes." Soifon told them and silence fell upon the group again.
"Well shit, you're just in shock kid." Kukaku exclaimed, again relieved to know the reason why Soifon was acting so cold.
"Kid?" Soifon asked, scrunching her face up in discomfort to this newly assigned nickname.
"Only cause you're so small." Kukaku explained.
"If you start on the small jokes, I'll start on the tall ones." Soifon retaliated as Kisuke leaned back in the chair, spreading his arms out along the back to make himself comfortable.
"Ahh, I remember the first time I saw a gun fire." He said wistfully, interrupting them both with a dreamy expression planted across his face. "It was just past my eighth birthday party."
"He was 15." Kukaku told Soifon, Kisuke pretended not to hear her and continued proudly on with his story.
"I courageously leapt in front of my friends, ready to take the bullet!"
"He dived to floor behind us all." Kukaku corrected.
"I showed such bravery."
"He wet himself." Kukaku finished and Kisuke chose not to carry on, leaving Soifon to decide which rendition was the right one and from what she knew of the man so far, she could easily picture both of them taking place.
All of their attention went to the door opening that belonged to Yoruichi's room and they greeted the doctor that stepped out and explained that they did all they could and that the wound has been stitched up. He gives them a run down on what she has to avoid so the injury can recover at a better pace and that she will have to return in ten days' time to have the stitches removed. They thank him for his work and then pile through the door; Soifon hangs back a little while Kisuke and Kukaku swarm around Yoruichi's bed with Yoruichi herself, looking very pleased to see them all as well though her smile falters slightly when she sees Soifon's hard expression. Kukaku jumps right into questioning Yoruichi about every little detail of what happened, drilling her for all the information she can get. Kisuke calls her off when it's clear Yoruichi didn't get a good look at the man at all and he says they should just be thankful that Yoruichi wasn't seriously hurt but this sets Kukaku off on lecturing Yoruichi about being more careful.
"If she didn't tell you off, you wouldn't know she cared." Kisuke laughed when Yoruichi looked at him to save her from Kukaku's scolding.
"Then she must really love me." Yoruichi joked back.
"Oh god you found me out, I mean I just can't help myself around you." Kukaku plays along dramatically and Yoruichi puckers up her lips for a kiss from her. "Oh no, I'll leave that to your girlfriend." Kukaku looked back at where Soifon was standing and knew not to expect any witty comment back due to the hard look in her eyes. Kukaku looks between them both Yoruichi and Soifon then back at Yoruichi questioningly as if she was saying, 'alright, what happened between you two then?'
Yoruichi shrugged back at her in answer, completely baffled herself, 'I don't know, I'm the one who was shot after all.'
Kukaku rolled her eyes at her, useless you are, and then shifted her gaze over to Soifon, sort it out. She moved towards the door, towing Kisuke along with her. "Come on; let's go see if anything was found from that gun they brought in." and Kisuke had time to quickly call out that they'd catch up with them later before they left Yoruichi and Soifon alone together. Yoruichi carefully pushes herself back up against the pillows while she tries to find a good way to approach Soifon and find out what is bothering her when Soifon spoke first.
"What did she mean by that?" Soifon asks, her curiosity getting the better of her.
"Probably trying to see who it belonged to at a guess." Yoruichi responds simply.
"What, how can she do that?" Soifon asked sceptically.
"I dunno… police can get sales info so they're probably gonna find out which store the gun came from. You'd have to ask Kukaku for all those details." Yoruichi explained simply.
"Kukaku's a police office?" Soifon in stunned by this news, not once remembering it being mentioned at all. "How come I've never seen her in the uniform?"
"I think if she wore it around me all the time, it would give away the fact that she's protecting me." Yoruichi had to resist the urge to chuckle at this fact.
"What, she's your – you have a bodyguard?" Soi's confusion swiftly turned into anger, "Since when did you need a bodyguard! Just what the hell am I getting into with you!" Soifon snapped at her, effectively shocking Yoruichi into a perplexed silence and obviously, she did not recover fast enough for Soi's taste because she stormed out of the room, ignoring Yoruichi's calls for her to stay.
Yoruichi wanted to get up and go after her only she knew that it would be too much strain on her injury and then she'd only be confined to bed longer than before so she could do nothing but watch Soifon go reluctantly. Yoruichi did try calling Soifon after waiting what she believed would be an appropriate amount of travel time, she doubted Soifon would answer if she was driving since it was illegal but she still didn't get an answer. Yoruichi might have had time to feel angry at Soifon for storming out and hardly seeming to care that she had been shot except she was just completely and utterly confused over Soifon storming out to even begin thinking like that. Thankfully, both Kisuke and Kukaku helped defend Soifon when they returned and Yoruichi told them what had happened, it meant that they liked Soifon or were starting to like her, either way Yoruichi was glad to have them there.
"I think it was a bit too much for her to take all in one day." Kisuke shared his theory with them, "She looked almost lost, give her some time and try calling again in a day or so. You said that seemed to work best with her after all." He reminded Yoruichi.
"He's right," Kukaku agreed. "What was your first gut reaction when you realised there was a gun pointing at you?" Kukaku asked.
"Take him out." Yoruichi answered automatically like it was nothing, wondering why Kukaku would ask her that since it was an obvious answer.
"Exactly whereas Soifon's instinct would probably tell her to duck or put her hands up in surrender." Kukaku concluded.
"Nah I don't think so," Yoruichi thought out loud even though she was slowly being won over by their point of view, "She knows how to fight, she's a strong person."
"The difference though, is that you've had to use your skills in real situations, from the way she acted I don't think she has. Remember, it takes some time getting used to those kind of situations." Kisuke pointed out.
"You're right," Yoruichi smiled at him gratefully, "Oh I was not looking forward to this." she sighed through a stretch and winced from overtaxing her right side. Yoruichi knew it had reached the point with Soifon where she would have to tell her. "I wasn't worried about telling her before only now…after the way she stormed out over something as small as this… I don't know…"
"You know we're here for you." Kisuke pattered her shoulder reassuringly.
"Urgh, what do I tell her?" Yoruichi moaned, already knowing what she should say.
"The truth." Kukaku said, confirming this.
"What happens if she…" Yoruichi couldn't finish her sentence; even the thought of not being able to be with Soifon anymore was too powerful. Yoruichi was doing her best to downplay her emotions and not push Soifon but she was left always wanting more from her. This necessarily didn't mean Yoruichi was having a hard time controlling herself around Soifon, in fact one kiss was more than enough to recall the countless they shared on the night they first met that Yoruichi was always left her breathless. It meant she was having a hard time not asking for more time with Soifon, the odd phone call every other day accompanied by a date after a few weeks was simply not enough. Yoruichi couldn't get enough of Soi's company and would gladly move in with her if given the chance so the idea of telling Soifon everything and losing her at this point, was not something Yoruichi was eager to go through.
"If necessary, her silence will be bought and of course there are the legal forms that mean we can have her arrested for breaking that silence." Kukaku answered.
"And after that?" Yoruichi grumbled unhappily.
"After that…we all go back to our lives." Kukaku shrugged and Yoruichi scoffed at what little life she would have. She would be trapped in that dingy, gloomy flat, drinking the days away till Kukaku would try and make her feel useful again. When that failed, Kisuke would suggest a fresh start in a new area and the same thing would start again, only she doubted Kukaku would be with them. Knowing her luck, she'd get some stuffy, know it all cop who would want to control her every move.
"Hey now, you don't even know if that will happen. You said yourself, Soi's a strong person, just give her some time and she could surprise you." Kisuke tried to cheer her up with little success.
"No one wants the trouble I bring." Yoruichi mumbled and rolled onto her left side, turning her back to them, a clear sign she was done talking. Kukaku gave a weak smile to Kisuke and got up, giving his shoulder a pat.
"Can you stay with her tonight?" she asks, to which he nods. "Great thanks, I'll head home and get some decent sleep for tomorrow." Kukaku finishes, leaving Kisuke to keep an eye on Yoruichi. Not that Yoruichi really cared at that point, she didn't say anything else and drifted in and out of sleep while he sat playing around on his phone that was meant to be switched off, they only spoke to the nurses that came round on the check-ups.
There really wasn't any need for Kisuke to have stayed with her since the hospital's security would have been more than enough for any kind of threat during the night, especially since it had been a simple mugging that Yoruichi pegged it down to Kukaku's over protectiveness kicking in and the fact that both of them escorted her home when she was discharged the following day confirmed this.
"You guys didn't need to do this." Yoruichi told them both as they helped her up the stairs to her flat, she said this but was secretly glad they were, she still felt miserable over Soifon. She had tried calling her again but had been put straight through to voice mail.
"It's our pleasure." Kisuke chimed in happily as he stepped over the usual man slumped on the second floor stairs. "Is he alive?" Kisuke glanced back at him curiously.
"Oh he's fine." Yoruichi reassured him, "Aren't you Toru?" she called loudly back to the man. There was a slurred, half-hearted attempt at speech from the man before he gave up and went silent again. "See." Yoruichi smiled at Kisuke.
"This place isn't so bad; you're already getting to know your neighbours." Kukaku teased.
"Oh yeah, we all get together every Sunday for tea and crumpets." Yoruichi replied back sarcastically and they all entered her flat, Kukaku placed Yoruichi's painkillers on the bench in the kitchen and Kisuke deposited himself on the sofa.
"You should get a TV." He said after looking around the flat. Yoruichi had still done nothing with it at all and it looked as decrepit as ever, apart from the sofa that still looked brand new.
"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind." Yoruichi responded with no intention whatsoever to get one. She hated every little thing about this place and not refurbishing it was her own personal form of rebellion against the higher powers keeping her there.
Kisuke and Kukaku kept Yoruichi company for a few hours and attempts to plan something for Christmas was done with little success since it was still a month off and none of them were feeling very Christmassy. Yoruichi made an extra show of being tired so that they would leave sooner than later because she wanted to be left alone so she could sulk over Soifon in peace. When they did leave, she was more than happy to get carefully into bed, it was still too early for sleep but she didn't care about that.
Soifon was in a word, miserable.
Her cure for this was to throw herself deeper into her work and shut out the world. It was proven tactic that always worked for her only now, thoughts of Yoruichi managed to sneak up on her whenever she let her guard down. Soifon had thought she had experienced all the lows one person could possibly feel but after what had happened, after the way she had acted, she had found a new one. It felt ten times worse when she recalled Yoruichi's hurt expression in her sorrowful, golden eyes at seeing Soi storm out of the room.
I am scum; Soifon thought as she sat in her car and hid her head in her hands, I am the scum of the earth. She revisited that hospital room for what must be the thousandth time and watched herself yelling at Yoruichi and storm out seconds later.
She had gone straight back to her office after leaving the hospital to let her anger cool off and wished it hadn't. It was replaced with embarrassment at the way she had acted and she knew if she had only been able to stay calm she wouldn't have been sat in her office all night long.
Guilt followed quickly behind and added to the embarrassment; after all it wasn't Yoruichi's fault for being in the park at the time of the shooter. No, it was mine, Soifon blamed herself for Yoruichi getting shot for, if she had kept her mouth shut about freaking out when Yoruichi called, she wouldn't have suggested to meet Soi in the park by the bridge, where the shooter was waiting for her. Just as it wasn't Yoruichi's fault that seeing her lying in the bed at the hospital reminded Soifon about how powerless she had been, how weak she had felt at the sound of that gun firing and how she had screamed out like a helpless, little girl at seeing Yoruichi fall to the ground.
When Yoruichi's friends arrived, Soifon couldn't work out why Kisuke and Kukaku were smiling at her and were even trying to cheer her up instead of accusing her for hurting their friend. Why aren't they yelling at me? Why aren't you trying to hurt me for what I did? She thought as she watched them move around Yoruichi's bed when they were allowed in. She had hurt Yoruichi and they were being nice to her, she couldn't wrap her head around it. Discovering that Kukaku was not only a police officer but Yoruichi's protector broke what little restraint she had left over her control and she had snapped. She knew she made a mistake the second the words left her mouth and unable to take the hurt, confused look in Yoruichi's eyes any longer, Soifon made a break for it and didn't stop. She barricaded herself in her office and refused entry to anyone and ignored Yoruichi's calls. It served to do nothing but make her feel even worse that she wanted to talk to someone about it all, she wanted to get it all out so the horrible ache in her chest would vanish for good and for that to happen, the person needed to be Yoruichi. Soifon also knew that if she was going to talk to Yoruichi again, she wanted it to be done in person.
She drove back to the hospital to learn that Yoruichi had been discharged and unable to recall Yoruichi's address, Soifon headed to Kisuke's place and found the place empty. With nowhere else to turn to, she sat on his doorstep, punishing herself by waiting in the cold weather instead of returning to her car and she stayed on Kisuke's doorstep for many hours. She was about to give up to the need for food when a car pulled up onto the driveway and a surprised looking Kisuke got out, waving to her happily. Not wanting to waste any time, Soifon asked him where Yoruichi was and if he would be so kind to provide directions on how to get there and planned on leaving right away if her stomach had chosen that particular moment to grumble really loud.
"I won't tell you unless you allow me to get you food first." He declared his terms and not wanting to impose herself on him again, Soifon was really tempted to refuse if it hadn't been her last option at finding Yoruichi without calling her first. She accepted, he treated her to a frozen pizza and presented Soifon with a piece of paper, Yoruichi's address clearly printed across it. "Don't wear her out too fast ok, she's meant to be resting." He added with a teasing grin. Soi knew her face exploded into a bright red blush and it was all she could do to get out as fast as she could before he implied something else.
It's where Soifon was now, sat in her car, staring up at the run down block of apartments while trying to work up the courage to go find Yoruichi's. It's why I'm here after all, she reminded herself. Even if she slams the door in my face, at least I know I tried; she thought with a sigh and got out of her car, willing herself forward with every step. She passed a man leaning against the railing of the second floor stairway, his eyes fixed on some point of the horizon with some kind of alcoholic beverage in his hand. His outfit was scruffy and unkempt, as was his dark matted hair. He grunted to Soifon and carried on drinking while she did her best to get by him a whole lot faster.
It did not take long for her to reach the door with the faded '33' number on it, signifying it as Yoruichi's. Soi could feel her heart pounding harder against her ribcage, her mind picturing the many ways Yoruichi could possibly dump her as she knocked on the door.
Nothing happens and Soifon knocks again, a little loud than before and the door opens as she does.
"I already told you, I am not selling my – Soi?" Yoruichi answers the door yelling and stops at the sight of Soifon, looking quite dumbfounded to see her standing outside her door.
"…Err…Selling?" Soifon asks after a pause between them where they both took in the sight of each other.
"Oh erm when some of my more…colourful neighbours saw me return with a prescription bag they err..." Yoruichi struggled to find a nice way of saying that they saw her as a way of getting more drugs.
"They want to buy your meds?" Soifon asked surprised at first though knew that some would do worse to get their next fix. Yoruichi nodded then quickly invited her inside when she realised she had not done so already.
"What else are neighbours for?" Yoruichi joked and shut the door once Soifon stepped inside and turned around to Soifon looking awkwardly out of place, like she didn't expect to get invited inside which is exactly what Soifon was thinking. "So erm…how you been?" Yoruichi asked lamely, not really sure how this would turn out.
"I shouldn't have ran out like I did. I'm sorry!" Soifon blurts out and launches into her reasoning behind her actions and that she was so sorry she hadn't done anything to stop her getting hurt earlier and for running out. Soifon made sure it very clear she wasn't angry with Yoruichi at all and the only reason she didn't answer her calls was because she was ashamed at how she had handled the entire situation. She spoke as fast as she could to prevent Yoruichi interrupting and telling her to get out or something worse. When she had said all she could possibly say, she watched Yoruichi take all of it in, could see the confusion replaced with understanding and finally…acceptance. Soifon had to do a double take but it certainly looked like Yoruichi was smiling at her warmly.
"That's what this is? You've been blaming yourself?" Yoruichi asks and Soifon nods once. "Oh Soi, this wasn't your fault." Soifon looks at her disbelieving and was about to launch into a speech that clearly showed it was her fault when Yoruichi spoke first. "Hey, listen to me. It is not your fault. If anything it's mine for moving when he warned me not to. You're the one who called for the ambulance, remember, you're the reason I got help as fast as I did." Yoruichi reassures Soifon.
"So…you're not mad at me?" Soifon tries tentatively, quite certain things would back fire any second now between them.
"No, no of course I'm not mad at you." Yoruichi chuckles lightly and Soifon looks into Yoruichi's warm, golden eyes. In just a few words, all the fear, all the pain and embarrassment she had been feeling melted away until Soifon was left wanting to do one thing and one thing only. It must have shown on her face for Yoruichi gestures for Soifon to come over to her. "Come here, you daft little bee." Yoruichi smiles at her brightly; Soifon returns the smile gratefully and very aware to make sure she avoided Yoruichi's injury, hugged her, burying her head into the soft, thick hoodie Yoruichi was wearing. Yoruichi titled Soi's head up towards her and kissed Soifon fully on the lips, pleasant shivers ran from the nape of her neck and all the way down Soi's spine from feeling Yoruichi's tongue dance across her lips, lightly at first but it became more frantic as the tanned woman begged entrance to her mouth, Soifon granted her access. They only pulled apart when the need for air became too great and they stood, panting for breath together, Soi couldn't help but smile and Yoruichi did the same and soon they were chuckling at each other's attempts to regain control of their breathing.
"Told you telling me things was better than keeping them bottled inside." Yoruichi murmured, unable to keep the grin from breaking out across her face.
"Yeah…well this place needs a TV." Soifon shot back.
"That seems to be a popular opinion today." Yoruichi commented, remembering that Kisuke said the exact same thing earlier.
"Kisuke warned me about how bad this place looked before I came here." Soifon explained.
"I doubt anything could prepare you for this place." Yoruichi had to suppress a shiver as she glanced around at the dull, stained, peeling wallpaper that provided the only decoration in the flat.
"Why don't you do something about it then if you hate it so much?" Soifon asked.
"Cheaper to burn this place to the ground and start anew." Yoruichi laughed.
"Then just move, simple." Soifon explained.
"That can't happen anytime soon." Yoruichi answered and Soifon couldn't help but notice how slowly it took her to respond, like she had taken great care over how she had worded that. She looked at Yoruichi with a puzzled expression. "Can I explain it another time? For now I want to enjoy this time with you." Yoruichi pleaded to Soifon. Despite wanting to know what was meant by the comment, when she heard the pleading tone in Yoruichi's voice all Soifon could do was nod and kiss Yoruichi softly on the lips, hoping that it would make her smile again.
Yoruichi had been in the stages of waking up for a good while but she really saw no reason to getting up when she felt so happy in her bed with Soifon's head nestled into the crock of her left arm. Yoruichi chuckled when she had first woke up and saw the state of Soifon's tangled limbs and the way she had twisted herself around. They had stayed up together talking about all kinds of things, Soifon wanted to get updated on Yoruichi's condition down to the last detail and Yoruichi listened to Soi's exploits in trying to find where Yoruichi lived and couldn't stop smothering Soifon with kisses when she told Yoruichi how long she sat on Kisuke's doorstep and Yoruichi tickled Soifon until she agreed to sleep beside Yoruichi instead of going home. Soifon held the belief that it had been unfair move on Yoruichi's part since she couldn't fight back in fear of catching Yoruichi's injury, this only earned her another tickle round and they eventually drifted off beside each other on top of the covers. For being such a small person, Soifon did her best to occupy the entire bed as she slept since whenever Yoruichi shifted away from Soifon for the extra room, Soifon managed to wriggle back at her side within seconds, like she was drawn to Yoruichi's body heat. Yoruichi was making a mental note to try and test this theory another night when she felt Soifon stirring beside her.
"Morning sleepy bee." Yoruichi murmured lightly.
"Mmmonrning." Soifon moaned back and groggily lifted her head up slightly. From her position, Soifon could just make out the time on Yoruichi's bed side clock. Her eyes widened in horror when she saw that she was a whole hour late for work. "Oh god!" she exclaimed and was up and on her feet within seconds while Yoruichi was yet again, left blinking at the sight of Soifon rushing around and shoving her shoes on as fast as possible. "I have never been late, not once!" Soifon shrieked as she jammed the shoes on and tries to flatten out all the creases in her outfit with no success before giving up with a frustrated sigh.
"Will there be a morning where you don't wake up running away from me?" Yoruichi called out as Soifon was about to exit the bedroom. Soi paused in the doorway, giving Yoruichi an apologetic smile and continued running out the room. A few seconds later, Yoruichi heard the sound of her apartment door being opened and it swimming shut, signifying Soi's departure and Yoruichi flopped back down onto the mattress, not quite ready to get up with the same enthusiasm Soifon displayed.
A/N: I had originally planned for the aftermath of the shooting to be more like the ending and light hearted but I felt miserable today so the characters were miserable. I hope the ending made up for it though if I bummed any of you guys out :)
Also, I don't think my next update will be anytime soon as I still have lots of work to do, if not more - I don't know where it's all coming from anymore XD
Last thing I have to say it, I hope you enjoyed reading this update!